Educational Researchers and the Regional University: Agents of Regional-Global Transformations

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This book showcases a compilation of research partnerships produced by the Federation University Gippsland School of Education. Through this book, readers will gain valuable insights into how education research initiatives can help adapt to an age characterized by massive regional/global economic, environmental, identity, cultural and social shifts. The respective chapters address the universal human and researcher condition in a regional setting, highlighting how individuals and groups are seeking to achieve transformation with their regional, educational research. On the whole, the compilation showcases a specific university in a regional context that is now responding to change by rejuvenating, reinventing, re-envisioning and rethinking its research, its identity and its relationality. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Agents of Regional–Global Transformation: Federation University Gippsland Education (FUGuE) Researchers (Susan Plowright, Monica Green, Nicola F. Johnson)....Pages 1-19 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 Reflecting on a Nascent South Gippsland Birth-Year 6 Oral Language Partnership (Cheryl Glowrey, Susan Plowright)....Pages 23-39 ‘Little School, Big Heart’: Embracing a New Partnership for Learning Generous and Ethical Judgements (Susan Plowright, Gabbi Boyd, Sophie Callcott)....Pages 41-56 Transforming Hopes and Visions for ‘At-Risk’ Primary Students in East Gippsland: A Community–School Partnership (Nicola F. Johnson)....Pages 57-74 An Invited Outsider or an Enriched Insider? Challenging Contextual Knowledge as a Critical Friend Researcher (Anna Fletcher)....Pages 75-92 ‘Broadening Horizons’: Raising Youth Aspirations Through a Gippsland School/Industry/University Partnership (Margaret Plunkett, Michael Dyson)....Pages 93-114 Front Matter ....Pages 115-115 Transforming Futures for Koorie Pre-schoolers in Gippsland Through Community-Educative Partnerships (Sue Emmett, Cheryl Glowrey, Nicholas Johnson)....Pages 117-133 ‘Making Learning Valuable’: Transforming My Practice Through a Service-Learning Partnership in Central Gippsland (Linda J. MacGregor)....Pages 135-152 Frog Bogs, Turbines and Biodiversity: Bringing Children’s Sustainability Knowledge to Life Through Handmade Artefacts (Monica Green)....Pages 153-172 From Northern China to Hazelwood Wetlands: Navigating Place and Identity Through Science Education (Hongming Ma, Monica Green)....Pages 173-190 The Lived Experiences of Graduate Students: Transforming University Education in an Online Space (Dianne M. Harrison, Susan Plowright)....Pages 191-208 Back Matter ....Pages 209-216