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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Dear <span>BCMA Members</span>,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">The Call for Proposals for the 18th Annual
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://iop.educ.ubc.ca"><span style="font-family:Arial">IOP Conference</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">, hosted at UBC Faculty of Education, is open until March 2. This one-day conference creates
a space for practicing education professionals and students to come together to share their questions, investigations and understandings about their practice.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">I am writing to ask for your assistance in sharing the Call for Proposals posted below with
<span>members of the</span> <span>BC Museums Association</span>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Best wishes,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Heather McGregor</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Manager, Marketing & Communications</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Professional Development & Community Engagement</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Faculty of Education | The University of British Columbia | Vancouver</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;color:#18376A">CALL FOR PROPOSALS</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;color:#18376A"> third announcement</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;color:#18376A">Closes: March 2, 2015</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;color:#FB0007">TWO WEEK REMINDER </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;color:#FB0007"> submit your proposals now, only two weeks to go!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial">Investigating Our Practices</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Arial">18<sup>th</sup> Annual IOP 2015 Conference | May 2</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial">UBC Vancouver | Faculty of Education</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://iop.educ.ubc.ca/"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#0000E9">IOP.EDUC.UBC.CA</span></a></span></p>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;color:#18376A">Teaching is demanding and complex work, made more difficult if we try to do it in isolation or without sharing and exploring our understandings together. In order to better understand and improve
our teaching practice, many of us engage in classroom, program or institution-based investigations focusing on the what, the how and the why of our practice.</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">On May 2, 2015 UBC hosts the 18th Annual IOP Conference, where practicing education professionals and students come together to share their questions, investigations
and understandings about their practice. As 2014-15 marks the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://yre.educ.ubc.ca/"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#0000E9">Year of Research in Education</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:
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advancing teacher education and educational research through innovative and collaborative initiatives that reflect diversity, equity, and originality - the 18th Annual IOP Conference welcomes proposals related to this theme.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">The conference stresses dialogue among participants; presentations are intended to provoke and inform discussion. These exchanges typically fall within the following
areas of inquiry:</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">€<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">the preparation of practitioners</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">the ongoing education of practitioners</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">the focus on classroom practice</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">the context of practice (e.g., social, political and cultural analysis of practice)</span></p>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">researching practice (e.g., teacher inquiry/action) </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">The online </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://iop.educ.ubc.ca/call-for-proposals/"><b><span style="font-family:
Arial;color:#0000E9">Call for Proposals</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial"> is
now open, and closes on <b>March 2, 2015</b>. Proposals are invited in three formats:</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">€<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Submit a proposal for an individual or group session. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">We want challenging, relevant, interactive presentations that showcase how you have been
investigating some dimension of teaching practice. Session time should be divided equally between provoking discussion by providing access to your understandings and providing opportunity for others to discuss your conclusions.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">€<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Host a roundtable discussion. </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">You have a critical question you would like to discuss with other practitioners and you are willing to initiate
and moderate a conversation, perhaps based on your own experience or research.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">€<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">Prepare a poster session</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial">. The poster format is ideal for the visual presentation of research results, a program of research or research activities
of a group.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://iop.educ.ubc.ca/"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue">I</span></b></a></span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">OP.EDUC.UBC.CA</span></u></b></p>
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