Forum on Childhood Interventions and Population Change in the Northern Territory
Friday 14 September 2007
It’s not everyday you see an auditorium full of adults waving their arms in the air, singing a behaviour improvement rhyme to the tune of ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’.
That’s what happened when more than 150 people converged on CDU’s Casuarina Campus to hear about groundbreaking research and programs being conducted at the School for Social and Policy Research (SSPR).
Presentations
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Challenges of early intervention |
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Associate Professor Gary Robinson and the Let's Start team Co-Director of the School for Social and Policy Research, Gary Robinson questions the government's priorities in delivering policy to address crisis instead of prevention in Indigenous Australia. He was joined by Carmen Cubillo, Tania Nichols, Lee Robertson, and Yomei Jones to discuss Let's Start, a childhood intervention SSPR is running in 34 schools across the Top End. |
Accelerated Literacy: a solution to successful literacy acquisition |
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Wendy Cowey Wendy Cowey is a co-developer of the National Accelerated Literacy Program. She outlined the principles that make accelerated literacy an effective literacy teaching program. |
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Dr Helen Harper Helen presented a case study of a child learning to read, and some thoughts on the kinds of interactions that best support a child in becoming literate. |
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Claire Bartlett and Sue Emmett As evaluators for the implementation of the National accelerated literacy program, they used case studies of effective schools to discuss how school support structures can improve teacher effectiveness and student outcomes. |
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Gayle Raymond Gayle Raymond is a teacher at Dripstone High School. She gave a classroom perspective of accelerated literacy, including its application across subjects. |
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Claire Cooper Claire discussed the application of the accelerated literacy methodology to adult education. |
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Herbert Howell Herbert discussed how he applies accelerated literacy in a Vocational Education and Training (VET) program. |
Question time |
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Planning the territory's future: population change and behaviour in the Northern Territory |
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Dr Tom Wilson Tom is a Senior Research Fellow with SSPR. He presented findings from the NT Mobility Project which reveal why people decide to move to the Territory. |
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Dr Kate Golebiowska As a part of the NT mobility project, Kate talked about the mobility of Northern Territory nurses and midwives. |
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Dr Jiaping Wu Jiaping discussed urban and economic development of Darwin, including how the urban space of the city has been planned and produced, and for whom. |
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Dr Martin Young Martin Young leads the CDU gambling research program. He presented key results of the program to date, as well as an overview of its future directions over the next three years. |
