Learning, Teaching, and Social Justice in Higher Education: Melbourne, 18 November 2009

Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Venue: Australian Catholic University, School of Arts and Sciences, Melbourne

Address: 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy

Registration fee: $10 (online payment by credit card or cheque payable to Australian Catholic University).

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Accommodation nearby

• http://www.tribecaservicedapartments.com.au (across the road from ACU)
• http://www.brooklynartshotel.com.au (around the corner from ACU)
• http://www.victoriahotel.com.au (City centre walking distance or tram)

Symposium Theme

In recent years, there has been widening concern with social and social justice issues among students, researchers, and lecturers in academia. Lecturers have taken a wide variety of approaches to incorporate social justice issues into broad courses, specific units, and to open the doors of the academy to allow better access and connectivity with disadvantaged communities. 

This interdisciplinary symposium will explore a variety of ways in which social and social justice concerns are being incorporated and explored in higher education teaching and learning settings.  Scholars and higher education practitioners from across all fields will discuss their work and its impact in higher education classrooms and in the broader community.

Papers in the conference will present research and discussion in the following areas:

• Ethics, spirituality, and learning
• Religious institutions and social justice education
• Social movements, past and present
• Community engagement and outreach
• Lessons from the past
• Social justice and the creative arts
• Public policy, human rights law, and social justice
• Teaching Indigenous issues
• The role of universities in the promotion of social justice
• Nexus between Australian universities and people in developing countries
• Social justice and the health sciences
• Training teachers
• Access and Equity
• First Year Experience and Success
• Partnerships between higher education and school communities
• Difference and diversity
• Critical pedagogy and current social justice activism
• Business ethics in the classroom and in practice.

For full details please see the Symposium Program (PDF, 116kb)

Conference Organisers

• Ellen Warne (Ellen.warne@acu.edu.au) ph. (03) 9953 3822
• Noah Riseman (noah.riseman@acu.edu.au) ph. (03) 9953 3226
• Sue Rechter (sue.rechter@acu.edu.au) ph. (03) 9953 3202

Registration

A registration fee of $10 is being charged to cover catering. Registration and online payment is now available.

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If paying by cheque: please make the cheque payable to Australian Catholic University and mail along with your contact details to:

Noah Riseman
School of Arts and Sciences
ACU National St. Patricks Campus
Locked Bag 4115
Fitzroy MDC, Melbourne, Vic. 3065

Program

The Symposium Program is now available to download for viewing and printing (PDF, 116kb).