The Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry

The Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry will take place at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from May 14-18, 2008. The theme of the Congress, building on previous Congresses, is “Ethics, Evidence and Social Justice.” The Fourth Congress will offer the international community of qualitative research scholars the opportunity to engage in debate on ethical, epistemological, methodological and social justice issues. In these changing times, there are attempts to impose uniform biomedical ethical standards on qualitative research. There are also increasing efforts to judge qualitative research in terms of experimental, or so-called scientifically based criteria. The politics of evidence and ethics carries important implications for how qualitative research is used in the pursuit of social justice issues. Participants will explore the relationship between these three terms and what these relationships mean for qualitative inquiry in this new century. If we as qualitative researchers do not take control of these terms for ourselves, someone else will.

The topics for the 4th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry include, but are not confined to: Autoethnography & Performance Studies, Decolonizing Truth, Democratic Methodologies, Evidence and Social Policy, Human Rights, Indigenous Law, Justice as Healing, Standards for Qualitative Inquiry, Forms and Varieties of Justice, Participatory Action Research, Politics of Evidence, Research as Resistance, Restorative Justice, Social Justice and Community Ethics.

For more information, please visit: http://www.qi2008.org

 

IJPE Special Issue

October 2007
International Journal of Progressive Education 

Topic
Teacher Education in Ethiopia

Guest Authors: Prof. Dr. Tirussew Teferra & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lars Dahlstrom

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New Vice President

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Julie Matthews will serve as a member of the Executive Committee representing the association in Australia.

Julie Matthews is an associate professor and director of research at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. For further information, please visit:

http://www.usc.edu.au/University/AcademicFaculties/ArtsSocialSciences/Staff/Matthews.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Association_of_Educators

Please, give a warm welcome to our new Vice President, Julie Matthews.

Sincerely,

Executive Committee
International Association of Educators
 

Advisory Board

The Executive Committee of the International Association of Educators today announced the selection of the following individuals to serve as Members of the Advisory Board which includes the directors of nine academic divisions.

Advisory Board website: http://www.inased.org/advisoryboard.htm  

Chair:

Prof. Dr. Peter McLaren
University of California-Los Angeles

Division Directors:

1.Educational Policy and Politics of Education: Peter McLaren, Ph.D.

2.Language and Literacy: Pragasit Stittihikul, Ph.D. Walailak University, Thailand

3.Social Sciences : Changyong Yang, Ph.D. Southwest China Normal University China

4.Educational Psychology and Learning: Sharon Tettegah, Ph.D.   University of Illinois, USA

5.Special Education: Sheila L. Macrine, Ph.D. Montclair State University, USA

6.Knowledge Management and Information Sciences: Rauf Yıldız, Ph.D.  Yüzüncü Yıl University, Turkey

7.Art and Museum Education: Martina Riedler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

8.Higher Education and Organizational Leadership: Erdal Toprakci, Ph.D.   Cumhuriyet University, Turkey

9.Math Science and Technology: Ugur Baslanti  University of Florida, USA

The missions of the Advisory Board are to provide regional and interest-based representation, feedback and advisory support to the Executive Committee, and produce a strategic plan to oversee policy and planning, administration, organization and programming in the Association.

The Executive Committee welcomes the members of the advisory board and look forward to working together.

Sincerely,

Executive Committee
International Association of Educators