The 2010 TEFANZ conference will be in Auckland from Tuesday 26 – Thursday 28th October. Dr Lexie Grudnoff of the Faculty of Education, University of Auckland, is the conference convenor. Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Dr Hazel Hagger are confirmed keynote speakers.
For all enquiries contact : Dr. Lexie Grudnoff, University of Auckland, chair@tefanz.org.nz
Confirmed Keynotes:
Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith Marilyn holds the Cawthorne Chair in Teacher Education for Urban Schools and directs the Doctoral Program in Curriculum and Instruction at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education. She is an internationally renowned scholar on issues related to teacher quality, teacher preparation, practitioner inquiry, and social justice and has won numerous awards for contributions to teacher education research, policy and practice. Marilyn has been President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA); received AERA’s 2007 Research to Practice Award for her book, Practice, Policy and Politics in Teacher Education; and received AACTE’s Best Publication Award for Studying Teacher Education: The Report of the AERA Panel on Research and Teacher Education (2005), co-edited with Ken Zeichner. In 2009 Marilyn was elected to the National Academy of Education for her pioneering work in educational research and policy development.
Dr Hazel Hagger is Emeritus Fellow, Kellogg College, Oxford University. As Director of Graduate Studies (Professional Courses), Hazel had responsibility for the Secondary PGCE Course and for Continuing Professional Development. Hazel has lectured extensively internationally on teacher education and development. Her research interests are in mentoring, partnerships between schools and tertiary, and the nature, acquisition and development of professional knowledge and expertise. Current large research projects include the Developing Expertise of Beginning Teachers (DEBT) project – a longitudinal study tracking beginning teachers through initial teacher education, induction, and their second year of teaching; and an ESRC project (in collaboration with Scandinavian researchers) on Student Teachers’ Agency.
