CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS:
9th Annual Research Symposium
Doing EE Research—Issues, Challenges, and Dilemmas
October 9-10, 2012
Submission Deadline EXTENDED: April 27, 2012
NAAEE is seeking proposals for the 9th Annual NAAEE Research Symposium
Note: Click here if you are looking for the general Call for Presentations for the NAAEE Annual Conference.
Overview
Session Formats
Audio-Visual Equipment
Review Criteria
How to Submit a Presentation Proposal
Important Notes
Click here to download a copy of the Research Symposium Call for Presentations.
Overview
This year’s Research Symposium explores the process of “doing” environmental education research. Emphasis will be given to examining works in progress and to looking at the stories behind the research. Rather than presenting finished research, participants will be encouraged to assist each other by sharing problems, ethical dilemmas, new (and overlooked) techniques, and emotional responses to undertaking research.
The goals for the 2012 NAAEE Research Symposium are to:
- Facilitate discussion of EE research in progress, conceptual models, and overall purpose and goals
- Foster a dialogue about researcher-community partnerships in EE research
- Provide opportunities for graduate student professional development
- Facilitate discussion of an EE research learning organization
As in past years, the symposium will be a mix of plenary presentations by well-known researchers, discussions about the future of EE research, and presentations from the North American and broader international EE research community. Please join us in submitting a proposal, reviewing proposals, and in participating in discussions at the symposium.
NAAEE members who wish to present completed studies should consider submitting proposals to the main NAAEE conference.
The co-chairs of the 2012 Research Symposium are Justin Dillon, Chair, EE Research Special Interest Group and Charlotte Clark, Chair Elect, EE Research Special Interest Group.
Session Formats
You can choose from a number of presentation formats, some intended to be more formal and some to facilitate more interactive discussions. Presentation length may be adjusted slightly depending on number of submissions. In addition to participant-submitted presentations, several plenary sessions will be featured.
Interactive Presentation
30-minute concurrent presentations with chairs arranged in a circle for a more interactive alternative to formal presentations.
Formal Presentation
30-minute concurrent presentations in a room with chairs facing forward.
Roundtable
60-minute sessions where symposium participants circulate from one table to the next at will. Allows for one-to-one interaction.
Poster
Posters will be up during the entire Symposium. Presenters will be expected to stand by their posters during a 60-minute session, answering questions from interested participants.
Research Workshop
90-minute workshops focusing on the challenges and outcomes of environmental education research. Examples include, but are not limited to: tools and techniques; research ethics; writing and publishing.
Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop
60- to 120-minute workshops focusing on skills critical to becoming professional researchers. Proposals jointly submitted by graduate students and professional researchers are preferred, including those from multiple institutions.
Audio-Visual Equipment
Rooms for all presentations except roundtables and poster sessions are equipped with a PC laptop (with Office Suite loaded), LCD projector, screen, flip chart, and markers. No audio-visual equipment is available for roundtables and posters.
Review Criteria
Please consider these criteria carefully in writing your proposal. These criteria will be given to the reviewers. Those proposals that rate poorly on these criteria will be rejected. All proposals are limited to 400 words.
Formal and Interactive Presentations, Roundtables, and Posters
- Proposal identifies a research problem or issue relevant to EE researchers.
- Proposal is transparent about stage of the research and purpose of presentation (to present results, seek feedback, spark discussion, etc.).
- Proposal identifies the conceptual frameworks informing the work.
- Proposal identifies the epistemological frameworks informing the work.
- Proposal identifies the research methods/methodologies used or planned to be used.
- Research methods/methodologies described in the proposal are appropriate for the research question.
Research Workshops
- Proposal clearly defines one or more questions or issues relevant to EE research that are being addressed through collaborative research-practitioner and/or multi-disciplinary teams.
- Proposal clearly lays out participatory and other approaches for addressing the issue and/or research question.
- Proposal clearly lays out challenges of working on researcher-practitioner and/or multi-disciplinary teams.
- Multiple authors on proposal with a short description of the profession/disciplines represented.
Graduate Student Professional Development Workshops
- Proposal identifies a professional development topic of interest to graduate students.
- Proposal clearly lays out the approach used for building that skill in the workshop.
- Proposal lays out how any outcomes of the workshop will be communicated to others.
- Proposal jointly authored by graduate students and professional researchers with experience mentoring graduate students.
- Proposal authors are from multiple institutions.
Note: For the Graduate Student Professional Development Workshops, the Symposium organizers may ask individuals submitting similar proposals to collaborate in one session.
How to Submit a Presentation Proposal
Proposals must be submitted online.
- Download this form and use it to draft your proposal. Save the form on your computer, and then transfer the information to the online submission system.
- You must have a profile and be logged in on the NAAEE website before you can submit a proposal. (You can create a profile without joining NAAEE.) If you already have an account with NAAEE, login with your email address and password. If not, click here to create a new account. If you're not sure, please check with us by emailing loginhelp@naaee.net or calling 202-570-2671 to avoid creating a duplicate profile.
- From the NAAEE home page, hover on “Conference” in the light blue navigation bar at the top of the page. In the drop-down menu that appears, click on “Submit/Edit Proposals.”
- Select “conference” or “research symposium” and follow the directions for online submission. Click on the “Accept and Continue” button on each page until you reach a confirmation page.
- When your proposal is successfully submitted, you will receive a confirmation message at the email address in your NAAEE profile.
- You can edit any of the information in your proposal until the April 27, 2012 EXTENDED submission deadline by returning to “Submit/Edit Proposals” in the Conference drop-down menu on NAAEE’s home page.
Important Notes
If your proposal is accepted, you will have an additional opportunity to finalize session information after you receive your acceptance notice.
All presenters are required to register and pay Research Symposium fees. Fees are not finalized, but registration for current NAAEE members is expected to be about $250 for a professional and $125 for a student. Nonmember fees will include NAAEE membership. A separate registration fee will apply for the 41st Annual NAAEE Conference.
Questions?
Contact Erin Kelly, Research Symposium Coordinator, for questions about submitting and reviewing proposals, eak58@cornell.edu
Justin Dillon, Research Symposium Co-Chair, for questions/suggestions about format/content of sessions, justin.dillon@kcl.ac.uk
