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Call for Proposals and Best Practices
We invite researchers and practitioners to participate in the educational conference. Research papers can be submitted until February 15th, 2008.

Proposals should relate to the theme of the conference, “Moving beyond Mobility”, which refers to aspects of study abroad and educational exchange that go beyond the simple geographical relocation of students. Specifically, the conference will emphasize intercultural learning and education through international exchange.

All proposals will be reviewed by a panel of researchers and practitioners familiar with the intercultural learning and international educational exchange.

The submission deadline for research papers and examples of good practises is February 15, 2008.


http://en.afs60.de/webcontent/files/call_For_Papers.pdf
MOVING BEYOND MOBILITY:
CALL FOR PROPOSALS

This conference offers three kinds of opportunities for presentations.
• Concurrent research paper presentation sessions
• A “best practices” session that encourages the exchange of successful projects,
• A “poster gallery” for shorter presentations on either research or best practices.

Proposals should relate to the theme of the conference, “Moving Beyond Mobility”, which refers to aspects of study abroad and educational exchange that go beyond the simple geographical relocation of students. Specifically, the conference will emphasize intercultural learning and
education through international exchange.

Intercultural learning is defined as:
Acquiring increased awareness of subjective cultural context (world view), including one’s own, and developing greater ability to interact sensitively and competently across cultural contexts as both an immediate and long-term effect of exchange.

Intercultural education is defined as: The intentional and systematic effort to foster intercultural learning through curriculum design, including pre-departure, on-site, and re-entry activities, and/or course content emphasizing subjective culture and intercultural interaction, and/or the guided facilitation of intercultural experience.

All proposals will be reviewed by a panel of researchers and practitioners familiar with the intercultural learning and international educational exchange. Reviewers’ criteria for evaluating proposals include all of the following:

1. Topics should relate specifically to the educational exchange or study abroad aspects of international mobility. Other aspects of mobility, such as immigration and societal multiculturalism, might be explored for their implications for exchange or study abroad, and vice versa.

2. Proposals should be focused on the intercultural education and learning as defined above, i.e. aspects of the programs that go “beyond mobility.”

3. Whenever possible, proposals should include applications to high school, secondary school, or teen-age programs.

Proposals of the following kinds are welcome for consideration:
• Descriptive case studies of intercultural education efforts
• Evaluation and/or qualitative studies of participant and/or host family experience vis a vis intercultural learning
• Quantitative or qualitative studies of program effectiveness in creating intercultural learning, including long-term impact studies
• Critiques of international educational exchange and study abroad models, including the analysis of external factors such as government regulation and media representation.
• Successful projects that promote the intercultural educational value of international exchange to schools, parents, participants, and civil society (eg volunteer involvement, public/private partnerships).


Proposal format:

All submissions should be electronic, MS Word or PDF files, in English, sent to the following address: [log in to unmask]

1. On a cover page, include name, institutional affiliation and position, and contact information, including mailing address, phone, and email.

2. On the second page, include the proposed title, whether the topic is intended for a paper session, poster session, or best practice session. Following write a brief 150-word description of the proposed presentation. Include how you will organize the flow of ideas and/or data within a 30-45 minute period and what discussion you propose to stimulate.

3. On subsequent pages (maximum 600 words), provide a rationale for the relevance of your proposed topic to the theme of intercultural education and learning.

4. There is some limited possibilities for presentations in German with simultaneous translation into English

5. The deadline submission is: February 15, 2008 Decisions will be made by: May 1, 2008

6. Accepted presenters will receive a travel stipend

Research papers accepted for presentation will be eligible for selection and publication in a Supplemental Issue of the International Journal of Intercultural Education, a publication of the International Association of Intercultural Education (IAIE), subject to copyright restrictions on previously-published material. Original research, including that published elsewhere, is welcome, along with graduate-level theses. Feel free to contact us at the above email address regarding the relevance of your proposal to the theme of the conference. Topics selected for the paper sessions should have a completed paper or substantial topic outline available for the audience. Topics selected for poster sessions and best practice sessions should have a succinct one-page handout available. Presenters will be responsible for making handouts available at the conference.
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