Call for Abstracts
Abstract submission is closed (the deadline for submission was 31 May 2008).
Educational Research for Innovation & Quality in Education:
Policy & Pedagogical Engagements Across Contexts
Strands
Classroom practices in education innovation
Community support for education innovation
Counselling in schools
Educational policy
Educators’ values and beliefs toward innovation in education
Equality of access to education
Evaluations of education innovation
Flexible learning at workplace
Globalisation of education
Holistic development in education
Innovations in educational leadership
Innovative assessment
Innovative knowledge building in education
Innovative knowledge management in education
Lifelong learning
Professional development of teachers
Reflective learning
Social context of education
Sports Science and Physical Education
Supporting infrastructure in education innovation
Teacher education
Technological innovations in education
The commodification of education: Education as a package?
The economising of education: Gain or bane?
Proposal Guidelines
In addition to plenary sessions where keynote speakers will address the whole assembly, concurrent sessions will be organised in the following format:
Paper Sessions (1 hour)
3 paper presentations per session * 20 minutes per paper presentation
Symposium (1 hour)
Presentations by a team on one specific strand * at least 3 presenters for each symposium
Please submit a symposium title and abstract only at this time. Up to 3 presenters may be included in the submission of abstract page. Please indicate the primary presenter who may also be the chair of the symposium. If the symposium is accepted, additional information regarding titles and abstracts for individual papers and names of additional presenters and/or discussant(s) will be requested via email.
Poster Presentations (1 hour)
Presentation of poster by individual to interested members
Language of Delivery
English
Guidelines on Submission of Abstracts
Each paper author/symposium/poster presenter must submit
- An abstract of not more than 200 words (in English only). Include three keywords.
- Submission of proposal and abstract is through the conference website only by Saturday, 31st May 2008.
Conference Proceedings
Presenters may submit their accepted papers for publication in an on-line Conference Proceedings. Proceedings papers are published as received. Papers submitted for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings will not be peer-reviewed or edited. Authors are encouraged to have their papers peer-reviewed before submission.
Papers should be prepared according to the publication guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001) (5th edition) with the following specific format requirements:
- Paper size: A4 Portrait
- Font: Times New Roman 12 point
- Paragraphs: justified with no indentation
- Margins: top, bottom, left, right = 1”, header and footer = 0.5”
- Main Headings for paragraphs: Upper Case and Bold
- Sub-Headings: Lower Case and Bold
- Line spacing: 1.5 for paragraphs and single spacing for tables
- Length of paper (abstract and references included) should be about 3000 words (single line spacing).
- All references should be listed alphabetically.
Please email your paper in PDF file format to the conference secretariat (apera08@nie.edu.sg) by 31st October 2008. Name your file according to the last name and initials of the first author (e.g., TangKT.pdf; WongAP.pdf; ShermanRQ.pdf).