14th INTERNATIONAL JTEFS/BBCC CONFERENCE

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CULTURE, EDUCATION.

Innovations and Challenges of Teacher Education for Sustainable Development

MAY, 12 – 14 2016 KONYA, TURKEY

14th International JTEFS/BBCC Conference Sustainable Development, Culture, Education: Innovations and Challenges of Teacher Education for Sustainable Development on 12 – 14, May 2016, in Konya, Turkey.

We are proud to announce the 14th international conference “Sustainable Development. Culture. Education” of JTEFS/BBCC, INTEI International Network of Teacher Education Institutions and UNESCO Chair on Reorientation of Teacher Education towards Sustainability.

In 2016, the organization of the 14th Conference will be the responsibility and privilege of Necmettin Erbakan University Ahmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Education of Konya Turkey in cooperation with Konya Governership, Daugavpils University, UNESCO chair on Reorientation of Teacher Education towards Sustainability and Institute of Sustainable Education.

In the course of thirteen years since its establishment, this conference has grown into a leading scientific forum where researchers and practitioners caring for the sustainability in education and global sustainable development can share their visions of current trends, challenges and future prospects in the complex field of research and practice of sustainability-oriented education. In addition, this landmark scientific event annually attracts over hundreds participants who are both experienced experts and novices to researching sustainability oriented education.

We invite all those who feel ready to contribute to BBCC network’s international scholarly efforts targeted at exploring current educational practices and their orientation to sustainability to attend the 14th JTEFS/BBCC conference Sustainable Development, Culture, Education: Innovations and Challenges of Teacher Education for Sustainable Development.

For more information or to register for the conference, please visit the conference website :

Dear Colleague,

We would like to invite you to the “14 th International JTEFS/BBCC Conference Sustainable Development, Culture, Education: Innovations and Challenges of Teacher Education for Sustainable Development” under the auspice of UNESCO which will take place on May 12th – 14th, 2016 in Konya, TURKEY.

This conference aims to bring together the educational scientists, administers, councilors, education experts, teachers, graduate students and civil society organizations and representatives from different countries all over the world to share and to discuss theoretical and practical knowledge about sustainable teacher education in the scientific environment.

Selected papers evaluated by the Scientific Committee will also be published by

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (IJSHE) http:// www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/ijshe

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability (JTEFS)

International Journal of Human Science (IJHS) http://www.j-humansciences.com/.

The Journal of Research and Reflections in Education (JRRE) http://ue.edu.pk/jrre

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education (DCSE)

Turkish Journal of Education (TUJTED)

The Journal of Teacher Education and Educators (JTEE) http://jtee.org .

You also have chance to discuss about your works which you want to publish with the editors of the most respectable journals of the world, and get warm connection with them.

We would like to invite you to share your expertise, your experience, and your new research results about our Conference Sustainable Development, Culture, and Education: Innovations and Challenges of Teacher Education for Sustainable Development with the colleagues. It looks very challenging!

Let’s meet the magical, historical capital and mystical city, and the center of education and science Konya! TURKEY.

For more information or to register for the conference, please visit the conference website:

For the conference flyer please have a look at the link.

Best regards

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdülkadir KABADAYI

President of the Conference

Conference Topics

This conference aims to bring together the educational scientists, administers, councilors, education experts, teachers, graduate students and civil society organization and representatives to share and to discuss theoretical and practical knowledge in the scientific environment.

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to; the following major topics as they relate to the Teacher Education for Sustainable Development:

Preliminary Sections of the Conference

We suggest the following sections for the 14th international JTEFS/BBCC conference in Konya, TURKEY in 2016.

* Teacher Training for Sustainable Education

* Sustainable early childhood education and preschool education

* Sustainable Primary School Education

* Sustainable Secondary School Education

* Sustainable Vocational Education

* Sustainable College and Higher Education

* Sustainable Science/ Social Sciences Teaching

* Sustainable Language Learning and Teaching

* Sustainability in Children Education and Development

* Sustainability in Special Education

* Multi-cultural Education for Sustainability

* Environmental Education for Sustainability

* Towards systemic and integrative research methodology in ESD studies

* Pedagogy of sustainable future: museums, forests and culture

* Environments as platforms for 21st century learning

* Sustainable education issues in science education

* Sustainable ICT in education

* Adult education for sustainable development

* Tourism research – connections on well-being, education and sustainability

* Teacher education for inclusion

* Social pedagogy as a dimension of sustainable life

* Sustainability in community practices

* Curriculum and Instruction for Sustainable Education

* Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Education

* Sustainability in Democracy and Human Rights Education

* Innovation and Changing in Education for Sustainability

* New Learning Environments for Sustainability

Mode of participation:

Following modes of participation are suggested for the Conference participants:

Presentations at the plenary session are given by Keynote speakers, who will be invited by the Scientific Committee of the Conference and who are recognized specialists in the area.
Paper presentations will be allocated 20 minutes and grouped into paper sessions. Dissemination of handouts will be highly appreciated. Each paper session will have a chair person.
Workshops can provide training in the area of research, methods, interventional programmes, etc. The length of the workshops will range between 90 and 120 minutes depending upon their scale and scope.

Posters are presentations of scientific work in a graphical form. Maximum size will be 80 cm width by 175 cm height. At the time of poster presentation, at least one of the authors must be present.

Organizers will provide all necessary equipment for your presentations, such as a video projector, laptop, microphones, markers… Presenters might decide on their own to distribute handouts or copies of their paper to the audience.

Due to time constrains presenters will not be permitted to exceed allotted time for their presentation and for the question and answer session.

Please bring your presentation on thumb drive and arrange with the Chair Person and the technician to make it ready before beginning of your presentation in order not to delay the timeframe of the conference

*The language of the conference will be English and Turkish.

Please visit the website of the conference to register:

If you have any question please contact the e-mail address: tefsdconf@gmail.com