SCEM Guest Seminar

In this presentation Associate Professor Robert Hattam will be mapping out a research program for researching educational inequality and especially related to schools serving vulnerable suburban communities. The presentation is framed by two related questions: What are our explanations for the persistent nature of educational inequality in Australia? and, What do we know about how to improve educational engagement and success in so-called 'disadvantaged' communities? The paper aims to map 'educational inequality' as an interdisciplinary phenomena that requires a whole of university response. (Please refer to website for full details).