ELSIN Conference: 'Developing learning within and across disciplines: Evidence from research and practice'
Dear colleague
The University of Antwerp extents a cordial invitation to attend the 16th Annual Conference of the Education, Learning, Styles & Individual differences Network. The conference is an international forum for the exchange of knowledge on theory, research and practice in the field of styles, learning and individual differences in both education and business.
University of Antwerp, June 29th – July 1st, 2011
Conference theme
In recent years, scholars and researchers have devoted considerable attention has been devoted to research on the development of learning within educational and business settings, as well as the ways in which this learning can be invoked. The various disciplines have much to learn from each other with regard to this topic. The major theme of the conference is thus 'Developing learning within and across disciplines: Evidence from research and practice'. ELSIN 2011 particularly welcomes submissions on one of the following key issues:
· Development of learning throughout education and professional careers
· Implications of style for teaching and management
· Research on workplace learning
· Individual differences in learning and how to take them into account
· Differentiation and style coaching
· Good practices: putting research into practice
· Methodological issues
· Test development and psychometrics
Keynote speakers are as follows:
· Prof. Dr. Sari Lindblöm-Ylänne, Professor of Higher Education at Helsinki University, Director of the Centre for Research and Development of Higher Education at Helsinki University. President of the European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction
- Prof. Dr. Maria Kozhevnikov, Professor of Radiology at the <st1:placename w:st="on">Harvard</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Medical</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype>, Associate in Neuroscience at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Massachusetts General</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place>
- Prof. Dr. Mien Segers, Professor of Corporate Learning at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Maastricht</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
Workshops will be hosted on the following topics:
· Multilevel analysis
· Publishing in scholarly journals
· Qualitative data analysis
Conference formats
Contributions to the conference can be empirical, theoretical/conceptual or practice-oriented, but all should be conceptually, theoretically and methodologically sound. Special attention should be paid to the relevance and value of submissions for research on learning and individual differences in education or business. ELSIN especially welcomes contributions from practitioners and new researchers in the field of styles.
Proposals can be submitted for contributions in the following formats:
· Paper presentation
· Symposium
· 'Talk and tell' poster-sessions
· Good practice
Deadline for submissions is 31 January 2011. Please use the templates that can be found on the conference website: www.ua.ac.be/elsin. Abstracts can be submitted electronically through: www.ua.ac.be/elsin/submission. Check the conference website (www.ua.ac.be/elsin) for further information or send an e-mail to elsin2011@ua.ac.be.
Please find enclosed the complete version of this call for proposals.