General Information

The College of Education, Addis Ababa University, cordially invites interested researchers, educators, practitioners and others from the international community to contribute to the First International Conference on Educational Research for Development to be held from 13-15 May 2009 in Ethiopia. The Conference aims to create a global discussion forum on the roles of research for policy and improving practice. The Conference also serves as a point of departure for the College of Education and Faculties of Education from across the burgeoning higher education sector in Ethiopia as well as in other countries to build new networks and research consortia.
Contact address:
All contacts including submission of articles, proposals, accommodation, information, etc may be made to the following address.
International Conference on Educational Research for Development Organizing Committee
P.O. Box: 1176 College of Education, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
Web site: http://www.aau.edu.et/workshop/index.html
Email:
1. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATION:-
          organizingcommittee@edu.aau.edu.et or mekasha_kassaye@yahoo.com
2. LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATION:-
          localcorrespondence@gmail.com

The Conference will consist of keynote addresses, parallel workshops, and a mix of plenary and parallel sessions, paper presentations, and poster presentation sessions running from 13th-15th May 2009. The Keynotes speeches will be made by distinguished scholars (among them one sponsored by the British Educational Research Association and another by the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain). The speeches are expected to primarily address the following areas:
1. Twenty first century methodological paradigm in educational research
2. Postgraduate research, teaching and learning links
3. Educational research for development in the 21st century