As a new cohort of ECTs prepares to enter the profession next year, Brooke Rosser and Matthew Harper share emerging insights and highlight key implications from their work. https://blog.aare.edu.au/is-induction-the-solution-to-early-career-teacher-retention/

Go-to source material, that could be used to inform planning meetings, or used as extracts as part of planning professional learning sequences in 2026. https://loom.ly/GqlrdHs

Failure to have an explicit focus on the prevention of gender-based violence means that schools are not meeting the goal of the National Plan to ensure every child and young person receives high quality, evidence-based RRE https://loom.ly/nCFi32c

In response to teacher shortages, provisional and conditional accreditation is increasingly granted. Jo Lampert and colleagues explain these staffing accommodations, while necessary, also create extra work for teacher mentors because inexperience demands more mentoring. https://loom.ly/a1IdhEM

NAPLAN has helped create a monster that has come back to haunt the governments that created it. Dean Ashenden challenges AARE to broker a Fix NAPLAN collaboration. https://loom.ly/vpd3N88

Had a great time in Newcastle this week! Now can someone please confirm or deny that Silverchair played the AARE conference when they were a still just a school band?

Some reflections on #AARE2025 https://loom.ly/fe9VHW0

That's a wrap! We hope you all enjoyed your time at #AARE2025. See you all next year!

Dja Dja Wurrung man, Al Fricker invited conference delegates to take the pieces of Country collected and stored in the AARE Coolamon during the conference and return them to Country to bring the #AARE2025 conference to a close. #NewConnectionsNewDirections

Congratulations to Tahani Alosaimi on their Postgraduate / Early Career Researcher Poster Award #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Congratulations to Louise White on their Postgraduate Researcher Award #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Congratulations to Dr Bella Illesca on their Early Career Researcher Commendation #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Round up for Wednesday at #AARE2025 https://loom.ly/89t5HOU

Farewell to all our delegates and we will see you again next year. AARE would like to thank The City of Newcastle for being such a spectacular host. Travel Safe

Don't miss The President's panel today hosted by Laureate Professor Jennifer Gore on Hope in uncertain times: Reimagining futures for children and young people #AARE2025 #NewConnectionsNewDirections

Yesterday, #AARE25 delegates had the opportunity to visit the University of Newcastle's Wollotuka Institute for deep cultural engagement. In the Awabakal language, Wollotuka means eating and meeting place. Since 1983, Wollotuka has represented and supported First Nations people in higher education.

Congratulations to Adriana Bonifacio, Professor Jo Lampert and Dr Stephanie Wescott on their Eduresearch Matters Award for Best Blog #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Congratulations to Professor Beryl Exley on their AER Award for Best Reviewer #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Congratulations to A/Professor Emma Rowe and Dr Eve Mayes on their AER Award for Best Paper #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Congratulations to Dr Erin Harper on their Early Career Researcher Award #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Don't miss the keynote by Professor Therese Hopfenbeck from the Assessment and Evaulation Centre, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne "Skills and Strategies for Successful AI Integration in Educational Settings" #AARE2025 #NewConnectionsNewDirections

Aunty Dr Candace Kruger, AARE Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Researcher Executive Committee Member, Yugambeh Elder and Songwoman, Senior Lecturer, Griffith University presents the Coolamon to #AARE2025. #NewConnectionNewDirections

Congratulations to Mikayla King on their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Researcher Award (collected by Sam Schultz) #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Congratulations to Professor Peter Anderson on their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Researcher Award #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Catch up on #AARE2025 conference via the blog https://loom.ly/e6rQLOs

Don't miss Uncle Bob Morgan AO's keynote today. "Social Determinants and their Relative Impact on Aboriginal Education Policy and Aboriginal Student Learning Experiences and Outcomes in NSW Public Schools" #AARE2025 #NewConnectionsNewDirections

Don't forget to join us to celebrate 10 Year Anniversary of the AARE/Routledge book series 'Local/Global Issues in Education'

Thank you to Raymond (Bud) Kelly for welcoming delegates to the lands of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples for #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Congratulations to Dr Leanne Higham on their Ray Debus Award for Doctoral Research in Education Winner #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Congratulations to Dr Michelle Bishop and Dr Nashid Nigar on their Commendations for Doctoral Research in Education #AARE2025 #NewConnectionNewDirections

Pre-Conference Day round up https://loom.ly/WQjCW8w

Don't miss Professor Emeritus Joe Lo Bianco's Radford Lecture 'The Global Politics of Language (and Literacy) Education' today #AARE2025 #NewConnectionsNewDirections

Please be aware that a number of delegates have been scammed by taxis moving between the airport and conference. Please be hypervigilent about checking your driver's credentials.

Climate Action during the conference Rising Tide welcome AARE conference delegates to attend their planned activities happening in Newcastle around the time of the conference. Please see their website for more information: https://loom.ly/7gpNC3c

Looking forward to seeing you all soon at NUSpace! #AARE2025 #NewConnectionsNewDirections

Students may know facts and concepts but they may struggle to accurately judge the degree to which they understand. Melissa Barnes and colleagues argue that self-assessment—a valuable skill or competency—is an enabler of the development and application of knowledge. https://loom.ly/hG6fP_s

Have you read first online #OA article by Chad Morrison, Helen Dempsey, Kathryn Dehle & Sandi Fielder ‘School-based teacher educators use of a teaching performance assessment as a boundary object' in AER? https://loom.ly/PcQz9w0

AARE would like to thank our conference sponsor The City of Newcastle. Looking forward to seeing all our wonderful delgates at the conference in a week!

Come along next week to a catered reception marking the 10 Year Anniversary of the AARE/Routledge book series 'Local/Global Issues in Education'

Educators shared their insight on 'evidence-based practice' with Nikki Brunker, Michelle Hostrup, Virginia Moller, Alison Boyd-Boland and Grant Sciberras. Their findings indicate educators showed clear agreement with the detrimental impact of ‘evidence-based practice’. https://loom.ly/fcW0Rxc

Listen to Episode 14 of the AARE Technology and Learning Research SIG podcast 'When AI Meets Ubuntu: Rethinking Power in Academic Writing' where Dr Lynette Pretorius advocates for more compassionate, equitable, and creative learning environments. https://loom.ly/K-ilHig

🚨AARE is pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Australian Educational Researcher is now available. Volume 52, Issue 6 December 2025 https://loom.ly/LzROVLk 👏Massive thank you to Stewart Riddle as the outgoing Editor in Chief.

AI is not a neutral tool. It reproduces the cultural assumptions embedded in its training data. Arum Kim explains the key to AI literacy lies not in grand technological debates but in small, everyday moments. https://loom.ly/Y5piHmA

Have you read first online #OA article by Neil Tippett, Anna Sullivan, Jamie Manolev, Bruce Johnson & Barry Down ‘How policies of school exclusion frame practice: a comparative analysis of Australian state education policies' in AER? https://loom.ly/Glp71Pc

AARE would like to thank our conference gold sponsor Curtin University. Looking forward to seeing all our wonderful delgates at the conference in a fortnight

There is a growing need to identify effective language interventions and early literacy strategies that enable educators and SLPs to engage with multilingual families and their children. Sarah Ohi and Yanling Song explain the power of culturally responsive approaches. https://loom.ly/7M3MlpY

Listen to Episode 15 of the AARE Technology and Learning Research SIG podcast 'From Digital Doubt to Digital Confidence: Tracking Capability in Teacher Education' where Katie Wilson shares how tracking digital confidence across a semester opened up unexpected insights. https://loom.ly/PP7EYag

Australia could lead globally by demonstrating that evidence-based instruction and culturally responsive teaching are not competing priorities. Helen Adam asks Education ministers if they will continue the narrow focus that has left children behind for decades. https://loom.ly/3RYdk0c

As humanitarian crises escalate, improving refugee education has never been more pressing. Julie Matthews and Quentin Maire highlight initiatives for refugee education around the world. https://loom.ly/Tb2oehY

Have you read first online #OA article by Ben Arnold & Mark Rahimi ‘Teachers’ working conditions, wellbeing and retention: an exploratory analysis to identify the key factors associated with teachers’ intention to leave' in AER? https://loom.ly/FcY-Qvo