Development Team
The Research Congress represent the relevant Participant Members’ research and policy interests. The Research
Congress members are Faculty and Branch Executive representatives who lead an annual meeting for network
participants to review projects carried out during the year and provide recommendations and advice to the Executive
Advisory Council on the Eidos Research Agenda and Annual Competitive Grants Scheme.
Research Congress is Chaired by Professor Colin Power and includes:
A. Associate Professor Elizabeth Warren, Associate Dean of Education (Research, Research Training, and
Partnerships), Australian Catholic University
Associate Professor Warren’s research experience includes projects on evaluating early numeracy and literacy projects, professional growth of teachers, teacher’s beliefs and attitudes and teaching mathematics, introducing patterns and algebra in the early years. Since 1996, Dr Warren has received over a three quarters of a million dollars in research funding, which includes projects funded by Education Queensland, QSCC, ARC and DEST.
B. Professor Richard Smith, Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Education, Central Queensland
University
Professor Smith has been Head of Department, Head of School and Dean (several times) in Australian universities. He has been editor and consulting editor for leading education journals, held executive offices in peak Australian professional educational and other associations; and has had close and continuing contacts with the Queensland State Education Department. His academic and research interests lie in understanding social and educational change and innovation in school and higher education.
C. Associate Professor Annette Patterson, Dean and Head of Education, James Cook University
Annette Patterson is Associate Professor and Head, School of Education, James Cook University, Townsville and Cairns. Her research on secondary English curricula, reading and literature teaching has influenced literacy policy development in Australia and the United Kingdom. Her three books on literature teaching, co-written with Bronwyn Mellor have been republished separately in the UK and USA.
D. Professor Erica McWilliam, Assistant Dean Research, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Erica McWilliam is an internationally recognised scholar in the field of pedagogy, with a particular focus on the sociology of youth, post-compulsory schooling and higher education. Erica currently leads the Creative Workforce research program within the newly established QUT-led ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation. Her recent scholarship around the “Yuk/Wow Generation” builds on her long-term research into pedagogical processes and the impact of social and technological change. As Assistant Dean Research in the Faculty of Education at QUT, she chairs the most successful Faculty Centre for producing educational research in Australia, QUT’s Centre for Learning Innovation.
E. Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith, Dean of Education, Griffith University.
Professor Claire Wyatt-Smith is a Professor of literacy education in the Faculty of Education, Griffith University,
Brisbane, Queensland Australia. Her research work is in the fields of literacy education and assessment. Her current
research includes a study of teacher judgment in middle schooling, with a focus on teacher use of large scale standardized
test data.
F. Professor Nita Temmerman, Dean of Education and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Regional Engagement and Social Justice).
She has authored 14 Music Education books and her research interests include Arts Education particularly music Education. Nita has reviewed the Solomon Islands Primary and Secondary school Music syllabus, been an invited expert Arts Education consultant in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
G. Professor Tania Aspland, Director of Education, Faculty of Science, Health & Education, University of the
Sunshine Coast
Professor Tania Aspland is currently Professor in Teacher Education and Director of Education Programs at the
University of the Sunshine Coast. Professor Aspland has been a leader in course development in Teacher Education for many years and is currently engaged in a number of research projects in higher education pedagogies in teacher education undergraduate and graduate courses. Professor Aspland has been employed in the university sector since 1980.
