Dear Colleagues,
This is a reminder that the deadline for submission of papers to this
conference will close in four weeks.
We are also pleased to announce our first confirmed keynote speaker, Dr
Inna Pomorina from the Economics Network (formerly LTSN Economics) at
the University of Bristol. Additional keynote speakers will be confirmed
in the weeks ahead.
This conference is for all who teach, and those with responsibility for
insuring the quality of teaching in economics, econometrics, political
economy, economic history, and applied economics in finance, accounting,
marketing and other fields. It offers a forum for the presentation of
research in the pedagogy of economics in its many forms as well as the
opportunity for scholarly engagement with the practice of teaching and
learning in higher education with like-minded colleagues from Australia,
New Zealand, and beyond.
Full conference details follow below, or please visit our website:
http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/econ/teachingconference/.
With very best wishes,
Stephen Cheung,
Diane Dancer,
Mark Freeman,
Michael Jackson,
Russell Ross (chair).
11th Australasian Teaching Economics Conference:
'Innovation for Student Engagement in Economics'
11-12 July 2005, Sydney, Australia.
Submission deadline: 15 April 2005.
Conference information: Hosted by the Discipline of Economics at The
University of Sydney, Australia, this conference will bring together
researchers and practitioners with a shared interest in innovative
teaching strategies to promote engaged student learning in economics.
The conference theme encompasses, but is not limited to, the following
areas as they pertain to teaching and learning in economics and related
disciplines at the tertiary level:
Innovation in:
Pedagogy
Curriculum and program design
Information and communications technology
Scholarship of teaching and research-led teaching
Assessment and evaluation
International education
Staff development
Student engagement through:
Critical thinking
Case-based learning
Experiments and simulations
Active and experiential learning
Flexible, online, distance and blended learning
Collaborative and peer-supported learning
The conference will also incorporate a special session to propose the
formation of an Australasian Society for Economic Education.
Submission guidelines: Detailed guidelines for authors, along with a
document template for the conference proceedings, are available from the
conference website.
Prospective presenters should submit full papers, which will be subject
to a process of peer review by independent qualified experts to fulfil
DEST criteria for a conference publication. Papers will be selected
according to the following criteria:
* Relevance to the conference theme, importance and interest to
conference participants, potential to stimulate discussion.
* Academic merit:
- Clear statement of goals; appropriate selection and documentation of
methods; logical presentation and analysis of results, inferences and
conclusions; significance for practice, policy or future research.
- Meets DEST definition of research in relation to creativity,
originality, and increasing humanity's stock of knowledge.
* Clear and logical presentation, appropriate style, freedom from
errors, ease of reading, correct grammar and spelling, appropriate
abstract, conformance with specifications for formatting and referencing
as set out on the conference website.
Key dates: Full papers are to be submitted by 15 April 2005. Authors
will be notified of conditional acceptance decisions by 30 May 2005, and
will have until 17 June 2005 to submit a final file incorporating
required revisions for inclusion in the conference proceedings. The
deadline for 'early-bird' registrations will be 10 June 2005.
Further information: Paper submissions and other enquiries should be
addressed to the email address specified on the conference website.
Papers from the 10th conference in Auckland, New Zealand are available
at
http://www.aut.ac.nz/faculties/business/conference/economics_conference.
shtml
Selected papers from the 9th conference in Brisbane, Australia appear in
the March 2003 issue of Economic Analysis and Policy.
Updated information will be available through the conference web site at
http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au/econ/teachingconference/.
You are encouraged to forward this announcement to interested
colleagues.
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