NFPF / NERA

NERA's 38th Congress - Active Citizenship - 1st Announcement

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:01:15 +0000

Dear Collegues

We are honoured to host NERA's 38th Annual Congress, which will take place the 11-13 March, 2010 at Malmö University, the School of Teacher Education.

The five scholars we have invited as keynote speakers and/or participants of the panel discussion are all experts in the area of Citizenship Education.

A warm welcome to Malmö in March 2010!

On behalf of the Organising committee

Nanny Hartsmar, Chair

General Information

Organising Committee

Nanny Hartsmar, Chair, Assistant Professor
Bodil Liljefors-Persson, Associate Professor
Claes Malmberg, Assistant Professor
Inger Börjesson, Administration
Bibi Eriksson, Administration

Congress Site

The Congress will be held at Orkanen (the Hurricane), Malmö University's new building that houses Teacher Education and the main library.

Congress language

The congress language is English. Abstracts are always in English. It is possible to present a paper in one of the Nordic languages but it must be clearly announced in the program. Presentations in the Nordic languages will be placed at the end of sessions.

Important Dates

September 2009 2nd announcement and call for papers will be mailed

2 November 2009 Deadline for submission of abstracts
15 November 2009 Deadline for pre-registration at reduced rate
31 January 2010 Deadline for registration
11-13 March 2010 Congress dates

Programme and Registration

Information regarding the conference will be updated and made available at: www.mah.se/NERAcongress2010

Congress Theme

Active citizenship in local, regional and global perspectives: Critical and interdisciplinary approaches.

NERA 2010 has a particular focus on active citizenship. Active citizenship and citizenship education have often been seen as having the potential to empower individuals, to both use opportunities to participate in public life at various levels, and to meet their civic obligations. The benefits of citizenship education and the development and exercise of active citizenship can thus be seen as the ability to consider differing perspectives and divergent values from individual to group level, from local to global level, and to take action on political and ethical decisions that are often controversial, concerning, for example, environmental issues and social justice.

How do people in various social and historical contexts define active citizenship and why? Who is participating in or being excluded from deciding on the definitions? In what ways do experiences of social and educational marginalisation or exclusion have an affect on the practise of active citizenship? We welcome educational research from different disciplines, giving perspectives on active citizenship and related topics such as diversity, ethnicity, environmental issues, identity issues, intercultural issues etc.

Invited Keynotes Speakers

Tomas Englund, Professor of Education at Örebro University, Sweden.
Victoria Wyszynski Thoresen, Associate Professor of Education at the Hedmark University College, Norway
Bjarne Bruun Jensen, Professor and Programme Director in the Department of Curriculum Research at the Danish School of Education, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Carole Hahn, Professor of Comparative Education and Social Studies Education, Division of Educational Studies Emory University, Atlanta, USA.

Invited Panel

Lennart Olausson, Moderator, Professor, Vice-Chancellor at Malmö University
Professor Alistair Ross, Professor of Education at London Metropolitan University
Tomas Englund, Professor
Victoria Wyszynski Thoresen, Associate professor

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Agenda and appendices for the 2010 Annual Delegates Assembly

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:15:27 +0000

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Annual Meeting 2008 - minutes and app

Mon, 12 May 2008 20:01:36 +0000

The minutes and app from the annual meeting 2008 (pdf) are now available for download.

Education Research Representatives Resolve in Principle to Establish a World Education Research Association

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:11:27 +0000

In this short article from Educational Researcher you can read about the work on establishing a 'World Education Research Association' (WERA). NERA is represented by Moira von Wrigt and Lejf Moos in this preliminary work: Education Research Representatives Resolve in Principle to Establish a World Education Research Association (pdf)

NERA/NFPF - Annual Meeting 2008

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:50:09 +0000

Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA)
Nordisk förening för pedagogiska forskning (NFPF)

Annual Meeting 2008

Friday March 7, 16.45-17.45 in D169

Election of chairperson for the meeting
Election of secretary for the meeting
Election of two members to check the minutes
Approval of the meeting agenda
Annual Reports for 2007:
1. The Board's report
2. Auditor's report
3. Editor's report
Closing the books 2007
Acceptance of the work of the Board 2007
Plans for 2008
1. The Board's plan
2. Editor's plan
Budget for 2008 and member fees for 2009
Election of Board, president and deputy members (Proposal of the election committee)
Election of auditors and deputy (Proposal of the election committee)
Election of members of the election committee (Proposal of the election committee)
Any other Business
Closing of the meeting

Prolonged submission period for the ECER 2008

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:53:10 +0000

EERA has prolonged the submission period for the European Conference on Educational Research 2008.

ECER 2008
"From Teaching to Learning?", Göteborg
Main Conference: 10 - 12 September 2008
Pre-conference for Postgraduates and Young Researchers: 8 - 9 September 2008

Please find the Call for Proposals at the conference website www.ecer2008.eu

Submissions are to be handed in online via www.conftool.com/ecer2008. The new submission deadline is 20 February 2008.

EERA looks forward to receiving your proposals.

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Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:18:15 +0000

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AERA Annual Meeting for NERA Members

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:44:06 +0000

NERA members (who are not members of AERA) can register for the AERA Annual Meeting at the same rate than AERA members pay, meaning they have to pay $ 165 (for Advance Registration) and $ 205 (for On-site Registration).

Lejf Moos, President NERA

Congress 2008 - Second Announcement

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:31:08 +0000

NERA´s 36st Congress bq. The School of Education at the University of Aarhus Copenhagen March 6-8, 2008 The new goal-orientation of research strategies Is educational research in the Nordic countries being swallowed up by transnational goal-oriented economy discourses?

Dear Collegue

On behalf of the organising committee it is with great pleasure that I invite you to participate in the 36th Congress of Nordic Educational Research Association. It will be held on March 6 – 8, 2008, in Copenhagen. The School of Education at the University of Aarhus will host the Congress at its campus, which is located in Copenhagen. The inspiring academic programme will offer you up-to-date inputs around the conference theme, which I am confident will be relevant to most if not all colleagues. In addition, the social programme will offer you great opportunities to maintain and extend your networks. The programme will consist of keynote sessions, paper and poster sessions as well as symposiums. Furthermore there will be a pre-conference for Ph.D-students. And last, but not the least, Copenhagen will as always have plenty to offer you in terms of culture, entertainment, fun and good food. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Copenhagen in March 2008. John Krejsler On behalf of the Organising Committee For more information please go to: www.cmscongress.com/nera2008/start.htm

Congress 2008 - First Announcement and Call for Papers

Sun, 06 May 2007 22:01:58 +0000

NERA´s 36st Congress bq. The Danish University of Education Copenhagen March 6-8, 2008 The new goal-orientation of research strategies Is educational research in the Nordic countries being swallowed up by transnational goal-oriented economy discourses?

Dear Collegue

On behalf of the organising committee it is with great pleasure, we invite you to participate in the 36th Congress of Nordic Educational Research Association, March 6 – 8, 2008 in Copenhagen. The Danish University of Education will host the Congress.The inspiring academic programme will offer you up-to-date inputs around the conference theme, which we are confident, will be relevant to most if not all colleagues. In addition, the social programme will offer you great opportunities to maintain and extend your networks. The programme will consist of keynote sessions, paper and poster sessions as well as symposiums. Furthermore there will be a pre-conference for Ph.D-students. And last, but not the least, Copenhagen will as always have plenty to offer you in terms of culture, entertainment, fun and good food. It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Copenhagen in March 2008. John Krejsler On behalf of the Organising Committee

Organizing Committee

Chair: John Krejsler, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology, Danish University of Education Members: From the Danish University of Education: * Lejf Moos, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology * Gorm Hansbøl, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Philosophy * Katrin Hjort, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sociology * Kirsten Marie Bovbjerg, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology * Niels Kryger, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology * Charlotte Paludan, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology * Kasper Kofod, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology From the University of Copenhagen: * Karen Borgnakke, Professor, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication From the University of Roskilde: * Henning Salling Olesen, Department of Psychology and Educational Studies

Invited Keynote Speakers

* Agnes van Zanten, Directrice de recherché au Centre National de Recherché Scientifique (CNRS-Sciences-Po), Paris * Gita Steiner Khamsi, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Teachers College, Department of International and Transcultural Studies, Columbia University, New York * Ove Kaj Petersen, Professor, International Center for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School * Susan Wright, Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology, Danish University of Education * Hannu Simola, Professor, Department of Education, University of Helsinki * Staffan Larsson, Professor, Department of Behavioural Sciences, Linköping University

Congress theme

The new goal-orientation of research strategies

Is educational research in the Nordic countries being swallowed up by transnational goal-oriented economy discourses? “Evidence based practice”, “Modus 2 research“, “more quantitative and internationally comparable research”, “more immediate utility of re-search to educational practice and to business”… These are but a few of the demands that signify a new goal-orientation of research strategies, which is gaining strong momentum in Nordic educational research. Research strategies and grants have become increasingly dependent upon demands from outside the research community, where government strategic priorities and dependence upon external financing play major roles. These demands are often marshalled into standardized quality assurance denominators that build upon a vision of excellence and relevance that is closely connected to market thinking. How does the new goal-orientation of research strategies express itself in educational research in the Nordic countries? Is it being experienced as fruitful or detrimental to dealing with the challenges of educational research and education? Does there exist a particular Nordic approach to these globalising tendencies? Or, are Nordic countries simply being swallowed up in these broader transnational tendencies? The inspiration to the new research strategies has largely come from the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and from trans-national agencies like the OECD, WTO (GATS), World Bank and EU, and often refers to the so-called knowledge economy discourse. It represents an increasing interest in universities, education and research from government and business. Research and education are conceived of in market terms and therefore under pressure to become competitive on the global research and education markets. On the one hand this represents globalisation. On the other hand it means standardization.

General Information

Congress Site The Congress will be held at The Danish University of Education. The University is situated in the northern part of Copenhagen, next to the S train station Emdrup. Congress Language The official languages of the Congress are the Nordic languages and English. The Plenary sessions are in English. Parallel sessions and symposia can also be in the Nordic languages. No interpretation will be provided.

Programme and Registration

The Second Announcement will give further information about the Call for abstracts and the Preliminary Programme. It will also include a Congress Registration Form, which will be available via the Congress web site as well. The mailing shall be in September 2007.If you are interested in receiving further information about the Congress, please send your name and address to the Congress Secretariat: bq. CMS Conference and Meeting Services Kongensvej 21 DK-2000 Frederiksberg Denmark bq. Telephone: +45 3833 8813 Fax: +45 3833 8713 bq. E-mail: NFPF2008@CMSCongress.com or NERA2008@CMSCongress.com Congress website: www.cmscongress.com/nera2008/start.htm

Important Dates

* The 2nd Announcement and Registration Form will be mailed September 2007 * Deadline for Pre-registration at low fee: November 15, 2007 * Deadline for submission of abstracts December 1, 2007 * Deadline for Registration January 31, 2008 * Congress Days March 6 – 8, 2008

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You can download a folder with all this information here: * First Announcement and Call for Papers (pdf - 612 KB)

NFPF/NERA's Annual Meeting Friday March 15, 15-16

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:17:13 +0000

NFPF/NERA's Annual Meeting Friday March 15, 15-16. For more information, please look here: www.ped.gu.se/biorn/nfpf/annual_meetings/turku_07/annual_meeting.html

EERA / ECER Conference, Gent 2007

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:16:04 +0000

The EERA / ECER conference in Gent, 2007, has the following address: www.ecer2007.ugent.be/

Files for General Assembly 2007 available

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:11:21 +0000

The files for General Assembly 2007 are now available on the page General Assembly.

Next Congress

Fri, 05 May 2006 22:46:56 +0000

Next congress is taking place in Turku the 15th - 17th March 2007: Nordic Perspectives of Lifelong Learning in the New Europe – comparative considerations of the educational space