From Daniel Tan:


Greetings.



Information on a conference in Singapore.



Best wishes.



Daniel





FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS



An invitation to participate in the first international conference
on educational research to be held in Singapore, 2005



Theme: Redesigning Pedagogy: Research, Policy, Practice

Dates: 30 May to 1 June 2005

Venue: National Institute of Education, Nanyang technological
University, Singapore.

Organizer: Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, National
Institute of Education, Singapore



Strands :

Affective Education

Language & Literacy Education

Mathematics Education

Multiliteracies & Multimodalities

Science Education

IT in Education

Humanities & Social Studies

School Change & Leadership

Innovation in Curriculum Development and Classroom Practice

Student Performance and Assessment



Some Confirmed Speakers

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Boston College

Katheryn H. Au, College of Education, University of Hawaii

Courtney Cazden, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Allan Luke, National Institute of Education,Singapore

Gunther Kress, University of London

Joel Spring, City University of New York

Peter Freebody, National Institute of Education,Singapore

Yong Zhao, Michigan State University

Angel Lin, City University of Hong Kong



Conference Programme

Paper Presentations (3 presenters per session, half an hour for each
presentation including Q & A)

Symposia (team of 3 to 4 presenters on a theme, each session lasting
1.5 hour including Q & A)

Workshops (skill-based,hands-on sessions lasting 3 hours each)



Registration

Early Bird Registration: S$450 (Before 15 March 2005)

Regular Registration: S$500 (After 15 March 2005)

Group Registration:S$430 (For groups of 10 or more)



Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 31 December 2004

Abstracts can be submitted on line or through email to our Conference
Secretariat at <mailto:leducon@...>educon@...



Closing Date for Registration: 10 May 2005



For further information please contact our Conference Secretariat at

Tel: 6790-3307

Fax:6896-9845

email:educon@...



Do visit our conference website at
<http://conference.nie.edu.sg/rprpp>http://conference.nie.edu.sg/rprpp




--
Dr. Keith S. Taber
http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/staff/taber.html
University Lecturer in Science Education
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
Homerton site
Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 2PH


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