10th Annual College of Education Graduate Student Conference

The Urgency of Now: A Clear Call to Action

Education is often viewed as something for the future, whether it is preparing learners for some future goal or the always evolving educational landscape based on new and developing technological advances. But what about educators and learners now? Some areas of need are too important to wait. When is silence or inaction harmful? Who is affected by our current educational policies and what changes are needed today? How might current research improve education and learning environments today? What might the field of education do to create safe spaces for our learners? How can the past inform what we do today? How can we as educators and researchers collaborate across digital, physical, disciplinary, and methodological borders to respond to this call to action?

Submission Guidelines

Both in-person and online presentation proposals will be considered.

Submissions should follow these guidelines.

• Document format should be Word.
• Number of words should be 300-500, including...
  • the main point or argument of the paper
  • the problem(s) or research question(s) being studied
  • the relevence of the submission to the theme of the conference
  • a brief description of the methodological approach (actual or expected)
  • findings (actual or expected)
  • conclusions (if available)
• In addtion...
  • 3-5 descriptive keywords
  • references (actual or expected)
  • any technology needs 
  • author preferences for in-person and online presentation
• Do NOT include your name or that of your institution. (EasyChair knows who you are.)

List of Topics

This conference calls for original scholarship on educational issues of national and global scope including, but not limited to, the following:

• Teacher perspectives and challenges to public education
• Education’s influence on our understanding of global issues
• Public education and equal access to education for all
• Historical perspectives that inform current educational issues
• Technology, innovation, and other approaches that foster change
• Social justice perspectives relating to gender, race, class, abilities, etc.
• Citizenship status, migration, and combating marginalizing forces
• Critical educational policy that addresses current educational issues

Venue

This is a 1-day conference held at the College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1310 South 6th Street, Champaign, IL, 61820, on Friday, March 8, 2019.

Abstracts will be accepted from December 3, 2018, to January 14, 2019.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to to gsc@education.illinois.edu