Globalization Conference Call for Presenters

Call for Presenters

12th Annual International Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference
February 18-19, 2016
Airway heights, Washington

Theme: Moving the Dialogue on Race, Culture, and Equity Forward in Education

We gather to engage activists, educators, and scholars from diverse disciplines in deep and meaningful dialogues around what we can do together to address current social and environmental injustices in our local, national, and international communities. With a focus on responsibilities, connections, and critical questions, we are especially interested in how we learn from each other and the diverse fields of teacher education, special education, critical disability studies, bilingual education, curriculum and instruction, geography, anthropology, social work, nursing, public health, indigenous studies, post-colonialism, cultural studies, queer theory, place-based education and more.

Presentation types

There are three types of presentations: paper or panel; alternative session/workshop, or poster:

• Paper and Panel Presentations: Please clearly explaining the presentation and its relationship to the conference. What is the question or problem that is being addressed? Who are the primary scholarly sources being drawn upon to frame the discussion? Presenters of individual papers will be grouped into sessions of three to four (by the conference chair). Paper sessions are 75 minutes and will include an opportunity for audience conversation. Each presenter will have approximately 15 minutes to present his or her work. Please be prepared to adhere to this timeframe. A panel will have 75 minutes and should have no fewer than three and no more than five presenters.

• Alternative Sessions/Workshops: Propose something alternative to traditional conference sessions or host a workshop! This should be a hands-on session dealing with an important issue related to the conference theme. Proposals should describe a) what the session will be about, b) what the objectives of the session are, and c) how participants will be involved. Alternative sessions and workshops are 75 minutes long.

• Posters: The 60 minute poster session allows for informal discussions with other participants while the exhibit is on display. Posters can display research, teaching tips, curriculum development ideas, and many other areas of interest related to the use of technologies. The exhibit should be self-explanatory. Presenters exhibit their poster on a 4’ x 4’ display stand (provided). The poster should include a title, the name and institutional affiliation of the presenter(s), text, photos, drawings, graphs, charts or whatever best represents the topic. Posters will be set up in the morning on the day of the presentation; presenters are required to attend the conference and to be at their posters during the formal 60 minute poster session.

All proposals will be reviewed anonymously.

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