Videos 2007 – 2010

Featured speaker

Prof David C. Berliner interview and keynote presentation: 22 November 2010

David C. Berliner, Regents Professor in Education Emeritus, Arizona State University. Keynote Speaker at
'The Blind Assessor: are we constraining or enriching student learning' symposium. High-stakes' testing inevitably results in cheating, excessive test preparation, changes in test scoring, and other deceptions, but most worryingly, curriculum narrowing.
'High-Stakes Assessments and the Narrowing of the Outcomes of Schooling and Students' Minds'. Download ppt slides (pdf, 2.8MB)

Q and A with David C. Berliner

David C. Berliner, Regent's Professor in Education Emeritus, Arizona State University responding to questions.

5:48 minutes
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72:52 minutes Download video (mp4, 724 Mb)

The 6th annual conference of the IDIERI

Visit the International Drama in Education Research Institute (IDIERI 6) website for a list of downloadable audio files.

Future Directions in Literacy Conference: 5–6 September 2008

Professor Derrick Armstrong's opening address at the Future Directions in Literacy Conference 2008: 'Local conversations',
5–6 September 2008. Download audio file (mp3, 27MB).

General

Talented student program

The TSP allows the Faculty of Science to design a program around the needs of talented students.

4:48 minutes
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Sustainable campus: take the water-bottle pledge

You can help to reduce the impact of disposable plastic bottles the environment by pledging to refill your water bottle.

1:30 minutes
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Engagement with China video 1

The University of Sydney has been welcoming students from China for over three decades. Today there are more than 4700 Chinese students at the university.