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Monday, April 14, 2008

 

International Rural Education symposium

Dear Colleague,

I am writing to you in regard to the International Symposium for Innovation in Rural Education (ISFIRE), to be held at the University of New England, Australia in February 2009. The symposium will be hosted by the National Centre for Science, ICT and Mathematics Education in Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR Australia) with support from the NURI-TEIC research centre, Kongju National University, South Korea.

We are currently inviting respected international researchers and educators such as yourself to promote the symposium within your networks and to help us identify prospective members of the symposium Scientific Committee. It would be greatly appreciated if you would kindly respond to this email to:

  • indicate whether you would be willing to distribute our Call for Papers among your rural education colleagues and networks;
  • nominate four or five key individuals or organisations from your country you think would be interested in submitting papers for ISFIRE 2009;
  • nominate one or two prominent researchers in rural education you consider well suited to be members of the Scientific Committee. We would encourage you to also nominate yourself and to send us your CV;
  • nominate a leading rural education researcher/educator from your country you consider suitable as a keynote speaker. Again you are most welcome to also nominate yourself. We are currently exploring avenues for funding additional international keynotes and the configuration of the final programme will depend on securing these funds.

Our website will be live by the end of April and the Call for Papers announced at that time. However, we can tell you that within the overall context of rural education, ISFIRE 2009 will have eight themes:

1. Promoting Policy Initiatives
2. Nurturing Teacher Experience
3. Enhancing Student Experience/Growth
4. Building School Community
5. Responding to Cultural Diversity
6. Optimizing Curriculum
7. Improving Resourcing
8. Addressing Special Issues

We will contact you to let you know when website is online. In the meantime, I hope that you are able to assist us in promoting and designing the symposium as a significant international forum on issues in rural education, and look forward to hearing from you in due course.

kind regards,
Terry Lyons
Co-Chair, ISFIRE Scientific Committee

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Dr Terry Lyons
Associate Director, Science Education
National Centre of Science, ICT and Mathematics
Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR Australia)
http://simerr.une.edu.au/

Chair
International Organization for Science and Technology Education (IOSTE)
http://www.ioste.org
Postal Address:
SiMERR National Centre
Faculty of the Professions
University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351
AUSTRALIA
phone: (+ 61) 2 6773 2983
fax: (+ 61) 2 6773 4291
email: terry.lyons@une.edu au
http://www.une.edu.au/ehps/staff/tlyons3.php

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