Education
Education is a subject close to all of our hearts. Whether it is finding the best school for our children or choosing the right university, it is about shaping the future of the next generation.
Educational research is hard to read, and there is an abundance of opposing opinions and emotional debate around the subject. Independent or public? Mixed or single-sex? Does paying a lot of money for education actually get you a better result?
In our featured forum on Education we want to explore an array of issues, including the current state of the Australian education system, the future of higher education, new models of funding, education in the context of a deregulatory government, Australia’s position on the global stage regarding academic research, the quality of teaching and collaboration between business and academia.
The featured forum will be leading up to the Global Access Partners Annual Growth Summit on Education in Sydney on the 18th and 19th of September 2014 at NSW Parliament House with speakers and participants featured in this area.
If you would like to contribute a blog to join the debate, please contact Svetlana at sstankovic@openforum.com.au.
RELATED CONTENT:
Blogs and speeches from Summit speakers*:
- Australian education: an OECD perspective – by Sergio Arzeni
- A new approach to educational disadvantage – by June McLoughlin
- Factors in school success: policy and practice – by Suzette Young
- Educating for consumer engagement in health care – by Peter Brooks
- Better educational outcomes: Start early – by Frank Oberklaid
Education blogs:
- How do we future proof access to quality education for everyone? – by Lila Mularczyk
- Teaching is rocket science – by Maurie Mulheron
- Regional universities make a difference – by Andrew Vann
- On being a teacher – by Paul Grover
- Are we adequately building the resilience of young Australians as they transition from school to work? – by Alexandra Loftus
- Class size and academic results – by David Zyngier
- What’s wrong with school chaplains? – by David Zyngier
- The innovation and migration challenge of mobile learning – by Anthony Chung
- How will digital content be delivered to university students? A digital pervasiveness blog – by Leon Sterling
- Adaptive learning – departure from the lockstep model of education – by Mohamad Jebara
- Is technology finally making a difference to learning? – by Vivek Agarwal
- The world is my classroom and my playground – by Theresa Lim
- The post-digital age – by Phillip Long
- Why students’ full learning potential isn’t maximised in higher education (and what we’re doing about it) – by Adam Brimo
- Commercialising university research: a good but costly move – by Tim Mazzarol
- Engaging with Asia in higher education – by James Guthrie
- The Virtual University — impact on accounting and business education – by James Guthrie
- NAPLAN: it shouldn’t be a testing time – by Robert Randall
- NAPLAN: a rigorous process for developing and trialling tasks – by Robert Randall
- The World of Pyne: Protest, Q & A and corporate education – by Binoy Kampmark
- How I designed my own self-study program to become a global business leader – by Ankit Khandalwal
Previous summits:
- GAP’s National Economic Review 2010: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit – featured forum
- GAP’s National Economic Review 2011: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit – Population – featured forum
- GAP’s National Economic Review 2012: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit – Productivity – featured forum
- GAP’s National Economic Review 2013: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit – Food Sustainability – featured forum
* Please check back as this area is being updated.
