Western Australian Institute for Educational Research

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Welcome to the Western Australian Institute for Educational Research (WAIER). WAIER is focused on advocating for and promoting educational research in Western Australia, across all educational contexts. Our membership comprises educators, educational leaders, academics, and other professionals engaged in education. We encourage you to join us to keep up to date with all the latest in education and educational research.

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GRANTS & AWARDS

WAIER recognises and celebrates the achievements of local researchers through its grants and awards programs.

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JOURNAL

Issues in Educational Research (IIER) is a refereed academic research journal published jointly by Australia’s Institutes of Educational Research.

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Shifting pre-service teachers’ views of teaching secondary mathematics

Sian Chapman
13 July 2022

Gregory Hine (University of Notre Dame Australia) and Sandra Herbert (Deakin University) A well-established claim is that teacher education programs are pivotal in the professional preparation and formation of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers (PSMTs). Despite this claim, there appears to be a lack of understanding of how best to prepare PSMTs for the profession. The […]

Ready to Write? An investigation of the writing experiences of pre-service teachers

Sian Chapman
4 July 2022

Paul Gardner & Sonja Kuzich – Curtin University, School of Education Over several decades, a preoccupation with reading has dominated the literacy debate in primary education. One-sided discussions around literacy not only neglect to consider the symbiotic relationship of reading and writing, but marginalise writing as a worthwhile subject for research. Increasingly, primary teachers are […]

WAIER, SAIER and ACER Summer Research

Sian Chapman
11 April 2022

Held in March 2022, this Summer Research webinar includes presentations by Associate Professor Peter Wright, Professor Barry Down and Dr. Christine Cunningham. Link for the individual presentations https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bxnm_JRV7_wAOBQBAXUvgV47HRz6j4uM?usp=sharing See the below article for all readings relevant to this qualitative methodologies webinar…

Critical qualitative research/ethnography: Selected reading list.

Sian Chapman
9 April 2022

A reading list selected and compiled by Barry Down (Murdoch University), suggesting some critical qualitative research/ethnography essentials.

Looking at the child: The invisible scars of domestic and family violence

Sian Chapman
27 April 2021

Experiences of domestic and family violence can result in negative psychological, physical, and behavioural impacts on the child, and negative effects on their cognitive development, and social and emotional development and functioning.

Educating tomorrow’s women*: Ovulatory-menstrual health literacy as a lifelong skill

Sian Chapman
12 April 2021

A crowded Health & Physical Education curriculum results in insufficient time to teach girls ovulatory-menstrual health literacy skills.The ovulatory-menstrual cycle can be used as a personal health monitor, and is of equal significance to a beating heart and breathing lungs.

Teachers are expected to put on a brave face and ignore their emotions. We need to talk about it.

Sian Chapman
11 March 2021

In doctoral research, I followed pre-service teachers throughout their course. I found there exists an invisible rule book that defines what teachers can and cannot do with their emotions.

Recognising and respecting the right of all children to play

Sian Chapman
25 November 2020

The significance of play deserves recognition and respect by all stakeholders in children’s lives. Play is recognised as a right of all children in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Botanical Literacies in Early Childhood

Sian Chapman
25 November 2020

The development of botanical literacy is essential for children to form caring and sustainable beliefs and behaviours about plants and the earth.

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Shifting pre-service teachers’ views of teaching secondary mathematics

Summer Research Webinar 2022

Teachers are expected to put on a brave face and ignore their emotions. We need to talk about it.

Emotionless, malleable little ornaments: Is this our image of children?

Ready to Write? An investigation of the writing experiences of pre-service teachers

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Shifting pre-service teachers’ views of teaching secondary mathematics

Ready to Write? An investigation of the writing experiences of pre-service teachers

WAIER, SAIER and ACER Summer Research

Critical qualitative research/ethnography: Selected reading list.

Looking at the child: The invisible scars of domestic and family violence

Educating tomorrow’s women*: Ovulatory-menstrual health literacy as a lifelong skill

Teachers are expected to put on a brave face and ignore their emotions. We need to talk about it.

Recognising and respecting the right of all children to play

Botanical Literacies in Early Childhood

News from WAIER

Welcome to WAIER

WAIER quick links

EVENTS

NEWS

Contact

RESEARCH

MEMBERSHIP

GRANTS & AWARDS

JOURNAL

ABOUT

Connect with the latest research

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