Provocations public lecture series
The Provocations Public Lecture series celebrates Charles Sturt research. The lectures aim to challenge orthodoxy through new thinking but will also revive policy ideas and political thought from the past for one more encore.
Upcoming events
Join us on one of our Charles Sturt University campuses to hear from our experts.


Event recordings
Children should be seen AND heard: the importance of communication so children can thrive
Professor Sharynne McLeod, Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition
This presentation draws on extensive large-scale evidence regarding Australian children’s communicative competence and capacity.
Children’s drawings, personal insights, and data from 10,000 children within the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) are described and the communicative competence of multilingual and Indigenous children is celebrated.
For more information, please read the associated Charles Sturt news article.
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