The department hosts research forums to hear directly from researchers about their project findings and their implications for end-users, as well as from department staff on relevant policies, processes and site-based research.
After a significant pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the department is pleased to have resumed these forums, showcasing research with tangible benefits for Queensland schools, students and families.
November 2024
The department hosted the
Research in Schools: Sharing Your Insights
forum in November 2024, at which university researchers, school teachers and school leaders co-presented their research project findings.
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Guided inquiry in primary maths
Dr Kym Fry with Kenmore South State School Principal Georgina Allardice, and classroom teacher, Judith Hillman
This presentation looks at the role mathematical modelling plays, as students solve real-world problems that combine Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), taught through the pedagogy of Guided Mathematical Inquiry (GMI).
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French teaching from a Pacific Island perspective
Dr Florence Boulard
This presentation highlights Dr Boulard’s efforts to promote Pacific-mindedness in Queensland schools and deepen cross-cultural connections between Australia and the Francophone Pacific Islands.
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Teacher action research
Ryan Bishop
This presentation explores teacher action research as a means of addressing problems of practice and demonstrates how action research can be used to create new knowledge and practice in context and be distributed to benefit staff.
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Supporting refugee and asylum-seeker children’s transitions to school
Dr Kerry Taylor-Leech and Dr Eseta Tualaulelei
This presentation reports on a research collaboration between UniSQ, Griffith University, the Queensland Department of Education, and the Creche and Kindergarten Association, which explored how children could be positively supported with transitions into school and how early years educators’ professional understandings in this area could be enhanced.
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Science of learning in classrooms
Dr Stephanie Macmahon and Associate Professor Annemaree Carroll, with 2024 partner schools (Balmoral State High School, Brisbane South State Secondary College and Centenary State High School)
This presentation reports on the Universtiy of Queensland (UQ) Partner Schools Program, a model of research translation designed to bridge the gap between research and educational practice. In this session you will hear about the program from the creators and some 2024 state school participants.
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Health and hygiene education in remote communities (Green Flow)
Dr Nina Lansbury, Olivia Milsom, and Minnie King with Dan Tonon (Principal, Western Cape College)
This presentation will provide an overview of menstruation challenges in remote and Indigenous-dominant communities and towns, and the opportunities for ensuring dignity every day for all.
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May 2024
Reducing barriers to wellbeing and learning for Autistic students through supportive and inclusive physical environments
Professor Dawn Adams, Dr Stephanie Malone, Dr Nicole Dargue and Dr Kate Simpson (Griffith University)
This research, which was funded by the Department's Education Horizon research grant scheme, identified how Queensland schools can change physical spaces to deliver a more inclusive and supportive learning environment for Autistic students. The presentation included photographs and videos of school environments in Queensland that show schools and teachers what these adaptations look like in practice, and also demonstrate that suggested adjustments need only be relatively minor in scale.
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August 2023
Development of a multilingual glossary of school-based terminology
Professor Margaret Kettle (Central Queensland University (CQU)), and Professor Annette Woods, Dr Jennifer Smith and Dr Do Na Chi (Queensland University of Technology (QUT))
For this project, funded by the Department's Education Horizon research grant scheme, researchers worked with schools, families, and community groups to translate more than 600 school-based terms into 5 languages: Arabic, English, Kurdish Kurmanji, Portuguese and Swahili. The resulting glossaries support partnerships and 2-way communication between schools and bilingual learners and their families, and help support communication, language learning and social connection. The research team also developed a free, accessible step-by-step process that all schools and communities can use to design glossaries in languages relevant to their families and communities.
Presentation slides.
Further information about the research project is available on the
QUT website.
March 2020
Early childhood education: Innovation, engagement and leadership
Dr Maryanne Theobald and Professor Susan Danby (QUT), Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles (Southern Cross University) and Professor Susan Irvine (QUT)
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February 2020
Sun-safe school uniforms: A collaborative partnership
Louise Pellow (Queensland Department of Education), Jodie Antrobus (Queensland Health), Dr Simone Harrison (James Cook University) and Dr Tiziana Ferrero-Regis (QUT)
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December 2019
Privileging the voice of the disenfranchised learner
Professor Peter Renshaw (UQ), Professor Martin Mills (University College London), Dr Marnee Shay (UQ) and Dr Jenna Gillett-Swan (QUT)
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September 2019
Representations of gender: Teachers' everyday work
Dr Lisa van Leent and Dr Ian Davis (QUT)
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May 2019
Learning to connect and care: Place-responsive pedagogy from research into practice
Professor Peter Renshaw (UQ) and Dr Ron Tooth (Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre)
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March 2019
Research in Queensland State Education sites
Dr Chris Little, Dr Deb Kember and Jim Cousins (Queensland Department of Education)
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Screen time and young people in Australia: Towards positive interactions with electronic media
Professor Chris Lonsdale (Australian Catholic University)
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