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Experts to help evaluate learning program

Two Monash University educationists have been contracted to help evaluate the Victorian Government's Local Learning and Employment Networks (LLENs) program.

Professor Terri Seddon and Ms Allie Clemans, from the Faculty of Education, will join Mr John Fischer of Fischer and Associates and Associate Professor Stephen Billett of Griffith University to evaluate the program established under the Department of Education and Training.

LLENs is a Victorian Government initiative which aims to provide pathways to education, employment and training for 15 to 19-year-olds. It brings together a range of community agencies, including schools, TAFE institutes, community education providers, local government agencies and employers, to help young people make the transition from school to work.

Centre to aid classroom maths and science

Monash University will join forces with King's College London in a quest to help developing countries improve their school maths and science curricula.

A new centre, to be established in the Faculty of Education, is being funded through a $55,000 Monash Research Fund grant, with contributions from the Education faculty and King's College.

The centre, to be based at Monash's Clayton campus, will bring together ideas from the two institutions and visiting scholars. Professor Dick Gunstone has been appointed director of the new centre.

Simplifying athletics skills

A new athletics skills program created by Monash University lecturer Dr Justen O'Connor is set to become part of athletics programs in schools across Victoria.

Dr O'Connor, from the Faculty of Education at Gippsland campus, developed the On Track program in conjunction with the Victorian Little Athletics Association.

The program, launched by Victorian Minister for Sport and Recreation Mr Justin Madden, aims to simplify the teaching and learning of athletics skills for teachers, parents and children.

Youth project wins international award

A research project by a senior lecturer at Monash University has won the prestigious international Environmental Design Research Association research award.

The project, Growing Up in Cities (GUIC), was chosen from a pool of more than 100 research projects submitted from around the world.

Dr Karen Malone, senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education, is the Asia-Pacific regional director of the GUIC project.

The project addresses environmental and social issues affecting young people in urban areas, particularly those areas where children are affected by the impact of social transformation and global migration.

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