Call for Abstracts

The organizing committee welcomes submission of an abstract of  approximately 200 words (max. 250 words) by 20 March, 2012.  Please use our online submission facility at: http://www.pce.edu.bt/isfte2012.html

Abstracts will be accepted by direct e-mail and as an attachment by the Seminar Secretariat. The abstract should be sent to the Academic Sub Committee at isfte2012academic@pce.edu.bt. A letter Confirming acceptance of the abstract and invitation to the seminar will be sent to the participants.

Each participant should bring 20 copies of their written paper to the Seminar for distribution and private reading prior to group discussion of the paper.  Papers should be less than 3,000 words in length (longer papers should be provided in summary form only to meet the word limit).  Electronic (PowerPoint) presentations are discouraged because paper group members will have already read the paper and be familiar with the content — the focus is on discussion of the ideas in the paper and not presentation of content.  The paper may be a report on research findings related to teacher education, an outline of work in progress, a statement of an idea or a paper ready to present for refereeing prior to publication.  Each paper is allocated approximately one hour for discussion and constructive dialogue and feedback.  The paper group format of the seminar actively promotes international collegial dialogue and cross-cultural research. 

The seminar also provides a Distance Paper Group (DPG) for existing ISfTE members from developing countries who cannot attend the Seminar.  The DPG offers an opportunity to submit a written paper for comment with a view to refining the paper for possible publication.  For more information about the DPG, please contact Warren Halloway whalloway@bigpond.com

 Attendance and Participation: Traditionally, participants from approximately 25 countries attend this annual Seminar and include teacher educators, researchers, policy makers, teachers, students, administrators and others interested in the development of professional educators throughout the world. Participants range from members who have attended many seminars to persons attending for the first time.