Breakthrough Studies 2009 Conference
Breakthrough Educational Studies 2009 During EARLI 2009 there will be an action to spot studies that have the potential of a ‘breakthrough’: a study which has the potential to be the most cited source in scientific articles, and/or has the potential to change education practice or policy, and/or has the potential to be published in public journals.
During the conference at Friday afternoon an extra session will be scheduled where maximum three ‘breakthrough’ studies will be presented. These studies have been selected by an ad hoc Breakthrough committee whose members will attend sessions with self nominated breakthrough studies. Press will be invited for this session.
How it works
1. Authors must self-nominate their study as a potential Breakthrough Study. Send the abstract with bibliographical data (authors, title) and session copied into the email to Gert Rijlaarsdam, info@earli2009.org, with ‘Breakthrough’ as subject term. Add a short argumentative text (50 words at the max.) why this study has a breakthrough potential. Thus: (a) authors and title; (b) abstract and extended summary, (c) session in the programme; (d) self nomination argument.
Responses must be received before Friday August 21th 20.00 hours Greenwich Time.
2. From these responses the Local Organizing Committee creates a shortlist.
3. The LOC provide the members of the Breakthrough Committee (BC) with this list. The BC-members attend the presentations of the nominated candidates to select 3 contributions with the most prevailing breakthrough potential. If the presentation cannot be attended (Friday afternoon/Saturday sessions) a short interview will be organized by the committee. On Friday August 26th at lunchtime, the BC meets and decides and reports to the Local Organizing Committee.
4. The LOC informs the three candidates between 1300-1330 hours to prepare a three minutes pitch that afternoon (during the Tea Break or at the beginning of the General Assembly).
5. The LOC will invite the public media to attend this pitch session. Afterwards further contacts between press and researchers may lead to interesting reports in public media.
