CFP: 2009 University of Oregon Biliteracy Conference

[Francis Hult]

CFP and Updated Registration Info: http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu <http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu/> 



Call for Proposals

The 2009 University of Oregon Conference on Biliteracy

Eugene, Oregon

June 25-27, 2009

Conference Theme: New Destinations

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2009.

Conference Website: http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu <http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu/> 


The College of Education (Teacher Education Department) at the University of Oregon is currently seeking proposals for papers, discussion sessions, workshops, and symposia on all aspects that affect the educational and social experiences of English Learners (EL) and their communities. While the theme of the UO conference explores EL students and immigrant communities in new destinations, this conference seeks to explore a broad array of issues which affect the social, economic, political, and educational opportunities of these communities in multiple settings. 

Submission Opportunities

In addition to original scholarly research and evaluation papers, the conference organizers welcome a broad range of practitioner perspectives including university students, classroom teachers, pre-service teachers, school and district administrators, district curriculum coordinators, community organizers, parents, and community specialists who work with EL students and communities. Conference workshops, scholarly papers, presentations, discussion sessions, and symposia may report on data-driven research projects, theoretical and conceptual frameworks and analyses, policy papers, or best practices.

Submission Types

All break-out sessions will be 1 hour and 45 minutes long (of which at least 30 min should be dedicated to audience discussion and interaction) and will consist of one of the following:

Symposia: In these sessions, a group of individuals (a panel) will address a specific issue or topic and examine it from a variety of perspectives. This is a group proposal of generally 3 to 4 presenters and the proposal is blind peer-reviewed.

Individual Paper Session: In these sessions, a presenter will present findings from original research or work (theoretical, conceptual, policy analysis, etc.). Individual paper session presenters will be paired with a presenter with a similar topic (unless otherwise requested) for the session. These proposals will also be blind peer-reviewed.

Demonstration Session: These sessions will provide an opportunity for classroom teachers, school administrators, district program coordinators, and professional development presenters to share exemplary and engaging practices that have been successful with EL students and communities. These presentations typically will include "handouts" or other "take home" materials for participants. These proposals will not be blind peer-reviewed but rather reviewed by a conference planning committee. 

Group Interaction: These are sessions that will address a topic (or topics) which will benefit from extended and continual dialogue among participants. These sessions will typically start with a short informal presentation to establish the context and the background of the topic(s) while the remainder of the time will be devoted to discussion moderated by the session presenter/facilitator. These proposals will not be blind peer-reviewed but rather reviewed by a conference planning committee.

Submission Guidelines

All submissions must be submitted using the online submission form found on the conference website: http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu <http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu/> . Submissions for blind peer-review will need to include an additional paper proposal (limited to 1500 words) which addresses the following areas: Objective, theoretical framework, methodology (if applicable), findings, and scholarly and/or educational significance. Authors name and/or affiliation should not appear on the additional paper proposal to assure a blind review.  

Proposal Review

Proposals which will be blind peer-reviewed will be submitted to a team of reviewers which will evaluate each submission based on predetermined evaluation criteria, including but not limited to: scholarly/educational significance, theoretical orientation (if applicable), quality of research/practice, coherent and relevant findings, originality of work, and manner of presentation. 

Questions

For information, contact Edward M. Olivos, Department of Teacher Education, University of Oregon: emolivos at uoregon.edu or 541-346-2983.

Conference Website: http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu <http://biliteracy09.uoregon.edu/> 








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