Education, Society & Reform Research
EDUCATION, SOCIETY & REFORM RESEARCH CONFERENCE
6-7 April 2018,
Call for Papers
Main Theme: Improving Education as a Social System in the
Education, Society & Reform Research (EDUSREF
aims to bridge the knowledge gap, promote social research esteem, and produce
information for potential education reform
As the other social systems, the education systems fr
the challenges deriving from social,
other trends both in local and global level.
short-term and prepare the re
education systems more effective than ever before.
is to enlarge and disseminate what we know about education and society.
In this respect we expect
conference topic in the field of education, sociology, psychology, philosophy, management,
economics, social anthropology, law,
preferred and we expect the submissions that reflect the widest range of robust and
imaginative research designs.
Interested researchers are invited to submit an abstract for a paper or poster presentation
through the conference submission system
www.edusref.org. Each submission to the conference system will go through a review
process, and the notification of the accep
Conference Topics:
Paper topics may include, but are not limited, to the following
– Educational policies and practices
– Trends and Challenges shaping education
– Large-Scale Assessments in Education (PISA, TALIS, PIACC etc.)
– Economic Challenges (i.e. BREXIT) and its reflections on education systems
– International Benchmarking /Indicators
– Comparative Studies in education
– Social Transitions & School Culture and Climate
– Socio-psychological analyses for education
– Social media and its reflections on schools
– Migration and Education studies
– Gender and Education studies
EDUCATION, SOCIETY & REFORM RESEARCH CONFERENCE
7 April 2018, Crown Plaza Ankara, Ankara/Turkey
Improving Education as a Social System in the face of Future Challenges
Reform Research (EDUSREF-2018) is an international
to bridge the knowledge gap, promote social research esteem, and produce
education reforms.
As the other social systems, the education systems from pre-school to higher education face
social, demographic, economic, technological,
other trends both in local and global level. It seems vital to respond to these challenges in
term and prepare the reform frameworks in long-term for making and preserving
education systems more effective than ever before. At least, one of the way
is to enlarge and disseminate what we know about education and society.
expect the contributions of social researchers dealing with
conference topic in the field of education, sociology, psychology, philosophy, management,
anthropology, law, social statistics, etc. No particular methodologies will be
d we expect the submissions that reflect the widest range of robust and
imaginative research designs.
Interested researchers are invited to submit an abstract for a paper or poster presentation
through the conference submission system supplied from Microsoft® CMT
ach submission to the conference system will go through a review
, and the notification of the accepted papers will be announced in two weeks.
Paper topics may include, but are not limited, to the following
Educational policies and practices
Trends and Challenges shaping education
Scale Assessments in Education (PISA, TALIS, PIACC etc.)
Economic Challenges (i.e. BREXIT) and its reflections on education systems
International Benchmarking /Indicators
Comparative Studies in education
Social Transitions & School Culture and Climate
psychological analyses for education
and its reflections on schools
Migration and Education studies
Gender and Education studies
EDUCATION, SOCIETY & REFORM RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Ankara/Turkey
face of Future Challenges
nternational conference that
to bridge the knowledge gap, promote social research esteem, and produce democratic
school to higher education face
demographic, economic, technological, political, and the
It seems vital to respond to these challenges in
term for making and preserving
one of the ways of this attempt
researchers dealing with in the
conference topic in the field of education, sociology, psychology, philosophy, management,
No particular methodologies will be
d we expect the submissions that reflect the widest range of robust and
Interested researchers are invited to submit an abstract for a paper or poster presentation
supplied from Microsoft® CMT on
ach submission to the conference system will go through a review
in two weeks.
Scale Assessments in Education (PISA, TALIS, PIACC etc.)
Economic Challenges (i.e. BREXIT) and its reflections on education systems
– Inclusive Education
– School improvement
– Creativity and Innovation in Education
– Innovative learning environments
– Curriculum Critiques
– School Leadership
– Performance appraisal in education
– Law of education
– Professional development
– Teacher Education
– Developing Higher Education Systems
In order to make the productions of the conference efficient, the authors are expected to
answer this question “What are the implications based on the results of study for potential
education reforms? “ in the conclusion remarks in their study.
Keynote Speakers
Francesco Pastore, Ph.D, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
Saime Ozcurumez, Ph.D, Bilkent University
Mustafa Zulkuf Altan, Ph.D, Erciyes University
Important Dates
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2017
(Important notice: When the capacity of two day programme ends the abstract submission
system can be closed before the deadline comes.
Early Bird Registration Deadline: 15 January 2018
Conference Dates: 6 and 7 April 2018
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 May 2018
(After the conference, the interested presenters may submit their fulltext to Education Reform
Journal www.erjournal.org for possible evaluation. Also the presenters who want to publish
their papers in the e-book may send it edusref@outlook.com)
Paper submission
The submission of abstracts must be written in English, be original and not simultaneously
submitted to another journal or conference, and also have details, at minimum. A paper
presents ongoing or completed research and is presented in a paper session consisting of
oral presentations and a discussion of papers. Before to submit your proposal into the
conference management service please make sure that it covers the question/s driving the
research to be reported; the theoretical and methodological perspectives taken; the data or
evidence upon which the paper’s argument is founded; and any implications and/or
reflections. In order to make the productions of the conference efficient, the authors are
expected to answer this question “What are the implications based on the results of study for
potential education reforms? “ in the conclusion remarks in their study.
Duration of each paper presentation is maximum 15-20 minutes including presentations and
questions. Presenters are encouraged to bring full papers to the session. In order to gain
time, the presentations should be on a flash drive and loaded onto the lectern laptop prior to
the starting of the session. If you have any other audio-visual needs please indicate what
they are now and we will try to accommodate them.
Important notice: To make this small conference efficient, when the capacity of two day
programme ends, the abstract submission system can be closed before the deadline comes.
Poster submission
The abstract proposal should illustrate the research methods and outcomes with an
academic focus. Posters must be prepared for the Conference in A0 portrait (84.1 cm wide ×
118.9 cm high).
Peer review: Both the abstracts submitted for oral and poster presentations will be selected
through based on peer-review process by conference submission system.
Publication
Abstract Proceedings
All the accepted abstracts of registered presenters will be published and delivered to the
registered participants at the conference desk. Before starting the conference date it will be
also uploaded to the conference website so the abstracts can be read by participants in
advance of the conference itself in order to maximize discussion time. The abstract
proceedings will be archived on https://archive.org/
Journal
Full papers presented at the conference and submitted until 15 May 2018 will be published in
the Education Reform Journal (www.erjournal.org), as passed the peer review.
e-book
Full papers presented at the conference and submitted edusref@outlook.com until 15 May
2018 will be published in the e-book, after the editorial processes completed.
