ipda Prizes
Details of how you can submit work for an ipda prize are detailed below:
* Guidelines for the ERIKA LOVELADY IPDA PRIZE
1. The winner must be enrolled or registered on a degree programme.
2. The winning student dissertation, thesis or paper must be based on work that the student is currently undertaking in relation to his/her degree.
3. The student’s work should address social and diversity issues, such as disability, special needs, poverty, racism and sexism.
4. The student’s work must be able to show how education and professional development can help tackle diversity and social issues.
5. The winning submission should demonstrate new conceptual thinking.
* Guidelines for the SYMPOSIUM BOOKS IPDA PRIZE
1. The winner must be enrolled or registered on a degree programme.
2. The winner should be currently or have been recently engaged in workplace-based enquiry/research.
3. The winning entry must demonstrate how the work undertaken has had an impact upon continuing professional development policy and/or practice.
4. The winning paper should demonstrate innovative and creative thinking.
* Guidelines for the INSTITUTE for LEARNING PRIZE
1. The prize-winner must be registered with IfL as a member /associate member.
2. The prize -winner should be a trainee/teacher currently registered, or have completed training the previous academic year, on a PCET teacher training programme at a UK institution.
3. The winning trainee/teacher research report/ paper must be based on work that the trainee/teacher is currently undertaking in relation to his/her training programme.
4. The trainee/teacher's work should address pedagogical issue related to their practice.
5. The trainee/teacher's work must be able to show how education and professional development can improve the quality of their learner’s experience.
6. The winning submission should demonstrate new conceptual thinking.
* Guidance notes:
Entries submitted for prizes should not exceed 4000 words. If it is a research report, a dissertation, thesis or paper, the entry should consist of a letter from a sponsor which should highlight the reasons for the work being nominated and accompanied by an abstract of 200 words outlining the work itself.
Candidates for prizes must be nominated by a current ipda member. Members wishing to make a nomination should write/e-mail to Alex Alexandrou at: alex.pfe@btinternet.com identifying the particular prize, the name and contact details of the person being nominated and a letter in support of the nominee as outlined above. Closing date for nominations is 5th November, 2009.
The prize winners will be invited to the conference where they will be presented with their prizes. The winners will be guests of ipda at the conference and will receive, by courtesy of our sponsors, a cheque for £100, a medal and a certificate noting their award. The prize winners agree that their papers may be made available to be shared with other trainees, teachers and researchers in order to achieve the desired aim of advancing the case for high quality professional development.