New South Wales Institute for Educational Research

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The New South Wales Institute for Educational Research (also known as the NSW Institute for Educational Research) is an incorporated educational research institute based in New South Wales, Australia.

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New South Wales State of Australia

New South Wales is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Tasman Sea to the east. The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. In September 2018, the population of New South Wales was over 8 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 5.1 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen.

Australia Country in Oceania

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 25 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

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History

The NSW Institute for Educational Research Incorporated was founded in Sydney in 1928, [1] and as such is one of the oldest established research institutes in Australia. Since foundation, the Institute has continued to make a significant contribution to discourse on educational policy in New South Wales and Australia. [2]

Sydney City in New South Wales, Australia

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". As of June 2017, Sydney's estimated metropolitan population was 5,230,330 and is home to approximately 65% of the state's population.

Objectives

The Constitution stipulates that the objectives of the Institute are to encourage "study, research and service" in education [3] and to do this lists discussion, criticism, identification of research issues, and dissemination of results. [4] The Institute may conduct research as an Institute activity. [5]

Activities

The central activity for the NSW Institute for Educational Research is an Annual Conference, at which members present scholarly papers in research in education. The NSW Institute also hosts an annual Sir Harold Wyndham Memorial Lecture, to honour an important NSW educationist. The Institute offers student grants for educational research. The New South Wales Institute for Educational Research Award for Outstanding Educational Research was inaugurated in 1972 and is conferred for an outstanding doctoral thesis (or outstanding doctoral theses) completed within the field of educational research. [6]

The New South Wales Institute for Educational Research Award for Outstanding Educational Research is awarded annually by the New South Wales Institute for Educational Research to recognize outstanding individuals who have produced outstanding doctoral theses in educational research. The decision to introduce the awards system was made at the Annual General Meeting of the Institute in 1971 and the awards scheme itself commenced in 1972. Rebecca Fleming writes in the history of the Institute that "the research awards have served and continue to serve as a tangible way in which the Institute can recognize high quality educational research". Recent awardees include Professor Anne Bamford, Mr William Chivers, Dr Arthur Michael-Kelly, Dr James Page, Dr Tai Peseta, Professor Wayne Sawyer, Dr Kerry-Ann O'Sullivan, and Dr Ruth Wajnryb.

Publications

The Institute publishes a Newsletter and an academic journal Issues in Educational Research, jointly published with the Institutes for Educational Research in Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. Addresses to the Institute are at times also published in monograph form [7] and at times the Institute publishes its own research in monograph form. [8]

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Western Australia State in Australia

Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, and the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometres, and the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. The state has about 2.6 million inhabitants – around 11 percent of the national total – of whom the vast majority live in the south-west corner, 79 per cent of the population living in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.

South Australia State of Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

Governance

The governance of the Institute is through a constitution [9] which is administered by an elected Executive Committee. [10] The Executive Committee reports to an Annual General Meeting. [11]

Constitution Set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed

A constitution is an aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity, and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.

Membership

Membership is open to any persons committed to the objectives of the Institute. [12] However, in considering applications for membership, the Institute may consider whether the applicant holds an appropriate tertiary qualification or the equivalent, the educational experience of the applicant, and the research experience of the applicant. [13]

Affiliation

As a state institute for educational research, the NSW Institute for Educational Research is affiliated with the Australian Council for Educational Research, and elects a representative to the national body. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research. Preliminaries. See also Fleming, Rebecca. 2008. The First of Its Kind: A History of the New South Wales Institute for Educational Research. Sydney: New South Wales Institute for Educational Research. pp. 4,5.
  2. ↑ Shellard, John S. (1979). Educational Research for Policy Making in Australia: Addresses Given to the NSW Institute for Educational Research. Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Research. ERIC# ED181019.
  3. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research. Section 2.
  4. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research. Sections 2, (a)- (f)
  5. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research. 2(f).
  6. ↑ Fleming, Rebecca. 2008. The First of Its Kind: A History of the New South Wales Institute for Educational Research. Sydney: New South Wales Institute for Educational Research. pp. 65-67.
  7. ↑ Shellard, John S. (1979). Educational Research for Policy Making in Australia: Addresses Given to the NSW Institute for Educational Research. Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Research. ERIC# ED181019.
  8. ↑ Skilbeck, Malcolm (1981) Core Curriculum: Implications for Curriculum Research. Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research.
  9. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research.
  10. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research. Section 11-19
  11. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research. Sections 20,21.
  12. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research. Section 3.
  13. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research. Section 3.
  14. ↑ NSW Institute for Educational Research. 1999. 'Constitution' (as amended). Sydney: NSW Institute for Educational Research. Section 2.
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