Former CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research
Research
Conference
2025
Transforming learning systems
Research
Here’s what our delegates had to say about Research Conference 2025.
“Thank you to all involved. A very worthwhile opportunity to learn and share.”
“I really enjoyed the conference and range of speakers and topics covered.”
“The quality of the research was excellent”
“Valued the range of speakers and international perspectives.”
“A very worthwhile event. Thank you to all involved in the organisation”
“Thank you for an inspiring conference”
“Really fantastic and brilliantly organised!”
“I really enjoyed the conference and learned a lot as well as making new connections with those in education.”
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Conference themes
System transformation overall
How systems fundamentally reshape and realign components at all levels of the learning ecosystem to achieve a common vision for students.
Topics
- Policy and strategic direction setting
- Best practices in leading system transformation
- Effective approaches to stakeholder engagement to enable system transformation
- Considerations in resourcing and infrastructure
Leadership and teaching
The critical work of school and system leaders and teachers in achieving the system’s vision for student outcomes.
Topics
- Leader and teacher preparation
- Leader and teacher capability building
- Alignment of leader and teacher preparation, capability building and professional growth system frameworks
- School evaluation and improvement
- Working conditions for leaders and teachers
- Impact of leadership and teaching practices on student outcomes
- Leader and teacher contributions to system transformation and innovation
Curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment
What, when and how students learn and how assessment is used to monitor and enhance learning progress.
Topics
- Trends in curriculum reform
- Features of impactful curricula
- Balanced assessment systems
- Horizontal and vertical alignment between curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
- Approaches to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment that foster continuity of learning and opportunities over time
- Scalable innovations in curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
Student support and conditions for learning
Broader conditions within which teaching and learning takes place.
Topics
- Equity and inclusion
- Impactful approaches to fostering positive student behaviour
- Integrated student support services
- Alignment with societal and parental aspirations
- School-community partnerships
- Alignment with broader system initiatives
