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Dear Colleagues,
Due to increasing demand, the deadline for abstract submission for the International Conference Beliefs and Behaviours in Education and Culture (West University of Timișoara, Romania, 25-27 June 2015) has been extended to 20 February 2015.
The aim of the conference, proposing interdisciplinary perspectives, is to build comprehensive and holistic explanations of beliefs from different sciences that have a great impact upon education and culture. The conference addresses themes related to issues and processes of education at any level, from kindergarten to lifelong learning, from formal to informal education.
We propose topics of debate, such as but not limited to:
* Education as connection among cultures
* Culture and emotions in education
* Beliefs and behaviours in culture and education
* Research and innovation in Education
* Technology and Digital Learning
* Implications of media exposure
* The representation of mythical spaces in literature and the arts
* Emotion and cognition in entertainment: the role of education
* Gothic and horror in contemporary entertainment media: aesthetic experience and emotional
impact.
Keynote speakers:
Distinguished Professor Craig A. Andreson (Iowa State University and Director of Center of the
Study of Violence)
Professor Donatella Abbate Badin (University of Turin)
Professor Brad J. Bushman (The Ohio State University and VU University Amsterdam)
Professor William Hughes (Bath Spa University)
Dr. Duncan Light (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Professor Tullio Scrimali (University of Catania)
Dr. Andre Krauss (Bucharest, Romanian Academy)
This interdisciplinary conference addresses a variety of topic areas:
- Educational research
- Pedagogy
- Educational Psychology
- Community Psychology
- Psychology of aggression
- Social Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Didactics of specialty
- Teaching practice
- Media studies
- Cultural studies
- Empirical study of literature
- Comparative literature
- Imagology
- Cultural Geography
- Tourism
- Gothic studies
We invite you to submit 100 word abstracts by email to:
Dr. Marius-Mircea Crișan (conference coordination, Humanities): [log in to unmask]
Dr. Roxana-Andreea Costea (conference coordination, Social Sciences): [log in to unmask]
For more details, please see the call for papers attached and visit our website:
http://www.dppd.uvt.ro/bbec/index.html
Best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Monica Oprescu