History Teachers' Association of Australia Conference Program Page

• The Conference Dinner will be held on Tuesday 6 July at 7.00 pm in the SHORE School Dining Hall.
All delegates & their partners are welcome.
Please see details on the registration form - prices will be inclusive of a three course meal and all beverages.

8.00

Registration, Coffee & Tea in Exhibition Space

9.00

Welcome

9.15 - 10.30

Keynote Address: The Obama Presidency & American Power in the 21st Century
Professor Geoffrey Garrett, CEO, United States Centre & Professor of Political Science, University of Sydney

10.30

Morning Tea

11.00 - 11.55

T1A: Archaeology and the National Curriculum
Dr Kate da Costa, University of Sydney

T1B Span and Depth: teaching the whole history of Europe
Professor John Hirst, La Trobe University

12.00 - 12.45

T2A
eXchange

Richard Ford

T2B
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in History Education

P Roberts

T2C
IB History and the National Curriculum

D Logan & J McArthur

T2D
Teaching History with Movies

Assoc. Prof. R Paxton

T2E
World History? What is it and what does it look like in the secondary classroom?

SOLD OUT

T Sullivan

T2F
Contemporary Perspectives - Ancient Greece

S Jessop

T2G
The Australian Flying Corps

I Hodges

T2H
When the sub-altern speaks back - Raden Ayu Kartini & women in Asian History

R Hamilton &
H Scevity

T2I
A Fresh Approach to Stories of Federation, White Settler Society & Rudd's Apology

A Barton

12.45

Lunch

1.30
-
2.15

T3A
Social Media for History Teachers

SOLD OUT

R Ford

T3B
Challenging Gifted Students

D Purdy

T3C
History in the IB Theory of Knowledge Course

D Logan

T3D
Teaching Pacific Island History

S Smith

T3E
Teaching Archaeology to Students: classroom, museum & field

Dr C Barker

T3F
School History - the school as site study

Dr S Frappell

T3G
Vasco Loureiro - a Bohemian on the Western Front

P Kiem

T3H
The Fluidity of the Past & the Present: teaching the 'Ancients' & the 'Moderns'

Assoc. Prof. Morpeth

Excursions
TE1:
Lachlan
Macquarie exhibition at State Library of NSW

TE2:
Luna Park Historic Tour

(Please indicate your excursion choice in registration form by including the session code)

2.20
-
3.05

T4A
History Plugged into Wikis

F Quinn

T4B
'Soft Power' - the role of US popular culture in shaping the post-war world

B Howitt

T4C
Historiography and the Chinese Revoloution: Perspectives of Mao

J McArthur

T4D
Teaching Historiography through film

SOLD OUT

B Dennett

T4E
National Curriculum implications for teaching South East Asian History

N Cummins

T4F
Teaching Strategies for Bringing Australian
History Alive

D Arnold

T4G

CANCELLED

T4H
Hands-on History K-10

K Cameron

7.00

Conference Dinner - venue TBA

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DAY 3 - Wednesday 7 July 2010
For more details on each session (including abstracts & presenter profiles, click on the title)

8.00	Registration, Coffee & Tea in Exhibition Space
9.00	Welcome
9.15 - 10.30	Keynote Address: The 21st Century Teacher: sage on the stage, guide on the side or meddler in the middle? Professor Erica McWilliam, Adjunct Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology
10.30	Morning Tea
11.00 - 11.55	W1A: Turning History into Stories and Stories into History - Subtitle: What we can learn from Queen Victoria's Underpants Jackie French, novelist					W1B Teaching History in the 21st Century Panel Discussion Chair: Professor Erica McWilliam
12.00 - 12.45	W2A Voice Thread M Leeds	W2B Multi-Modal Teaching & Learning Resources D Cohen	W2C National Curriculum & Primary History Jennifer Lawless, NSW Board of Studies	W2D Re-examining the Stone Ages through the Inquiry-based process K De Petro	W2E Teaching About Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders' histories & cultures T Albert	W2F Historical Fiction & Historical Lies J French	W2G The Rise of Single Party States - Nazi Germany SOLD OUT R Skinner	W2H Inquiry Methodology: when teachers & students are historians Dr R Triolo	W2I 21st Century - The Asian Century J Wright
12.45	Lunch
1.30 - 2.15	W3A Voice Thread (REPEAT) M Leeds	W3B The Making of Modern Australia: a vital classroom resource A Chesher	W3C History in a Primary Classroom - Fact or Fiction? M Whiteley	W3D Living with Laptops! K O'Regan	W3E Effectively Teaching Aboriginal History from a Classroom Perspective D Anderson & S Phillips	W3F Big Questions in Australian History M Spurr	W3G Teaching Literacy through History in the Primary Classroom K Smyth	W3H From Historical Literacy to a Pedagogy of History P Roberts	Excursions WE1: The Big Dig at the Rocks OR WE2: Lachlan Macquarie Exhibition at the State Library of NSW (Please indicate your excursion choice in registration form by including the session code)
2.20 - 3.05	W4A Charlie Linklater's War: using archival sources to teach WWI M Molkentin	W4B What they didn't tell you in College R Shore	W4C Thinking Through Primary History D Boon	W4D Living with Laptops! (REPEAT) K O'Regan	W4E Effectively Teaching Aboriginal History from a Classroom Perspective (REPEAT) D Anderson & S Phillips	W4F Story, Role Play & Drama in Primary History J Lawless	W4G Resources for Teaching Primary History K Smyth	W4H 'Argument is fine but there has to be evidence'- historical thinking and the disciplinary perspective Dr M Sheehan
3.10 - 4.00	W5A Panel Led Discussion - Teaching History in Primary Chair: Jennifer Lawless			W5B Panel Led Discussion - National Curriculum Implications for Teacher Education Chair: Dr Rosalie Triolo			W5C Delegate Nominated Discussion Group (To be confirmed on the day)

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