ipda Annual International Conferences
The ipda Annual International Conference aims to develop a culture of openness, trust and critical friendship amongst ipda members both old and new. We are an association of individuals who appreciate and value the opportunities presented by the conference to share and subsequently to enhance professional development in all of its many and varied aspects.
ipda Conference, 2010
Professional Development in Hard Times: Quality v Cost, Training v Education
Vanue: Aston University Conference Centre, Birmingham
Date: 26-27 November, 2010
Come and join us for two days of stimulating debate, high quality research reports, critical discussion and the opportunity to share your ideas, issues and concerns with colleagues from many countries. This is the leading professional development conference of the year
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Paper Registration Form (Register before 1st July, for a 10% discount)
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Evening Entertainment : Nick Sorensen and John Law; saxophone and piano will play ‘….a world class pianist together with a sax sound characterized by beautiful melodic improvisations mixed with a touch of the blues’.
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The travel details : how to get there
Previous conference highlights
ipda 2009 annual conference: Keynote presentations’ slides
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Strategies for change: rethinking professional development to meet the challenges of diversity in the early years profession - Mathisa Urban
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Teachers’ ownership of professionalism - Marco Snoek
At the 2007 Annual Conference in Belfast we were delighted to be able to video a number of interviews both with delegates and speakers, identifying what they felt that the ipda conference had meant to them. Click here to view.