The Higher Education Partnership – Morocco

Second Annual Research and Practice in Primary Teacher Preparation Conference

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir

May 18 and 19, 2023

Call for Proposals is OPEN

This conference is designed to bring together stakeholders in primary teacher preparation with an emphasis on the application of international best practices for preparing primary teachers. The Conference Planning and Scientific Committee seeks to create a balanced program that focuses on primary teacher preparation, primary teaching practices, and research methods relevant to advancing primary teacher preparation. We invite proposals for the following topic areas and formats. We encourage members of the HEP-M Research and Development Groups to submit collaborative proposals.

Please read the call for proposals in full prior to submission. Submission due by 13 January 2023.

Program Details

The 2023 Higher Education Partnership - Morocco conference focuses on “Primary Teacher Preparation” and will highlight four topic strands:

• Strand A: Collaboration - This strand focused on cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional collaborations related to primary teacher preparation.

• Strand B: Inclusive Education and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - This strand focuses on inclusivity in higher education institutes and primary schools and/or the use of UDL. Topics may focus on gender equity, people with disabilities, multiage classrooms, and practices relevant to rural schools.

• Strand C: Current Issues and Trends in Education: This strand focuses on current education issues being prioritized in different regions in Morocco. These topics are addressed as applied research, professional development practice and/or empirical research studies within organizations and institutions of education and higher education.

• Strand D: Active Learning through Technology – This strand focuses on integrating technology for active learning, accessibility, and usability in higher education institutes and primary schools.

• Strand E: Research Development and Design - This strand will be presented by invited panelists and presenters. These sessions will address research collaborations, research designs, or evaluation. Please contact the planning team directly if you are interested in presenting an invited session.

Proposal Form

Please prepare the following information that will be requested in the online submission form.

https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/hep-morocco/proposal-page

Presenter Information: Please submit the following information for each presenter of the proposal: full name, institutional affiliation, membership as a HEP-M Research and Development Group member, professional mailing address, email, and a 3-4 sentence professional bio. We encourage members of the HEP-M Research and Development Groups to submit collaborative proposals.

• Primary Presenter: The person responsible for coordinating the presentation, notifying the other presenters of the proposal’s status (e.g. receipt, acceptance or rejection, and, if accepted, scheduled time and location of presentation), and ensuring that all presenters register for the conference by the deadline. Presentations must be submitted to the organizing committee by 28 April 2023.

• Co-Presenter(s): Each additional presenter who will participate in the session.

Language of Presentation: __Arabic __ French __English

Session Title: Title of your presentation (15 words max).

• The title should accurately reflect the content and be clear to the intended audience.

Abstract: The abstract is a summary of the session that appears in the conference program (50 words max).

• Conference participants use the abstract to help decide which sessions to attend. It must be carefully written to draw the most appropriate audience to the presentation.

• Spell out all acronyms or abbreviations.

Session Type: Indicate the type of session you are proposing.

• Innovate Practice Session - Showcase innovative instructional practices or research methods in primary teacher education. Highlight evidence in support of innovative practices and empirical research specifying learning outcomes. Each session will engage participants in the application of the innovative practice or research method. Length: 25 minutes.

• Research Sessions - Facilitate a session focused on advancing a particular topic of research or practice in primary teacher preparation. Provide a practical benefit to the audience with time for audience members to apply the content. Length: 55 minutes (similar topic sessions may be combined to share a timeslot).

• Panel Sessions - Discuss a specific research supported topic related to primary teacher preparation with a panel of experts. Panels are expected to include approximately five panelists from across institutions or regions and a moderator. (similar topic sessions may be combined to share a timeslot).

• Poster Session - Share an emerging research study or teaching practice. The poster sessions offer opportunities for presenters and attendees to engage in discussion and share ideas in a smaller informal context. We encourage poster submissions from professors and their students who are engaged in action research.

Target Attendee Audience (select all that apply):

• Directors

• Teacher Educators (professors at the University or CRMEF)

• Researchers

• Teachers, Primary School

• AREF

• Other, please specify: _____________________________

Session Description: A description of the presentation that will be used to select presentations for the conference (Minimum 1000 words and 2000 words max). The session description must include:

Innovate Practice Session

1. Provide rationale of the presentation highlighting relevance for primary teacher preparation

2. Discuss how presentation format will engage participants in the innovative practice or research

3. Describe the practice or research study

   1. If a research study, the description must include the theoretical foundation, purpose, methodology, results (if any as of yet), and implications (or intended implications) for primary teacher preparation or primary teaching

   2. If a teaching practice, the description must include the theoretical foundation, supporting extant research literature, purpose, practice, and data collected to assess effectiveness

4. Present innovative practice or research method and detail how audience will be engaged in its application in their local context

5. Provide two to three learning outcomes for attendees

Research Session

1. Provide rationale of the presentation highlighting relevance for primary teacher preparation

2. Describe the practice or research study

   1. If a research study, the description must include the theoretical foundation, purpose, methodology, results (if any as of yet), and implications (or intended implications) for primary teacher preparation or primary teaching

   2. If a teaching practice, the description must include the theoretical foundation, supporting extant research literature, purpose, practice, and data collected to assess effectiveness

3. Describe the activity to engage attendees in the topic

4. Provide an explanation of how attendees outcomes will be achieved with the session activity

5. Provide two to three learning outcomes for attendees

Panel Session

1. Provide rationale of the presentation highlighting relevance for primary teacher preparation

2. Define a topic of interested related to primary teacher preparation

3. Describe the practice or research study

   1. If a research study, the description must include the theoretical foundation, purpose, methodology, results (if any as of yet), and implications (or intended implications) for primary teacher preparation or primary teaching

   2. If a teaching practice, the description must include the theoretical foundation, supporting extant research literature, purpose, practice, and data collected to assess effectiveness

4. Explain its current relevance in primary teacher preparation or primary teachers’ instructional practice

5. Describe the extant research evidence supporting the topic

6. Provide examples of application in primary teacher preparation or in primary school classrooms

7. Provide two to three learning outcomes for attendees

Poster Session

1. Provide rationale of the presentation highlighting relevance for primary teacher preparation

2. Describe the practice or research study

   1. If a research study, the description must include the theoretical foundation, purpose, methodology, results, and implications for primary teacher preparation or primary teaching

   2. If a teaching practice, the description must include the theoretical foundation, supporting extant research literature, purpose, practice, and data collected to assess effectiveness

3. Provide two to three learning outcomes for attendees