Archived Content from Conference Held in May 2011
Paper Review Criteria
Papers will be evaluated using the following categories and questions:
Scholarly or educational significance |
Does this paper address an important issue in language teacher education? Does it offer the promise of new knowledge? Is it likely to stimulate discussion? |
Theoretical orientation |
Is a theoretical framework evident? Are the hypotheses or research
questions significant? Does the author refer appropriately to previous
research, theory, or practice? For the theory-based papers (those
which propose a new framework or reinterpret earlier studies),
does the discussion appear to be substantive? thought-provoking?
insightful? For practice papers, are the practices innovative and
do they build on existing theory? |
Quality of research
(if applicable) |
Is the research design appropriate and adequately outlined? Will the findings be of interest to teacher educators? |
Quality of practice
(if applicable) |
Is the practice described innovative? Is it of potential interest to other teacher educators? Does the abstract describe clearly what is involved? |
For symposium proposals |
Will multiple perspectives be shared by presenters? Does the proposal ensure that there will be adequate time for dialogue among presenters and audience? |
Quality of presentation |
Is the abstract focused? clearly organized? well written? |
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