Social Educators Association of Australia Inc

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News

National Biennial Conference – January 2006 in Brisbane

Come to Brisbane and get some great intellectual stimulation at the next conference.
It is entitled "The Globally Engaged Classroom: Thinking, planning and acting for the future".

Obtain the conference brochure (Acrobat 128KB file). Also find information on speakers and facilitators and the full version of the workshop abstracts.

Important note: The hotel deal advertised in the conference brochure has changed because the hotel has changed hands from the Albert Park Hotel to the Hotel Watermark. Instead of $99 per room, it will now cost $102 per room for one person or $115 for two, bed and breakfast.

Pre-service Teacher Competition

SEAA has instituted a competition for student teachers, to be conducted in the years between biennial conferences. Winners of categories receive assistance to attend the next conference. Further details here.

Membership Fees

Membership runs from January to December. Annual Individual membership

• Individual: $80+$8.00 GST Total: $88.00
• Individual Email only*: $35 + $3.50 GST Total: $38.50
• Student $40+$4.00GST Total: $44.00
• Student Email only* $25+$2.50GST Total: $27.50
• Retiree $50+$5.00GST Total: $55.00
• Retiree Email only* $25+$2.50GST Total: $27.50

Our preferred method of contact is by email. All correspondence and journals will be sent electronically to your nominated email address. Details are available from:
SEAA Executive Officer
150 Palmerston Street
Carlton VIC 3053

Membership Form here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Mission

The Social Educators Association of Australia (SEAA) is a national organisation of people with a common interest in promoting and improving the quality of learning about society, both in formal institutions and in society at large. Its members include primary and secondary teachers, curriculum consultants, curriculum policy developers, tertiary educators, tertiary students, other professional associations, community groups and individuals concerned about the importance of social education.  The Social Educators Association of Australia aims to: 

1. support and promote social education through Australia 
2. advance the holistic study of society from individual, social, cultural, ecological and global perspectives 
3. sponsor and support activities such as seminars, research, conferences, study tours and publications.

Personnel

Resources

The Social Educator

The journal of the Social Education Association of Australia, The Social Educator , is published up to three times a year (April, August and November).  Academic papers are refereed by members of the editorial board. Each journal is themed, except for the journal that follows a conference (though it will largely follow the conference theme).

The association also publishes an annual monograph on a central theme. All SEAA members receive three journals and a monograph for their annual membership subscription. 

Social Education in the 90s

A landmark SEAA publication in two parts focusing on a rationale for social education and developing a common framework for social education. Read the document here. (628KB Acrobat file)

SEAA Tomorrow: SOSE and the Future

At the 2003 biennial conference Professor Rob Gilbert's keynote address provided an overview of the past and challenges for the future, on the occasion of SEAA's twenty-first birthday. This is a wide-ranging discussion that focuses on SOSE and an entitlement approach to the curriculum that is concerned with teaching about society and environment. The address was published in The Social Educator Vol. 21, Spring 2003. Read the document here.

Professional Development

Details of SEAA's professional development program are published periodically.

Member Associations

VASST Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers Inc.

SSAWA The Social Science Association of Western Australia  

SAASE South Australian Association of Social Education

SEANT Social Education Association of Northern Territory Inc.