Conference Theme: Fostering Communities of Learners
Learning processes in classrooms, social aspects of learning, classroom video studies, learning outside school settings, inquiry learning, social interaction, peer interaction, parental involvement in learning.
Learning and Cognitive Science
Learning theory, learning disability, learning and neuroscience, meta-cognition, reasoning, intelligence, discourse- processing, pictorial learning, learning to learn, cognitive skills, individual differences, artificial intelligence, knowledge creation, creativity.
Teaching and Instructional Design
Teaching methods, instructional strategies, classroom discourse, social aspects of teaching, teacher thinking, teacher education.
Developmental Aspects of Instruction
Cognitive, social, emotional and moral development, learning and developmental difficulties, tutoring with young children.
Culture and Education
Cultural psychology, cultural diversity in school, multiculturalism in education, education for peace, morality religion and education.
Motivational, Social and Affective Processes
Motivation, cooperative learning, self-confidence, emotion, affect, text anxiety, social aspects of learning, social interaction, peer interaction, learning styles, parental involvement in learning.
Learning and Instructional Technology
Technology in education and training, distance and on-line learning, e-mail conferencing, computer-support learning environments, multimedia and hypermedia learning, adapting computer-assisted instruction.
Knowledge and Skill Acquisition and Expertise in Specific Domains and school subjects
Reading, writing, text comprehension and production, second language acquisition, science, mathematics, arts, history, geography, science, physics, chemistry, social sciences, etc.; conceptual understanding and change, reasoning and problem solving; curriculum studies.
Higher Education
Student learning processes in higher education, vocational educational, academic learning, counseling practices. European Higher Educational Space.
Professional Development
Lifelong education and learning, training and development.
Assessment and Edumetrics
Assessment methods, portfolio practice, school-based evaluation, assessment software, quality of new modes of assessment, assessment of competence, educational attainment, comparative evaluations.
Teaching and Teacher Education
Teacher thinking, teacher education, professional development
European Integration and Learning
Educational research in a European Research Area, organization of educational research, the role of research on learning and instruction in developing education systems, research cooperation frameworks, training of young researchers.
Learning and Special Education
Learning disabilities, remedial education, mainstreaming, integrated learning.
