Australian Association for Research in Education conference

The joint International Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA) has been held in Sydney from 2-6th December. The conference has also hosted the 2012 Focal Meeting of the World Education Research Association (WERA).

One symposium I really enjoyed attending was titled: "Implications of cultural and societal aspects for educational environments of children with disabilities in Austria, Thailand and Ethiopia" lead by
Gottfried Biewer from the University of Vienna. The presenters and discussant are pictured below.

L-R: Michelle Proyer, Michalea Kramann, Alemayehu Teklemariam,
Gottfried Biewer, Sharynne McLeod, Ilektra Spandagou

I was coauthor of the following presentations based on analyses of data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

McLeod, S., Walker, S., Whiteford, C., & Harrison, L. J. (2012, December). The impact of bilingualism when 4- to 5-years-old on literacy, numeracy and social-emotional outcomes when 8- to 9-years-old. International Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA). Sydney, Australia.

Verdon, S. & McLeod, S. (2012, December). Longitudinal and cross-sectional changes in the cultural and linguistic diversity of Australian children. International Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA). Sydney, Australia.