Information for Academic Presenters

UPDATE: All colleagues who submitted abstracts that were accepted by the Conference Committee will, by now, have been asked to submit a full paper for the conference. Please read this page carefully as it contans information about submitting your paper correctly.

 

NEW: The schedule of presentations can be found on the conference homepage. 

 

Submitting a summary of your paper:

To help delegates in choosing which sessions they wish to attend, we plan to offer a summary of all papers that will be presented at the conference. Due to the number of papers involved, only a very brief summary of each paper can be included. We are therefore inviting all those presenting a paper to send us, by email, an overview of the paper in no more than 70 words. We understand it may be difficult to condense your ideas into just 70 words, but a very brief summary will be an extremely useful way of ensuring your audience knows what to expect from your presentation. The 70 word summaries will be published as a single volume for use during the conference. Please submit the 70 word summary as an email attachment, together with your full paper, by 8 October. The email address for submission of both your summary and your full paper is internationaloffice@ioe.ac.uk  

 

Submitting your paper from the UK and all other countries, except P.R. China:

If you have been asked by the committee to present a paper at the conference, congratulations! We are delighted you submitted work that we feel will further enrich the conference. You will already know that the deadline for submitting your full paper is 8 October, and that you should email the paper, along with a maximum 70 word summary of the paper, to internationaloffice@ioe.ac.uk on or before 8 October. The paper should be an extended version of the abstract you successfully submitted, and should explore the issues summarised in the abstract. It might include the following sections:
– Context
– Research questions and/or aims
– Methodology
– Key findings
– Recommendations and/or implications. 

The full paper should be between 4000 and 7000 words in length, in the format specified below. All full papers will be published in soft copy and made available to all delegates. 

 

Submitting your paper from P.R. China:

Colleagues in P.R. China were asked to submit drafts of a full paper by 15 July. If you were notified by the conference committee that your draft paper was accepted for presentation at the conference, congratulations! Your work was of an outstanding quality and we look forward to seeing you in London and learning more about your perspectives. Please spend the next few weeks amending your draft if you feel you would like to make changes. You will already know that the deadline for submitting the final version of your paper is 8 October, and that you should email the paper, along with a maximum 70 word summary of the paper, to internationaloffice@ioe.ac.uk on or before 8 October. The paper might include the following sections:
– Context
– Research questions and/or aims
– Methodology
– Key findings
– Recommendations and/or implications.

The full paper should be between 4000 and 7000 words in length in the format specified below. All conference papers will be published in soft copy and available to all participants.

 

Correct format for your finalised paper:

We ask that all papers (and 70-word summaries of papers) be submitted in the following format:

– In Microsoft Word and in English 
– Including your name and the title of your paper on the first page
– In Arial font, size 12 
– Double spaced and with numbered pages
– Using the APA referencing style - details here.

 

Notes for all colleagues submitting a paper:
The languages of the conference will be English and Mandarin Chinese, however we ask that written papers be submitted in English only. All keynote lectures will be translated simultaneously.

All sessions will be chaired by colleagues from the Institute of Education and Beijing Normal University. Sessions where individual papers are to be presented will be timetabled at 30 minutes each, but this time includes any allocation presenters choose to give to Q&A. Powerpoint will be available for all sessions. Please ensure you have a USB memory stick containing your presentation as we cannot guarantee that internet access will be available in all rooms. If you wish to use handouts to support your presentation, please bring them in advance. Reprographics facilities will not be readily available for delegates.

Please note: colleagues who have been invited to present a conference paper will still be required to register for the conference.  

 

Background to the papers:

We invited colleagues from around the world interested in education and citizenship to respond to a call for papers, and to join us for a major international conference in London. We plan a truly international meeting, intended to advance discussion and influence debate in the UK, China and beyond.

We welcomed contributions in the following forms:

  • academic papers based on research or scholarship
  • case studies of practice in schools, communities and formal and informal education settings
  • reports of projects and initiatives at local, regional, national or international levels.

This conference will examine both theory and practice in citizenship education, so contributions were sought from:

  • academics and researchers from education, sociology, politics and other relevant disciplines
  • teachers and other educational practitioners
  • political or community activists
  • colleagues working for NGOs, and national or local government (and related agencies).

All papers are being placed within one of the four academic strands listed below. The final decision as to which strand accepted papers will be placed in rests with the conference committee.

All papers have been peer reviewed. Papers will fit within one of the conference strands and sub-themes:

1. Moral Education, Values and Citizenship

– Moral authority, rights, responsibilities and democracy in education
– Whole school approaches to moral and citizenship education
– Promoting children's rights through education
– Local struggles and universal human rights
– Active citizenship and service learning

2. Sustainability, Development and Global Citizenship

– Education for sustainable development
– School partnerships and linking
– Linking  local, national and global agendas
– Education and struggles for human dignity
– Peace, development and climate change

3. Multicultural Education, Diversity and Social Cohesion

– Urban schools and their communities
– Diversity and citizenship education
– Multicultural curriculum
– Prejudice, discrimination and racism
– Multilingualism and plurilingualism

4. Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism and Education

– Unity and diversity
– Global interconnectedness and solidarity
– Textbooks and national narratives
– Citizenship and history education
– Education for cosmopolitan citizenship