All abstracts should clearly state how the proposal is related to the conference theme of ECE, “Transforming and Changing Education: Borderlands of Becoming and Belonging” and the sub-theme(s) which are being addressed. Presentations might draw on empirical research; develop theoretical and conceptual insights; and/or engage with pedagogy, experiential and lifelong learning. IAFOR conferences aim to be multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary and presenters should not feel constrained by disciplinary barriers. Papers will be located in one or more of the following streams, and this should be indicated in the abstract:

Learning and teaching in times of transformation:
- Challenges and transformation in times of change
- Equity, social justice and social change
- Education and social and political movements
- Education, post-colonialism and globalisation
- Education for sustainable development
- Contested perspectives in learning and teaching
- Virtual spaces: digital technologies and communications
- Educational change through technologies

Challenging, transforming and preserving cultural differences:
- ‘Englishes’ and cultural communication
- Bi-cultural, bi-lingual and bi-national education
- Languages education and applied linguistics (ESL/TESL/TEFL)
- Language preservation
- Linguistics
- Literacy, languages, multiliteracies

Learning and teaching through educational structures:
- Primary and secondary education
- Higher education
- Adult and lifelong learning
- Technology enhanced and distance learning
- International Schooling and Education
- Educational Vision, Policy, Leadership, Management and Administration
- Curriculum and Pedagogy
- Economics of Education
- Institutional Accreditation and Ranking
- Organizational Learning and Change
- Professional Concerns, Training and Development
- Special Education, Learning Difficulties, Disability
- Student Learning, Learner Experiences and Learner Diversity
- Student affairs

Disciplines and interdisciplinary approaches, including:
- Arts, drama, design and music
- Educational research and development
- Psychology and sociology of education
- STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) learning
- Technology in learning
- Working through and beyond the disciplines