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‘Teacher Education
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0930 to 1030 Keynote Lecture #1 Prof. Marilyn Cochran-Smith (Aula Magna, Level1)
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1500 to 1600 Keynote Lecture #2 Prof. Carmel Borg (Aula Magna, Level1)
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0930 to 1030 Keynote Lecture #3: Prof. André Elias Mazawi (Aula Magna, Level1)
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Programme
8-9 June 2018
University of Malta Valletta Campus
St Paul Street, Valletta, Malta
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Symposium #2 Symposium #4
Session #15 - Friday, 8th June, 1615 to 1715, Teacher training and Inclusive education
Venue: Meeting room 6 Colin Calleja
Becoming adult educators Session #24 - Saturday, 9th June, 1100 to 1200
Carmel Borg and the IMAESC students Ammar Saleh, Angela Venue: Meeting room 2
Kwon Mei Jun, Can Feng, Cheng-Jung Chou, Dania Castillo,
Inclusive religious education: For democracy education
Kelly Roberts, Sabrina Ahmed, Thalia Eccles & Yunah Park
Francois Mifsud & Colin Calleja
Perceived competencies of inclusive teachers:
Symposium #3 A comparative study between Malta and Italy
Session #22 - Saturday, 9th June, 1100 to 1200, Barbara Baschiera, Colin Calleja, Elena Tanti Burlo, Fiorino
Venue: Meeting room 6 Tessaro & Liberato Camilleri
Research-based model for teacher education and practice Perceptions of language, culture, and instruction in the
Dragica Pavlovic Babic classroom: an exploratory study of mainstream educators of
migrant learners in Malta
Reflection on REP-synergy project: Improvement of research Eileen Ariza & Colin Calleja
capacities of the (future) teachers and young researchers in
Serbia
Sanja Blagdanic, Nevena Budjevac, Francesco Arcidiacono, Session #31 - Saturday, 9th June,1215 to 1315,
Dragica Pavlovic Babic, Aleksandar Baucal Venue: Meeting room 2
What lies behind the answer? Processes and factors A qualitative survey of displaced parents of school
underlying students’ responses to TIMSS science items children in Tartous, Syria, compared to migrant parents of
Olja Jovanović, Zorica Veinović, Jelena Jaranović, Milan Stančić schoolchildren in Malta
Eileen N. Whelan Ariza,Colin Calleja & Ammar Saleh
The relationship between visual-spatial ability and
achievement on PISA reading literacy Universal design to learning: a framework for equity
Dejana Mutavdžin education
Tanti Burlo’ Elena, Colin Calleja, Bezzina Maria, Cutajar Oriana
A study on the right to family life of refugees and persons
Session #29 - Saturday, 9th June, 1215 to 1315,
with subsidiary protection in Malta
Venue: Meeting room 6
Sandra Hili Vassallo
Study of the predictions as part of the reader’s competence
Visnja Micic
Modification of the horizon of reception – Do children
understand contemporary poetry? Oral Presentations
Bojan Marković
Mathematics teachers’ conceptions of mathematical literacy Theme 1: Past, present and the future of
and assessment of mathematical knowledge
teacher education policies and practices in
Ivana Vulić, Milana Dabić, Marina Videnović
the Mediterranean
Session #36 - Saturday, 9th June, 1500 to 1600, Session #2 - Friday, 8th June, 1100 to 1200,
Venue: Meeting room 6 Venue: Meeting room 1
Teacher-student relationship as a factor of dropout Using multimodality to reform and reinvent the use of
prevention authentic materials within Mediterranean foreign language
Ksenija Krstic [FL] learning contexts. Ten tips from a Maltese case study
Teachers’ implementation of constructivist practices – George Cremona
Teachers’ beliefs and school practices Teachers’ assessment literacy in class-based, school-based,
Tijana Jokić & Vitomir Jovanović and national examinations of languages
Reflection on REP-synergy project outcomes: Implications for Doreen Spiteri
teaching practice and teachers education in Serbia A match or mismatch? The language use and identity of
Francesco Arcidiacono, Aleksandar Baucal, Dragica Pavlovic Maltese student teachers
Babic, Sanja Blagdanic, Nevena Budjevac Josephine Milton
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Session #3 - Friday, 8th June, 1100 to 1200, Traditional games and teacher’s profession in European
Venue: Meeting room 2 pedagogy
Antinea Ambretti
The professional development of teachers in Uppsala, Sweden
Martin Karlberg & Christopher Bezzina
The economic and financial culture of the young: a new Session #7 - Friday, 8th June, 1100 to 1200,
purpose for education systems Venue: Boardroom 1
Luca Refrigeri
Professional isolation and professional learning communities
Personal motivations for undertaking doctoral studies while and their influence on teacher learning
working at a vocational college in Malta James Calleja & Michael A. Buhagiar
Damian Spiteri
The professional development of experienced teachers in
schools: a case study at the French nursery school
Session #4 - Friday, 8th June, 1100 to 1200, Stéphane Talerien & Stefano Bertone
Venue: Meeting room 3 Investigating the effectiveness of a continuing professional
Exploring how new teachers’ professional development can be development programme: A study of mathematics and
supported by community of practice science CPD leaders in Malta
Giuditta Alessandrini James Calleja, Josette Farrugia, Stephen Bezzna & Mariella Galea
“A very British story”: Early childhood education in small Home economics adult education for sustainable living:
island states A multi-stakeholder partnership promoting community
Anna Baldacchino development
Suzanne Piscopo
Boys and early literacy learning: The case for a rollback in
formalised education in the early years of state schools in Malta
Charmaine Bonello
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Becoming food label literate: A community education Session #16 - Friday, 8th June, 1615 to 1715,
intervention Venue: Meeting room 1
Christine Zammit & Suzanne Piscopo
The Presentation of Personal and Professional Selves: A
Breaking the foodberg - a socio-ecological study of food waste Goffmanesque Perspective of Student Teachers’ Identity Crises
production in maltese households Denise Mifsud
Kathleen Attard & Suzanne Piscopo
Social and psychological characteristics of future teachers
Exploring and promoting home-produced foods: Piloting a Vera Gorynina
community kitchen intervention
Science process skills level of pre--service primary teachers
Sylvia Caruana & Suzanne Piscopo
and integrations to the courses of these skills
Ozlem Irven & Burcu Senler
Session #12- Friday, 8th June, 1215 to 1315,
Venue: Meeting room 4
Session #17 - Friday, 8th June, 1615 to 1715,
English as a lingua franca (ELF)-aware pre-service language Venue: Meeting room 2
teacher education: a case study from turkey
The uncreative work is not worth working: Pre-service
Elif Kemaloglu-Er
teachers’ perceptions of creativity
Teachers’ and learners’ perceptions towards the grammatical Maya Sheinbein-Levanon & Cahit Shaham
component in the writing of French as a foreign language
What about drama? Implementing drama methods among
Anne-Marie Bezzina & Neal Sammut
Croatian Primary school teachers
The effects of reforming and reinventing education and Zrinka Vukojevic`
work of Thai teachers teaching and learning EFL and
Activities of creative-expressive movement and dance
communication skills
education in Italian kindergarten and primary school
Bussabamintra Chalauisaeng
Carmen Palumbo, Carmela Diana Di Gennaro & Maurizio
Sibilio
Session #13- Friday, 8th June, 1215 to 1315,
Venue: Meeting room 5
Session #18 - Friday, 8th June, 1615 to 1715,
Technology integration in the home economics classroom: Venue: Meeting room 3
A study using an online community for professional
Sowing seeds for Science: the example of investing in primary
development
science education during initial teacher-training
Karen Mugliett
Suzanne Gatt
Turkish ICT Teachers’ Classroom Management Practices in
Consultation with Primary school teacher trainers as a
Computer Labs
strategy to improve training: University of the Balearic
Deniz Deryakulu & Mukaddes Erdem
Islands
Transitioning from schooling to e-learning: the experiences Aina Calvo-Sastre, Jaume Sureda-Negre & Miquel F. Oliver-
and perceptions of students involved in a distance course for Trobat
new online educators
The initial training improvement programme for primary
Joseph Vancell
and secondary school teacher training studies at the
EVAPES - A blended ttraining programme for digital University of the Balearic Islands
assessment literacy in higher education Miquel F. Oliver-Trobat, Jaume Sureda-Negre & Aina Calvo-
María Soledad Ibarra-Sáiz & Gregorio Rodríguez-Gómez Sastre
Teacher’s skills and identity. A new formative, organizational
Session #14- Friday, 8th June, 1215 to 1315, and methodological model in the initial training and
Venue: Boardroom 1 updating of primary school teachers
Anna Paolella
Integrative education system based on learners’ activity
Attila Mészáros & Enikő Baróti
Group thought and reflexive function as a self-care resource Session #19 - Friday, 8th June, 1615 to 1715,
for schools Venue: Meeting room 4
Stefania Ulivieri Stiozzi Teachers’ self-evaluation of their role in young people’s
Transformation of systems thinking skills into practice: educational trajectories: a European research
Analysis of lesson plans Morena Cuconato
Güliz Karaarslan Semiz & Gaye Teksöz
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Implications of Small-Scale Performance-Based Assessment SEL in novice teachers to meet high expectations and improve
Snezana Mitrovic teacher wellbeing
Fadia Williams
22nd century skills for teacher observations
Fadia Williams Investigating teachers’ views on professional empowerment at
primary schools in Greece
Vasilios P. Andrikopoulos & Amalia A. Ifanti
Session #20 - Friday, 8th June, 1615 to 1715,
Teacher’s career - Scientific fiction or reality
Venue: Meeting room 5
Marinko Lazzarich
Characteristics of classroom management styles in the
context of the culture of educational institutions
Petra Pejić Papak & Lidija Vujičić Session #27 - Saturday, 9th June, 1100 to 1200,
Venue: Meeting room 5
Preventing school drop-out in primary and secondary schools
Marco Bartolucci, Federico Batini & Irene Scierri Mapping the unexplored terrain of middle leadership in
schools in Italy: the case of the Associazione Nazionale dei
Wellbeing coaching for young people
Collaboratori del Dirigente Scolastico (National Association
Merja Kurunsaari & Maaret Rutanen
of Assistant Heads of School)
Giambattista Bufalino
Theme 3: Student teacher social and The effects of professional competencies of the instructors
economic conditions in the Mediterranean teaching Turkish to Syrian immigrants on learning quality
Fethi Kayalar, Türkan Güler Ari & Ülkü Çoban Sural
Session #21 - Friday, 8th June, 1615 to 1715,
Venue: Boardroom 1
Social background, study choice motivation and higher Theme 5: Teacher training and Inclusive
education experience: differences between prospective class education
teachers and prospective subject teachers
Session #28 - Saturday, 9th June, 1100 to 1200,
Silvia Rogošić & Baranović Branislava
Venue: Boardroom 1
University social responsibility: Enrolling students through
Multilingualism, migrant learners and language policy in
experiential learning
Malta
Fernanda Rodrigues, Marcia Coelho, Isabel Menezes & Isabel
Sandro Caruana & Phyllisienne Gauci
Gomes
Teaching the Greek-language to refugees as a tool for
Youth interest in the teaching profession in Lebanon -
empowerment and promotion of inclusive education
Opportunities and challenges
Dionysios Gouvias, Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis, Marianthi
Wadiaa Khoury
Oikonomakou, Eleni Skourtou
Developing teacher questioning strategies - A corpus-based
Session #25 - Saturday, 9th June, 1100 to 1200, investigation
Venue: Meeting room 3 Xiaofang Bi & Helen Bound
Making the curriculum visible: Schoolscape studies from
Switzerland and Malta
Session #32 - Saturday, 9th June, 1215 to 1315,
Edina Krompák, Antoinette Camilleri Grima & Marie Therese
Venue: Meeting room 3
Farrugia
Inclusion and professional training - A mapping of emotions
The effect of formal, non-formal and informal learning on
Ana Paula Alves
teachers’ promotion to middle leadership roles in schools
Ruth Zuzovsky & Smadar Donitsa The experience of first generation students in higher
education
Will the working conditions of teachers be improved or not?
Christine Scholz Fenech
An argument in Japan
Kenji Agata Promoting inclusive culture for teachers’ professional
development through research: A study aimed at identifying
educational vulnerabilities at school
Theme 4: The role of professional Claudio Girelli & Alessia Bevilacqua
associations and leadership in improving
Teacher collective work, between informal and enacted
teachers’ wellbeing Anne-Francoise Gibert
Session #26 - Saturday, 9th June, 1100 to 1200,
Venue: Meeting room 4
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Session #33 - Saturday, 9th June, 1215 to 1315, Factors of successful transition of individuals with intellectual
Venue: Meeting room 4 disabilities from school to employment
Mubarak S. Aldosari
How can teachers manifest intercultural sensitivity in the
classroom?
Damian Spiteri Theme 6:
Preschool teachers’ attitudes about working with roma Teachers as researchers - possibilities, challenges and the
children in kindergarten. Example from Croatia reality
Željko Boneta, Željka Ivković & Ingrid Mirković
The agency of Italian support teachers: A qualitative research Session #39 - Saturday, 9th June, 1500 to 1600,
protocol Venue: Meeting room 3
Luca Ghirotto & Angelo Lascioli
Current research priorities in public education
Grazio Grixti
Session #34 - Saturday, 9th June, 1215 to 1315, Building capacity for research: A showcase of teachers in Serbia
Venue: Meeting room 5 Jasminka Marković & Jelena Radišić
Assessment literacy in the multicultural mathematics and Supporting teacher-researchers through the development of
science classroom: Working with student-teachers to develop research literacy
culturally-responsive assessment practices Daniel Xerri
Deborah Chetcuti & Josette Farrugia
Intercultural education and children books: approaching the
‘otherness’ through the hermenutics of tales Session #40 - Saturday, 9th June, 1500 to 1600,
Letterio Todaro Venue: Meeting room 4
Perceptions and experiences of non-Muslim minority VET Teacher education in Germany - A model for Eastern
students on the Muslim representation Europe?
Yusuf Incetas & Eliann R. Carr Thomas Deissinger
Vocational education teachers’ participation in innovative
work and their interest in learning about innovative activities
Session #35 - Saturday, 9th June, 1215 to 1315, Milosh Raykov, Tomokazu Oba & Mitsuhiro Ogawa
Venue: Boardroom 1
How do teachers’ roles change in work-based learning paths?
Α comparative study on Inclusive Education Frameworks: An empirical research in some Italian schools on the model of
The role of the teacher in promoting students’ heath school-work alternation
information seeking behaviour Valerio Massimo Marcone
Marianne Paimre
Parental involvement in homework and
Session #41 - Saturday, 9th June, 1500 to 1600,
children’s academic achievement in Malta
Venue: Meeting room 5
Lara Marie Borg, Dorianne Camilleri & Jennifer Mercieca
Words and images in the classroom: Is there a difference?
How can an effective link between parents
Igor Ž. Žagar
and schools be established?
Ercan Kocayörük & Salih Z. Genç Ethical and Political Dimensions of Action Research and
Lesson Study: Reflections from a Research Project on a
ICF-CY implementation in Kosovo:
Controversial Issue in Cyprus
a framework for the inclusive education
Polyxeni Stylianou & Michalinos Zembylas
Dainese Roberto & Ghedin Elisabetta
Reflecting on the flipped learning approach in higher
education: Insights from students’ voices to go beyond
Session #38 - Saturday, 9th June, 1500 to 1600, experimentation
Venue: Meeting room 2 Alessia Bevilacqua
‘The pebble in my shoe’: Dyslexic students and their views of
examinations Session #42 - Saturday, 9th June, 1500 to 1600,
Deborah Chetcuti, Ruth Falzon & Stephen Camilleri Venue: Boardroom 1
Does mainstreaming work? Teachers’ perspective on inclusive A collaborative research among teachers, families and
education students about literacy
Silvia Zanazzi Eduardo García-Jiménez, Fernando Guzmán-Simón & Ceia
Moreno-Morilla
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It’s time to get into research! Lessons learned for training Session #46 - Saturday, 9th June, 1615 to 1715,
future teachers Venue: Meeting room 3
Katia Montalbetti & Cristina Lisimberti
The teachers’ quality perception in science teaching
The 2017 Malta National School Climate Survey Report Gordana Stepić & Vesna Nedeljković
Oren Pizmony Levy, Christian Freeman, Joseph Kosciw &
Strategic intervention materials (SIM) in grade 7 science
Colette Farrugia Bennett
(Biology)
Ronald B. Dedace
Theme 7: Other issues related to Educational Vocabulary mistakes Turkic immigrant students made in
Research and Teacher Education writing texts
Türkan Güler Ari, Fethi Kayalar & Ülkü Çoban Sural
Session #43 - Saturday, 9th June, 1615 to 1715,
Venue: Meeting room 6 Evaluating a sensory immersive VRLE in accordance with the
design features
In support of teaching development at the academy
Zeynep Taçgın
Maria Cutajar
Effective teacher learning in the 21st century: Insights from
the development of initial teacher education in Ireland Session #47 - Saturday, 9th June, 1615 to 1715,
Tracey Connolly Venue: Meeting room 4
Induction into teaching in Turkish secondary schools: Emotional literacy and development - The role of PSD
Lessons for teacher education methodology and the PSCD syllabus
Tuğba Cihan & Ali Yıldırım Camilleri Stephen & Ruth Falzon
Teacher education reform in Italy: Lessons from the past to Values and value orientation: Essential prerequisites for
shape the present for a truly inclusive future multicultural counselling
Emanuela Zappalà & Erika Marie Pace Maryam Ali Muhammad
The Impact of Educational Environment on Tolerance
Development at Educational Institution
Session #44 - Saturday, 9th June, 1615 to 1715,
Romalda Kasiliauskiene
Venue: Meeting room 1
Psychoanalysis and education: A contribution to listening to
the emotional life of school Session #48 - Saturday, 9th June, 1615 to 1715,
Riva Maria Grazia Venue: Meeting room 5
Education as a mechanism for integration of recent migrants Motivation and communication: Changing the way we teach
in local communities foreign languages
Dunja Randjelović Mario Pace
Sports-related Injuries, Health Promotion and Teacher Research into the failure of immigrant students in academic
Education language skill at teacher training program
Muhammad Shoaib, Tahira Waheed & Milosh Raykov Türkan Güler Ari, Fethi Kayalar & Filiz Kayalar
An inclusive representation in the school textbook
Fabio Filosofi
Session #45 - Saturday, 9th June, 1615 to 1715,
Venue: Meeting room 2
Student teacher approaches to learning - Metric Session #49 - Saturday, 9th June, 1615 to 1715,
characteristics of a revised two-factor study process Venue: Boardroom 1
questionnaire Investigation of the effects of science education oriented
Victor Martinelli & Milosh Raykov mobile learning applications on the scientific epistemological
Effect of metacognitive instructional strategies on prospective beliefs of prospective teachers
teachers’ comprehension Murat Ekici, Mukaddes Erdem & Didem Inel Ekici
Azmat Farooq Ahmad Khurram & Mobeen-Ul-Islam Examining faculty members’ technology integration
On the nature of reflective practice in teacher training behaviour in a faculty technology mentoring program
programmes: importance, successful realization and Hatice Cilsalar & Evrim Baran-Jovanovic
challenges Teacher experiences in science education process through
Zuzana Lukáčová mobile learning applications
Didem Inel Ekici, Mukaddes Erdem & Murat Ekici
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Emerging researchers’ Poster presentations
presentations
Venue: Corridors on Level 1
Session #23 - Saturday, 9th June, 1100 to 1200, The relationship between competences in education for
Venue: Meeting room 1 sustainable development and personality traits among
Maltese educators’ constructions of social diversity Croatian teachers
Louise Chircop Dunja Anđić & Sanja Tatalović Vorkapić
Considering the merits of evidence-based practice for teacher A systematic review of research on educational leadership
education in Italy
David Barnard Giambattista Bufalino
Collaborative online international learning practice as a High ability and social disorder: A challenge for teachers in
teaching pedagogy in higher education: Japanese university secondary schools in Austria Salzburg
experience Eva Hasenauer-Chagnaud
Oliver Belarga A questionnaire to measure the students’ use of reading
Bildung as an evolving educational concept strategies in understanding written text. How an evaluation
Karen Buttigieg instrument can help teachers in education
Giusi Castellana
The future in kindergarten: unstructured teaching improves
Session #30 - Saturday, 9th June, 1215 to 1315, social communication. An experimental research on the
Venue: Meeting room 1 advantages of museum education
Helping children with diabetes in Maltese primary schools: Luisa Bonfiglio, Giulia Torregiani & Francesco Peluso Cassese
Supporting and educating teachers Teachers and death education: Pedagogy of end of life
Pauline Dalli Enza Sidoti & Silvia Palma
Teaching Mandarin Chinese in Malta: A case study of a National system of education quality control in the Republic
government school introducing a new foreign language in its of Belarus: Teacher’s perspective
curriculum Julia Khokhlova
Ayrton-Didier Brincat & Christiana M. Sciberras
Analyzing vocational teachers’ narratives about career
A RP Focused intervention: Improving the efficacy of guidance in high technical schools in Japan
intercultural training for teachers Tomokazu Oba
Samiah Ghounaim, Nehal Maria & Kristine Linn Kienast
Exploring perceived relevance of vocational education to
Applicability of knowledge - motivational factor work: Focusing on narratives about “teachers” by technical
Tomislav Ostojic high school graduates in Japan
Mitsuhiro Ogawa
Session #37 - Saturday, 9th June, 1500 to 1600, Vocational students’ experiences of digital and web coaching
Venue: Meeting room 1 in their wellbeing
Maaret Rutanen & Merja Kurunsaari
Clusters of VET teachers according to necessity of changes in
their professional everyday work: the case of Estonia Linguistic teaching and learning for bilingual children in the
Meidi Sirk primary school
Valeria Scalone
Parents’ opinions about the content of sexual education in
public schools in Malta Practices and problems in the operation and administration
Kathleen Micallef of private institution in Valenzuela and its implication to k 12
management
A scientific analysis of texts used for reading comprehension
Miriam V. Sebastian & Dina Franchesca V. Sebastian
in the Benchmark examination
Gabriella Mifsud Contextual factors and the sense of fear towards teachers
as determinant aspects of students’ well-being in a lower
Teaching science: Challenges encountered when teaching an
secondary school in Rome
area outside science specialism
Irene Stanzione
Doreen Mizzi
Personal and professional well-being among Croatian
From the ground up: A critical analysis of the extent to which
early childhood teachers: Are they related?
joint practice development can increase participation in CPD
Sanja Tatalović Vorkapić, Jasna Crnčić & Renata Čepić
and lead to educational improvement
Dominic Thompson
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