University Complutense of Madrid
Faculty of Education
3 - 6 July, 2017
“Working together to encourage equity through literacy
communities: a challenge of the 21st Century”
www.aelemadrid2017.com
ORGANIZED BY...
Facultad de Educación
20th European Conference on Literacy
TOGETHER WITH...
VI Iberoamerican Forum on Literacy and Learning
Associação Portuguesa
para a Literacia
... AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THESE TWO EVENTS1.
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we are managing requests for support in different institutions, including Spanish Ministry of Education.
What is the proposal?
It proposes the development of two events that maintain mutual interconnection points to share
experiences, research results, production, etc. in relation to the promotion of reading and writing in
different population groups. Each program provides own communicative spaces -using different
languages- to analyze different literacy proposals and alternatives for building “communities of
readers and writers” in and outside school.
In other words, the interrelated of these two events can ensure the possibilities to share
experiences, research results, production, etc. happening in European and Iberoamerican contexts
in relation to the promotion of reading and writing in different population groups: sharing four
plenary presentations and a set of parallel lectures, workshops, etc. taking into account the
languages used in each case; etc.
Therefore, the target groups of these events comprise all those interested in ‘moving literacy on’:
teacher-educators and teachers, re-searchers, librarians, students, parents, etc.
Topics
1. Communicative multicultural/plurilingual contexts: Access, equality/inequality, equity
and inclusion; the voice of citizens, positively interact and understand each other; social
changes.
2. Community of readers and writers throughout life cycle: Practices based on real
communicative contexts in and out of educational institution; inclusion of population with
functional diversity; studies communities in educative context.
3. Reading and writing with old and new technologies: Texts, contexts, concepts,
practices, identities; traditional and new genres; sites, and media of dissemination.
4. Different literacies (audio-visual, technological, informational and plurilingual):
Multidisciplinary projects, language center project, integrated plans, projects that integrate
functional diversity, etc.; in different social contexts.
5. Children’s and young people’s literature: Construction of identity and citizenship;
mediators; illustration and authorship; editing and meeting points with the books (libraries,
bookstores); various programs; etc.
6. Literacy policies, diversity of readers and writers, and promotion of reading and
writing in and out of educational institution: Schools, libraries, reading groups,
competitions and other institutions.
7. Learning to teach reading and writing: Foreign language teaching, reading and writing
to learn scientific and social knowledge; written system and early literacy; student writing
in higher education; etc.
8. Presence of written culture in society: Visual arts, theatre, journalism, literature, cine,
dance, etc.
Web: www.aelemadrid2017.com
20ª Conferencia Europea: [email protected]
VI Foro Iberoamericano: [email protected]
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What are the key dates?
Deadline for registration
Deadline for sending contributions
Registration period:
September 15, 2016 – June 30, 2017
Early registration:
Before April 30, 2017
Last registration:
May 1 – June 30, 2017
Announcement of call for papers: June
1, 2016
Deadline for submission of abstracts:
November 30, 2016
Notification of accepted proposals:
from January 15, 2017
Submission of full article:
March 30, 2017
Registration of authors:
January 15 – April 30, 2017
Summarised Conference Program
Monday, 3rd July
Plenary sessions:
9.00 am. – 11.00 am.: Distribution of materials and credentials
11.00 am. – 12.00 am: Opening ceremony
12.15 pm. – 1.15 pm.: Keynote lecture
Michael Lockwood (University of Reading, United Kingdom)
He is author of the book Promoting Reading for pleasure in the Primary School (2008),
edition published by Publications of London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi, Singapore and
Washington DC. Awared with the prize UKLA 2009 (United Kingdom Literacy Association).
This work is available in Spanish language (2011) under the tittle Promover el placer de
leer en la Educación Primaria (Published jointly by Ediciones Morata and Spanish Ministry
of Education on the motion of Institute of Teacher Education, Educational Research and
Innovation).
1.30 pm. – 3.00 pm.: Lunch
3.15 pm. – 4.15 pm.: Keynote lecture
Delia Lerner (Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Bachelor of Science in Education, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires and
researcher in didactics reading and writing, and specialist training projects teaching.
She is author of different books being one of the last the titled Reading and writing in
school - the real, the possible and the necessary.
4.30 pm. – 5.30 pm.: Celebration of the 20th European Conference on Literacy
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7.00 pm.: Welcome reception
Web: www.aelemadrid2017.com
20ª Conferencia Europea: [email protected]
VI Foro Iberoamericano: [email protected]
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Tuesday, 4th July & Wednesday, 5th July
Parallel sessions each of these two days:
9.00 am. – 10.30 am.: Round tables/symposiums
We are currently considering the acceptance of around 4 proposals for round
table/symposium per day (a total of 8).
10.30 am. – 11.00 am.: Coffee break
11.00 am. – 1.00 pm.: Workshops
We are currently considering the acceptance of around 4 proposals for workshop
per day (a total of 8).
1.00 pm. – 3.00 pm.: Lunch
3.00 pm. – 4.30 pm.: Lectures: a special guest speaker interacts with the audience
We are arranging 4 parallel lectures per day (a total of 8).
4.30 pm. – 5.00 pm.: Coffee break
5.00 pm. – 6.30 pm.: Round tables/symposiums
We are currently considering the acceptance of around 4 proposals for round
table/symposium per day (a total of 8).
6.45 pm. – 21.00 pm.: Presentation of oral presentations
Thursday, 6th July
Plenary sessions:
9.30 am. – 12.00 am.: Keynote lectures
Daniel Cassany (Pompeu Fabre Universitat, Barcelona, Spain)
He is a Discourse Analysis teacher and researcher at this University. He has published
more than 15 books about written communication and language teaching in Catalan,
Spanish and Portuguese, and also more than 100 texts, between scientific articles in
bulletins and reviews, also in English and French.
Anne Ruggles Gere (University of Michigan, School of Education)
She holds an appointment in the Department of English as well as in the School of
Education, she directs the Sweetland Center for Writing, and she is chair of the
Joint PhD Program in English and Education. Her research interests include literacy,
composition studies, and disciplinary writing. She regularly teaches courses on
composition studies, assessment, and literacy practices. Her current projects include a
study of disciplinary writing.
She has been honored with the Regent’s Award for Distinguished Public Service.
12.00 pm. – 12.30 pm.: Coffee break
Web: www.aelemadrid2017.com
20ª Conferencia Europea: [email protected]
VI Foro Iberoamericano: [email protected]
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12.30 pm. – 1.00 pm.: Conclusions of the 20th European Conference
1.00 pm. – 1.30 pm.: Closing ceremony. 21st European Conference on Literacy
presentation (2019)
What languages are used in the Conference?
The main language of the conference is English. It is possible to propose a contribution and make
a presentation in any other European language. The language in which each proposal is presented
will be indicated in the program. As far as possible, it will try to group sessions per language.
In plenary sessions: Languages for these sessions are English or Spanish; simultaneous
interpretation will be provided between these two languages.
In parallel sessions: These sessions mainly will be in English and with no simultaneous
translation. In the case of presentation in the others European languages, it will be specified in the
program.
Conference fees
Before 30th April 2017
On site (fees do not
allow registration for
Social Events)
1st May – 30th June, 2017
Regular participants
140€
Regular participants
160€
Regular participants
175€
Accompanying
person
95€
Accompanying
person
110€
Accompanying
person
120€
AELE Members or
UCM professors
115€
AELE Members or
UCM professors
130€
AELE Members or
UCM professors
150€
Participants from
Developing
Countries
105€
Participants from
Developing Countries
120€
Participants from
Developing
Countries
130€
Students
105€
Students
120€
Students
130€
Web: www.aelemadrid2017.com
20ª Conferencia Europea: [email protected]
VI Foro Iberoamericano: [email protected]
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