Improving wellbeing through student participation at school. Current evidence suggests child and youth participation in matters affecting their lives has many benefits, but little is known about how this is perceived and practiced in education. This research aims to improve knowledge about processes and outcomes of student participation at school, particularly in relation to improving wellbeing. The project is timely and significant because recent reforms in education now require a greater empha ....Improving wellbeing through student participation at school. Current evidence suggests child and youth participation in matters affecting their lives has many benefits, but little is known about how this is perceived and practiced in education. This research aims to improve knowledge about processes and outcomes of student participation at school, particularly in relation to improving wellbeing. The project is timely and significant because recent reforms in education now require a greater emphasis on engaging students more directly in decisions about their education, including those with special needs. Schools urgently require knowledge about the key elements of participation that impact on wellbeing and a tool for measuring and monitoring their performance in facilitating these elements.Read moreRead less
Are the kids alright? Understanding the wellbeing of Australian children in their middle years. This project will produce the first comprehensive national stock-take of wellbeing among Australian children in their middle years, with a special focus on children who experience disadvantage. Findings will reflect children's views and experiences, have direct policy relevance and lay the groundwork for comparing and monitoring of child wellbeing.
The Kids in Communities Study: national investigation of community level effects on children's developmental outcomes. This project (a cross-disciplinary collaboration) will investigate community level factors influencing early childhood developmental outcomes using a mixed methods approach in up to 10 communities across Australia. This will result in a potential set of measures or indicators that reflect communities that are good for children.
Learned Academies Special Projects - Grant ID: LA170100019
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$306,467.00
Summary
The future humanities workforce. This project aims to provide an account of Australia’s humanities academic workforce and plan for its future knowledge and skills requirements. The project will investigate the sustainability of the workforce in the face of demographic challenges and risks, and identify the skills and knowledge priorities for both future research and training environments and graduate outcomes, including digital literacy. It will develop a distinctive set of workforce strategies ....The future humanities workforce. This project aims to provide an account of Australia’s humanities academic workforce and plan for its future knowledge and skills requirements. The project will investigate the sustainability of the workforce in the face of demographic challenges and risks, and identify the skills and knowledge priorities for both future research and training environments and graduate outcomes, including digital literacy. It will develop a distinctive set of workforce strategies at the discipline, institutional and national level to ensure the sector is best placed to contribute to Australia’s future, enabling effective responses to global opportunities and challenges, and to changing national research and training needs.Read moreRead less