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THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR

RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION (EARLI)

&

THE TUM SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

announce the

15th Biennial EARLI & JURE Conference

in Munich, Germany

Responsible Teaching and Sustainable Learning

EARLI – 27-31 August 2013

JURE – 26 & 27 August 2013

- FIRST CALL -

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Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the 15th European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction!

The Technische Universität München and the TUM School of Education are proud to host the

2013 EARLI Conference. We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Munich and giving you a

forum to share and discuss your research with an international research community.

We all live in turbulent times in which the issues of “responsibility” and “sustainability” are being

discussed in many domains. During the 2013 EARLI conference in Munich, we want to explore

the meaning of these terms within in the fields of learning and instruction. Therefore, we hope to

bring together ambitious researchers from across the world and provide them with a forum to

engage in both formal and informal conversations, to establish new links and networks – which

hopefully may last far beyond the time of our conference!

Indeed, the theme of the conference is Responsible Teaching and Sustainable Learning. This title

focuses on elementary issues that educational researchers investigate. Besides, it picks up

EARLI’s twofold mission in researching learning and instruction and connects it to recent

developments in educational research and practice. We understand responsible teaching with

respect to multiple and challenging educational goals, like e.g. knowledge, social competence,

social engagement or political awareness. Our vision is that responsible teachers aim at

providing powerful, motivating and social learning environments. They do not only prepare

learners for particular exams, but for being able to develop their character, being open minded

and develop own ideas. In other words: We want to stress the responsibility of teachers to

create learning environments which make sustainable learning likely.

We think that the city and the Technische Universität München offer the optimal circumstances

for an EARLI conference. For more information on the city of Munich and the 2013 EARLI

conference, please visit www.earli2013.org.

We are looking forward to meeting all of you in Munich, the cosmopolitan city with a heart!

Prof. Dr. Manfred Prenzel

Conference President

Dr. Martin Gartmeier

Conference Manager

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ORGANISATION OF THE EARLI 2013 CONFERENCE

International Scientific Programme Committee

Jos Beishuizen (EARLI President – The Netherlands)

Manfred Prenzel (Conference President EARLI 2013 - Germany)

Costas Constantinou (EARLI President-Elect and Conference Mangement System Designer - Cyprus)

Thomas Daniëls (EARLI Office - Belgium)

Debra Myhill (EARLI Secretary Treasurer - UK)

Martin Gartmeier (Conference Manager EARLI 2013 - Germany)

Gloria Jahn (Chair JURE Pre-Conference EARLI 2013 - Germany)

Lindsay Hetherington (Chair JURE Pre-Conference EARLI 2011 - UK)

Local Scientific Programme Committee

Frank Fischer

Cornelia Gräsel

Hans Gruber

Heinz Mandl

Kristina Reiss

Alexander Renkl

Tina Seidel

Susanne Weber

The Frauenkirche – a symbol of the city of Munich

Deutsches Museum Munich

Local Organising Committee

Manfred Prenzel (President)

Martin Gartmeier (Manager)

Christoph Schindler (Coordinator)

Jennifer Apel – Johannes Bauer – Elisabeth Blaser – Andreas

Gegenfurtner – Alexander Gröschner – Rosa-Anna Friedl-Gründler –

Claudia Geyer – Gloria Jahn – Verena Jurik – Marc Kleinknecht – Jessica

Mattern – Jutta Möhringer – Bastienne Mues – Katharina Müller –

Katrin Lipowski – Anne Noll – Andreas Obersteiner – Ana Pantaleeva –

Sonja Reinhardt – Christine Sälzer – Tobias Sälzer – Stefanie Schäfer –

Anja Schiepe-Tiska – Annika Sondermann – Peter Smej

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CONFERENCE VENUE AND SERVICES

The EARLI 2013 conference will take place at the main campus of the Technische Universität München

(TUM), Arcisstr. 21. The conference venue will allow for very short distances: The maximum walking time

between two conference rooms will be about five minutes. Moreover, the TUM campus is very centrally

located and is surrounded by many nice restaurants and coffee shops. It is situated close to Munich’s

central railway station and benefits from good public transport connections.

During the 2013 EARLI conference, full catering ( lunch and coffeebreaks) will be available for all

registered participants on site and free of charge. Beside wireless LAN-access, several computer rooms

equipped with printers will be provided.

As a special service for participants willing to attend the conference with children, we will offer an on-site

child care service for kids between one and twelve years of age. This service will be made available in

cooperation with the TUM Family Service.

Two views of the TUM campus – the conference venue

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SOCIAL PROGRAMME

The EARLI 2013 will feature a rich social programme which will give conference participants and

accompanying persons many opportunities to get together, have fun and thereby build new relationships.

The first highlight will be the Opening Reception on Tuesday evening. Don’t miss this event where

everybody is invited to grab a drink, find new friends and enjoy a (hopefully) warm summer night!

Of course, Munich is especially famous for its beer well beyond both the city's and Germany's borders.

Consequently, there are plenty of places to enjoy a nice drink - some of them magnificent! Our plan for

2013 is to hold the EARLI Conference Gala Dinner at a place in the very heart of Munich which will offer

both – a wonderful, festive atmosphere and a genuine glimpse into Bavarian culture. Be sure to get

yourself a ticket in time for this great evening!

Besides these two main events, Munich offers many opportunities for making your trip to the EARLI 2013

a great experience. Just to name the most proximate option: The conference venue is right in the middle of

the Kunstareal Munich – an area in which no less than 12 different museums are located in walking

distance of the conference venue!

The Königsplatz and the Pinakotheken are located right beside the conference venue

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DOMAINS OF THE CONFERENCE

Main Theme: Responsible Teaching and Sustainable Learning

Learning and Cognitive Science

Learning theory, learning and neuroscience, metacognition, reasoning, intelligence, discourse-processing,

pictorial learning, learning to learn, cognitive skills, individual differences, artificial intelli gence,

knowledge creation and creativity.

Teaching and Instructional Design

Instructional strategies, managing classroom discourse, social aspects of teaching, diagnostics, monitoring

the evolution of learning.

Developmental Aspects of Instruction

Cognitive, social, emotional and moral development, learning and developmental difficulties, tutoring with

young children.

Culture and Education

Cultural psychology, cultural diversity in school, multiculturalism in education, education for peace,

morality, religion and education.

Motivational, Social and Affective Processes

Motivation, cooperative learning, self-confidence, emotion, affect, text anxiety, social aspects of learning,

social interaction, peer interaction, learning styles, parental involvement in learning.

Learning and Instructional Technology

Technology in education and training, distance and on-line learning, e-mail conferencing, computer-

support learning environments, multimedia and hypermedia learning, adapting computer-assisted

instruction.

Knowledge Acquisition and Expertise in Specific Domains

Reading, writing, text comprehension and production, second language acquisition, science, mathematics,

arts. Conceptual understanding and change, reasoning and problem solving. Curriculum studies.

Higher Education

Student learning in higher education, vocational educational, academic learning, counselling practices. The

European Higher Educational Space.

Lifelong Learning and Professional Development

Lifelong education and learning, training and development.

Assessment and Edumetrics

Assessment methods and tools, portfolio practice, school-based evaluation, new modes of assessment,

assessment of competence, educational attainment, school effectiveness, comparative evaluations.

Teaching and Teacher Education

Teacher thinking, teacher learning, teaching methods, teacher professional knowledge, teacher education.

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European Integration and Learning

Educational research in a European Research Area, organisation of educational research, the role of

research on learning and instruction in developing education systems, research cooperation frameworks,

training of young researchers.

Learning and Special Education

Learning disabilities, remedial education, mainstreaming, integrated learning.

Learning and Social Interaction

Learning processes in classrooms, social aspects of learning, classroom video studies, learning outside

school settings, multiculturality, social interaction, peer interaction, parental involvement in learning.

EARLI SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

SIG 1 Assessment and Evaluation

SIG 2 Comprehension of Text and Graphics

SIG 3 Conceptual Change

SIG 4 Higher Education

SIG 5 Learning and Development in Early Childhood

SIG 6 Instructional Design

SIG 7 Learning and Instruction with Computers

SIG 8 Motivation and Emotion

SIG 9 Phenomenography and Variation Theory

SIG 10 Social Interaction in Learning and Instruction

SIG 11 Teaching and Teacher Education

SIG 12 Writing

SIG 13 Moral and Democratic Education

SIG 14 Learning and Professional Development

SIG 15 Special Educational Needs

SIG 16 Metacognition

SIG 17 Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Learning and Instruction

SIG 18 Educational Effectiveness

SIG 19 Religious and Spiritual Education

SIG 20 Computer Supported Inquiry Learning

SIG 21 Learning and Teaching in Culturally Diverse Settings

SIG 22 Neuroscience and Education

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SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

The Scientific Programme Committee invites both empirical and theoretical proposals for symposia, paper

presentations, posters, round tables, ICT demonstrations and workshops. The official language of the

conference is English. Proposals should be submitted through the conference website

(www.earli2013.org).

Before submitting your proposal, we recommend that you read carefully the guidelines about the content

of proposals and about the submission process. These guidelines will be available shortly on the website

www.earli2013.org.

Please note that when using the online conference system to submit a proposal or register for the

conference, you will require a valid EARLI username / password. To facilitate this, you will be able to

obtain your username and password from the EARLI website at any time. You will also need to ensure that

your email address is updated in the EARLI database and that you will not be using multiple email

addresses when interacting with the on-line conference systems. Users, who do not already have an

EARLI account, can register for a new account either from the EARLI website at any time prior to their

submissions, or during their initial proposal submission / conference registration processes.

If you are submitting a symposium or panel discussion, you will need to ensure that the email address

entered for each active participant (i.e. presenting authors, chairpersons, organisers, discussants) matches

the email address they have entered in the EARLI database. Consequently each active conference

participant needs to have an EARLI account and have provided you with the corresponding email address

before the submission. The email address will be used to retrieve the participants’ details from the EARLI

database. For co-authors who will not be presenting a paper in the conference, a matching EARLI account

email address is not required. In order to retrieve your EARLI username / password, you can use the

password reminder: http://earli.org/passwordreminder . If you have any questions or concerns about

your EARLI login, please contact the EARLI office at info@earli.org. For questions about the EARLI 2013

conference, send an email to: info@earli2013.org.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: 28 July 2012 - 31 October 2012

GENERAL REGULATIONS AND POLICIES

You may not participate as a presenter in more than two sessions, and, in addition, you can act once as a

chairperson of a symposium and once as a discussant (i.e. maximum four appearances). You may

participate as a non-presenting co-author as many times as you like.

PLEASE NOTE: The conference programme will avoid timetable conflicts for presenting authors,

chairpersons and discussants, but not for co-authors!

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CONFERENCE SESSION FORMATS

It is important to read the guidance below carefully so that you select the appropriate format for your

presentation. Selecting an inappropriate format may significantly reduce the chances of acceptance

of your proposal! Each of the formats outlined below are equally valuable but serve different purposes.

• Symposia provide an opportunity to present research on one topic, often from multiple perspectives,

providing a coherent set of papers for discussion. Symposia sessions are directed by a chairperson,

involving four presenters and one discussant, from at least three different countries. We recommend

that symposia conveners set an early deadline for possible contributors to submit to them and that

each individual submission is checked for its own quality and its relevance and coherence to the topic

of the symposium prior to formal submission to EARLI 2013. Please note that all active participants

in a symposium need to have a valid EARLI id before the symposium is submitted!

Timing: a symposium is scheduled for one and half hours, comprising 20 minutes presentation per

speaker, ten minutes for the discussant, and 20 minutes for open discussion.

• Paper sessions are oral presentations of four papers, followed by a discussion with the audience. It is

important that empirical papers have data and results, or they will not be accepted. Research that is at

an earlier stage is very suitable for Round Table or Poster sessions. Theoretical papers, of course, are

welcome.

Timing: paper sessions are scheduled for one and a half hours, normally with four presenters, each

with approximately 20 minutes for their presentation.

• Interactive poster sessions involve five or six posters, visually presenting research studies. A short

oral presentation of about 5 minutes for each poster is given to an audience gathered as a group. After

the authors’ brief presentation, an in-depth discussion between them and the audience follows. The

poster sessions offer researchers the chance to present their work in a visual format and offer more

opportunities for interaction and discussion.

Timing: poster sessions are scheduled for one and a half hours, following the format above. Please

bring posters in A0 or A1 format. Materials for fixing posters on the walls will be provided.

• Round table sessions offer opportunities for a more discursive exploration of research issues. This

may well involve discussion of work in progress. The presenters explain their research and research

issue, and invite the participants to help to discuss emerging data or to solve a research issue or

problem. Round table sessions will take place in seminar rooms with a board-room style table. Five or

six presenters will explain and discuss their research one after another.

Timing: round table sessions are scheduled for one and a half hours.

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• ICT Demonstrations allow presenters to display, explain and familiarise users with a potentially

useful teaching or research tool or method. The presentation may include references to completed

research, but the point of the session is to demonstrate the tool, not present the research for criticism.

The audience may offer their viewpoints and share their experiences with similar tools or different

tools for the same purpose.

Timing: demonstrations are scheduled for one and a half hours.

• Workshops provide an opportunity to familiarise participants with some aspect of research or

teaching practice, so that questioning and discussion are suitably informed. Learning-by-doing

occupies most of the session, and any presentations are brief. Adequate time for reflective discussion is

important.

Timing: workshops are scheduled for one and a half hours.

A typical bavarian beergarden and the Viktualienmarkt,

a historic market square in the center of Munich

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REVIEW PROCESS

Depending on the format and type of research report being submitted, the proposals will be reviewed by at

least two referees according to the following criteria:

EMPIRICAL PAPER

� Relevance to EARLI domain of Learning and Instruction

� Significance for theory, policy and practice

� Theoretical framework, conceptual rationale or pragmatic grounding

� Research method and design for both, qualitative and quantitative approaches (research questions,

context, participants, data sources, sampling, procedure, ethical issues)

� Clarity of results or preliminary results and conclusions

� Overall quality and scientific originality

THEORETICAL PAPER

� Relevance to EARLI domain of Learning and Instruction

� Significance for theoretical debate

� Theoretical framework, conceptual rationale or Pragmatic grounding

� Embeddedness in relevant literature

� Clarity and robustness of theoretical argument

� Overall quality and scientific originality

POSTER (EMPIRICAL)

� Relevance to EARLI domain of Learning and Instruction

� Significance for theory, policy and practice

� Theoretical framework, conceptual rationale or pragmatic grounding

� Research method and design (research questions, context, participants, data sources, sampling,

procedure, ethical issues)

� Preliminary data analysis or Anticipated results

� Overall quality and scientific originality

POSTER (THEORETICAL)

� Relevance to EARLI domain of Learning and Instruction

� Significance for theoretical debate

� Theoretical framework, conceptual rationale or pragmatic grounding

� Embeddedness in relevant literature

� Clarity and robustness of theoretical argument

� Overall quality and scientific originality

SYMPOSIUM AS A WHOLE

� Relevance to EARLI domain of Learning and Instruction

� Significance for theory, practice and policy

� Theoretical perspective, conceptual rationale or pragmatic grounding

� Organisation and internal logic of the whole symposium

� Overall quality and scientific originality

Each paper in a symposium will also be reviewed as an individual paper using the criteria outlined above.

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ROUND TABLE

� Relevance to EARLI domain of Learning and Instruction

� Significance for theory, policy and practice

� Theoretical framework, conceptual rationale or pragmatic grounding

� Research method and design (research questions, context, participants, data sources, sampling,

procedure, ethical issues)

� Clarity of issue at stake

� Overall quality and scientific originality

ICT DEMONSTRATION

� Relevance to EARLI domain of Learning and Instruction

� Significance for theory, policy and practice

� Theoretical framework, conceptual rationale or pragmatic grounding

� Validation in domain of application (as research method, data collecting, research procedure etc

� Quality of workshop format (activity based) or demonstration activities

� Overall quality and scientific originality

WORKSHOP

� Relevance to EARLI domain of Learning and Instruction

� Significance for theory, policy and practice

� Theoretical framework, conceptual rationale or pragmatic grounding

� Validation in domain of application (as research method, data collecting, research procedure etc

� Quality of workshop format (activity based) or demonstration activities

� Overall quality and scientific originality

The „English Garden“ is one of the world’s largest public parks

First call - March 2012

Deadline for proposals - 31 October 2012 (24h00 GMT)

Proposals will be reviewed / confirmed by March 2013

Start conference registrations - November 2012

Deadline for early bird registrations -

Final conference programme - July 2013

Biennal EARLI Conference - 27. - 31. August 2013

About EARLI and EARLI membership:

About the EARLI 2013 conference: http://www.earli2013.org

About the Technische Universität München (TUM):

About Munich: http://www.muenchen.de/int/en/

About Bavaria: http://www.bavaria.by

It is our pleasure to invite all junior researchers of EARLI to present their research, at the 2013 pre

conference of the Junior Researchers of EARLI, taking place at the

Germany, on the 26th and 27th of August 2013

We would like to encourage you to share your research with the JURE community to:

� receive helpful feedback from your peers

� discuss your research with experts who are internationally designated in the field of learning and

instruction

� be part of a dynamic network of young researchers of learning and instruction

The topic of research should be within the area of learning and instruction and it should be (at least

loosely) related to the EARLI 2013 Theme "Responsible Teaching and Sustainab

About JURE

The Junior Researchers of EARLI (JURE) is a network dedicated to the interests

EARLI. The term "junior researcher" includes PhD

doctorate within the last three years. The

students on matters that are of interest to them. Furthermore, learning and interaction among all junior

researchers as well as among junior and senior researchers are significant g

preconference. JURE arranges meetings where junior researchers can discuss their

other juniors as well as with seniors, and where they can attend

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EARLI 2013 SCHEDULE

31 October 2012 (24h00 GMT)

Proposals will be reviewed / confirmed by March 2013

November 2012

- April 2013

July 2013

31. August 2013

WEBSITES

About EARLI and EARLI membership: http://www.earli.org ; Email: info@earli.org

http://www.earli2013.org ; Email: info@earli2013.org

About the Technische Universität München (TUM): http://portal.mytum.de/welcome

http://www.muenchen.de/int/en/

http://www.bavaria.by

JURE 2013 PRE-CONFERENCE

It is our pleasure to invite all junior researchers of EARLI to present their research, at the 2013 pre

conference of the Junior Researchers of EARLI, taking place at the Technische Universitä

Germany, on the 26th and 27th of August 2013.

would like to encourage you to share your research with the JURE community to:

receive helpful feedback from your peers on your presentation

discuss your research with experts who are internationally designated in the field of learning and

part of a dynamic network of young researchers of learning and instruction

The topic of research should be within the area of learning and instruction and it should be (at least

loosely) related to the EARLI 2013 Theme "Responsible Teaching and Sustainable Learning".

The Junior Researchers of EARLI (JURE) is a network dedicated to the interests of all junior researchers of

EARLI. The term "junior researcher" includes PhD-students and graduates who have received their

three years. The primary aim of JURE is to represent and support research

of interest to them. Furthermore, learning and interaction among all junior

as well as among junior and senior researchers are significant goals for the JURE

JURE arranges meetings where junior researchers can discuss their research topics with

other juniors as well as with seniors, and where they can attend workshops on various topics, for instance

It is our pleasure to invite all junior researchers of EARLI to present their research, at the 2013 pre-

Technische Universität München,

discuss your research with experts who are internationally designated in the field of learning and

The topic of research should be within the area of learning and instruction and it should be (at least

le Learning".

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and graduates who have received their

primary aim of JURE is to represent and support research

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research topics with

workshops on various topics, for instance

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academic writing and presentation skills. JURE provides an environment where juniors can socialise and

participate in the scientific community.

Proposal Formats

• Paper sessions Paper sessions are 90 minutes, in which 3 conceptually linked papers are presented

and discussed. Each presentation will take 15 minutes followed by 10 minutes questions. The session

concludes with a 15 minutes discussion with the audience.

• Poster sessions involve visually presented research studies. Each poster is introduced with a brief

oral presentation (max. 3 minutes). After the introductions there is time to individually walk around

the posters.

• Round Table sessions are 60 minutes in length. Round tables should give you the opportunity to

discuss outcomes as well as the design of research projects or research in progress. Each round table

session will consist of 2 conceptually linked projects. Each presenter has 5 minutes to introduce

his/her project and raise one or two open questions. Twenty-five minutes are intended for discussion.

Presenters should prepare a handout for the other participants but not a slide presentation.

Proposal

Before submitting the full paper, poster or round table we ask you to submit a proposal consisting of

• Summary (300 words max.)

• Extended Summary (1000 words max.)

JURE 2013 Schedule

Deadline for proposal submission: October 31st, 2012

Date of notification of acceptance: January 31st, 2013

Deadline for re-submission of papers: April1st, 2013

Deadline for re-submission of posters and round tables: May 1st, 2013

Deadline for sending peer feedback: June 1st, 2013

For more information please visit

http://www.earli2013.org

If you have any further question, contact us:

jure2013@googlemail.com

We look forward to seeing you in Munich!

JURE 2013 Organising Committee