Centre for Learner Identity Studies 3rd Annual Conference

The Centre for Learner Identity Studies (CLIS) is hosting its third annual conference on Thursday 7th and Friday the 8th July entitled Equity, Identity and Education, which will explore current theory, research and practice around these important issues.

Keynote addresses will be given by Professor Christine Skelton, of the University of Birmingham who will present a paper on Gender Identities and High Achieving Girls and Boys and Professor Sally Power, of Cardiff University, who will present a paper on Social Justice and Educational Research: Old Dilemmas and New Directions.

Practitioners, academics and policy makers interested in research and practice linked to issues of learner identity in education are invited to attend and participate in the conference.

International delegates will join researchers from the UK to discuss papers on a wide range of topics relating to educational identities, including aspects of teacher, learner and curricular identities across school and higher education sectors.

Arthur Chapman, Centre for Learner Identity Studies Co-ordinator, said: "Our 2011 conference focuses on the ways in which institutions, practices and identities interact and impact educational outcomes and experiences in inclusionary and exclusionary ways. Any learner's motivation to learn, achieve and aspire to self-development is profoundly shaped by who they believe themselves to be and by processes that shape that self-perception. The conference will present a valuable opportunity to share research and perceptions around contemporary educational identities."

For further information, please visit the website www.edgehill.ac.uk/clis or contact Arthur Chapman on arthur.chapman@edgehill.ac.uk.