Dear All,
I would
like to thank members who have volunteered to act as Abstract Reviewers
(Referees) for BERA 2012. If you are considering volunteering; it is not too
late for you to do so and your assistance would be appreciated.
When abstracts are submitted, authors are required to nominate the SIG which is
most closely related to the content of the paper. Based on last year’s submissions,
I anticipate that the Mentoring and Coaching SIG will therefore need 5 reviewers,
ideally with a few others in reserve just in case. This is based on each person
reviewing approximately 10 abstracts.
I would
really appreciate your help with this process. To be involved, you will need to
be available to referee abstracts online between 27th January and
the 24th February 2012. Please let me know this week if you are able and
willing to do this, and if so, I recommend that you mark the dates for reviewing in your diaries
now (I certainly have!).
Individual
Papers
The
review process will involve going online to the conference website, reading the
400 word proposals, and then assigning a score against five criteria. The
criteria are:
1.
Relevance of topic to BERA members
2.
Clarity of research questions or focus of enquiry
3.
Appropriateness of methods or literature
4.
Robustness of analytical or theoretical framework
5.
Significance for educational policy and/or practice
Symposia
Symposia
will also have a 400 word abstract explaining their rationale. All papers in a
given symposium, plus the rationale, will be reviewed by the same two referees
so that they can judge the merit of the symposium as a whole.
The
process will be managed by the conference committee and In Conference Ltd (BERA
Conference Organisers), and is designed to be as transparent and easy as
possible for those taking part. More details will be provided nearer the time
on how to access the online system and submit your scores.
You will be sent detailed instructions on the
reviewing process in the New Year.
Thank you
for your support, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes,
Jean
Dr Jean
Rath
Co-convenor for BERA Mentoring and Coaching SIG.
Deputy Editor, The International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in
Education. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ijmce.htm
Honorary Research Associate, Oxford Learning Institute, University of Oxford.
From January 2012: Manager Researcher Development, University of New South
Wales, Sydney.
