The Future of Teacher Education: Call for papers

The Centre of Culture and Pedagogy, Vienna, announces an international conference on teacher education and general education to be held in Vienna, Austria on March 3 – 4, 2011. Educational researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for paper presentations or poster presentations at the conference, within the range of the following topical issues:

• “Globalisation” in the classroom.
• The” whole person” as a learner.
• The role of arts in teaching and learning.
• Time in (teacher) education.
• Research in teacher training.
• Establishing and managing (independent) schools.

Whereas teacher education is regarded as one of the foundations of any future reform of education there is a curious lack of discussing different concepts and efforts which have been developed in this field throughout Europe. Education and Teacher training already has become a European matter, despite the insistence on national priorities.

Yet certain experiences and research results are not satisfactorily introduced in the general debates, and academic exchange between the varieties of different pedagogical approaches still deserves improvement.

Please send your proposals in English language June 15th 2010. If you plan to contribute in German, please, contact the conference office.

For further details visit the conference website www.2020teachereducation.org.
Information will be updated continuously. There will be reduced fees available for students and teachers.