ASEAN Teacher Education Conference (AsTEC) 2026

Theme: The ASEAN Teacher Identity: Ensuring Quality Teacher Education in the Digital Era
 Date: May 14–15, 2026 | Venue: Cebu City, Philippines

Call for Papers

The ASEAN Teacher Education Conference (AsTEC) 2026, organized by the Philippine Normal University and the Association of Southeast Asian Teacher Education Network (AsTEN), in cooperation with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), invites researchers, deans, and teacher educators to submit papers and participate in a premier international platform for knowledge exchange.

As Southeast Asia advances into the digital era, establishing a shared ASEAN teacher identity is essential to ensure quality, mobility, and relevance in teacher education. Emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital pedagogies, are reshaping teaching, learning, and professional development. AsTEC 2026 provides an avenue to present research, innovations, and policy insights that strengthen teacher preparation, foster regional collaboration, and support the development of future-ready teachers across ASEAN.

There will be oral presentations of research from various areas. The paper presentations are categorized in the following subthemes: 

This subtheme focuses on the alignment and recognition of teaching qualifications across ASEAN, including competency standards, mutual recognition arrangements, and digital or AI-enabled credentialing systems that facilitate transparent, efficient, and ethical cross-border professional mobility.

This subtheme examines the role of Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) in advancing teacher quality through regional collaboration, institutional capacity-building, academic partnerships, faculty exchange, and research networks that support innovation and shared development.

This subtheme explores professional identity, leadership, mentorship, and teacher well-being, including resilience, mental health, and ethical engagement with AI and digital pedagogies to sustain professional growth in evolving educational contexts.

This subtheme addresses quality assurance systems, accreditation, competency standards, and policy alignment that promote transparency, comparability, and continuous improvement in teacher education, including the integration of digital and emerging technologies.

This subtheme highlights approaches that strengthen the connection between teacher preparation and classroom practice, including university–school partnerships, action research, evidence-informed innovations, and the integration of AI and digital pedagogies in instructional practice.


Abstract Submission Guidelines


Content/Format:


ABSTRACT TITLE

Author/s First Name, Middle Name, Last Name 

Institutional affiliation 

Subtheme/Concurrent Session where the paper is being submitted


 Abstract body text should include the following:  


It should be written in Arial 11pt font, single-spaced. 


Abstracts will be published as part of the Book of Abstracts. The deadline for the abstract submission will be on March 31, 2026.