FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES: EDUCATION AND INCLUSION.
A national conference for people who have at heart the well-being of
education and the future of Australia's children, organised by the
Australian Fabian Society.
WHEN: Friday and Saturday, 30 and 31 March.
WHERE: Cato Conference Centre, 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.
COST: Standard: $70. AFS Members $60. Concession $50.
CONFERENCE DINNER. Tom Bentley on "Education and Inclusion: The Blair
Government Experience". Venue: Cato Conference Centre. Cost: Standard
$35, AFS Members $30, Concession $27.50. BYOG.
WHO'S WHO ON THE SPEAKERS LIST
* Jill Anwyl is the Manager of Education and Youth Policy, Major
Projects, Victorian Department of Education, Employment and Training.
* Clarice Ballenden is the Executive Director of the Admin Training
Company an independent not for profit organisation specialising in
learning and assessment in the workplace.
* Tom Bentley is the Director of the influential Demos think-tank in
London, and has advised the Blair government on education policy.
* Mary Bluett is the secretary of the Australian Education Union.
* Brian Caldwell is a Professor of Education at Melbourne University
and advised on the Victorian "Schools of the Future" program.
* Kim Carr is a Labor Senator for Victoria who has specialised in
education policy.
* Tony Coady is a Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University,
and edited the much discussed "Why Universities Matter: A
Conversation about Values, Means and Directions".
* Mark Considine is an Associate Professor of Political Science, at
Melbourne University, and co-author ( with Professor Simon Marginson)
of "The Enterprise University", which has just received a major US
award as the best book of last year in its category.
* Mary Delahunty is the Victorian Minister for Education.
* Paul James is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at Monash University
and a co-founder of the Association for the Public University.
* Tony Keenan is the president of the Independent Teachers' Union.
* Lynne Kosky is the Victorian Minister for Finance and Minister for
Post-Compulsory Education, Training and Employment.
* Alison McClelland is an Associate Professor of Social Work and
Social Policy at Latrobe University, and former Director of Social
Action and Research at the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
* Ann Morrow is a doctoral student in the Centre for Public Policy at
Melbourne University, Convenor of Australian Schools Lobby and a
former Chair of the (Commonwealth) Schools Council and CEO of the
Victorian Ministry of Education.
* Frank Oberklaide is a Professor in the Medical School at Melbourne
University, and Director of the Centre for Community Child Health at
the Royal Children's Hospital.
* Gaye Ochiltree is a leading early childhood development researcher,
who has written and spoken widely for the Institute of Family Studies.
* Helen Praetz is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of RMIT University and has
written and spoken widely about post-compulsory education and
training.
* Dahle Suggett is Director, The Allen Consulting Group.
* Richard Teese is an Associate Professor of Education at Melbourne
University, and author of the key recent Australian study of
educational inequality and exclusion "Academic Success and Social
Power: Examinations and Inequality".
PROGRAM
Day 1 - Friday, 30 March.
8:45 to 9:15
Registration
9:15 to 11:00
Tom Bentley
Keynote Address: " For the Rest of Their Lives: Education and Inclusion".
11 to 11:30
Morning Tea
11:30 to 1:00
The Hon Lynne Kosky, MP.
"Post-Compulsory Education and Training: An Agenda for Inclusion".
1:00 to 2:00 Lunch
2:00 to 3:15
Professor Helen Praetz
"Learning and Re-learning: Education and the Workplace.
Panellists: Clarice Ballenden
3:15 to 3:30
Afternoon Tea.
3:30 to 4:45
Associate Professor Mark Considine
"Universities and Inclusion: More Than a Meal Ticket?".
Panellists: Tony Coady and Paul James.
7:00
Tom Bentley
Conference Dinner Speech on "Education and Inclusion: The Blair
Government Experience".
Day 2 - Saturday, 31 March.
8:45 to 9:15
Registration.
9:15 to 9:30
The Hon. Mary Delahunty, MP.
Welcome.
9:30 to 10:45
Dr Gaye Ochiltree
"The Right Start: Inclusion and the Early Childhood Development Experience"
Panel: Associate Professor Alison McClelland and Professor Frank Oberklaide.
10:45 to 11:15
Morning Tea.
11:15 to 12:30
Associate Professor Richard Teese
"Breaking Down the Barriers: Schools and Inclusion"
Panel: Ann Morrow and Mary Bluett.
12:30 to 1:30
Lunch
1:30 to 2:45
Professor Brian Caldwell
"Inclusion and Diversity: New Models for Inclusion"
Respondent: Jill Anwyl and Dahle Suggett
2:45 to 3:00
Afternoon Tea.
3:00 to 4:15
Senator Kim Carr
"Missing Out: The Politics of Exclusion and Inequality"
Respondent: Tony Keenan
4:15
Closing Remarks.
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