Please Complete the Following Form. This Will
SYMPOSIUM Proposal Form
How to submit a proposal
Please complete the following form. This will:
(a)help us select the best and most interesting papers for the conference
(b)be used to inform conference attendees about your presentation and describe your materials in the conference publication.
Please note that this form should be used if you are making a proposal for a SYMPOSIUM.
If you want to make a proposal for a Paper, Workshop or Poster please use the appropriate form.
[Please note that the Scientific Committee may suggest that another format is more appropriate for your proposal.]
Instructions:
(1)Complete section 1: general information
(2)Complete the relevant part of section 2: proposal for a symposium
(3)Please keep within the stated word limits for each section
(4)Save the form with your name as the file name
(5)Email to
(6)You will receive an email to confirm that your proposal has been received
Key dates:
31 December 2008
All proposals must be emailed to the CiCe office:
Please note that we CANNOT accept posted or faxed copies.
6 February 2009
By this date the Executive Committee will consider proposals and notify all proposers.
SECTION 1: General Details
Your name:
University/organisation:
Department/faculty:
Country:
Email address:
Postal address for correspondence:
Phone number:
Fax number:
SECTION 2: Proposal for a SYMPOSIUM
Title(maximum 125 words)
Synopsis (maximum 125 words)
Name of symposium convenor
The following two questions are to be completed by the symposium convenor:
(1) If you are the symposium convenor please give the title and a short description of the whole symposium(maximum 100 words)
(2) If you are the symposium convenor for each paper in your symposium please give the name of the lead author and their university/organisation
Please select ONE of the following options (delete as applicable).
Is your paper:
(a) A reflection on practice (including policy or curricular development)Yes / No
(b) Analysis of your own empirical dataYes / No
(c) A theoretical contribution not based on your own empirical dataYes / No
(d) A mixture of any of the aboveYes / No
Based on the type of paper indicated above please now complete the relevant section below:
A reflection on practiceClick here to complete Section 2a
Analysis of own empirical dataClick here to complete Section 2b
A theoretical contributionClick here to complete Section 2c
A mixture of the aboveComplete the section that best fits your proposal
Section 2a: If your paper is a reflection on practice (including policy or curricular development) please complete this section.
Context(maximum 60 words)
Age of students/participants, country(ies); type of educational establishment; whether based on your own or others practice; etc)
What are the main theories/theorists that inform your analysis?(maximum 60 words)
What are the main points and conclusions of your analysis?(maximum 100 words)
Section 2b: If your paper is an analysis of your own empirical data please complete this section.
Context(maximum 60 words)
Clear statement of the problem that you are addressing, the characteristics that you are trying to discover or the proofs that you are trying to establish
Theory & Methodology(maximum 60 words)
The basis of the technique that you are using or the procedure that you have adopted in your study; state and justify any assumptions. The main theories your draw on.
Results & Conclusions(maximum 100 words)
Show illustrative examples of the main results of the work and a conclusion section, listing the main findings of the investigation.
Section 2c: If your paper is a theoretical contribution not based on your own empirical data please complete the following section.
Context for discussion(maximum 60 words)
What are the main theoretical perspectives that inform the paper?(maximum 60 words)
What are your main significant conclusions(maximum 100 words)
If your paper is a mixture of any of the above please select and complete the section above that best fits your proposal (Section 2a, Section 2b or Section 2c).