5th Biennial International Conference of the Middle Years of Schooling Association (MYSA 2007)

Program

NOTE: Program is subject to change.

KEY:

Pre Conference Workshop

Meeting

Concurrent

Plenary

Other

Poster

Thursday, 17 May 2007
11:00	PCW1 Facilitative leadership Coolangatta 3&4
15:00		PCW2 When the kids come first: Planning meaningful integrated curriculum Surfers Paradise 1
16:00			PCW3 Tests and worksheets don't build dendrites: Working with the 21st century adolescent brain to reach new heights Surfers Paradise 2	PCW4 Try it on Monday Surfers Paradise 3	PCW5 So you want to lead a middle school? Southport 2	PCW6 Building learning power: How to expand your students' capacity to learn Southport 1	PCW7 Y Generation: What do teachers need to know? Southport 3	PCW8 Creative thinking: Putting the 'And' back into education Coolangatta 1&2
17:00				PCW4 Try it on Monday Surfers Paradise 3	PCW5 So you want to lead a middle school? Southport 2
17:30
18:00	OTH1 Conference Opening Southport & Gold Coast Rooms
18:45
Friday, 18 May 2007
09:00	OTH2 Indigenous Welcome Southport & Gold Coast Rooms
09:15	KN1 Keynote Address - Nancy Doda Southport & Gold Coast Rooms
10:15
10:45	TP1 Theme Paper - Julia Atkin Gold Coast Room	TP2 Theme Paper - Peter Renshaw Southport 2	TP3 Theme Paper - Neil Dempster Southport 1	TP4 Cognition, Emotion, Cognitive Commotion: Understanding the Interplay of Emotion, Stress and Learning During Adolescence Surfers Paradise 1
11:40
11:50	CP1 Parental involvement in middle schooling: Encouraging positive parental involvement in the life of a middle school Coolangatta 3&4	CP10 An appropriate middle years curriculum: What the national agenda leaves out Surfers Paradise 3	CP2 The cluster concept: Building professional communities Broadbeach Room 2	CP3 Cluster buster news: A rich learning experience Coolangatta 1&2	CP4 Using assessment to engage (students) and raise (literacy) Southport 1	CP5 Rigor, acceleration, and student success Gold Coast Room	CP6 Mathematical literacy: It's all Greek to me! Surfers Paradise 1	CP7 From pioneering to quietly confident: researching teachers for the middle years Southport 3	CP8 Disrupting the digital divide: Investigating the digital literacy practices of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds Southport 2	CP9 Health lifestyles, healthy choices: Engaging pedagogy in the middle years Surfers Paradise 2
12:45
13:15	RM 1 Regional Meeting - Cairns, Townsville, Mackay Coolangatta 1&2	RM 2 Regional Meeting - Rockhampton and Central Queensland Coolangatta 3&4	RM 3 Regional Meeting - Sunshine Coast Gold Coast Room	RM 4 Regional Meeting - Gold Coast Gold Coast Room	RM 5 Regional Meeting - Brisbane & SW Queensland Gold Coast Room	RM 6 Regional Meeting - NSW, Sydney, Hunter, Nth Coast & ACT Surfers Paradise 2	RM 7 Regional Meeting - Victoria (Eastern and Western Divisions) Surfers Paradise 1	RM 8 Regional Meeting - South Australia, Western Australia, N.T. and Tasmania Surfers Paradise 3	RM 9 Regional Meeting - New Zealand Broadbeach Room 2
13:45	KN2 Keynote Adress - Julia Atkin Southport & Gold Coast Rooms
14:45
14:55	TP5 Theme Paper - Peter Renshaw Southport 2	TP6 Theme Paper - Nancy Doda Southport 1	TP7 Theme Paper - Michael Nagel Surfers Paradise 1	TP8 Theme Paper - Guy Claxton Gold Coast Room
15:50
16:00	MT1 MYFANZA Meeting Surfers Paradise 1
17:00
Saturday, 19 May 2007
09:00	OTH3 School Presentation Southport & Gold Coast Rooms
09:15	KN3 Keynote Adress - Guy Claxton Southport & Gold Coast Rooms
10:15
10:45	CP11 Student-centred teaching: What is it and what does it look and feel like? Southport 1	CP12 Developing contextualised curricula through school-community connectedness Coolangatta 1&2	CP13 Digital learning at Fairfield intermediate school Southport 2	CP14 When it comes to middle schooling how do we compare with our American cousins? Southport 3	CP15 Transition through enrichment Broadbeach Room 2	CP16 Invitational learning in the middle years Gold Coast Room	CP18 Strengthening student relationships: A case study of a work in progress Coolangatta 3&4	CP20 Research summary presentations Surfers Paradise 3	CP23 Transformative teaching in mathematics in the middle years Surfers Paradise 1
11:40
11:50	CP19 Investigating middle years teachers' differentiated professional learning in mathematics Southport 1	CP21 What influences students' capacity for self-regulation? Coolangatta 3&4	CP22 Thinking routines to engage your students Gold Coast Room	CP24 The neuroscience of adolescent wellbeing Southport 2	CP25 Engaging middle year studens through living values Southport 3	CP26 MAD at MLC or service learning in middle school Broadbeach Room 2	CP27 Ensuring teaching and learning the middle years is successful: Middle years efficacy study at Mt Alvernia College Surfers Paradise 1	CP28 Connecting essential learning in maths and science across the middle years Surfers Paradise 2	CP29 Engaging indigenous communities within a holistic health and wellbeing framework Coolangatta 1&2	CP30 Developing the ideal middle years teacher: Strategies for leaders Surfers Paradise 3
12:45	MT2 MYSA AGM Surfers Paradise 1	PS1 Poster Session Pavilion Marquee
13:45	TP10 Theme paper - Tania Aspland Southport 2	TP11 Theme Paper - Betty Dore & William Flora Southport 1	TP12 Theme Paper - Guy Claxton Surfers Paradise 2	TP9 Theme Paper - Nancy Doda Surfers Paradise 1
14:40
14:50	OTH4 Closing Presentation Southport & Gold Coast Rooms
15:30

Published on Tuesday, 15 May 2007 by the Professional Conference Organiser