Interactive
The conferences of EAPRIL (European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning) explicitly aim to connect research and practice. The conferences are visited by researchers (for example from the Welten Institute) as practitioners. The conference has a very interactive setup with workshops, roundtable discussions, speed dating sessions etc. Therefore it can be regarded as a professionalization activity for teachers and other professionals in education.
Present your case
An interesting new format is the Case Study. Practitioners are invited to present a case from practice while paying attention to the factors which have made it successful as well as identifying the bottlenecks and challenges. Afterwards, an in-depth discussion about the case takes place. Deadline for submissions (abstracts) is 10 May 2017.
You’ll find more information on the conference site.