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Prior to the publication of ASERA papers, newsletters were distributed to members. The first newsletter was published in July 1970 following the first conference held in May of that year. This newsletter can be viewed by clicking on the following link (ASERN1970). Similarly, the second newsletter can be viewed here (ASERN1971).
In 1971, after the second ASERA conference, papers presented at ASERA 2 were published. The publication was titled Research 1971, and was the first of an ongoing series of annual publications of some of the papers presented at ASERA that continued until 1994. In 1972 the journal was titled Research 1972, in 1973 Science Education: Research 1973, and then in 1974 a permanent name was adopted - Research in Science Education. The 1974 edition of Research in Science Education was designated Volume 4, in recognition of the preceding three years. Over the period 1971 - 1994 the extent of reviewing of submissions for RISE increased substantially. In 1995, through Cam McRobbie’s initiative and drive, RISE was transformed into the journal of more usual form that we know today, and was no longer linked to the ASERA conference. In 2003 RISE became an ISI listed journal, and thus joined JRST, Science Ed, and IJSE as the major international science education research journals.
For the period 1974 - 1979 RISE had an editorship structure involving both the conference organizer(s) and a ‘general editor’ who maintained consistencies from one year to the next.
The full list of RISE editors is
| 1971.3 |
Richard Tisher (University Queensland) |
| 1974 |
Richard Tisher, Russell Linke & Leo West (Monash University) |
| 1975 |
Colin Power (University Queensland) & Arthur Lucas (Flinders University) |
| 1976 |
Colin Power (University Queensland) & Max Maddock (University Newcastle) |
| 1977 |
Colin Power (Flinders University) & Tony Blake (Riverina CAE) |
| 1978 |
Colin Power (Flinders University) & Cam McRobbie (Mt Gravatt CAE) |
| 1979 |
Colin Power (Flinders University) & Dennis Goodrum (Churchlands CAE) |
| 1980 |
Colin Power (Flinders University) |
| 1981-82 |
Laurie Rattray-Wood & Peter Ferguson (Deakin University) |
| 1983-88 |
Richard Tisher (Monash University) |
| 1989 |
Richard Tisher & Paul Gardner (Monash University) |
| 1990 |
Paul Gardner (Monash University) |
| 1991 |
Paul Gardner, Helen Forgasz & Jeff Northfield (Monash University) |
| 1992-94 |
Paul Gardner (Monash University) |
| 1995-2007 |
Cam McRobbie (Queensland University of Technology) |
| 2008- |
Steve Ritchie (Queensland University of Technology) |
The journal of the association, Research in Science Education, is published by Springer.
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