Pausing At the Threshold:
Opportunity through, with, and for Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices
The theme for the Castle 2023 biennial meeting asks self-study researchers to mindfully pause and purposefully reflect as to how we might realize the contributions the Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education (S-STTEP) community has made, is making, and could make to different communities and audiences. Drawing from the metaphors of threshold and becoming, we invite the S-STTEP community to explore the “powerful potential for speaking and contributing” (Berry, 2020, p. 4) to teacher education and to broader communities of practice and audiences.
Preparing the accepted, full paper for peer review
All accepted proposals must be developed into a 4000 word paper for the conference book. Please note, we have accepted more proposals than can be accommodated at the conference, knowing that full papers will undergo another round of blind peer review for acceptance of the full paper.
Authors are expected to submit a full paper into the EasyChair system for a second round of reviews no later than October 1, 2022. All authors will be expected to participate as peer reviewers for paper submissions.
Prepare the paper using these guidelines:
The maximum length of the paper is 4,000 words, not including the references. Please do not include any identifying information on this document. Instead, the document should just focus on the narrative of your paper and be written using the following headings.
Format the paper in the following way:
Authors are expected to submit a full paper into the EasyChair system for a second round of reviews no later than October 1, 2022. All authors will be expected to participate as peer reviewers for paper submissions.
Prepare the paper using these guidelines:
The maximum length of the paper is 4,000 words, not including the references. Please do not include any identifying information on this document. Instead, the document should just focus on the narrative of your paper and be written using the following headings.
- Abstract (up tp 250 words)
- 3-5 keywords
- Context of the Study (Should include positioning the authors/study in terms of theoretical framework, research literature connection, and physical contexts of the study.)
- Aim/Objectives of the study (Should include the problem, purpose, and/or questions of the study.)
- Method(s) (Should include participants, data sources, data analysis, strategies and techniques with attention to issues of trustworthiness.)
- Outcomes (Should include findings, discussion, and conclusions. If you are submitting a proposal for a study in progress, you should clearly address anticipated outcomes in this section.)
- References (These are not included in the word count for the proposal body, but are to be included in this document.)
Format the paper in the following way:
- All headings and subheadings should be lower case except for the first word. All should be flush left.
- Single space all text.
- Indent first line of a new paragraphs, do not double space between paragraphs.
- Use Times New Roman 12 point.
- Follow APA 7th edition format for referencing, and make sure your references are complete and accurate.
- ANNONYMISE this draft by removing ALL identifying information and references from the text. For the blind peer review process cite yourself in text with (Author/s, masked) and mask all references to your own work in your alphabetized references as "Author/s, details will follow in final version". If you reference more than one piece of work which could identify you or co-authors, use "Author/s, masked 1, (then 2, 3, etc.), details will follow in final version." Make sure you keep a track of these to be reinserted in the final version
- Please do not use any of the following:
- Running Heads
- Running Footers
- Page Numbering
- Footnotes or Endnotes created using specialized software
- Reference lists created using bibliographic software
- Ensure any graphics, including figures and tables, are of high quality and easily manipulated in PDF format. We will do our best to include any graphics included with submissions, but are dependent on the quality of the graphics submitted.