Abstract Submission
Abstract Submission
Deadline for paper submission is April 1, 2027
You can submit your abstract here: https://forms.gle/f16XA6yoyAaMKhWE6
Abstracts must provide a brief but comprehensive summary of the study. It should address the following in 250-500 words:
Title
Necessity of the study
Purpose and research question(s)
Research method(s) including participants, tools or measure, and data analysis
Summary of findings, conclusions, and implication(s)
For ongoing research studies, expected outcomes and anticipated contribution of the research would suffice.
Authors can choose from the following 11 strands for presentation:
Curriculum
Child Development & Learning
Education for Sustainable Development
Reaching the Unreached: Children with Diverse Needs
Technology in Early Childhood Education (AI in Early Childhood Education; Digitalisation of Early Childhood Education)
Educational Environment
Nutrition, Safety & Health
Parenting/Building Partnership with Families (Parenting & Parent Education)
Leadership & Management
Teacher Education
Educational Policies
The Young Scholar Award (YSA) is established in honour of Professor Emeritus Bernard Spodek, who founded PECERA to promote the exchange and dissemination of Early Childhood Education (ECE) research conducted in the Asia Pacific region.
The aim of the award is to recognize outstanding research of postgraduate students and/or early career scholars in ECE and encourage their participation in the PECERA International Annual Conference for the advancement of our field, especially in the Asia Pacific region.
This Award is granted annually at the PECERA International Conference. You may apply for this award in the submission form for this year’s conference.
The PECERA International Executive Board has updated the criteria for the Young Scholar Award (YSA):
YSA recipients must be members of PECERA that year. Therefore, YSA applicants must join PECERA before submitting their abstracts.
At the time of abstract submission, applicants must confirm that the abstract has not been submitted to any other journal.
YSA applicants must pledge that, if they receive the Young Scholar Award, they will submit their paper to APJRECE.
If the recipient fails to honor this pledge, the Young Scholar Award will be revoked.
Manuscripts submitted by YSA recipients will be assigned to a fast-track review process.
Manuscripts submitted by YSA recipients will undergo the review process in accordance with APJRECE’s editorial and review policies.
Award Details
Up to 5 awardees will be selected annually, based upon submission of abstracts of paper presentations for the PECERA International Annual Conference.
All applicants for the ‘Young Scholar Award’ should indicate their intention to apply and confirm their eligibility when submitting their abstracts online.
All awardees must present their accepted papers at the conference. Absence would automatically imply forfeiture of the Award.
Each awardee will be given an Award Certificate and complimentary two-year membership to PECERA International.
To ensure fair competition, past awardees are ineligible to apply again.
The Young Scholar Award Committee may consider regional representation in their selection of awardees.
Eligibility for the Young Researcher Award is limited to those who are 2027 annual members of PECERA International.
Please join the PECERA International 2027 membership!
Eligibility of the Applicants
The applicant should be
Either a postgraduate student (master's or doctoral) or an early career researcher (within 5 years from gaining a doctoral degree); and
The first author-presenter of the submitted abstract; and
Not a past or present awardee of this Award.
Selection Criteria
Importance and originality of the research topic as presented in the abstract submission.
Clarity and informativeness of the presentation title.
Originality and relevance of research aims and questions.
Suitability and rigor of research methods.
Validity of data analysis, findings, and conclusions drawn.
Ability to inform future research and/or implications for ECE practice in the Asia Pacific context.
Deadline for paper submission is April 1 2027
Submit your abstract here" https://forms.gle/f16XA6yoyAaMKhWE6