Talking research in an afternoon conversation

Are you looking for ways to make research visible in your educational community? Do you have postgraduates with powerful projects under their belt who need a forum to share their learning? What platforms do you use to celebrate research in your school? Holding a research conversations afternoon is an idea which is very easy to replicate.

The photographs below show a group of Pymble researchers sharing the key parts of their research in snappy, 15-minute presentations. Each one had a symbol of research attached! During the emails to organise the afternoon, the idea of a theme evolved when the group started offering metaphors of their research journey. On the table in one of the photos, keen observers will notice a jumbled collection of artefacts which reflect different perspectives of research: the tangled balls of wool, the ever-ticking clock; the tap shoe representing the dance of research; the ups and downs of a yoyo, and the magnifying glass as we look ever deeper.

Congratulations to the presenters for their contributions, not only to the afternoon of conversation, but to educational research more broadly. For more information or to contact any of these researchers, contact us at pymbleinstitute@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au

Ms Thomasina Buchner, Junior School teacher, Honours research into learning mathematics through dance

Ms Kate Giles, Junior School teacher and Lead Coordinator K-3, Global Action Research Collaborative action researcher, Student wellbeing and parent engagement

Ms Mariel Lombard, Head of Year 9 and Languages teacher, PhD research into teacher burnout

Ms Victoria Adamovich, Junior School teacher and Research Assistant, Masters research into student wellbeing of primary school LBOTE students.