2008 NAERE Conference

Venue: Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria

Theme: Re-Engineering Educational Research and Evaluation for National Development

Sub-Themes:

1. Utilization of research and evaluation findings for national development
2. Funding of Educational Research and Evaluation for national development
3. Reform in educational policies practices for national development
4. Contemporary Challenges of Educational research and evaluation
5. Perception of End Users of educational research and evaluation for national development
6. Validity of research and evaluation for national development
7. Educational research and evaluation for value reorientation

Dates: 7^th - 10^th July, 2008.

Programmes

1. Arrival - 7^th July, 2008
2. Opening Ceremony - 8^th July, 2008
3. Keynote Address - 8 ^th July, 2008
4. Lead Paper - 8^th July, 2008
5. Plenary Session I - 8^th July, 2008
6. Plenary Session II - 9 ^th July, 2008
7. Annual General Meeting - 9^th July, 2008
8. Plenary Session III - 9^th July, 2008
9. Plenary Session IV & Communique - 10^th July, 2008
10. Departure - ^th July, 2008

Call for Papers

Papers focusing on the 2008 Theme and related sub-themes should be mailed to before 30^th June, 2008.

Abstracts containing the problem, methodology, major findings and implications should be forwarded to the address above. Participants at the conference should come with twenty (20) copies of their papers.

Instruction to Authors

1. Each paper should not exceed 12 (double-spaced) type-written quarto-size pages, accompanied by an abstract of not more than 200 words.
2. References or citations in the article should follow the recent APA format.
3. Participants at the conference should come with twenty (20) copies of their papers.
4. Papers must include backgound to the problem, research questions and/or hypotheses, methodology, results and discussion and conclusion. Qualitative analysis should specify the method used and discuss the implications in clear terms.