14th State Conference of the Queensland Association for Gifted and Talented Children inc.

12-13 March, 2005

Presenter's Guidelines for Submission of Papers

These guidelines should be followed in submitting your proposal for a paper, discussion group, or interactive workshop at the conference.

Abstracts will be selected according to standards of academic merit, relevance to gifted education or development of gifted children, and on their usefulness to practitioners, researchers and parents of gifted children.

Submission Guidelines

Papers are sought in two categories:
  1. short 40 minute position or research papers that describe original experiences, classroom practices, research, reviews of issues, or other focussed themes. You might also wish to organise a panel discussion or a demonstration of some resource. This format would provide windows into practices being implemented in schools or elsewhere. The papers should address some aspect of the theme of the conference.
  2. workshop papers: should present an interactive session of 80 minutes in which participants are engaged in a learning experience on some issue of relevance to the theme of the conference. Workshops are not seen as 80-minute lectures but should engage participants in active learning.

Abstracts will be selected according to standards of academic merit, quality of writing, relevance to gifted education or development of gifted children, relevance to the theme, and on their usefulness to practitioners, researchers and parents of gifted children.

The following information should be included:

  1. Title,
  2. Short title for timetable,
  3. Authors' full names with the presenting author noted,
  4. Affiliation,
  5. Your contact details
    • mailing address
    • telephone
    • e-mail
  6. The Abstract
    • up to 250 words
    • no bulleted lists
    • 12 point Times Roman font - no fancy fonts, bolding or underlining etc
    • MS-Word document or RTF by email or on diskette.
  7. A brief biographical note (50-100 words).
  8. Please indicate any special needs. All rooms have a white board or chalk board, and Overhead Projector. Data projectors, CD, DVD and Video players are available in some rooms, computers in only a few. Indicate if you require a flat floor (movable tables and chairs).

All abstracts and biographical data will be edited to a common style for the Conference Program and will be published in the program and on the conference web site.

Important Dates

  • Paper submission: 10th January 2005
  • Abstracts and program set: 1st February 2005
  • Conference: 12-13 March 2005

Send your abstract as an attachment, named <Surname>_<Initials>_Workshop.doc or <Surname>_<Initials>_Seminar.doc by email to conference@qagtc.org.au

Send your Completed Registration Form with payment to
QAGTC Conference Committee, 282 Stafford Rd, Stafford, Q 4053
Please note that when registering, conference speakers are granted a discounted fee.
All presenters will need to be registered participants in the conference.

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