conference language teacher education announcement call papers center advanced research language acquisition university minnesota announces international conference language teacher education may 20 23 1999 radissonmetrodome hotel minneapolis minnesota usa conference interest anyone involved preparation ongoing professional development language teachers kinds practitioners researchers various subfields language teacher education conference address education teachers languages instructional institutional levels many national international contexts takes place including esl efl foreign modern world language teaching bilingual education immersion education indigenous minority languages teaching less commonly taught languages conference aims bring together research theory best practices contexts initiate sustain meaningful professional dialogue across languages levels settings speakers panelists include gloria ladson billings keynote address jack richards honorary conference chair dick allwright elizabeth bernhardt pat chaput donald freeman eugene garcia kris gutierrez nancy hornberger karen e johnson denise mckeon mimi met june phillips conference focus four principal themes knowledge base language teacher education ii social cultural political contexts language teacher education iii processes language teacher education iv language teacher education policy information conference added mailing list contact international conference language teacher education carla 333 appleby hall university minnesota mpls mn 55455 phone 612626 8600 fax 612624 7514 e mail carla tc umn edu web http carla acad umn edu teachered html program information registration forms included later mailing fall 1998 call papers follows please forward announcement call others may interested call papers international conference language teacher education welcomes proposals papers aspects education professional development language teachers papers may report databased research theoretical conceptual analyses best practices language teacher education conference focus four broad themes proposals likely accepted address one themes theme knowledge base language teacher education central issue language teacher education question constitutes knowledge base language teaching relates processes content teacher education issues theme may include teachers knowledge beliefs teacher learning formal informal contexts teachers ways knowing teacher socialization professionalism nature disciplinary knowledge theme ii social cultural political contexts language teacher education language teacher education takes place multiple contexts diverse populations language culture identity intricately bound together papers theme may include critical analytical perspectives institutions communities discourses within teacher education practices situated power status authority language teacher education diversity equity language teacher education including issues race class gender sexual orientation language socially situated nature language learning theme iii processes language teacher education processes language teacher education refer ways knowledge base conceptualized operationalized constructed contributions interpretations participants bring process processes may include program design curriculum pedagogical methods organization instruction practica materials observation supervision professional development teachers experience levels theme iv policy language teacher education actions taken formal informal decisionmaking bodies impact language teacher education policies influence directions teacher education even though may may involve participation teacher educators formulated institutional local state national levels may include standards legislative mandates teacher education program requirements recruitment retention advocacy language teacher organizations presentations 30 minutes length line dialogical spirit conference session two three papers include presentations concerned different contexts types language teacher education submit proposals following form 8 copies onepage singlespaced abstract title presentation theme addresses indicated top lefthand corner name institution appear copies ii 1 additional copy abstract includes name institution top righthand corner iii 50 word summary presentation published conference program iv copy form attached proposals sent dr bill johnston chair program committee international conference language teacher education ilasll university minnesota klaeber court 192 320 16th st se minneapolis mn 55455 phone 612626 2269 e mail billj tc umn edu submissions postmarked later october 31 1998 please note extended deadline submissions outside continental us may sent fax following number 612627 1875 applicants notified program committee decision later december 31 1998 selected papers conference published collection conference proceedings proposal form information presentation presenter name title presentation theme b presenter 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