Explicit Practice for Powerful Thinking
Wednesday 24 - Thursday 25 March, 2027
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Join us for the Science of Learning Conference:
Explicit Practice for Powerful Thinking at Matthew Flinders Anglican College from Wednesday, 24 March to Thursday, 25 March 2027.
This exclusive conference is crafted for educators who are passionate about leveraging the latest research to enhance their teaching practices.
The 2027 Science of Learning Conference will examine how explicit instruction, deliberate practice and responsive teaching build the robust cognitive architecture students need to think critically, solve complex problems and transfer their learning to unfamiliar contexts.
Alongside exploration of practical approaches to delivering transfer learning in classrooms, ensuring students not only acquire knowledge, but use it to deepen their understanding, refine their thinking, and apply their learning with purpose.
Across two days, you will gain practical, research-informed strategies to strengthen learning outcomes in your own classrooms and contexts.
The keynotes and sessions will span:
- Principles of the Science of Learning
- Finding ways to get students to think deeply
- Curriculum Design and Knowledge Acquisition
- Literacy and Numeracy Mastery
- Assessment and Responsive Teaching
- Instructional Coaching and Sustainable Leadership
- Behaviour Management and Learning Cultures
Depart #SOL2027 feeling equipped with both the cognitive science underpinnings and the practical, sustainable tools needed to ensure learning is not only deep, but also purposeful, transferable and enduring.
Keynote Speakers
Dr Jared
Cooney Horvath
The University of Melbourne, Research Scientist, Director of LME Global & The Science of Learning Group
Why Transfer Fails: The Cognitive Science Behind Learning That Lasts
Tom Sherrington
British education consultant, author and co-founder of Teaching WalkThrus
Mode A, Mode B: Designing Teaching for Thinking and Transfer
Emina McLeannes
Teacher Educator and Instructional Coach
Thinking, Literacy, and the Illusion of Transfer: What Are Students Actually Doing?
Who should attend?
Educators and school leaders who are:
- passionate about evidence-based practice
- committed to professional growth in order to implement strategies to improve student outcomes
- innovative and open to change to embrace techniques to enhance learning, and
- focused on student-centred learning - using insights from cognitive science and educational research to create more effective and inclusive learning environments.
Alignment to AITSL Standards
Standard 1
Know students and how they learn
1.2 Understand how students learn
1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities
Standard 3
Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
3.3 Use teaching strategies
Standard 6
Engage in professional learning
6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice
Standard 7
Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community
7.4 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities
Location
Matthew Flinders Anglican College is an independent Anglican co-educational primary and secondary day school located in Buderim on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
Stretching along the Queensland coast, the Sunshine Coast is as vast as it is varied. The region covers an area of 2,291 square kilometres with 52.3 kilometres of open coastline stretching from Caloundra to Noosa where white sand beaches and pristine waterways sit alongside lush rainforests and Heritage-listed national parks.
Getting to the Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast Airport is ideally situated in the heart of the Sunshine Coast with direct Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Auckland, New Zealand flights available across a range of carriers and connections to the world. Alternatively, the Sunshine Coast is just over one hour by road north of Brisbane, Queensland’s state capital.
Register for Early Bird:
Early Bird Tickets - (On Sale August 2026) : $750.00 (ex GST)
Standard Tickets : $850.00 (ex GST)
