Student Research Conference Program

Student Research Conference RESEARCHING STUDENTS? STUDENTS AS RESEARCHERS AND STUDENTS BEING RESEARCHED

Tuesday 17 May 2022 Program

Welcome Pymble welcomes students from all schools, as well as their teachers, to our first student-initiated and student-focused research conference.

involved within the world of academia in any way possible and feel inspired to engage freely in a world often felt to be barricaded to the student population.

As students excited about the world of academia, we are excited to launch a student research conference under the theme, “Researching students? Students as researchers and students being researched”.

The conference aims to encourage students to participate in research.

As part of our ongoing passion to understand the student perspective of research, we invite the students attending the conference to undertake research with us. Our research question is ‘How can schools support and enable a research culture for students?’

This involves understanding what motivates students to involve themselves in academia.

This will hopefully enable us to be more informed as to what inspires students to be interested in the world of academia.

As the conference organisers, we have developed a passion for research and educating students about the academic world. We run a weekly Academic Research Club where students write their own academic papers as a way of learning through application. This club saw its launch in 2021 and has been highly successful, with more than 30 participants currently involved.

We hope that students feel inspired to get

Thank you for spending time with us to explore research and learn from experts in a number of fields. We hope you feel inspired to keep researching!

Lucy Clark and Charlotte Hartin YEAR 11

Program 5.00pm

Welcome

6.00pm

Dr Kate Hadwen, PRINCIPAL

Research at undergraduate level, at the start of your university journey

Acknowledgement of Country

Ms Thomasina Buchner

Conference opening The question of researching students Lucy Clark and Charlotte Hartin 5.30pm

Keynote address: Making a difference in the world through a career in research Associate Professor Willa Huston ACTING HEAD OF SCHOOL – LIFE SCIENCES, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY

A/Professor Huston’s research area is molecular microbiology and she will talk about her research and the importance of developing a research mindset.

HONOURS STUDENT – SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK, FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Ms Buchner will talk about her introduction to research in education and what an Honours project is about. Ms Buchner is also a Pymble dance teacher and her project is to conduct research into teaching mathematics for young students (Year 1) through dance.

6.15pm Research at postgraduate PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) level, a huge task and exciting opportunity Ms Erica Bell PHD CANDIDATE, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY, FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

Program Ms Bell is conducting research into the experiences of irritability by investigating mental health for adolescents. Ms Bell will talk about how she became interested in this area and what it is like to plan and run a large research project.

6.30pm Research in a school community – what sorts of considerations are needed?

Dr Sarah Loch PYMBLE INSTITUTE DIRECTOR, PHD IN EDUCATION

Dr Loch is the Director of the Pymble Institute and leads research and professional learning at the College. Her research area is young people’s engagement in research, as well as futures and career directions for adolescent girls. She will talk about what it means to involve a school community in a number of research projects and why research ethics matter.

6.45pm

Closing reflection Thinking critically about researching students Professor Amanda Keddie CHAIR IN EDUCATION, FACULTY OF ARTS AND EDUCATION, AND LEADER OF THE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TEAM WITHIN THE REDI (RESEARCH FOR EDUCATIONAL IMPACT) CENTRE, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Professor Keddie’s research area is social justice and education and she will reflect on the theme of the conference and offer provocations for ways forward in the area of student research.

7.15pm

Thank you and conference closure 7.30pm to 8.00pm

Pizza Party and networking