LBPP LIA kindly invites teachers-researchers to join LIA Classroom Action Research (CAR) Competition 2010.
LBPP LIA has been empowering and facilitating English language teachers with a passion for classroom action research. CAR has been conducted annually since 2007 in Jakarta, Bali and Yogyakarta, where teachers from over sixty outlets gathered exchanging ideas and presenting their findings. This year’s CAR takes the form of a competition. Teachers-researchers are given time to conduct CAR and submit their full papers to the committee by November 15, 2010.
This year’s LIA Research theme is:
Classroom Action Research: Responding to Continuous Changes in Professional Development
Using technology in the classroom
Language teaching methodology
Classroom management
Handling students with special needs
Dealing with mixed-ability classes
The research is conducted individually.
Full paper submitted to the committee has neither been published in LIA Colloquium Journals 1-3 nor in any other publications.
The research is conducted from January to August 2010.
Papers consists of the following parts:
• Title
• Name & Institution
• Abstract
• Background
• Theoretical Framework
• Data Analysis
• Result & Discussion
• Conclusion
• References
• Appendix
TECHNICALITIES
• Title of paper (16 pt Arial, Bold, Align text to the left)
• Content of paper : Headings (14pt, Arial, Bold)
• The paragraphs should be single spaced, left justified (i.e. with no indent). Text should be in Arial 12pt. Use the same type font and size throughout.
• Do not use page numbering anywhere in this manuscript.
• Allow a one-inch margin all around the border and an empty single space between each paragraph. In other words, do not fuse the paragraphs together.
• References (14pt, Arial, Bold), (APA style)
Dolog, P., Schaefer, M. (2005). A Framework for Browsing and Manipulating and Maintaining Interoperable Learner Profiles, Proc. of UM2005 – 10th International Conference on User Modeling, July, 2005, Edinburgh, UK. Springer Verlag.
Cheetham, G. & Chivers, G. (2005). Professions, Competence and Informal Learning, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Deerwester, S., Dumais, S.T., Furnas, G. W., Landauer, T. and Harshman, R. (1990).Indexing by latent semantic analysis. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 41, 391-407.
IMS Global Learning Consortium (2005). IMS ePortfolios Specification. Retrieved 1st of July, 2006 fromhttp://www.imsglobal.org/ep/index.html
Full-paper (soft-copy) in PDF file to be submitted no later than November 15, 2010 to:
secretariat@liaconferences.com
Papers submitted after the deadline will not be included in the selection process, but may be published in the 4th LIA Research Journal.
The committee will evaluate all incoming full-papers based on relevance to the theme, aims, and topic areas. The best papers must have clear and complete elaboration of the following aspects:
The inquiry or the problem of the research (clear limitations)
The preliminary data supporting the inquiry/problems
The action or treatment conducted in the research
The data collection and data analysis
The results of the research
The recommendation
The best papers are to be announced on December 15, 2010.
PRIZES
First Winner: Laptop
Second Winner: Netbook
Third Winner: Netbook
Ten Consolation Prizes
The committee reserves the copyright over all papers submitted to the committee.
Secretariat:
Quality Control Sub-Directorate,
LBPP LIA Pusat, 5th Floor, Jl. Pengadegan Timur Raya No. 3, Pancoran Jakarta Selatan, 12770.
Telephone: 021-7943526 ext. 529, Fax: 7948702
Contact Persons:
Abdul Muis (muis.abd_lia@yahoo.com)
Nelmi Nasution (nenajogi@yahoo.com)
Suyono (suyonokanan@liaconferences.com)
Toto Endroyono (zetgo67@yahoo.com)
NOTE:
Procedure for Non-LIA teachers-researchers:
- Fill out the online registration form
- Submit it via email to secretariat@liaconferences.com
- Pay the registration fee of Rp. 100,000,- ( one hundred thousand rupiahs) to
Bank Bukopin
LBPP LIA Pusat
Account Number: 1013526016- Submit your full-paper as requested together with the payment slip.
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SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY
AND WIN THE LAPTOP/NETBOOKS!
Download CALL FOR PAPERS.pdf