2019 ISfTE conference at the Niagara falls

The 2019 ISfTE conference will take place next to the Niagara Falls in Canada

I just received an e mail with the most wonderful pictures of the Crowne Plaza hotel's dining room overlooking the Niagara Falls accompanying the invite to submit abstracts and register for the 2019 ISfTE conference.

I immediately recall us standing at the roadside and looking at the hotel and saying to each other that this would be a perfect hotel for a conference; then you don't need to drive from Toronto by bus to see and experience this wonderful site.  And then the email arrives! The international Society for Teacher Education (ISfTE) will host their 2019 conference from 12 to 16 May at this venue and it promises to by great fun and an inspiring experience. 

As we are fast approaching the third decade of this millennium, the 2019 ISfTE conference theme is Teacher Education for the Next Decade: Looking to the Past to Inform the Future. Delegates are invited to consider how globalization, transformative practice, and advancing technologies may inform and change education in the next few years. Although I am not linked to the college of Education at our University, the warmth and welcoming attitude towards academics from other disciplines made the first ISfTE conference we attended in the Kruger National Park, a wonderful experience. 

The due date for proposals is 30 January 2019. The conference proposals should be between 250 and 300 words in length and must include an indication of the strand that best reflects the focus of the intended paper. The following group strands can be considered:  

• Advancements in Curriculum and Pedagogy
• Diversity Issues in Education
• Preparing Teachers for the Challenges of the New Decade
• Educational Psychology
• Adult and Community-Based Educational Approaches
• Global Trends and Transformations in Education
• Research Methodologies and Methods in Educational Research

Early bird registration is open until 15 February 2019 and the registration deadline is 20 March 2019. There are also special fees for accompany partners and delegates from developing countries (that is us!)