Welcome to JURE 2008!
The theme for JURE 2008 is Innovative and Creative Perspectives: New Directions in Educational Research. JURE 2008 will be held in
the beautiful and vibrant city of Leuven in Belgium from the 8th to 11th of July. The conference presents a great opportunity for
junior research to discuss and receive feedback on their research and get involved
with other researchers in the same area.
Programme
You can download the conference programme in a matrix format from here and in portrait here.
Tuesday, July 8
| 9:00 |
Registration |
| 11:00 |
Opening session |
| 11:30 |
Keynote A: Professor Lauren Resnick, University of Pittsburgh
Topic: The Role of Talk & Dialogue on Students’ Learning |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Round table session R.1 |
| 15:00 |
Coffee break |
| 15:30 |
Paper session PA.1 |
| 17:00 |
Welcome drinks |
Wednesday, July 9
| 9:00 |
Paper session PA.2 |
| 10:30 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 |
Poster session PO.1 |
| 12:00 |
Keynote B: Professor Mien Segers, University of Leiden
Topic: The Relation Between Assessment and Student Learning: Research Evidence, Challenges and Future Directions |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:15 |
Professional Development Course A
| Dr Sanne Akkerman | Universiteit Utrecht | Audit Procedure for Qualitative Research. PDC summary. |
| Dr Francis Tuerlinckx | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Explanatory Item Response Theory. PDC summary.
NEW! The PDC presentation
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| Dr Jan Van Tartwijk | Universiteit Utrecht | Teacher-Student Interpersonal Behaviour. PDC summary.
NEW! The PDC presentation
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| Dr Evelyn Kroesbergen | Universiteit Utrecht | Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in Educational Research: Implications for Educational Research. PDC summary. |
|
| 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:30 |
Round table session R.2 |
| 18:45 |
Guided tour and theme walk in Leuven |
Thursday, July 10
| 9:00 |
Paper session PA.3 |
| 10:30 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 |
Poster session PO.3 |
| 12:00 |
Keynote C: Professor Margarita Limón, Univeridad Autónoma de Madrid
Topic: Conceptual Change & Epistemological Beliefs
NEW! The keynote presentation
|
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:15 |
Professional Development Course B
| Dr Kristin Blanpain | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Academic Writing: Strategies, Tips & Tricks 20 participants max. Allocation will be done on a first-come first served basis so arrive at the session promptly. . PDC summary. |
Professor Filip Dochy &
Goele Nickmans | EARLI | Getting Involved in EARLI; EARLI Publications & Business Meeting. PDC summary. |
| Dr Sven De Maeyer | Universiteit Antwerpen | Multi-Level Modelling of Learning Gain & Performance: What’s the difference between the two?. 25 participants max. Allocation will be done on a first-come first served basis so arrive at the session promptly. PDC summary.
NEW! The PDC presentation and data-set 1, data-set 2.
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| Dr Jan-Willem Strijbos | Leiden University, the Netherlands | Doing Quantitative Content Analysis: Unitisation, Coding, Reliability and Validity. 30 participants max. Allocation will be done on a first-come first served basis so arrive at the session promptly. The PDC requires preparatory reading (references given in the summary). PDC summary.
NEW! The PDC presentation and references
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| Dr Paulien Meijer | Universiteit Utrecht | Concept Mapping as a Research Tool. PDC summary. |
|
| 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:30 |
Paper session PA.4 |
| 19:00 |
Conference dinner in the Chess Cafe, Leuven |
Friday, July 11
| 9:30 |
Paper session PA.5 |
| 10:30 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 |
Professional Development Course C
| Dr An Laffut | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Academic Writing: Strategies, Tips & Tricks 20 participants max. Allocation will be done on a first-come first served basis so arrive at the session promptly! PDC summary. |
| Dr Marian Petre | The Open University UK | Becoming an independent researcher: Laying the foundations for an academic research career. PDC summary.
NEW! The PDC presentation, the the workgroup and the the strategies.
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| Dr Wim Van Den Noortgate | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Meta-Analysis. PDC summary.
NEW! The PDC presentation
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| Dr Pieter Verachtert | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Handling Missing Data. PDC summary.
NEW! The PDC presentation |
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| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:15 |
Keynote D: Professor Kirsti Lonka, University of Helsinki, Finland and Karolinska Insitutet, Sweden
Topic: Teaching & Learning in Higher Education |
| 15:15 |
Closing session |
| 16:00 |
Visit InBev brewery (registration necessary) |
| 20:30 |
Beleuvenissen ("Leuven-experiences") in downtown Leuven |
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