SAIER: The South Australian Institute for Educational Research

Aims

The aims of SAIER are to:
1. (1) provide a forum for promotion of research and development activities at all levels of education in South Australia,
2. (2) provide support and advice to individuals and groups conducting educational research and development,
3. (3) maintain an information network for national research and development work in education,
4. (4) provide links between research findings and general practice, in order to assist teachers to benefit from the results of research, and
(5) provide liaison and interact cooperatively with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

HISTORY

Our work in educational research stretches back the late 1920s. Find out more about SAIER and the research seminars.

SAIER is proudly supported by the Australian Council for Educational Research

Our Work

We organise three events per year at the ACER Adelaide Office. All seminars are free and everyone is welcome to attend.

(1) The Annual John Keeves' Lecture in March/April.

(2) The Mid Year Seminar in July.

(3) The Spring Seminar Series in September/October.

SAIER COMMITTEE

Ted Sandercock - President
Graham Hardy - Treasurer
Petra Lietz - Secretary
Katherine Dix
Tilahun Alfrassa
Carol Aldous
Ian Graham
John Keeves

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SAIER also supports the Australian Journal of Education (AJE). Read our monthly topical notifications: View the AJE notice

Upcoming FREE Events

CURRENT EVENT
School Education - Improvement or Paradigm Shift?

Carolyn Grantskalns
Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA)

Date: Tuesday 25 July 2017
Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm
Where: ACER Adelaide Office
Parking: Flinders Street; Roper Street Car Parks

The globalisation of the economy has seen rapid shifts in patterns of employment, most strongly apparent in those advanced economies which have been heavily reliant on manufacturing. Two schools of thought are developing - one school supporting the notion that traditional schooling, more effectively "taught", will enable all students to thrive while others contend that only a radical change in pedagogy and related practices can provide an education which will achieve that result in this "new world". This seminar will canvass a range of questions and answers related to this current dichotomy.

Download: flyer

Register: Juliet.Young-Thornton@acer.edu.au
or phone (08) 8206 8600

Past Events

Visit our SAIER archive of past papers, presentations, photos and more.

visit or get in touch

SAIER
c/o Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER),
Adelaide Office
186B Pulteney Street,
Adelaide, S.A. 5000

TEL: +61 (08) 8206 8600
FAX: +61 (08) 8206 8602
EMAIL: adelaide@acer.edu.au

New Members welcome

Applications for membership must be made in writing and approved by the Committee.

The requirement for membership are a commitment to the aims of the Institute.

CONNECTIONS

Connect with our sister institutes and our online journal
- WAIER
- NSWIER
- Issues in Educational Research