Call for papers

The Education Cluster in the College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa will host the Third Annual Teacher Education at a Distance Conference to be held from 08 to 09 October 2009. Conference participants will include academics and researchers in teacher education and open and distance learning, school principals and teachers, postgraduate students and representatives from the Ministry of Education. The conference will focus on trends and challenges relating to the following sub-themes:

• Best Practice
• Latest Developments
• Emerging Issues
• Research
• Quality Assurance

We therefore invite all committed to teacher education and open and distance learning to contribute to the conference by sharing their experiences and research activities.

The keynote addresses will be given by the following:

Kenneth M. Zeichner
Associate Dean for Teacher Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr Linda Evans
University of Leeds, United Kingdom

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Contributions on the conference theme are invited.  Proposals should reach the conference organisers not later than 31 July 2009.

TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Papers: Short presentations by individual presenters allowing ample time for discussions
Panel discussions: Short introductions to a topic with substantial discussion.
Demonstrations: Demonstration of a computer program or system.
Round table   discussions:  Structured yet informal sessions prompted by a set of provocative questions by the presenter.
Pair or team presentations: Longer presentations by more than one presenter making provision for inputs and questions from the audience and discussions.
Workshops: Training delegates in some topic, usually a methodology.

CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Selection of contributions will be done according to the following criteria:
- Relevance to conference theme
- Clarity of purpose and method
- Significance, originality or potential usefulness of the content of the presentation
- Compliance with technical requirements

GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF ABSTRACTS
To assist the organisers in selecting contributions, you are required to submit an abstract.

Format for abstracts:
- English only
- A maximum of 150 words
- Single line spacing
- 12 point, Arial font
- No illustrations, graphs or references to be included

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Abstracts should be submitted electronically (by e-mail), in RTF/pdf/MSWord format as file attachments (not as part of the message) to the conference organiser at the following e-mail address:

joanne.adams2@gmail.com

Presenters will be notified by 14 August 2009 of acceptance of abstracts.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
The full paper, meeting the requirements that will be communicated to all accepted proposals, should be submitted by 30 September 2009.

DEADLINES   
Submission of abstracts:   31 July 2009  
Notification of acceptance:       14 August 2009
Registration:  1 September 2009