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2011 Academic Colloquium (click here for background info)

CALL FOR PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS

The Palestinian Faculty Development Program (PFDP) will hold its fifth annual colloquium on July 2 and 3, 2011in Ramallah. As the PFDP enters its 6^th year, we must begin to address the essential issues of impact and sustainability: what will be PFDP’s legacy, and how can we and our partners maintain the momentum and impact of our shared commitment to improving teaching and learning across a wide spectrum of universities and programs? How can we not just stimulate and support needed reforms and improvements—but how can we institutionalize them? How can we work together to inspire a continuing passion for innovation among individual faculty members as well as entire departments, schools and universities? What policy issues must we identify and debate in order to create an environment that will support continuous improvement of Palestine’s higher education system in the years ahead?

The answers to such questions will require discussion and collaboration among all PFDP stakeholders: professors, administrators, community leaders and define the theme of PFDP’s fifth annual academic colloquium: Teaching and Learning for the Future: Leadership, Innovation and Sustainability. Below is a list of themes for papers and presentations for the colloquium. We encourage all PFDP stakeholders and alumni to submit proposals that address specific aspects of these general topics.

Please consult the PFDP website www.amideast.org/PFDP for a more detailed discussion of these themes and a list of sample topics for presentation. 

For this year’s colloquium PFDP will continue to support the participation of colleagues and experts from the USA who have worked closely with faculty members supported by PFDP as PhD candidates or short-term fellows.

In addition, we shall include in this year’s agenda a session in Arabic (accompanied by translation). We welcome proposals in Arabic for consideration.

We look forward to receiving your ideas in an abstract. The abstract should include a 100-150 word description of your intended presentation. You should also include your contact details and your current university and position.

Deadline for submission is Thursday March 31. For additional information please contact hkhairi@amideast.org .