Centre for Advanced Studies in Education (CASE)

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Centre for Advanced Studies in Education (CASE)

The Centre for Advanced Studies in Education (CASE) addresses complex educational challenges by integrating research in learning environments and learning processes. Our work generates solutions that are cognitively grounded, culturally responsive and locally relevant.

CASE brings together leading researchers from across the Faculty of Education, whose decades of collective expertise drive research excellence. Through our mission-driven research, we work to optimize student learning, strengthen educational systems, empower families, and partner with communities to create transformative educational outcomes.

Our vision

Our core research focus is understanding how learning emerges and develops through the dynamic interplay of cognitive processes, contextual influences, and culturally responsive approaches. Our vision is defined by four strategic impact areas.

Optimise student learning

Understand and address individual cognitive strengths, developmental needs, and sociocultural factors to ensure that all learners can access and actively participate in transformative education

Strengthen schools and systems

Respond to the changing needs of diverse learners in complex social, technological, and ecological contexts

Empower families

Provide tools, skills, and knowledge to actively support their children’s learning

Partner with communities

Co-design education initiatives that promote local development, cultural sustainability, and long-term social resilience

About CASE

CASE represents a unique and groundbreaking approach to educational research that integrates cognitive and sociocultural frameworks to address critical educational challenges across four strategic impact areas.

Our work embodies the spirit of advanced studies - we engage in blue sky thinking that allows us to reimagine educational possibilities while conducting rigorously applied research that delivers measurable impact.

What sets us apart is our commitment to collaboration and not consultation: we work alongside our partners as co-researchers, engaging in deeply embedded, collaborative research across Australia (including regional and rural communities), Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific to ensure sustainable, locally relevant outcomes.

Our research tackles today's most pressing educational challenges through innovative approaches that bridge theoretical advancement with practical application.

From developing spatial learning programs that predict STEM achievement to creating culturally responsive educational initiatives in diverse communities, our work demonstrates how advanced studies can generate transformative solutions.

Through established partnerships with a range of organisations, CASE researchers have secured millions of dollars in grants and influenced educational policy and practice across diverse formal, informal, and nonformal learning environments.

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Centre for Advanced Studies in Education (CASE)
University of Canberra
Bruce, ACT 2617

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