Network Activities

EERA Network 14: Emerging Researchers Online Event

  • 17th April 2024
  • 12noon – 1.30pm (UK time)
  • To register to attend, click here

Laurence Lasselle as Link-convenor of EERA Network 14 is inviting you to an online event for Emerging Researchers on 17 April 2024 from 12noon UK time.

EERA Network 14 is one of the 34 Networks of the European Educational Research Association and provides a forum for the development of research-informed knowledge in the field of Education, with a specific interest in the relationships between communities, families and schools.

Join us for an online gathering of scholars to participate in an event in which:

  • You will learn about the research from two of our peers: Declan Qualter from the University College Dublin in Ireland and Xin Fan from the University of Durham in the UK (actually based in China).
  • You will learn a few presentation tips for the European Conference on Education Research (ECER) organised by the European Educational Research Association (EERA). ECER2024 will be in Nicosia, Cyprus from 27 August 2024 to 30 August 2024.

This event aims to bring together our community of Emerging Researchers in a cosy and friendly environment. Emerging researchers will discuss research issues and experienced researchers will share their knowledge and support them.

Schedule of the event

  •  12noon – 12.10pm: Welcome and Introduction by Laurence Lasselle, EERA Network 14 Link-convenor and experienced researcher 
  • 12.10 – 12.25pm: First talk by Declan Qualter. He will talk about parental involvement in their children’s home based digital learning. He will be introduced by Laurence.
  • 12.25 – 12.40pm: Second talk by Xin Fan. She will talk about rural parents' engagement in educational decision-making, particularly in school choice. She will be introduced by Laurence.
  • 12.40 – 1.00pm: Discussion - all 
  • 1.00 – 1.10pm: Presentation tips at ECER by Laurence
  • 1.10 – 1.25pm: Q&A session on presentations at ECER  
  • 1.25 – 1.30pm: Conclusion, Goodbye and Way forward! 

General Activities

Laurence Lasselle (EERA Network 14 Link-convenor) participated in the online IERRS (International Emerging Scholar Summit) organised by Melyssa Fuqua (University of Melbourne on 3 September 2002. Online conversation on 8 December 2022.

Members of EERA Network 14 and NERA Network 18 met to discuss respective activities and potential collaboration. (Hybrid) research meeting on Small and Rural Schools in Florence on 13 and 14 December.

A few of us had the pleasure to meet at INDIRE in Florence (Italy) to discuss with other experts from OECD, UNESCO and other academic organisations examples of small and rural schools (primarily in the EU or elsewhere) that can be considered learning hubs in order to define their main features (https://www.indire.it/en/2022/12/14/in-florence-the-international-meeting-on-small-schools-as-learning-hubs/).

Cath Gristy and Silvie R. Kučerová (two EERA Network 14 co-convenors) spoke at the British Academy hybrid Conference: Lessons of resilience and social inclusion from the Covid-19 pandemic in June 2023.

Loizos Symeou (EERA Network 14 co-convenor) delivered the (invited) Keynote Speech on 'A framework of practice on cultural workshops for children at early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings' at the International E-Conference “Children’s Right to Rest and Leisure Time” organised by the Faculty of Educational Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan & the Polish Committee OMEP (Poznan, Poland, 21 and 22 October 2022).

Publications

The Network has links to the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education (see below), the International Journal of Educational Psychology (Rocío Garcia-Carrion, EERA Network 14 co-convenor, is editor), the International Journal of Research & Method in Education (Jo Rose, EERA Network 14 co-convenor, is co-editor) and the Journal for the Study of Education and Development (Rocío Garcia-Carrion, EERA Network 14 co-convenor, is deputy editor).

EERA blogs / Network 14

Special Issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education – Summer 2024 (articles gathered in this issue are coming from the online Panel Discussion on Building Community -School Relationships through Curriculum in Rural Areas: An International Conversation in March 2022 (Melyssa Fuqua and Laurence Lasselle (EERA Network 14 Link-convenor) and some papers were presented at ECER 2023.

Tim Jay and Jo Rose (EERA Network 14 co-convenor) published a book entitled 'Parental Engagement and Out-Of-School Mathematics Learning: Breaking out of the boundaries' (Emerald).

Future Plans

  • Emerging Researchers' online event - 15 November 2023 Online Conversation between Network 14 and UArtic Thematic Network on Northern and Artic Studies Research to learn more about their activities in Winter 2023
  • A selection of the contributions of the Network 14 Special Call (ECER 2023) will be gathered in a special issue of the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education in Summer 2024.
  • We will continue to make links with the World Educational Research Association for which Rocío Garcia-Carrion serves as Secretary General.
  • There will be more plans as the year progresses!

NW 14 runs a mailing list and invites researchers to join. To join the mailing list, send a blank message to nw14-subscribe(at)lists.eera-ecer.de

Interview with Link Convenor 2019

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