2012 ATEE Winter Conference - Professional development of teacher educators: Bringing together policy, practice and research
02 April t/m 04 April 2012
This conference is the result of the collaboration between
• The Research and Development Community (RDC) Professional Development of Teacher Educators of the Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) pdte.macam.ac.il/
• The University of Coimbra, Portugal (www.uc.pt/en)
• The MOFET Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel www.mofet.macam.ac.il/english/Pages/default.aspx
The conference will take place at the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
www.uc.pt/en (English) www.uc.pt/ (Portuguese)
The theme of the conference Professional development of teacher educators: Bringing together policy, practice and research is intended to encourage submissions for papers that address the various aspects of teacher educators and their professional development.
We also welcome contributions with a focus on the three different angles - policy, practice and research - as well as work that is the result of collaboration of policymakers, researchers and practitioners.
Keynote speakers
Prof. Jean Murray, Cass School of Education, University of East London, England
Dr. Anja Swennen, University of Amsterdam
Mr. Paul Holdsworth, European Commission
Jaime Carvalho e Silva, Coordinator, Pre-Service Teacher Education at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra; Secretary of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction
Important dates and submission information
Final submission date for paper proposals extended to December 29, 2011
January 30, 2012 Notification of acceptance/ rejection decision by email (January 3, 2012 (if proposal was received by December 1)
March 9, 2012 Deadline for full manuscript research papers and Power Point presentations for the conference
For any further information, please click atee.macam.ac.il/Pages/Call-for-Papers.aspx
Please visit the registration page and fill in the form:
atee.macam.ac.il/Pages/registration.aspx
Conference participants are requested to make their own arrangements for accommodation. Please send an email to the hotel of your choice and mention the ATEE Conference to receive the reduced prices.
Any information regarding the hotels is available here: atee.macam.ac.il/Pages/Accommodation.aspx
Schedule
Draft Programme (subject to changes)
Monday, April 2 12:00-14:00 Registration
14:00-15:30 Opening Session
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Keynote speaker 1
17:00-18:30 Parallel sessions 1
19:00 Welcome reception
Tuesday, April 3
9:00–10:30 Keynote speaker 2
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Parallel sessions 2
12:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30–16:00 Parallel sessions 3
16:00-17:30 Poster session with coffee break
20:30 Social dinner
Wednesday, April 4
9:00-10:30 Parallel sessions 4
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Keynote speaker 3
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Parallel sessions 5
15:30- 16:30 Closing Session
16:45-17:45 Guided tour of the University of Coimbra
More information: atee.macam.ac.il/Pages/Program.aspx
The University of Coimbra (UC), established in 1290 is one of the oldest universities in Europe and its historical buildings are the premises of a medieval palace situated on the highest hill of the town of Coimbra overlooking the Mondego river. St. Peter College, St Michael Chapel, the Rector Palace, the Grand Hall, the King John Library are world renown landmarks situated on campus.
Nowadays, the UC is an indisputable reference in higher education and research in Portugal, due to the high quality of the courses taught at its eight Faculties and to the advances achieved in pure and applied research in various areas of knowledge. Since about 20% of its students come from abroad, UC has also strong internationalization that can be felt in the international atmosphere created by the gathering together, on a permanent basis, of students, teachers and researchers from different cultural backgrounds coming from about 60 countries around the world.
The organization of the Conference involves the Faculty of Sciences and Technology (FCT) and the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (FPCE).
Among the eight Faculties of UC, FCT is the largest in number of students and teachers. Teacher education graduation courses were created in 1971, and since then, FCT has developed a prominent role in science teacher education. With the Bologna process, three teaching masters were developed. A PhD course on Science teaching has also been implemented.
FPCE was created in 1980 and so it is one of the youngest Faculties of the University. In 1985, FPCE moved to the College of St. Augustine, an historical building from the 16th century and, since then it has played an important role in initial teacher education and in teacher lifelong learning. The education Masters' degree that has been developed and the actual teacher education PhD courses are examples of its achievements.