Small University, Great Achievements
This story starts with a hall conversation, some laughs, and stories about emails and submissions full of hope… This blog entry is different because it… Read More
Best Paper Award: Strength-Based Approaches for Supporting Twice-Exceptional Learners
Dr Michelle Ronksley-Pavia (GIER) and Dr Janis Hanley recently received the Best Paper Presentation Award from the Conference Scientific Committee for their conference presentation at the 17th Asia Pacific Conference on Giftedness (APCG) in Taipei. Read More
Best Paper Award: The Aboriginal Voices project: findings and reflections
Dr Greg Vass (GIER) with colleagues Associate Professor Nikki Moodie, Associate Professor Kevin Lowe and a team of researchers have recently won the Best Paper award in the highly esteemed Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education for The Aboriginal Voices Project: findings and reflections. Read More
USA Keynote: SITE 2022
Associate Professor Sarah Prestridge delivered a keynote speech at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference on the topic: How to teach in a virtual world as a place with student choice in higher education in San Diego earlier this year. This represented a significant achievement with influential delegates from around the world in attendance. Read More
Art Force Awards for Homework Club Mentor
Two dedicated GIER members, Dr Loraine McKay and Dr Tasha Riley, are delighted to share the news that one of their Homework Club Mentors, Ms Caroline (Carrie) Waugh, won the Community Organisation section of the Art Force Awards for the traffic box she painted as a gift of hope for community organisation, Beyond DV. Read More
Honorary Doctorate Award: Professor Peter Grootenboer
In 2020, Professor Peter Grootenboer (long term member of GIER) was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Gothenburg University, Sweden. Due to COVID related restrictions, the ceremony and associated events have been regularly postponed. We are excited to celebrate the fact that the award ceremony took place in Sweden on Friday 6 May 2022. Read More
Honorary doctorate award: Prof Stephen Billett
Professor Stephen Billett, a leading world scholar in adult learning and development and work-based learning, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Geneva at the Dies academicus ceremony, that he attended remotely on 9 October. Read More
Advanced Queensland Fellowship awarded to GIER Research Fellow
Griffith Institute for Educational Research Fellow Dr Yoriko Kikkawa has been awarded an Advance Queensland Fellowship that aims to prepare frontline healthcare professionals working with infectious patients during pandemics such as COVID-19. Read More
Honorary doctorate award: Prof Peter Grootenboer
Professor Peter Grootenboer, a leading scholar in practice theory and action research and Acting Director of the Griffith Institute for Educational Research, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Education at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Read More
Honorary research fellowship: Prof Stephen Billett
Leading vocational education and training expert from the Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Professor Stephen Billett, has been awarded an Honorary Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford. Read More
