- It was free.
- It had friendly environment and all organised by students (at least it seems to).
- The first keynote was brilliant.
- Good opportunity for networking.
- Meet different Ed students form other Australian universities.
- I could visit Sydney.
- I could visit UNSW as a real university.
I personally was not prepared very well, but I was keen to attend. And at the end I was happy. I presented my work and few students were interested in my topic (Theory of Change). However, it was all observed by students, not by experts to get feedback.
Again, I felt like an orphan, specially when I saw a student form my university had came with her supervisor. I didn't tell my supervisors, because I thought they are not interested.
I didn't tell Allyson, because I thought its not in her level (actually, I told her one time about the conference and she said its good to attend).
I didn't tell Elena, because I didn't feel comfortable. What was the point?
I didn't tell Bill, because I thought its not his field.
Anyway, I might do a research later about students who study interdisciplinary research. they are really in pain I believe!!!
The first keynote speaker was very nice. Actually the topic was very interesting:
Lessons from the literature: What can we learn from the research that is helpful to thesis writer?
She acknowledged Allyson Holbrook few times: A PhD is 3 years of solid work, not a Nobel prize!
One of the presentation was about teacher preparation and the presenter (Colette Alexander) seems to have an interesting knowledge about Grounded Theory. Ive asked her contact detail and Ive already asked her to send me her resources.
Here is the link to my presentation:
http://www.mindmeister.com/345031800/theory-of-change-in-the-process-of-curriculum-development-work-in-progress
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