The joint International Conference of the
Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia Pacific
Educational Research Association (APERA) has been held in Sydney from 2-6th
December. The conference has also hosted the 2012 Focal Meeting of the World Education
Research Association (WERA).
One symposium I really enjoyed attending was titled: "Implications of cultural and societal aspects for educational environments of children with disabilities in Austria, Thailand and Ethiopia" lead by
Gottfried Biewer from the University of Vienna. The presenters and discussant are pictured below.
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L-R: Michelle Proyer, Michalea Kramann, Alemayehu Teklemariam,
Gottfried Biewer, Sharynne McLeod, Ilektra Spandagou |
I was coauthor of the following presentations
based on analyses of data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children
McLeod, S., Walker, S., Whiteford, C., & Harrison,
L. J. (2012, December). The impact of
bilingualism when 4- to 5-years-old on literacy, numeracy and social-emotional
outcomes when 8- to 9-years-old. International Conference of the Australian
Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia Pacific Educational
Research Association (APERA). Sydney, Australia.
Verdon, S. & McLeod, S. (2012, December). Longitudinal and cross-sectional changes in
the cultural and linguistic diversity of Australian children. International Conference of the Australian
Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia Pacific Educational
Research Association (APERA). Sydney, Australia.