The deadline for submission of proposals is June 14, 2015.
Guidelines for Writing a Proposal Abstract
Proposals for conference sessions are welcome from all fields of educational research but should align with a stated conference theme(s).
Proposals should include:
- Title of proposal
- Most relevant conference theme(s) for the proposal
- Proposal format (see below: Paper and Research Presentation; Symposia; or Graduate Student Pre-Conference Panel)
- Authors(s) of proposal including affiliations and email addresses
- General description of the presentation, including research questions, objectives and/or theoretical framework
Proposals should be between 300-500 words. Please identify all contributing authors along with their affiliations and email addresses as part of the proposal, and clearly specify who will be presenting. Please take care in providing accurate information; spelling errors and missing email addresses may result in co-authors not correctly linked to their contributions.
How to Submit
The submission deadline has passed. If you have any questions or comments regarding the deadline, please contact us.
Conference Session Formats
Paper and Research Presentations
Paper and Research Presentations are submitted by one author plus up to three co-authors. These are oral presentations lasting 15 – 20 minutes and will be scheduled in 90 minute sessions that will include 4 presentations on similar themes. A chairperson for each session will manage time and subsequent discussion.
Symposia
Symposia consist of a 90 minute conference session organized by the submitters. They usually include 3 – 4 papers per session. The proposal for a symposium needs to be emailed as one submission with a description of the symposium and its unifying theme (300 words) plus an additional list of abstracts for all papers within the symposium (100 word abstract per paper). A chairperson for each session will manage time and subsequent discussion.
Graduate Student Pre-Conference Panel
This 2-hour session will be held on the afternoon of October 15, 2015, just prior to the official opening of the conference. It will consist of up to six 10-minute informal graduate student presentations, each followed by a 10-minute discussion with peers and established scholars in the field. A primary motivation for this pre-conference event is to provide new scholars with the opportunity to present an emerging idea or area of research and to receive feedback in a supportive environment.
Proposals for this panel must be submitted by current graduate students and should follow the conference proposal guidelines (see above). Graduate students submitting a proposal for the pre-conference panel remain eligible to submit an additional proposal for the main conference program. Proposals should focus on work that reflects upon or engages with ethically salient experiences in educational practice and scholarship. In addition to the conference subthemes, examples of potential presentation topics for this panel might include (but are not limited too):
- Reflecting upon how one makes ethical decisions in leadership positions.
- What form(s) of research and practice best position leaders to make ethical decisions?
- The ethical implications of research methods, and ethical decision making as a researcher.
- How do local ethical practices reflect, contest, and/or reinforce global understandings of ethical leadership?
- The ethical implications of international development models in education.
- How does one learn ethical leadership?