Dear Colleagues,
The Teacher Training Department, West University of Timișoara (Romania), is
pleased to announce the second edition of the International Conference *Beliefs
and Behaviours in Education and Culture*, which will be held in June 23 -
25, 2016.
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:
* Educational policy impact in different 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
* Gothic and horror in contemporary entertainment media: aesthetic
experience and emotional impact.
*Keynote speakers*:
- Professor Clive Bloom (Middlesex University)
- Professor Ingrid Schoon (University College London)
- Professor Alexandru Gafton, ("Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iaşi)
- Professor Ștefan Borbély (Babes-Bolyai University)
- Professor Régis Malet (University of Bordeaux)
- Dr. Sam George (University of Hertfordshire)
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
Please submit *100 word abstracts* *by email* to:
*Dr. Marius-Mircea Crișan* (conference coordination, *Humanities*):
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*Dr. Roxana-Andreea Toma* (conference coordination, *Social Sciences*):
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Conference website: *http://www.dppd.uvt.ro/bbec/index.html
<http://www.dppd.uvt.ro/bbec/index.html>*
Participants may present their papers in English, French, German, Italian
or Spanish.
Due to the great success of the first conference tour, *Legends and Castles
of Transylvania*, we shall also organise a one day conference tour on 25
June 2016.
Photo gallery (the first edition, June 2015):
http://www.dppd.uvt.ro/bbec/galery.php .
*Deadline for abstract submission**: **30 January 2016.*
Best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Cosmina Lungoci
