The 5th SNU ERI International Conference on Education Research (ICER)

Call for Papers

School Counseling and Guidance in the Asia-Pacific Region: Current Issues and Prospects

October 21-22 (Thurs-Fri), 2004

Hoam Convention Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

The Education Research Institute(ERI) at Seoul National University(SNU) invites international academics to join the Fifth International Conference on Education Research(ICER) that will be held October 21 through October 22, 2004 in Seoul, Korea.

The SNU ERI ICER is an international conference held annually for the purpose of disseminating and supporting research in education as well as of building academic networks within the Asia-Pacific region. Despite its short history, the SNU ERI ICER has become a special venue for international academics to share educational research outcomes and to discuss core educational issues in the region. Since the year of 2000, more than 350 people from about twenty countries have joined and made discussions about topics such as,

"Reflections and Explorations for Educational Development in the 21st Century: A Search for Asian Identities and Perspectives" (2000), "Understanding Educational Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region" (2001), "Teacher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Current Issues and Future Prospects" (2002), and "School Curriculum in the Asia-Pacific Region: Current Issues and Prospects" of last year.

This year, the International Conference will consist of sessions specifically focused on "School Counseling and Guidance," and other sessions concerned with more general issues of education. In school counseling and guidance sessions, participants will examine the complex issues and challenges in school counseling and guidance currently shared by many Asian and Pacific countries and consider possible solutions and future developments at institutional, national, and international level. Also, there will be a symposium where invited experts will discuss with the audience particular issues of school counseling and guidance in selected Asia-Pacific countries.

Submission of Abstracts

1	The deadline for the submission: July 31, 2004.

2	An official individual submission form will be available at the SNU ERI ICER homepage: http://eri.snu.ac.kr/icer.

3	The cover page should include the purpose of research, theoretical references, research methods, and major research findings.

4	All abstracts should be written in English in Microsoft Word with no more than 400 words.

5	Submissions should be sent by:

e-mail: ericoe@plaza.snu.ac.kr

fax: +82 2 889 6508

post: ICER Organizing Committee

Education Research Institute, Seoul National University

11-303, San 56-1, Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu,

Seoul 151-748, Korea.

1	An academic panel will review the abstracts and notify contributors of the acceptance of their papers and presentations for the conference by late August, 2004.

Workshops, Panels, and Joint Session

If there are individuals or academic societies who want to organize a pre-,session, joint session, or panel session in relation to particular topics, please contact the conference organizing committee by email at ericoe@plaza.snu.ac.kr.

The 5th International Conference on Education Research Organizing Committee

Education Research Institute, Seoul National University

11-303, San 56-1 Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu

Seoul 151-748, Republic of Korea

Tel: +82 2 880 8820

Fax: +82 2 889 6508

Email: ericoe@plaza.snu.ac.kr