Leeds Beckett University, in association with the British Educational Research Association, invite you to participate in our inaugural international conference entitled Global Perspectives in Teacher Education: Challenging the Standard Education Model taking place on 26^th-27^th June 2025 at Leeds Beckett University, UK.

The conference will focus on a number of important themes related to the impact of globalisation and internationalisation on sustainable teacher education. The conference will consider ideas such as inclusion, sharing knowledge across the globe, curriculum and its impact on knowledge generation, globalising teacher education, developing evidence-informed practice and self-improving systems, diversity, global citizenship, and intercultural education. This conference will consider concrete solutions which support the UNESCO Education 2030 goals with the aim of allowing partnerships, networks and collaborations to be developed that will take forward some purposeful and real projects to develop solutions for the current recruitment and retention crises in teaching which will support the development and vision of high-quality sustainable teacher education across the world.

The conference is aimed at researchers, academics, consultants, practitioners, teachers, research students and professionals working in fields such as international, intercultural and comparative education, curriculum development, education policy and practice.

Call for Proposals

We are inviting proposals which aim to challenge the standard education model to improve retention and recruitment of teachers in a global context. We look forward to proposals which offer research and thought in curriculum development, policy and practice; development of higher education; global citizenship; intercultural education and internationalisation of teacher education. Furthermore, we welcome any research or practice-based work being carried out that will allow for a framework to be developed to support teacher recruitment and retention in a global context.

Proposals

Proposals are welcomed in the following formats:

• Paper presentations
• Workshop/discussion leaders
• Panel discussion/Q&A
• Poster presentations

We welcome proposals from individuals and groups of colleagues, from academics and practitioners, and from those working to promote a global approach to teacher education.

Submit a Conference Proposal

Please submit an abstract of 250 words giving an overview of what you would like to present.

Submission deadline: 22 November 2024