QLD In dialogue: Schools and Researchers
Date: Tuesday 28th May 2019
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location: Queensland Brain Institute
Level 7, Building 79, Research Rd,
St Lucia QLD 4067
Cost: Complimentary
Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACELQ) in partnership with the Science of Learning Research Centre (SLRC) and the University of Queensland School of Education invite you to participate in an exciting series of interactive seminars.
In dialogue: Schools and Researchers
It’s all about the learning – together
Purpose of seminar series:
- To create a learning space for educational leaders, teachers and researchers to share knowledge, experience and questions
- To increase practitioner access to relevant research
- To understand the use of the multi-disciplinary approach (neuroscience, cognitive psychology and education) to assist system and school leaders and teachers.
- To enhance critical reflection of research and potential implications for practice
- Discerning together the challenges and opportunities provided by current research and inquiry into learning.
What to expect:
- Panel discussions and information from researchers
- Dialogue to advance the practical translation and application of research in schools
- Opportunity to engage in conversations and inquiry with fellow school leaders and teachers from across the sectors and from all levels of education.
- Opportunity to engage with researchers and to identify common interests and opportunities for further application and research.
About the Presenters:
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BRUNO VAN SWINDEREN
Bruno van Swinderen received a PhD in evolutionary biology from Washington University in St Louis, Missouri. His postdoctoral work at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, California, led him to the scientific study of consciousness. Taking an evolutionary view, he developed novel paradigms to study perception in the smallest animal brains. His discoveries include uncovering neural correlates of sleep and selective attention in flies, as well as fundamental mechanisms of general anaesthesia. In 2008, he moved to Australia to run lab at the Queensland Brain Institute. His lab uses flies and bees to understand how the brain is able to block or prioritise sensory stimuli, as happens during sleep and attention. He is particularly interested in how sleep and attention might have co-evolved to optimise behaviour, and is keen to promote research in simpler animal models to understand complex brain processes.
DR NATASHA MATTHEWS
Dr Natasha Matthews is a lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses on the neural and cognitive mechanisms that underly our ability to control the focus of our attention, as well as how these abilities can be improved. As part of her appointment in the school of psychology, Dr Matthews also co-ordinates a large work integrated learning program where she uses evidence base from her background in attention and metacognition to design and implement teaching strategies.
DR KAY COLTHORPE
Kay Colthorpe is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Teaching Focused Senior Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine. She was recently awarded the 2018 UQ Award for Teaching Excellence. Her teaching is underpinned by the conviction that high impact learning experiences occur when students develop a deep understanding of their knowledge and learning processes. She uses an evidence-based approach to design innovative curricula, engaging inquiry-based laboratory classes and inventive assessment tasks to create an effective learning environment and support student learning. An example of this is the novel ‘meta-learning’ assessment tasks. These tasks provide students with opportunities and prompts to critically reflect on both their understanding and learning behaviours, helping them to develop into highly self-reflective and independent learners. Kay is also a prolific pedagogic researcher, focusing on assessment, feedback, and student metacognition in the sciences. She leads the Biomedical Education Research Group, has supervised 15 honours and 3 PhD students, and has published widely on metacognition of learning, scientific skill development and blended learning.
DR LOUISE AINSCOUGH
Louise Ainscough is a teaching focused physiology lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland. She completed her PhD in ocular cell biology in 2009 and commenced her appointment at UQ in 2011. As a teaching-focused academic, Louise is passionate about education research, and how it can be applied to encourage the development of her students as learners and future healthcare professionals. Louise draws on her expertise in the scholarship of teaching and learning to develop curricula and assessment that is both evidence-based and rigorously evaluated. She has received funding through both UQ New Staff and Early Career research grants for projects in self-regulated learning and self-efficacy. She is also actively involved in supervising undergraduate research and Honours students, including mentoring these students in educational research methodologies and academic writing. Louise takes pleasure in guiding students’ development as learners, both on an individual basis and in large undergraduate classes. Louise takes the fear out of learning science and encourages students to find their own voice as learners.