Investigating Our Practices - 2012 Conference

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15th Annual IOP Conference

IOP LogoOffered by UBC Faculty of Education and BC Teachers' Federation.

Teaching is demanding and complex work, made more difficult if we try to do it in isolation or without sharing and exploring our understandings together. In order to better understand and improve our practice, many of us engage in classroom, program or institution-based investigations focusing on the what, the how and the why of our practice.

On May 5, 2012 UBC hosts the 15th Annual IOP Conference, where practicing teachers, university educators, graduate students and student teachers from different educational contexts (schools, universities and colleges) come together to share their questions, investigations and understandings about their practice. The conference stresses dialogue among participants; presentations are intended to provoke and inform discussion. These exchanges typically fall within the following areas of inquiry:

  • the preparation of practitioners
  • the ongoing education of practitioners
  • the focus on classroom practice
  • the context of practice (e.g., social, political and cultural analysis of practice)
  • researching practice (e.g., teacher inquiry/action research)

LOCATION

  • Neville Scarfe Building, 2125 Main Mall, UBC Vancouver

GET INVOLVED!

ATTEND

Attend this exciting day! Register online (click on button on the bottom of this page) and pay the registration fee to confirm your space. The conference fee is $25 or $15 for students. Lunch and refreshments included. Door prizes awarded.

Please register by May 4, 2012.

PRESENT

We are no longer accepting proposals.

  • Submit a proposal for an individual or group session. We want challenging, relevant, interactive presentations that showcase how you have been investigating some dimension of teaching practice. Session time should be divided equally between provoking discussion by providing access to your understandings and providing opportunity for others to discuss your conclusions.
  • Host a roundtable discussion. You have a critical question you would like to discuss with other practitioners and you are willing to initiate and moderate a conversation, perhaps based on your own experience or research.
  • Prepare a poster session. The poster format is ideal for the visual presentation of research results, a program of research or research activities of a group.

Parking

Parking is available at the West Parkade at $6.00 for the day on Saturday.  For more information about parking at UBC, please visit:  http://www.parking.ubc.ca/visitor.html

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REGISTRATION

If you plan to attend the IOP conference at UBC-Vancouver, click on the Register Now button at the bottom of this page – this will take you to the online registration and payment form.  Lunch and refreshments are included and door prizes awarded!

IOP Online

If you are unable to attend the IOP conference in person, you may join us via IOP Online where a select number of sessions will be available e via live-stream:

REFUND POLICY: There is a 20% handling fee for cancellation of online registrations received in writing on or before Friday, April 27th. Please contact Judy Paley if you paid by another method.  No refunds will be issued for cancellations received from Saturday, April 28th onward.

REGISTRATION FEES

  • $25 for presenters and participants
  • $15 for students who are presenters or participants
  • $10 for IOP Online (if you cannot attend the conference)

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