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2021 ACU ILSTE 10th Research Symposium

Virtual Research Symposium co-hosted by ILSTE and Playgroup Victoria - Making playgroup research applicable to practice and policy

Date: 12 November 2021, 9am-12pm AEDT

Cost: Free

Program:

• Keynote Presentation by guest presenter
  
  • Professor Christine Pascal OBE (Centre for Research in Early Childhood Director, United Kingdom)
• Concurrent sessions
  
  • Caregiver learning about play in community playgroups and social media (ARC DECRA), Dr Karen McLean (ACU)
  • A best practice framework for playgroups-in-schools (ARCLP), Professor Susan Edwards (presenting author), Dr Karen McLean (ACU), Dr Maria Evangelou (Honorary Research Fellow, University of Oxford), Professor Michael Henderson (Monash University), Professor Andrea Nolan (Deakin University), Professor Helen Skouteris (Monash University), Dr Joanne Tarasuik (Playgroup Victoria) 
• Plenary discussion led by guest discussant
  
  • Professor Andrea Nolan (Deakin University)
• Launch
  
  • ‘Let’s Talk about Play’ and ‘School Playgroup’ Resources

Register here to receive joining links for the ILSTE/Playgroup Victoria Virtual Research Symposium.