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#152 - Mapping Evidence to Policy to help Practice

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Concurrent 2
Monday, October 22, 2018
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Room 106 (Level 1)

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Session Theme: Synthesising and using global evidence in health and education


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Dr Tanya Vaughan
Associate Director
Evidence For Learning

#152 - Mapping Evidence to Policy to help Practice

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Dr Tanya Vaughan is Associate Director, Evidence for Learning and is responsible for the marketing, product development, community leadership and strategy for the Teaching & Learning Toolkit. Tanya has worked in education in policy design and implementation in AITSL, ACARA and PAI. She has consulted on international and national projects in leadership and evaluation with Learning First and Educational Transformations. She was lead consultant in investigating the impact of programs in the arts on outcomes for students in highly disadvantaged settings. A summary of the research entitled Bridging the Gap in School Achievement through the Arts (Vaughan, Harris & Caldwell, 2011) was launched at Parliament House Canberra. Tanya has co-authored one international book, three chapters, seven journal articles and facilitated 67 presentations/workshops in educational research. She is co-author of Transforming Education through The Arts (Caldwell & Vaughan, 2012) and chief Investigator for evaluation of Creative Arts Indigenous Parent Engagement (Vaughan & Caldwell, 2017). Tanya taught at the senior secondary level in science and coordinated Biology. Tanya became an Honorary Fellow at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne in 2011. Tanya holds a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Education, Professional Certificate in Instructional Leadership and Doctor of Philosophy.
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Ms Therese Pigott
Associate Provost For Research
Loyola University Chicago

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