The 11th Shanghai International Forum

In order to provide a forum for scholars, researchers, and practitioners in the area of School-Based Teachers’ Professional Development across the world to exchange their scientific knowledge and the opportunities to present their work in oral and poster forms, as well as to promote research in this area and to build an international network for researchers in similar domains, the Institute of Curriculum and Instruction (ICI)，a key research institute affiliated to the Ministry of Education (MoE), China, will organize this upcoming international conference and we would like to invite you to join us on this exciting event.

I. Date: November 1-3, 2013 (Registration will start on the 31st of Oct.)

II. Location:

Academic Exchange Center (YiFu Building), North ZhongShan Campus, East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China

Address: No. 3663, North, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, China, 200062

Phone: +86-21-62601058

III. Main Theme:

Promoting Teachers as Reflective Practitioners

Topics covered:

1. Theory of teacher professional development

2. Curriculum reform and teachers’ professional development

3. Instructional supervision and teacher evaluation

4. Teacher learning and research

5. Best practices of school-based instructional research systems

6. Professional leadership of the mentors for professional development

IV. Expected Participants:

Audience of the conference will primarily consist of researchers from universities, and practitioners relevant to teacher professional development, teacher education research, and similar domain of research across the nation and the world.

V. Session Format:

Invited Speakers, Paper Presentation, Roundtable Discussion, Poster Session.

VI. Contact:

Dr. Xiaorui Huang, Institute of Curriculum and Instruction, ECNU, Shanghai, China.

Phone: (+86)21-6223-2027(office), (+86)150-2146-6772(Mobile)

Fax: (+86)21-6223-2023

E-mail: ici2012@163.com

Executive Committee

International Conference on Achievement Assessment

The Institute of Curriculum and Instruction,

East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

6 April 2013