Teacher Education and Interdisciplinary Research Conference (TEIR)

Submission of Abstracts

Abstracts should be submitted electronically to the conference administrator at teadc@unisa.ac.za.

To submit your abstract:

  1. Complete the abstract submission form.
  2. Ensure that your abstract is in MS-Word format.
  3. Include the abstract submission form and abstract as attachments in your e-mail.

More information on the format of abstracts is included in the abstract submission form.

Types of contributions

Papers Short presentations (20 minutes) by individual presenters, allowing time (10 minutes) for discussions.
Panel discussions Short introductions to a topic with substantial discussion
Demonstrations Demonstration of a computer program or system
Roundtable discussions Structured yet informal sessions prompted by a set of provocative questions by the presenter
Pair or team presentations: Longer presentations by more than one presenter making provision for inputs and questions from the audience and discussions
Workshops Training delegates in some topic, usually a methodology

Criteria for the selection of contributions

Selection of contributions will be done according to the following criteria:

  • Relevance to conference theme
  • Clarity of purpose and method
  • Significance, originality or potential usefulness of the content of the presentation
  • Compliance with technical requirements

Last modified: 2022/01/18