CESA 2016 is the 10th Biennial Conference of the Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA), which is this time co-hosted by the Comparative Education Society of the Philippines (CESP). It will be held at Henry Sy Bldg., De La Salle University, Taft Ave., Manila, Philippines on January 28-30, 2016.

Conference Theme

The theme of the conference is Diversity in Educational Policy and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities.

Conference Sub-themes

Educational policy and practice across Asia, as elsewhere, vary hugely both between and within different national settings. And policies and practices are experienced in diverse ways by various social groups – defined in terms of socio-economic status, gender, ethnicity, religion or other dimensions of difference. What challenges, then, does diversity present for policymakers, educators and other social actors – and for comparativists trying to understand the history, politics and sociology of education? Or to what extent should the educational community think of diversity as a problem to be overcome, or a reality to be embraced?

These sorts of questions have preoccupied many scholars in the Comparative Education field in recent years. In particular, they relate to disputes between advocates and opponents of ‘World Systems Theory’ in its various forms. Proponents tend to argue that – for better or worse – diversity is being swept away by the rising tide of ‘globalization’. Critics, on the other hand, see diverse social realities as persistently subverting, refracting or otherwise transforming the impact of superficially homogenising forces – global or national.

This conference invites participants to contribute to this ongoing debate – with a view both to enhancing our understanding of the challenges that diversity poses for education, in Asia and beyond, and to informing the design of policies and practices better suited to addressing these.

Paper presentations will be grouped (provisionally) under the following sub-themes:

Comparing Systems

·           Defining education systems

·           Need of comparing systems

·           Area and regional studies

Comparing Cultures and Values

·           Multiculturalism

·           Cross-national studies

·           Intercultural understanding

Comparing Times and Places

·           Analysis of geographic entities

·           Histories of education

·           Strategies for comparing times and places

Comparing Race, Class and Gender

·           Comparing Race and Class Across Time

·           Comparing Race and Class Across Place

·           Educational equality and equity across regions

Comparing Curricula and Policies

·           International Policy Environment

·           Issues on Comparing Curricula and Educational Policy

·           Understanding Policy Perspectives

Comparing Pedagogical Innovations, Ways of Learning and Educational Achievement

·           Educational change, reform and innovations

·           Comparing pedagogical practices

·         Politics of International comparisons of educational achievement

Call for Papers

Deadline of Abstract Proposals submission via email is on September 15, 2015.
Notification for all submitted proposals will be released on September 31, 2015.

Abstract Proposals

1. Abstracts must not be longer than 300 words. All submissions must:
– be in Arial or Times Roman, Font Size 12
– summarize the important points of the proposed presentation and present an outline of the introduction, methodology, results and conclusions of the research undertaken
– not include tables, figures or references
– be written in paragraph form

2. Interested participants may submit up to two (2) proposals under any two of the Conference sub-themes but not two under the same sub-theme. Please submit your abstract proposal using the CESA 2016 Abstract Submission Form. If you have concerns about your submissions, please email: cesa2016manila@gmail.

3. Accepted proposals will be assigned to a presentation type based on the preferences indicated at the time of submission. Further instructions will be provided in the notification email if necessary updating/editing needs to be done on the proposal.

3. Paper presenters must confirm through email that they accept the invitation to present on or before the deadline indicated in the notification email. This also confirms that they will register for the conference by October 30, 2015. Registration fee on or before this date is Php3500  for local presenters and USD250 for foreign presenters.

4. All accepted abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings.

Full Papers Proposals

1. Full papers submitted to CESA 2016 will be considered for publication in a peer-reviewed journal of the Comparative Education of the Philippines (CESP) to be launched in 2016.

2. The submitted full paper/s must follow the following format:

Title of paper
Complete name of author/researcher
Email address
Complete name of school /institution, and address
Abstract  with keywords
Introduction (to include the research questions)
Methodology
Results and Discussions
Conclusions
Recommendations
References

3. Full papers which are to be saved in pdf file must be limited to 8 – 10 pages including tables and references, encoded in font Arial or Times New Roman, size 12, double-spaced,  and sent to cesa2016manila@gmail.com with the author’s 50-word bio-sketch.

For more details, please visit:  http://www.cesph.org/