Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ)

TEFANZ Biennial National Conference 2008

Conference theme: “Restoring Context, Critique and Connectedness to Teacher Education”

This year’s conference will be situated within the School of Education and the University of Waikato, Hamilton.

A pre conference workshop will be held from 10.30am on Tuesday 1st July. Click here for more information.

Conference Registration includes:

• Conference attendance for 3 days
• Morning tea, light lunch and afternoon tea daily (no afternoon tea on Friday)
• Conference Folder containing Hand book, pad, pen and relevant conference material. Please note all conference material will be contained in a folder. You may like to bring your own satchel or conference bag.
• Attendance at the networking function (Wednesday) including welcome drink and canapés.

Conference optional extra

• Conference Dinner and dance including welcome drink, 3 course dinner including wine and live band for evening dancing. $95 per person, partners welcome.
• Pre Conference workshop $50 per person.
• Conference Accommodation. Click here for options.

All abstracts, authors’ names and audiovisual requirements for any conference presentation are required by Tuesday 1 April.
This date requirement is for all papers and symposia (double or triple paper sessions), refereed or non-refereed.

Submitters will be notified by 1 May as to acceptance into the conference programme.

Please provide the following information:
Presenting author(s) name(s)
Email address for correspondence (usually lead presenter)
Type of paper (single paper; symposium double/triple session; refereed/non-refereed paper/symposium)
Paper title
Abstract: 300-word abstract (note submissions of less than 300 words may be returned to submitters if they do not provide sufficient information for the conference programme committee to decide on acceptance into the programme).
Abstracts must be submitted as a Word 97 attachment. (please no Office 2007 docX files)

click here to submit abstract electronically

Submission of refereed papers
An electronic version of the full paper must be submitted by 1 May 2008. This must be submitted as a Word attachment.
Full papers should be written in English or Mäori (please alert the conference organisers in advance if your paper is to be submitted in Mäori).
Papers should not exceed 4,000 words (including appendices, references and diagrams) unless this is absolutely necessary.
Single spacing, font size 12 point.
Please do not number pages.
The paper must have a cover page that includes
Presenting author(s) name(s)
Email address for correspondence (usually lead presenter)
Type of paper (single paper; symposium double/triple session; refereed/non-refereed paper/symposium)
Paper title
The second page must include the paper title.
The second and subsequent pages should contain no identifying material so that the paper is suitable for the blind refereeing process.

There is a $40 fee for the reviewing process involved in the refereeing of papers. Presenters may pay this via the secure payment section of the website or by cheque.

Submission of non-refereed papers
These must be supplied in electronic form (Word attachment) to the conference organisers by 15 July if authors wish them to be included in the non-refereed section of the conference proceedings.

Presentation length.
Papers sessions are 40 minutes each, with 5 minutes between each session for movement between rooms. Symposia are therefore either 85 minutes or 130 minutes. Presenters should allocate approximately 30 minutes for presentation and ten minutes for questions and discussion. Papers sessions will not be allocated chairpersons, however presenters may wish to organise chairpersons for their own sessions.

click here to submit abstract electronically

Contact Details

Catherine Lang

TEFANZ 2008 conference convenor

Centre for Teacher Education

School of Education, University of Waikato

Private Bag 3105, Hamilton

AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND

cmlang@waikato.ac.nz

P +64 (7) 838 4466 extn 7836

F +64 (7) 838 4555

The Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ)
Invites entries for the
Sustained Excellence in Teacher Education Award
&
Emerging Teacher Educator Award
TEFANZ is proud to offer two awards for teacher educators. The first, an award for sustained excellence, is designed to provide recognition for significant contribution over time to teacher education. The second award is to recognise the work of an emerging teacher educator.

The awards which consist of a citation and a taonga are open to all teacher educators. The recipients will be announced and presented at an appropriate TEFANZ event (conference or forum).

Nomination and selection criteria.
• Nominations for the TEFANZ Teacher Educator awards are called for annually with nominations closing in June. Any two teacher educators from an institution that is a member of TEFANZ may nominate a teacher educator for an award. Nominations should consist of a written statement from each person making the nomination; a copy of the nominee’s CV and may also include letters of support.
• Nominees must be teacher educators from an institution that is a member of TEFANZ.
• An award committee comprised of the Chair of TEFANZ and two other members of TEFANZ will consider the nominations and decide on recipients of the awards.

Judging criteria.
• Recognition of sustained excellence will be judged on the nominee’s contribution to initial teacher education over time, the level and nature of that contribution and the personal qualities of the nominee.
• An emerging teacher educator award will recognize an early career teacher educator, whose work in initial teacher education is deemed by peers to be noteworthy.

The judges have the right not to make an award, and their decision is final.

Entries must be made on the TEFANZ entry form and sent to:

TEFANZ Awards
Chairperson
C/- School of Education
The University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton

Entries close: 5.00 pm, Tuesday, 30 June 2008

Welcome to the new look site of TEFANZ for 2008