CONFERENCE CALLS

AERA 2021 Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices SIG Call for Proposals

April 9-12, 2021

Orlando, FL

Conference Theme: Accepting Educational Responsibility

Submission Deadline: July 22nd, 2020 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time

We hope this call for proposals finds everyone and their loved ones well and safe during these challenging times. We are pleased to share that AERA 2021 is scheduled to take place in a manner that is consistent with guidelines for the safety of everyone involved. The theme for AERA’s 2021 annual meeting asks members

responsibility for social problems that plague places around the world” and to “educate the public and raise consciousness about beliefs, behaviors, cultures, structures, and systems

that harm people and sustain inequities.”

to “accept greater

As a forum for educators who work in a wide variety of settings, the S-STEP SIG is well positioned to answer this year’s call to acknowledge the roles we play in an array of social and educational inequalities. Understanding ourselves, our knowledge and practice, and how our situatedness within multiple, interconnected systems is shaped by power and privilege, is built into the foundations of self-study research design and practice. This year’s call pushes us to consider the ways we may be disrupting and/or reproducing oppressive systems and structures in institutions of higher education, P-12 schools and communities and how we can direct ourselves and others toward equity and justice. This can include research from an ecological orientation, research that is conducted by scholars across different organizational settings, and research that demonstrates new approaches to addressing the inequities and injustices that persist within P-12 schools, communities, and

many teacher education institutions.

Tips for a Successful Submission:

We encourage authors to ensure they are grounding their research in current self-study publications as well as the more seminal work. The journal “Studying Teacher Education” is a good place to start to remain up to date on current research within the self-study community. Authors may also consider reviewing volumes in the “Self-study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices” series from Springer Publishing. Another useful resource is the online collection of proceedings from the Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (S-

STEP) International Biennial Conference (The Castle Conference).

Additionally, at many of the previous S-STEP sessions, we were reminded of the power of robust and cutting-edge theoretical frames and innovative methodological approaches. Please continue to situate your research within clearly stated theoretical perspectives that push our collective work forward. Consider how S-STEP methodology can be advanced and further developed. Connections between theoretical frameworks and self-study

The S-STEP SIG invites contributions that purposely utilize self-study research

design/practice to inform and rethink teaching and teacher education.

research design/practice can serve to strengthen submissions. Furthermore, authors are encouraged to consider how emergent themes or findings can make contributions related to self-study research design/practice, theory in practice of teacher education, and the professional development of educators through self-study of professional practice.

While proposals that address the annual theme are encouraged, we welcome all proposals utilizing self-study research design/practice in rigorous, thought-provoking, and innovative ways. Please be aware that proposals accepted for AERA 2020 cannot be resubmitted.

Proposals for papers, roundtables, and symposia/sessions are invited, and innovative session designs are encouraged. In order to accommodate flexibility in program decisions, please select all of the formats in which you would be willing to present your work. Every year there are far more spots available for roundtable papers than individual papers and symposia. Please also note that ‘working group roundtables’ and ‘structured poster sessions’ count as symposia (even though they are named to suggest otherwise), and thus compete against numerous other proposed sessions for a small number of slots. Both paper and session submissions must not identify the author(s) in any way. Lastly, we also invite volunteers to chair sessions and serve as discussants.

Please share this call for proposals with all who may be interested. The number of proposals and the size of our active membership determine the number of sessions allocated to our SIG. Please consider our SIG as a place to share your work and renew your SIG membership when you submit your proposals. Encourage students and colleagues to join our SIG and submit a proposal, too. All information about the annual meeting can be found at http://www.aera.net and https://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting/2021- Annual-Meeting-Theme.

You can find supportive online S-STEP communities at: AERA:

http://www.aera.net/SIG109/Self-Study-of-Teacher-Education-Practices

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgrou ps%2F415704359067343%2F

Twitter: @sstepsig

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,
Adrian Martin (amartin6@njcu.edu) and Tammy Mills (tammy.mills@maine.edu) S-STEP Program Co-Chairs

AERA 2020 SELF-STUDY OF TEACHER EDUCATION PRACTICES SIG CALL FOR PROPOSALS

April 17-21, 2020
San Francisco, CA

Conference Theme:The Power and Possibilities for the Public Good When Researchers and Organization Stakeholders Collaborate

Submission Deadline: July 10, 2019 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time

The theme for AERA’s 2020 annual meeting asks members to “situate our annual convening at the crossroads of deliberate reconnection” and to “reclaim the historic possibilities of connectivity and collaboration in educational problem solving and to include organizational stakeholders, both national and local, as full participants in the Annual Meeting.” 

As a forum for educators who work in a wide variety of settings, the S-STEP SIGis well positioned to answer this year’s call for collaboration and reconnection across organizational boundaries. Collaboration is built into the foundations of self-study research design and practice. And those of us who are teacher educators work across institutional boundaries to prepare teachers. This year’s call pushes us to consider other ways we can seek out “deliberate reconnection.” This can include research that is conducted by scholars across different organizational settings, and research that demonstrates new approaches to addressing the disconnect that persists between many teacher education institutions and P-12 schools.

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Tips for a Successful Submission: 

The S-STEP SIG invites contributions that purposely utilize self-study research design/practice  to inform and rethink teaching and teacher education.

We encourage authors to ensure they are grounding their research in current self-study publications as well as the more seminal work. The journal “Studying Teacher Education” is a good place to start to remain up to date on current research within the self-study community. Authors may also consider reviewing volumes in the “Self-study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices” series from Springer Publishing.   Another useful resource is the online collection of proceedings from the Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP) International Biennial Conference (The Castle Conference).

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Additionally, at many of the sessions in Toronto, we were reminded of the power of robust and cutting edge theoretical frames. Please continue to situate your research within clearly stated theoretical perspectives that push our collective work forward.  Connections between theoretical frameworks and self-study research design/practice can serve to strengthen submissions.  Furthermore, authors are encouraged to consider how emergent themes or findings can make contributions related to self-study research design/practice, theory in practice of teacher education, and the professional development of educators through self-study of professional practice. 

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While proposals that address the annual theme are encouraged, we welcome all proposals utilizing self-study research design/practice in rigorous and thought-provoking ways. 

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Proposals for papers, roundtables, and symposia/sessions are invited, and innovative session designs are encouraged. In order to accommodate flexibility in program decisions, please select all of the formats in which you would be willing to present your work. Every year there are far more spots available for roundtable papers than individual papers and symposia. Please also note that ‘working group roundtables’ and ‘structured poster sessions’ count as symposia (even though they are named to suggest otherwise), and thus compete against numerous other proposed sessions for a small number of slots. Both paper and session submissions must not identify the author(s) in any way.

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Please share this call for proposals with all who may be interested. The number of proposals and the size of our active membership determine the number of sessions allocated to each SIG. Please consider our SIG as a place to share your work and renew your SIG membership when you submit your proposals. Encourage students and colleagues to join our SIG and submit a proposal, too. All information about the annual meeting can be found at http://www.aera.net.

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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

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Sincerely,

Laura Haniford (Haniford@unm.edu) and Adrian Martin (amartin6@njcu.edu), 

S-STEP Program Co-Chairs

CASTLE CONFERENCE 2020

July 12, 2020

The Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP) International Biennial Conference 

Textiles and Tapestries: Self-Study for Envisioning New Ways of Knowing

Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England

Sun 12th – Fri 17th July, 2020
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Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP), a special interest group of AERA, invites you to participate in the 2020 Castle Conference. All proposals are welcomed, and membership in S-STEP is not required for proposal submission.

The Chairs of the 2020 programme are 
Christi Edge, Abby Cameron-Standeford and Bethney Bergh (Northern Michigan University, USA)

​The conference organizers are 
Dawn Garbett and Alan Ovens (University of Auckland, New Zealand)