Dean's Lecture Series

The Melbourne Graduate School of Education Dean’s Lecture Series provides a platform for discussion and debate in the education community.

Dean’s Lectures take place throughout the year and feature internationally renowned experts from Australia and overseas.

Sunday 4.15 - 4.15am

Book launch: Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work

Celebrate the launch of Associate Professor Lindsay G. Oades latest book Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work. 

Convened by bestselling author Ms Michelle McQuaid with brief commentaries on the book by Professor Roy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland.

“This handbook fulfils the highest aspirations to which handbooks aspire.” Kim Cameron, Russell William Kelley Professor of Management and Organisations and Professor Higher Education, University of Michigan.

Event

Sunday 4.15 - 4.15am

Book launch: Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work

Celebrate the launch of Associate Professor Lindsay G. Oades latest book Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work. 

Convened by bestselling author Ms Michelle McQuaid with brief commentaries on the book by Professor Roy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland.

“This handbook fulfils the highest aspirations to which handbooks aspire.” Kim Cameron, Russell William Kelley Professor of Management and Organisations and Professor Higher Education, University of Michigan.

Event

Monday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Reconceptualising Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Programs Conference

Join us for the Reconceptualising Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Programs (ReMSTEP) conference and learn about the impacts, outcomes and findings of the ReMSTEP project.

ReMSTEP is part of a larger agenda to make STEM teaching and learning more relevant and engaging with an aim to better promote the thinking needed for effective participation in 21st century Australia.

The key innovation underpinning ReMSTEP is the exploration of ways to link pre-service teachers to practising scientists and mathematicians, in order to represent the creativity and drive of scientific and mathematical thinking for these future teachers.

By attending the conference, you will have the opportunity to engage with case studies of innovative practice, and activities that translate contemporary science and mathematics into teacher education.

Conference Event

Tuesday 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Breaking bad: Regulating the responses of teachers to students' "behaviours of concern"

Professor Bernadette McSherry

Professor Bernadette McSherry

Foundation Director
Melbourne Social Equity Institute
The University of Melbourne

Professor Bernadette McSherry is the Foundation Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute at the University of Melbourne. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of Law, the President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and a legal member of the Victorian Mental Health Tribunal.

Professor McSherry has authored numerous books and articles on criminal law and mental health law, and is currently conducting research on an Australian Research Council Discovery project entitled Regulating the Use of Restraint on Persons with Disabilities: Model Laws and Guidelines.

Dean's Lecture Series Event

Monday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Reconceptualising Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Programs Conference

Join us for the Reconceptualising Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Programs (ReMSTEP) conference and learn about the impacts, outcomes and findings of the ReMSTEP project.

ReMSTEP is part of a larger agenda to make STEM teaching and learning more relevant and engaging with an aim to better promote the thinking needed for effective participation in 21st century Australia.

The key innovation underpinning ReMSTEP is the exploration of ways to link pre-service teachers to practising scientists and mathematicians, in order to represent the creativity and drive of scientific and mathematical thinking for these future teachers.

By attending the conference, you will have the opportunity to engage with case studies of innovative practice, and activities that translate contemporary science and mathematics into teacher education.

Conference Event

Tuesday 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Breaking bad: Regulating the responses of teachers to students' "behaviours of concern"

Professor Bernadette McSherry

Professor Bernadette McSherry

Foundation Director
Melbourne Social Equity Institute
The University of Melbourne

Professor Bernadette McSherry is the Foundation Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute at the University of Melbourne. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of Law, the President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and a legal member of the Victorian Mental Health Tribunal.

Professor McSherry has authored numerous books and articles on criminal law and mental health law, and is currently conducting research on an Australian Research Council Discovery project entitled Regulating the Use of Restraint on Persons with Disabilities: Model Laws and Guidelines.

Dean's Lecture Series Event

Monday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Reconceptualising Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Programs Conference

Join us for the Reconceptualising Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Programs (ReMSTEP) conference and learn about the impacts, outcomes and findings of the ReMSTEP project.

ReMSTEP is part of a larger agenda to make STEM teaching and learning more relevant and engaging with an aim to better promote the thinking needed for effective participation in 21st century Australia.

The key innovation underpinning ReMSTEP is the exploration of ways to link pre-service teachers to practising scientists and mathematicians, in order to represent the creativity and drive of scientific and mathematical thinking for these future teachers.

By attending the conference, you will have the opportunity to engage with case studies of innovative practice, and activities that translate contemporary science and mathematics into teacher education.

Conference Event

Tuesday 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Breaking bad: Regulating the responses of teachers to students' "behaviours of concern"

Professor Bernadette McSherry

Professor Bernadette McSherry

Foundation Director
Melbourne Social Equity Institute
The University of Melbourne

Professor Bernadette McSherry is the Foundation Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute at the University of Melbourne. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of Law, the President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and a legal member of the Victorian Mental Health Tribunal.

Professor McSherry has authored numerous books and articles on criminal law and mental health law, and is currently conducting research on an Australian Research Council Discovery project entitled Regulating the Use of Restraint on Persons with Disabilities: Model Laws and Guidelines.

Dean's Lecture Series Event

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