44th Annual Conference of the

Oceania Comparative and International Education Society

24-26th November, 2016

Exploring equity gaps in education: Toward unity, not uniformity

Hosted by:

Faculty of Education and Social Work

Conference Programme

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OCIES 2016 Programme Overview

Thursday, November 24th

6:00 pm Opening Ceremony, Welcome

Reception, and Registration

Lobby & Menzies Corridor

Friday, November 25th

8:00 - 9:00am Registration Menzies Corridor

9:00 - 10:00am Keynote Address Menzies Room

10:00 - 10:15am Tea Main Common Room

10:15 - 11:15am Session 1 See program

11:15 - 12:15pm Session 2 See program

12:15 - 1:00pm Lunch Dining Room

1:00 - 2:00pm Session 3 See program

2:00 - 3:00pm Session 4 See program

3:00 - 3:15pm Tea Main Common Room

3:15 - 4:15pm Session 5 See program

4:15 - 5:45pm Annual General Meeting Menzies Room

6:00 - 8:30pm Conference Dinner The Courtyard,

University of Sydney

Saturday, November 26th

8:00 - 9:00am Registration Menzies Corridor

9:00 - 10:00am Keynote Address Menzies Room

10:00 - 10:15am Tea Main Common Room

10:15 - 11:15am Session 6 See program

11:15 - 12:15pm Session 7 See program

12:15 - 1:00pm Lunch Dining Room

1:00 - 2:00pm Session 8 See program

2:00 - 3:30pm Workshops See program

3:30 - 4:00pm Closing Plenary Menzies room

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

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Location Information

Women’s College, University of Sydney15 Carillon Ave, Newtown, 2042 NSW Australiahttps://www.thewomenscollege.com.au/

Transport options include bus, metro (Central or Redfern station), or taxi/uber.

Session InformationAll sessions are 60 minutes and sessions chairs are responsible for ensuring there is adequate time for presentations and questions from session attendees. Presenters should arrive at the scheduled room at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the session.

Dining OptionsLunch on Friday and Saturday is included in the cost of registration. Dinner options on Thursday and Saturday might include:- Atom Thai- Hikaru (sushi)- Golden Lotus (veg. Vietnamese)- Moo Gourmet Burgers- Newtown Hotel (pubfare)- Sultan’s Table (Turkish)- Bovine & Swine (Southern BBQ)

QuestionsQuestions during the conference can be directed to the conference registration desk.

InternetWi-Fi Network: Username:

OCIES 2016 CONFERENCE CONVENING COMMITTEE

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Nigel Bagnall, University of Sydney

Alexandra McCormick, University of Sydney

Matthew A.M. Thomas, University of Sydney

OCIES 2016 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Eve Coxon, University of Auckland | President

Alexandra McCormick, University of Sydney | Vice President

Matthew A.M. Thomas, University of Sydney | Secretary

Rebecca Spratt, University of Auckland | Treasurer

Tom G. Griffiths, University of Newcastle | Past President

Matthew A.M. Thomas, University of Sydney | Secretary

Zane Ma Rhea, Monash University | IEJCP Editor

Helen Benzie, University of South Australia | Communications Officer

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

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CONFERENCE THEMEBuilding on last year’s successful explorations of strengthening of relationships within Oceania and beyond, the theme for the 2016 OCIES conference aims to explore the notion of equity gaps in education throughout local, regional, and global contexts. We aim to consolidate the revitalisation of our regional society that began with our change of name last year, by continuing to encompass the diversity of issues, interests, perspectives, and contexts represented in Oceania and beyond.

Gaps necessarily signify a divide, a rift or a space between entities; the conceptualisation of the gap itself influences both the ends and the means of research and action, in terms of how it might be bridged, filled, or simply recognized in education research, policy, and practice.

Who defines the gaps? Who is involved in the production and reproduction of the gaps? Who is most affected by the gaps? These and other questions serve as meaningful prompts, albeit at times in competition, for broader debates about the purposes and assumptions of schooling and learning around the world.

Yet ‘reducing gaps’ may not yield positive outcomes. Eisner (2003) questions the implicit assumption that “the aim of schooling is to get all students to the same place at about the same time” (p.  650) because it denies the broad spectrum of talents and skills that students possess but may not be valued by school norms. Moreover, renewed attention to deficit thinking in schools and educational research reminds us to consider deeply the ingrained cultural funds of knowledge so often ignored in efforts to reduce gaps (Gonzalez, Moll, & Amanti, 2005; Snyder and Nieuwenhuysen 2010; Thaman 2012). Indeed, the conceptualisation of a ‘gap’ is most often itself deployed in a deficit sense: to be bridged, to be closed, to be minded. However, some gaps may be seen as desirable, even necessary, spaces from which we can step back from, and take stock of, familiar as well as new or ‘strange’ approaches and tensions.

In sum, as globalized forms of education continue to deepen and extend, the 2016 OCIES conference provides a unique opportunity to consider from various vantage points the wealth of gaps in achievement, funding, quality, policy, teaching, systems, and more. Educators and scholars in Oceania, and our OCIES society, have long explored these relationships and spaces and continue to navigate common and diverse perspectives and practices (Sanga 2012; Thaman 1993; 2012; Welch 2016). The 2016 OCIES conference seeks to bring educators, researchers, development practitioners, and policy actors together to put our minds to such gaps, toward more equitable education spaces within Oceania and beyond.

References:Eisner, E. W. (2003). Questionable assumptions about schooling. Phi Delta Kappan, 8(9), 648-657.Gonzalez, N., Moll, L. & Amanti, C. (Eds.). (2005). Funds of knowledge: Theorizing practices in

households, communities, and classrooms. Routledge.Sanga, K. (2012). Indigenous Pacific emerging educational metaphors. The International Journal of

Diversity in Education, 1(4), 39-52.Snyder, I., & Nieuwenhuysen, J. (Eds.) (2010). Closing the gap: Improving outcomes in southern

world societies, Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing.Thaman, K.H. (1993). Culture and the curriculum in the South Pacific. Comparative Education, 29(3),

249-260.Thaman, K. H. (2012). Reclaiming a place: Teachers and the education of indigenous peoples in

Oceania’, Keynote address at More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Teachers’ Initiative (MATSITI) Conference, Adelaide, July 9-11.

Welch, A. (2016). Evolving ASEAN-Australian relations in higher education: Towards a regional knowledge network? IEJ: Comparative Perspectives, 15(1), 5-25.

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OCIES 2016 Keynote Speaker

Unaisi Nabobo-BabaAssociate ProfessorFoundations and Education ResearchUniversity of Guam

With about 30 years of teaching, researching , publication and educational work in the Pacific Islands, Dr. Unaisi Nabobo-Baba has worked in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Solomon Is, Marshall Is, New Zealand, Yap, Pohnpei, Rota, Saipan (CNMI), Guam and Palau. Dr. Nabobo-Baba speaks Fijian and Pidgin English fluently and has some understanding of Tongan, Samoan, and Kiribati. She has done work and consultancies/research in the following areas/competencies: education and development; curriculum development and evaluation; women and leadership; indigenous knowledge and education; social analysis and survey;research and research training; monitoring and evaluation; teacher education and organizational analysis, sustainable development and leadership. She writes and publishes as much as she can – a little more than 100 to date.

On equity gaps, Unaisi says she is the product of a rural schooling system (in her mother’s tribe which saw electricity introduced in 2003)interrupted by a personal drive to join a multicultural school in the local town much to the chagrin of the family that was hardly able to pay for the extra bus fares in those days. Then after a Methodist high school and boarding experience in the capital, Suva, that was both enabling and challenging, she made it to university. On graduation she became the first single female teacher, to be appointed to the Queen Victoria school-traditionally a high school for sons of traditional chiefs (and then, of who is who)in Fiji. When Fiji needed more teachers  in 1992, the Fiji College of Advanced Education (initially the Fiji  Australia Teacher Education project)was established-she was one of 11 local educators pulled from the high school system to begin that. Unaisi is a wife of a fellow educator and politician in Fiji and mother of three –the eldest being Australian. Her vitae and profile suggests she has had varying experiences and multiple “confrontations” with the ideas of framing and ways of addressing issues of educational equity gaps in the South Pacific (42 years) and in the Northern Pacific in the last 6years. In January 2016, Unaisi became the first Indigenous Fijian woman Professor in Fiji (for any university anywhere) and possibly the first as well or one of two in Melanesia.

Unaisi has lived through experiences of equity gaps in education and very often “tried kicking the wall”. Born in the early 60’s in a tribe and mentored closely by her maternal grandmother who wore mainly a skirt daily-nothing much else, she never really mastered the medicine knowledge of her ancestral line but their oratorical ability – tried her hands at farming and weaving but remain an amateur today.

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OCIES 2016 Keynote Speaker

Frances VavrusComparative and International Development Education University of Minnesota

Frances Vavrus is Professor in the Program in Comparative and International Development Education at the University of Minnesota (USA).  She is also an affiliated faculty member at Mwenge Catholic University in Tanzania and a co-founder of Teaching in Action, a professional development program for Tanzanian secondary school teachers.  In addition, Fran is the North American representative to the International Labour Organization/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers (CEART), the UN-affiliated body charged with reviewing working conditions for teachers, academic freedom, and violence affecting teachers.

Fran holds a Ph.D. in Education and African Studies from the University of Wisconsin as well as an M.A. in Applied Linguistics and African Studies from the University of Illinois.  For the past two decades, her research has explored how schooling has served as a site for ‘development’ interventions from the early colonial period to the present in East Africa.  With particular interests in the political economy of education, Fran’s work has taken up questions of how inter/national development policy becomes authoritative and how local actors—particularly teachers—appropriate these policies in the classroom.  With her colleague Dr. Lesley Bartlett (University of Wisconsin), they have developed a politically- and culturally-informed approach to policy studies known as vertical (or comparative) case studies.  Their latest book is entitled Rethinking Case Study Research: A Comparative Approach (forthcoming, Routledge).

Fran is the recipient of several research awards, including two Fulbright scholarships to Tanzania and a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Harvard School of Public Health.  She has also received numerous teaching and mentoring awards, and has published extensively with current and former students.

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2016 OCIES CONFERENCE GALA

THE COURTYARD at the University of Sydney

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Friday, 25 November

6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

$50 – payable via PayPal

Join OCIES presenters and attendees for a casual time of merriment as we celebrate old and new friends in the newly remodelled Courtyard at the University of Sydney.

The Gala will feature live music, a selection of gourmet cheeses and breads, cured meats and roasted vegetables, and a selection of hot and cold appetizers.

A selection of wines, beers, juices, and soft drinks are included in the cost of the gala.

The gala will be held immediately after the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and attendees are therefore encouraged to travel together to The Courtyard.

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Formal attire is not required.HIGHLIGHTED WORKSHOPS

Saturday, 26 November

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Practice and research of working in education and development organisations

Elizabeth Cassity, Australia Council of Educational ResearchChristelle Thierffry, Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeChris Henderson, Cognition / University of Sydney

Meet the Editorial Team - an open discussion on what is involved in joining the Editorial Board or the Editorial Team. being a reviewer, and getting published with IEJ:CP

Join with Associate Professor Zane Ma Rhea, Dr Niranjan Casinader and Dr Radha Iyer to ask all your questions and get advice on the world of academic publishing. Don't be shy!

Zane Ma Rhea, Monash University | IEJCP EditorNiranjan Casinader, Monash University | IEJCP Associate EditorRadha Iyer, Queensland University of Technology | IEJCP Associate Editor

Blogging for Academics: What to know and what to do

Dean Olah, University of Guam

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2016 FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Grants for Established Oceania Researchers

Antero Benedito, Timor L’Este

Suzanne Bells McManus, Republic of Palau

Scholarships for Emerging Scholars

Janet Akeripa, Auckland University of Technology

Hannah Clarke, University of Sydney / Flinders Christian Community College

Donella Cobb, University of Waikato / University of Auckland

Daniel Couch, University of Auckland

Chris Henderson, University of Sydney

Mousumi Mukherjee, University of Melbourne

OCIES 2016 VOLUNTEER TEAM

Rosaria Indah, University of Sydney

Jia Ying Neoh, University of Sydney

Hannah Clarke, University of Sydney / Flinders Christian Community College

Donella Cobb, University of Waikato / University of Auckland

Liberty Pascuala, University of Sydney

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OCIES Fellowships and Networking Grants

OCIES has long promoted important exchanges of ideas and work between educators, researchers, and education policy actors. It aims to bring together our contributions and develop our roles within the wider field of comparative and international education and build connections across our diverse society.

The purpose of the OCIES Fellowships and Networks Grants is to support this role by providing the institutional and financial support to OCIES members to extend and increase the frequency of these endeavours. The grants enable individual researchers and/or groups of researchers to undertake collaborations or networking initiatives between institutions and OCIES members, thereby deepening these exchanges and relationships. Funding for the Grants are sourced from OCIES conference and membership fee surplus.

The next funding round closes 10 December 2016. Another round will be held in the second quarter of 2017. Grants of up to AUD $5000 are available and must be used within a year of receiving the grant. Applicants must be current members of OCIES will be notified of the outcome of their application by mid-January 2017. The funds must be used within the year of approval and a brief report submitted on completion. Eligible initiatives include but are not limited to the following: Seminars or workshops promoting CIE research among a range of participants Visits of CIE researchers from one institution to another within the region, during

which the visiting fellow offers research presentations, designs new studies, etc. Research into CIE teaching within the region Collaborations between CIE researchers from different Oceania institutions

resulting in research, discussion papers, edited volumes, Special Issues of IEJ, course development, etc.

OCIES is open to other ideas based on the criteria described online, so if you have an idea but are uncertain about ‘fit’, contact the OCIES Executive for further insight.

Application ProcessApplicants should submit a written proposal of no more than two pages that includes: Names of all participants, their institutions, and their positions Aims and expected outcomes Proposed activities and expected outputs, including time-frames Evidence of ethics approval or submission (if research is involved) Budget including details of other funding sourced for the activity or in-kind

support (e.g., free venue hire from the applicants’ institution) Anticipated benefits to OCIES and contributions of the project to strengthening

networks and relationships across CIE researchers/practitioners within Oceania

Applications should be submitted to r.spratt@auckland.ac.nz by 10 December 2016 and will be reviewed by a committee comprised of OCIES Exec members and representatives of the wider OCIES membership. More information about the application criteria and submission process can be found at OCIES Networks.

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THINGS TO DO IN SYDNEY

The University of Sydney

The University of Sydney was founded in 1850 as Australia’s first university and continues to be a world-class institution. It also features a collection of unique museums and architectural feats. The Nicholson and Macleay Museums (both free) feature ancient artefacts while a self-guided tour highlights some of the most interesting buildings on campus.

Newtown

Newtown’s main commercial thoroughfare, King St., is a stone’s throw from the Women’s College and features a wide range of restaurants, cafes, bars, thrift stores, and more. Browse a collection of used books at Gould’s Book Arcade and Elizabeth’s Second-hand Books, take in a show or film at Enmore Theatre or The Dendy, grab a pint at Young Henry’s Brewery or The Corridor, or enjoy the nightlife at Earl’s Juke Joint or Sly Fox.

Redfern

Redfern historically garnered a negative reputation, but currently boasts a diverse collective of hipsters, housing commissioners, working professionals, and long-time locals. In addition to its strategic location as one of the busiest metro stops, it benefits from the interactive art-space 107 Projects, European-fusion restaurant Redfern Continental, La Coppola wood-fired pizza, and more.

Surrey Hills

Known as one of the more expensive suburbs of the Inner West, Surrey Hills possesses an exclusive collection of restaurants, bars, and cafes. Highlights includes Artificer Café for artisan coffee, Messina for gelato, Prince Albert Park for exercise and walks, and The Winery, The Dolphin Hotel, Master, and Longrain for high-class dining. Or combine one of the previous items with a jazz gig at 505 Jazz Club. Centennial Park is also nearby and offers lakes, bikes to rent, cafés, and gorgeous views.

Darling Harbour / Barangaroo

Fancy seeing a film in the world’s largest IMAX Theatre? Head to Darling Harbour and enjoy this feature as well as the Australian National Maritime Museum, Chinese Garden of Friendship, Madame Tussauds wax museum, and one of Australia’s best playgrounds for children. The new Barangaroo development provides easy access to pubs, cafés and restaurants along the water and is just south of the Harbour Bridge.

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Circular Quay / Manly

With a metro stop immediately across from the wharf, circular quay provides easy access to many of the most popular cites in Sydney. Walk right to gaze or take in a show at the Opera House, immerse yourself in the serene beauty of Sydney Botanic Gardens, wander past the historic Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair, and see world-class artwork at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Walk left towards the free Museum of Contemporary Art to stroll under the scenic Harbour Bridge and explore The Rocks and its collection of historic pubs, part of the oldest section of Sydney. Or stay in the Quay and eat gelato. Taking the ferry to Manly is also a rite of passage for visitors to Sydney. The ferry goes past the Sydney Opera House and lands at Manly Wharf, only a short walk from the beach and cafes along the water.

Central Business District (CBD)

The CBE is the financial hub of Sydney and includes some fantastic sites for visitors. The Queen Victoria Building features amazing architecture as well as high-end stores, Hyde Park is Australia’s oldest public park and provides access to nature as well as the St. James Cathedral and ANZAC War Memorial, and Pitt St. offers a collection of stores and street performers amidst the bustling city.

Eastern Shore

The beaches on the Eastern side of Sydney offer epic views, hip cafes, and ample opportunities to show off your surfing skills. The Bondi to Coogee walk is one of the most beautiful in Sydney and is completely free. Take in views of the surfers in the water, enjoy the Bondi Beach Graffiti Wall, or sit and enjoy one of the many restaurants, cafés, or pubs in the region.

Additional Resources

Sydney.com | Time Out | Sydney Morning Herald | Trip Advisor | Lonely Planet

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OCIES 2016 Draft Programme [October2016]

DAY 1: Thursday, 24 November

4:00 - 5:00pm Registration and Welcome Reception

Welcome to Country, Lynette Riley

Menzies Courtyard

(Wet weather: Main Common room)

5:00 - 6:00pm Opening Ceremony Menzies Courtyard

DAY 2: Friday, 25 November

8:00 - 9:00pm Registration Menzies Corridor

9.00 - 10:00am

Welcome: President Eve Coxon

Keynote Address: Professor Frances Vavrus, University of Minnesota

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10.00 – 10.15 Morning Tea – Main Common Room

Session 1

10.15-11.15

Menzies Main Common room Library

Chair: Nada Labib Chair: Wei Guo Chair: Han Young Hee

Joseph and Rea Zajda

‘Historical Narratives, Nation-building and Ideology in School Textbooks: Russia’

Jaratdao Suwannabroma

A comparative study of ups and downs of education systems in Sri Lanka and Thailand and how these were made more equitable

Hongzhi (Veronica) Yang

A Comparative study of Chinese and Australian senior high school curricula

Sarah Jane Moore

I am the mountain. Re-thinking equity through the creative arts

Irfan Rind

Managing educational policies to achieve equity, quality and access in higher education in Northern Sindh. A case study of Sukkur IBS’s Talent Hunt Programme

Philip Rogers

Education and Equity in rural China: The critical absence of rurality

Zane Ma Rhea

Exploring the Atthangika-Magga Eightfold Path to Wisdom

Somaratne Ekanayake

Exploring equity gaps in education: toward unity not conformity. Action Research Project – Sri Lanka

Tony Welch and Rose Amazan

The rise in university partnerships between universities in Africa

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Session 2: 11.15-12.15

Menzies Main Common Room Library

Chair: Irfan Rind Chair: Joseph Zajda Chair: Philip Rogers

Payman Farid

Education for Social change-insights from rural communities in Vanuatu

Nada Labib

Parental influences on education and career choices of women of Arab descent: A comparative study of Australia and UAE

Tony Welch

Corruption and Governance in East Asian Higher Education

Eta Varani

Education and community relations: Chiefly leadership and community-school collaboration in Fiji

Daniel Couch

Framing the gender gap. Women and Afghanistan’s Higher Education strategic planning

Han Young Hee

Korea’s multicultural education policy based on its assimilation policy relates to a gap of language competence in South Korea

Fabrice Wacalie and Yolande Cavaloc

Quel bilan pouvons-nous tirer de la mise en œuvre de l’enseignement des langues kanak au sein de l’école calédonienne

Monica Robotin & Rhonda Di Biase

Building up research capacity in the Maldives through international collaborations

Wei Guo: Education competition and social reproduction of education: an empirical study on how the English language shadow education influenced education equality in China

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Lunch

12.15-1.00

Refectory

Session 3 1-2

Menzies Main Common Room Library

Chair Eta Varani Chair Daniel Couch Chair Payman Farid

Haruka Fujishiro

Analysis and proposed renovation of the current teacher training course in Japan. Toward the development of a more effective teacher education program.

Alexandra McCormickRitesh ShahMatthew A.M. ThomasPursuing praxis in comparative education pedagogy: Working with theory and practice in the classroom

Janet Akeripa

Investigating influential factors for Samoan men entering university and the impact of Fa’a Samoa and Masculinity.

Keita Takayama

On speaking about East Asian education in the context of PISA frenzy.

Anh Duong

Revisiting formative assessment practices in higher education: effects and implementation.

Filipo McGrath

Cultural gaps in New Zealand between policy makers and policy users- the impact on education for young Pacific peoples.

Hye-Suk Ha

Coping style for sexual harassment on Korean University Students

Jia Ying Neoh

Developing active and informed citizens. Comparing citizenship

Cherie Chu and Joanna Kidman

Race-ing the academic knowledge ‘gap’: Epistemic violence in New

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education in Singapore and Australia. Zealand universities.

Session 4

2-3pm

Menzies Main Common Room Library

Chair: David Gamage Chair: Haruka Fujishiro Chair: Sarai Tufala

Kiprono Langat

International study program: Courageous action about teaching for and with diversity

Chris Henderson.

On unstable ground? Teachers work in a context of policy reform and disaster

Donella Cobb

Examining equity gaps in ‘digital aid’: The case of open education and the recontextualisation of pedagogy

Irene Pa

Where it hurts; cost and its impact on Pacific Islander learners schooling outcomes and post-school pathways in Melbourne’s western region

Jonamari Florestra

Schooling influence on the future roles of students in Mindanao who have experienced war

Hannah Clarke

A contrast between local and global driven approaches to curriculum content for schools in developing economies

Ritesh Shah

Peacebuilding as piecemeal: The forgotten place of education in Mynamar’s post-conflict transition

D. Brent Edwards Jr.

Influence over time: The changing nature of the World Bank’s impact in Indonesia around education and development policy

Carmel Mesiti

The Lexicon project

Afternoon Tea 3 - 3.15

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Session 5

3.15-4.15

Menzies Common room Library

Chairs

Panel:

Laura PerryJoanna SikoraLarry Saha

Understanding equity gaps: do they matter in Australian education.

Ruth Gasson

Inequity in Schooling, the unintended consequences of a quasi-market

Kabini Sanga

‘Aifolo: Patterned Bridges, Disruptions and Flourishing Clan Knowledge Production

Mousiness Mukherjee:

Inclusive Education for Inclusive Society: Tagorean Analysis of a Case Study

Michael Their

Worlds apart Thematic and descriptive differences in how Australian and US standards approach global citizenship

Lynette Riley Zane Ma Rhea

Examining pavīṇaupāya skilful means: Wisdom and equity in education

4.15-5.45 AGM - Main Common Room

6.00 – 8.30 pm

Conference Dinner – The Courtyard, The University of Sydney

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Presentations Day 2: Saturday 26 November 2016Menzies

9.00 – 10.00 Second keynote address: Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba, University of Guam

10.00 – 10.15

Morning Tea – Main Common Room

Session 6 Menzies Main Common Room Library

10.15-11.15 Chair: Ritesh Shah Chair: Chris Henderson Chair: Hannah Clarke

Anne Hickling-Hudson.

Schools, pit toilets and equity gaps in Caribbean education what chances for transformation?

Payman Rowhani Farid

Education for social change – insights from rural communities in Vanuatu

Leila Morsy

Four social determinants of youth outcomes. Policy makers are perplexed about addressing the impact of racial and socio-economic class differences on student outcomes

Suzanne Bells McManus

A comparison of policy and practice of special education delivery in the American Northern Pacific with a focus on

Peter Barcinas

Youth learning begins with supportive strategies that address preparatory best practices: A case for a regional youth monograph

Claudia Espinoza and Rose Amazan

Gender gap in higher education: A critical outloo

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Freely Associated States of Palau and Guam

Stéphane Minvielle

The Caledonian Education system: the impossible search for equity?

Vai Tevi

Reverse migration: New Zealand-born Tongans looking back at their experiences as high school students in the Kingdom of Tonga

Hongzhi Zhang

The influence of the enrolment expansion policy on Chinese higher educational equity

Session 7

11.15-12.15

Menzies Main Common Room Library

Panel

Patrick Montjourides

The measurement of equity in education in the Pacific

Dean Olah and Fermina Sablan

Gaps in indigenous knowledge and languages’ in the Northern Pacific: Some steps to address these.

Nadeem?

Lawrence Saha

Education and Development: Current Viewpoints

Bob Boughton and Deborah Durnham

South-south cooperation in adult literacy. The Cuban solidarity model in Timor-Leste and Aboriginal Australia

Leechin Heng

What is ‘diversity’ and who defines what diversity is? Exploring the modelling of ‘inclusion’ in a pre-service teacher education programme in Aotera New Zealand

Julie McLaughlin and Andrew Fa’avale

Antero Benedito da Silva

Combating Violence in Timor-Leste’s post Phillip Chan

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Germinating from within: Using the Niu framework to explore and facilitate conditions for Pasifika student success at an Australian university

colonial Lower Education Equality issues of cross-border education: the case of Hong Kong

Lunch 12.15-1

Refectory

Session 8

1-2

Menzies Main Common room Library

Jason Downs, Natt Pimpa, Neal Haslem, Margaret Hefferenen Toni Roberts.

Transnational Higher Education: Challenges and impacts

Lorraine Towers

Schooling and Language in Ethiopia: Creating urban modernity and the implications for equity and unity

Louisa Rowe

Ignoring the importance of early childhood education: reproducing equity gaps in the early year.

Sarai Tufala

The need of educational programs to improve Pacific utilization of mental health services in New Zealand

Brian Denman, Rosalind James, Alan Wylie

In search of the innovative mind: Alternative assessments to expansive learning theory

Trina Supit:

The World Bank-administered Emergency school readiness project in East Timor, 2000-2002

Rosaria Indah

Promoting care for the overlooked in Indonesia: Post-

Kabini Sanga and Ema Sanga

Straddling Worlds: Exploring the stories of the Island Teachers of 1900-1930

Laura Jane Ogden

Gaps in visions of education in the context of education reform in Timor-

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colonial perspectives of community-based education in a post-disaster context

Leste

Workshops Menzies Main Common Room Library

2 --3.30 pm

Elizabeth Cassity, Chris Henderson and Christelle Thieffrey

Practice and research of working in education and development organisations

Zana Ma Rhea, Radha Iyer, Niranjan Casinader

Meet the Editorial Team - an open discussion on what is involved in joining the Editorial Board or the Editorial Team. being a reviewer, and getting published with IEJ:CP

Join with Associate Professor Zane Ma Rhea, Dr Niranjan Casinader and Dr Radha Iyer to ask all your questions and get advice on the world of academic publishing. Don't be shy!

Dean Olah, University of Guam

Blogging for Academics: What to know and what to do

Closing Plenary

Main Common Room

3.30-4 pm Closing Plenary

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