Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
This forum focused on School, literacy and teacher education – joint national priorities for India and Australia. In this webinar, researchers highlighted national schemes and policies governing school education, literacy rates and teacher education. Building on this background of ambitious education policies, the expert speakers light on some of the shared challenges at the implementation level, including issues of equity and access, inclusive pedagogy and literacy, and funding and governance of teacher training and management.
Speakers:
* Professor Pauline Taylor-Guy, Research Director, Centre for Schools and Systems Improvement, Australian Council for Educational Research (moderator)
* Professor Vineeta Sirohi, Department of Educational Administration, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA)
* Vimala Ramachandran, retired Professor of Teacher Management and Founder, ERU Consultants.
* Dr Georgina Barton, Professor of literacies and pedagogy, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
* Associate Professor Rekha Koul, Deputy Head and STEM Lead, School of Education, Curtin University
(Please note the final minutes of this forum were not recorded).
This forum focused on School, literacy and teacher education – joint national priorities for India and Australia. In this webinar, researchers highlighted national schemes and policies governing school education, literacy rates and teacher education. Building on this background of ambitious education policies, the expert speakers light on some of the shared challenges at the implementation level, including issues of equity and access, inclusive pedagogy and literacy, and funding and governance of teacher training and management.
Speakers:
* Professor Pauline Taylor-Guy, Research Director, Centre for Schools and Systems Improvement, Australian Council for Educational Research (moderator)
* Professor Vineeta Sirohi, Department of Educational Administration, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA)
* Vimala Ramachandran, retired Professor of Teacher Management and Founder, ERU Consultants.
* Dr Georgina Barton, Professor of literacies and pedagogy, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
* Associate Professor Rekha Koul, Deputy Head and STEM Lead, School of Education, Curtin University
(Please note the final minutes of this forum were not recorded).
