An arts education approach treats arts as a public good. Mark Selkrig argues Revive 2.0 must treat arts as education, not industry through public investment and a coherent national approach to arts education. https://loom.ly/PR4fIP4

The AARE Teacher Education and Research Innovation (TERI) SIG Journal Club is ready to launch with their first meeting on the 29 April featuring Professor Mary Ryan, Dean of Education at Monash University. The program for the first five meetings: https://loom.ly/KzDNmfw EOI: https://loom.ly/RRw0wKs

The AARE Teacher Education and Research Innovation (TERI) SIG second in a two‑part online symposium series session brings the conversation directly to those working in schools who support pre-service teachers in professional practice. Register: https://loom.ly/o1kB7Oo

If you ask GenAI about Aboriginal culture and history, you always get a confident, fluent answer. Jordan Perry explains how GenAI flattens both cultural knowledge and the intellectual labor of Indigenous peoples. https://loom.ly/8LYqh0M

Many schools across Australia are suffering under the administrative weight of standardised tests, teacher burn-out and student drop-out. Paul Gardner argues that teacher professional associations hold rich resources and knowledge bases that can keep classrooms alive. https://loom.ly/PNYdu-I

Have you read first online #OA article by Ben Zunica, Bronwyn Reid-O’Connor & Katherin Cartwright 'Whose responsibility is it anyway? Exploring the tutoring policy landscape in Australia using the Peters framework' in AER? https://loom.ly/c41PFAA

Have you read first online #OA article by Jennifer Vaughan, Joanna Anderson & Peter McClenaghan 'Time Persistent Trust: What is it and why is it important to school change leadership?' in AER? https://loom.ly/LsDXR6c

Have you read first online #OA article by Jacob Prehn, Taylor Wigg & Michael A. Guerzoni 'Parental perspectives on teaching Indigenous cultures: education, epistemic power, and colonial structures' in AER? https://loom.ly/I025IH0

Have you read first online #OA article by Tebeje Molla 'Understanding school disengagement among refugee-background African students: institutional accounts' in AER? https://loom.ly/0O-diq4

There is still much that we don’t know about how Australian Tertiary Education Commission will operate. Andrew Norton suggests it read like a rushed committee job with nobody in enough control to ensure internal coherence. https://loom.ly/ftia2i0

We’re pleased to announce the launch of AARE’s new Curriculum Inquiry Special Interest Group (SIG)—a vibrant forum dedicated to advancing research, theory and practice in curriculum studies across Australia. 👉 Visit the AARE website for full details https://loom.ly/OYfYu9g

AARE is please to announce that the 2026 conference will be held at QUT in beautiful Brisbane/Magandjin. Join us Monday 30th November to Thursday 3rd December inclusive, with the Welcome Reception held on the Sunday evening of 29th November.

Have you read first online #OA article by Sally Staton, Sandy Houen, Peter Rankin & Karen Thorpe 'Improving Australia’s quality rating and improvement systems for early childhood education and care' in AER? https://loom.ly/9H_OLds

Given the decline in Civics education there is a need to rethink how citizens are educated about the way their government operates. Jessica Prouten argues we must reckon with digital spaces, and what expectations this field may have for the future of educational practice. https://loom.ly/rRtoVqY

If employability is to remain the central justification for higher education legislation, it must be treated seriously by Australian parliamentarians. Naomi Barnes examines the lack of evidence in parliamentary debates about Humanities, Arts and Social Science graduates. https://loom.ly/sUX9K3M

Have you read first online #OA article by Tracy Woodroffe and Kushalta Chauhan 'More Aboriginal teachers are needed now!' in AER? https://loom.ly/fkP_HZ0

Don’t miss the Technology and Learning SIG's latest podcast episodes: https://loom.ly/_c72g6A Podcast 18: Bridging the Gap: Digital Games, Pedagogy, and Equity in NSW History Classrooms with Shea Rigney Podcast 19: Teachers Using AI in Literacy with Dr Simone Smala

Judi Wickes, Chenoa Masters and Marnee Shay explain why more work is needed to educate broader Australian society about Australian history and the laws and legislation that continue to shape how Indigeneity is perceived by non-indigenous Australians. https://loom.ly/GxQ3I3A

Have you read first online #OA article by Simon Knight 'Am I an Education Researcher?' in AER? https://loom.ly/khQgk6k

The urgency of women’s justice in education cannot be overstated. Sakinah Alhadad challenges our institutions to be courageous enough to give women the time, recognition and structural support to shape the future. https://loom.ly/cSVhQME

Join the History and Education SIG Partnerships for the Past Seminar Series Elsie Leask, UoN, discusses caring for artefacts, oral histories & testimonies from the Sydney Jewish Museum. When: Thursday 2nd April 2026 Time: 4:30pm-5:30pm AEDST Online Register: https://loom.ly/jMx-qOQ

A common misconception is that inclusive education exists primarily to support a small group of students, particularly those with disability. David Roy explains that in this framing, inclusion appears as “extra work” for teachers but research tells a different story. https://loom.ly/8pMrM6Q

We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Australian Educational Researcher is now available. https://loom.ly/6QHycCU

Have you read first online #OA article by Kylie Rice, Sally A. Larsen, Ryan L. Davies & Adam J. Rock 'Beyond GPA: a quantitative evaluation of York et al.'s model of academic success in higher education' in AER? https://loom.ly/inMeIRA

Are you passionate about assessment and measurement in education? The Assessment & Measurement SIG would like to invite you to attend an online event on Monday the 30th March, 3.30pm - 4.30pm. Please register: https://loom.ly/rla2oYU

Click through to the March 2026 Communique from the Australian Association for Research in Education: Toward Greater Impact for Australian Education: The Case for Research, Evidence and ‘Truth’. https://loom.ly/0VskLss

Teacher Education and Research Innovation SIG TERI Online Symposium: Evolving Professional Experience – Building Genuine University-School Partnerships March 31 (Tuesday) at 4-5pm AEDT. https://loom.ly/ly9O56g

'Toward Greater Impact for Australian Education', outlines key principles for ensuring that education policy is informed by robust, contextually grounded evidence and meaningful engagement with the education research community. You can read the Communique here https://loom.ly/MXjiWxE

What does ‘learning’ mean when access or retrieval is effortless? Shaun Bell considers where the question of AI stops being a workplace debate and becomes a parenting anxiety, a civic anxiety, a spiritual one. https://loom.ly/WaeY-W4

Have you read first online #OA article by Suraiya Abdul Hameed, Yu-Chih Li & Jack Tsao 'Navigating the neoliberal tensions during the COVID-19 pandemic- IB practices within Singapore, Hong Kong & Taiwan' in AER? https://loom.ly/V5TODB0

The Early Childhood SIG invites AARE members to Session 3 of “Shaping Futures: Conversations on Quality Early Childhood Education”, an online research-sharing event showcasing the work of SIG members. Held on Monday 23 March at 10:00am Perth time (1:00pm AEST) https://loom.ly/wwHWosQ

Current ‘wellbeing’ strategies that emphasise individual coping are very limited when discussing a system-wide issue like workload. Mihajla Gavin et al explain why solutions to the current teacher workload problem needed to be grounded in system-level strategies. https://loom.ly/777lFWA

Have you read first online #OA article by Huidan Niu & Maureen Rajani Rajendran Niranjan 'Teacher Digital Competence in New Zealand Primary Schools: A Qualitative Study of Integration Practices, Challenges, and Cultural Considerations' in AER? https://loom.ly/gCijMmM

Professional learning is frequently positioned as an accompanying feature of reform like the Inspire initiative in NSW. Carla Trott argues that when educators are well prepared to design challenging, intellectually rigorous tasks, high potential students flourish. https://loom.ly/m2ayPVU

SIG Grant Funding Round opened 23rd February 2026 and closes 10am 27th April, 2026. https://loom.ly/c-QWz5o

AARE members who are interested in the opportunity to represent AARE, are invited to submit an Expression of Interest which includes a symposium proposal by COB Monday 9th March 2026. https://loom.ly/GD1dSdk

The evaluation of the social media ban will use data linkage techniques including NAPLAN data. Sally Larsen explains why it is hard to imagine how improvements on a standardised test like NAPLAN can be linked to a ban that is not aligned with curriculum. https://loom.ly/rpp5lRE

Tuesday 3rd March - Partnerships in Practice: Understanding History Teaching Through School Based Research Presented by Claire Golledge, University of Sydney When: Tuesday 3rd March 2026 Time: 4:30pm AEDST Via Zoom https://loom.ly/vAmAErY

Have you read first online #OA article by Allison Byth 'Rethinking the gradual release of responsibility in ITE mentoring: an andragogical perspective' in AER? https://loom.ly/3biJSHE

Peter Anderson argues that "the Respect at Uni study released last week demands that those of us with institutional power respond with honesty, not defensiveness." https://loom.ly/BHnUjfs

Have you read first online #OA article by Juuso Henrik Nieminen, Mollie Dollinger & Rachel Finneran 'Becoming a disabled teacher: teacher placements as sites for identity formation' in AER? https://loom.ly/rOkn3rc

Have you read first online #OA article by Emma C. Burns, Lucy Plummer, Greg Vass, Kevin Lowe, Signe M. Duff & Annette Woods 'Which resources support teachers to embed Indigenous perspectives? A convergent mixed methods analysis' in AER? https://loom.ly/0Oc__6Y

Remembering Dr Colin Symes. You are invited to an informal gathering at Macquarie University Wallamattagal Campus on Tuesday, 10th March 2026, 1-2pm in the Readers and Writers Lounge, Ground Floor, 25B Wally’s Walk.

Like schooling which structurally enables gender based violence, so too does the higher education sector. Sam Schulz and Sarah McDonald assert that by failing to support academic women and censure anti-genderism, the university is implicated in these trends. https://loom.ly/zrgxB4s

Have you read first online #OA article by Claire Philp-Clark 'Collaborative approaches to quality through educator critical reflection' in AER? https://loom.ly/-9n4P7M

Indigenous HDR students deserve equitable, culturally safe supervision. Indigenous academics deserve equitable recognition for their labour. Maria Raciti and Bronwyn Fredericks propose three practical reforms that are administratively feasible. https://loom.ly/OME6cmw

🗣️NEW SIG! AARE is pleased to announce the launch of the Learning Environments Special Interest Group (LE SIG). Members are warmly invited to join the LE SIG and contribute to its inaugural activities in 2026. Details here: https://loom.ly/S3mnwBo

Calls for researchers to work in interdisciplinary teams to solve complex world problems are increasingly difficult to adress when higher education institutions, which are under increasing budget pressures, are the place this research thrives. https://loom.ly/-mMXj4s

👪The Early Childhood SIG presents “Shaping Futures: Conversations on Quality Early Childhood Education” 🕙Monday 23 March at 10:00am Perth time (1:00pm AEST) 🗣️Dr Elise Hunkin (La Trobe University) & Dr Amelia Ruscoe (Edith Cowan University) will be presenting Details: https://loom.ly/wwHWosQ

Andrew Martin explains that teachers’ professional judgement, attention to the individual student, and students’ independent learning are closely tied to the implementation of high-quality explicit instruction. https://loom.ly/R_H0AM0