ASERA 2005

ASERA is holding a second Pre-conference workshop for research students and other early career researchers.

The workshop will be held at Waikato University immediately before the ASERA conference in Hamilton, New Zealand. It will begin at 9.30am on Tuesday 5th July and conclude in time for participants to go to the start of ASERA on the evening of Wednesday 6th July.

The Workshop will be led by Léonie Rennie, Cam McRobbie and Mark Hackling. The broad focus will be on planning and writing about research rather than more specific methodological aspects of research.

There will be 4 themes addressed in the workshop:

• clarifying research topics
• conceptualising the structure of the thesis
• communicating within and beyond the thesis
• the thesis examination process

ASERA is subsidising participation in this Workshop. Registration for the ASERA Conference will mean no registration charge for the workshop; for non-ASERA registrants the Workshop cost will be $60NZ.

Accommodation for the nights of July 4, 5 and 6 near Waikato University will be available, and will be partly subsidised (details available later). The workshop will be limited to 15 participants.

Those interested in attending are asked to complete a Registration of Interest form and to forward this to Professor Léonie Rennie at L.Rennie@curtin.edu.au, by May 27, 2005 at the latest.

If there are more than 15 Registrations of Interest, selection will be made in ways that maximize the diversity of students in terms of institutions enrolled in for the research degree and areas of research interest. The results of the selection will be notified by June 6, 2005.

Questions to Léonie Rennie (as above), or +61 (0)8 9266 3155 or Helen Jensen, Administrative Assistant, Science and Mathematics Education Centre. Phone: + 61 8 9266 2499 Fax: + 61 8 9266 2503 Email: H.Jensen@curtin.edu.au Mail: Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845. CRICOS No 00301J