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Keynote Speakers Announced

The Public Pedagogies Institute is pleased to announce Keynote speakers for the 2016 conference in Melbourne.

Our first Keynote will be presented by Professor Kate Hodgkin, a Professor of Cultural History in the School of Arts and Digital Industries, University of East London, and a Director of the Raphael Samuel History Centre, a research and educational centre devoted to encouraging the widest possible participation in historical research and debate. As that centre greatly influenced the formation of our Public Pedagogies Institute here in Melbourne, it will be a great opportunity for us to gain greater insight into this related project.

First Keynote Speaker – November the 29th

Professor Kate Hodgkin

Professor Hodgkin became a member of the Raphael Samuel History Centre team in 2004, and University of East London Director in the Centre since 2013. Most recently she has been very much involved in organising the big conference held this summer to mark the twentieth anniversary of Raphael Samuel’s death, Radical Histories/ Histories of Radicalism. Professor Hodgkin’s keynote will address the ways that Raphael Samuel’s work emphasised history beyond the university, how the Centre has tried to follow that through, and how the changing character and politics of higher education in the UK and beyond has reshaped the work of the Raphael Samuel History Centre. Professor Hodgkin also has a broad interest in work relating to history and memory, the history of the emotions, and history and psychoanalysis.

Second Keynote Speaker – November the 30th

Dr Sally Bryant

Dr Sally Bryant has twenty five years of experience in nature conservation policy, planning and research, and an in-depth knowledge of threatened birds and island ecosystems. Sally is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Tasmania, sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Ecological Management & Restoration, and has travelled widely, publishing on a range of conservation and natural history issues. Sally manages the science program of the Tasmanian Land Conservancy -Tasmania’s second largest private land owner. The vision of the TLC is for Tasmania to be a global leader in nature conservation, and in many ways that vision is close to attainment. This address reinforces that the most effective way to achieve nature conservation is in partnership with others through the four C’s philosophy of: Conservation, Commerce, Community and Culture. Sally also believes that the more we learn the less we know, but by fostering a connection to place, ‘anything is possible’.

Call for Papers

Submissions are now invited for the Public Pedagogies Institute 2016 conference, to be held from November 28 – 30, 2016 at Victoria University, Footscray.

The conference will run over three days, including a day of workshops as part of the program.

Submissions for papers or workshops are invited and will be accepted up until August 26, 2016. Please provide an abstract or workshop description of up to 300 words. Please also provide a biographical note of around 100 words.

For preliminary enquiries please get in touch via our contact page.  Conference registration will be available online later this year.

Contact conference organiser Karen Charman for further information.

Public Pedagogies Conference
November 28–30, 2016
Victoria University, Nicholson Street Campus, Footscray

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Submissions Invited

Journal of Public Pedagogies is the peer-reviewed journal of the Public Pedagogies Institute, to be launched in 2016.

We invite submissions from those working in the area of public pedagogies, such as arts, community engagement, social pedagogy, public history, work in and research on public institutions such as museums, libraries, neighborhood houses, community centers, practice, research and evaluation in public pedagogies. The journal is interested in articles related to research and practice in learning and teaching in the community that extends beyond the boundaries of formal educational institutions.

Articles will be considered for publication of 3000-5000 words. The journal will also consider multidisciplinary work.

Please visit the journal site to register or contact Karen Charman for further information.

The closing date for submissions for our first issue has been extended to June 30, 2016.

Game Changers

How will future generations engage with knowledge and learning? What kind of impact will the rapidly changing technology industries have on how we learn? Explore these questions and more at Learning Futures, a hypothetical round table discussion into the future of learning.

The panel will consider how our schools and universities are adapting to the challenges and opportunities of the digital and online world, and ways that emerging modes of learning are encouraging us to rethink traditional approaches to education. Delve into current trends, such as the new learning environments that are being fostered outside of the classroom, and discover the exciting technologies that are facilitating these changes.

This conversation will spark a lively debate, pushing the limits of where and how we will encounter knowledge in the future.

When:

Where: VU at MetroWest – 138 Nicholson St, Footscray, VIC 3011

To find out more and register visit the event page.

Conference 2016

The dates for the 2016 Public Pedagogies Institute conference have been announced. The event will feature a workshop and conference program that will take place over three days from November 28 – 30, 2016.

At this stage it is planned to hold workshops on the first day, with presentations, panels and other events to take place over the second and third day.

For preliminary enquiries please get in touch via our contact page.  Conference registration will be available online later this year.

A Note from the President

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to thank all those who were a part of the Public Pedagogies Institute conference: Turning Learning Inside Out—Learning and Teaching Beyond the Classroom. We had around 80 people attend on both days and the feedback I received from participants was incredibly positive. What amazed the organising committee was who the conference theme spoke to.

I think the reach of the conference theme was reflected in the diversity of presentations. I observed many connections being made over coffee and at lunch and I hope these keep growing. If you didn’t present at this year’s conference, I hope you will consider doing so next year.

I would like to thank our international keynote speaker Jennifer Sandlin from Arizona State University. I would also like to thank our other keynote speaker Jane Smith the Director of M.A.D.E. We recorded each of the keynotes and an edited version of these presentations will be available on the website early next year.

The outcomes from the conference include the formation of three sub committees promoting the Institute through project work, setting up a journal, and of course a committee to work on next year’s conference. For those of you who put your name down to work in these sub committees we will be in touch in the New Year. The Public Pedagogies Institute constitution was also ratified.

Below is a comment we received in response to the conference that we think captures the experience well:

It was wonderful to be part of the conversation. It was great to have such a range of people around the table and engaged in such enthusiastic  dialogue.  It’s funny that silence that exists around our work, yet it  is a very sophisticated and empowering practice, happening everywhere!

My colleague commented that the conference was one of the best PD’s she has been to. So congratulations to the organising group. We’d certainly like to keep being involved. 

Public Pedagogies Institute meets monthly at VU Metro West,
138 Nicholson Street, Footscray. Our first meeting for 2016 will be the 8th of February at 10.00 – 11.30am.

Karen Charman

President, Public Pedagogies Institute

 

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Australian Journal of Adult Learning Special Edition

Members of the Public Pedagogies Institute, Karen Charman and Maureen Ryan, recently edited a special edition of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning.

The edition  has a focus on Public Pedagogies and includes articles by Karen Charman, Debbie Qadri, Meghan Kelly, Ligia Pelosi, John Haycock, Anne Hickling-Hudson & Erika Hepple, Ya-hui Lee, Sally Thompson, and Jo Williams.

Volume 55, Number 3, 2015

Guest Editors Karen Charman and Maureen Ryan

Jennifer Sandlin Seminar

We are pleased to announce that an additional seminar by our keynote speaker from the conference Jennifer Sandlin, will be taking place at Victoria University.

Associate Professor Jennifer Sandlin will be speaking about her current research project, exploring the Walt Disney Corporation and the myriad ways its curricula and pedagogies manifest, and seeks to understand what it means to teach, learn, and live in a world where many familiar discourses are dominated by Disney as a global media conglomerate.

 Monday the 16th of November at Victoria University, Footscray Park Campus, Ballarat Road, Footscray, 12-1.00pm in room G368.  This event is free and open to all.

Conference Opening and Launch

The Turning Learning Inside Out conference opening reception will take place on the evening of November 11 from 6 – 8pm at VU Metro West.  The reception will also include the Launch of the AJAL Special Edition on Public Pedagogy edited by Karen Charman and Maureen Ryan.

The reception will also feature the launch of PERMESSO, an art event by Gisela Boetker and Bec Knaggs that will coincide with the conference.

Conference Opening Reception
Wednesday November 11, 6 – 8pm

VU Metro West, 138 Nicholson St Footscray

All conference participants and attendees are invited to attend.

Download Invitation to Conference Launch

Antonia Darder: Schooling the Flesh

Deakin University and the Centre for Research in Educational Futures and Innovation (CREFI) proudly presents-

SCHOOLING THE FLESH
The Body, Pedagogy, and Inequality
Dr Antonia Darder, Loyola Marymount University, CA
MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 2015
10AM-1PM
MELBOURNE CITY CENTRE CONFERENCE ROOM LEVEL 3, 550 BOURKE ST, MELBOURNE
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

The seminar seeks to explore the place of the body within the context of education and issues of inequality. The work moves toward articulating a pedagogy of the body that can assist educators to engage with the materiality of the body in more integral ways. In so doing, emancipatory educational ideals that recognize the primacy of the body in pedagogical processes of social consciousness and transformation are highlighted, along with critical principles to inform classroom life.

Dr Antonia Darder is a distinguished international Freirian scholar. She holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair of Ethics and Moral Leadership at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and is Professor Emerita of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. She was inducted as an American Educational Research Association Fellow in 2015. Her scholarship focuses on issues of racism, political economy, social justice, and education. Her work critically engages the contributions of Paulo Freire to our understanding of inequalities in schools and society. Darder’s critical theory of biculturalism links questions of culture, power, and pedagogy to social justice concerns in education. In her scholarship on ethics and moral issues, she articulates a critical theory of leadership for social justice and community empowerment.

RSVP
crefi@deakin.edu.au
MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 2015
10AM-1PM
MELBOURNE CITY CENTRE CONFERENCE ROOM LEVEL 3, 550 BOURKE ST, MELBOURNE
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Download Flier: Antonia Darder Schooling the Flesh Mon 12 October 2015