Call For Proposal
Call For Proposal, open until April 15, 2026
A submission fee of $25 USD needs to be paid first before submission. This fee will be deducted from your registration fee when you register (starting on July 1). It allows the organisers to offset some costs associated with submission and review.
All abstracts should be submitted in English. Some session types (paper session, interactive workshop, teacher talk session) may be organized in other languages if there are a sufficient number of submissions proposed in that language.
The possible languages to indicate are: Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Khmer, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Other (To specify during submission)
Presentation Types
Symposium (50 minutes)
A symposium is a thematically integrated set of 3 presentations followed by discussant comments and general discussion. The session plan is submitted by the session organizer. Inclusion of panelists from different institutions is strongly encouraged.
Symposia will consist of 3 pre-recorded video presentations (maximum length of 15 minutes each) uploaded in advance to be viewed by session attendees. Live session will include 5-minute summary of each paper; 15-minute comments by the discussant; 20 minutes Q & A with attendees.
Paper Session (50 minutes)
A paper reports on any aspect of research related lesson/learning study. Papers will be grouped into thematically-organized sessions by the conference organizers. Each paper session will include 3-4 papers.
Poster Session (50 minutes)
Poster pdfs will be submitted in advance and will be grouped into thematically-organized sessions by the conference organizers. Poster authors will be available for interaction with attendees during designated poster session times.
Teacher Talk Session (50 minutes)
Teacher talks allow lesson study/learning study practitioners to report their experiences in a way that is useful to other educators–for example, using classroom artifacts, student work, video, lesson study reports, etc. Talks will be grouped into thematically-organized sessions by the conference organizers. Each session will include up to 4 talks, with the remaining time for attendee-presenter discussion. Teacher talk presenters are encouraged to make their talks interactive–e.g., discussion of artifacts, student work, etc.
Interactive Workshop (50 minutes)
In an interactive workshop, audience members have an active role for at least ⅔ of the session time. An interactive workshop focuses on practice, active experience, or participatory creation. The proposer(s) should explain how the session time will be allocated and specify any needed tools (e.g., software).
Topic-Based Discussion Cafe (25 minutes)
Propose a discussion topic by sharing in advance artifacts, research, or topics to be discussed. The topic may be broad (e.g., what supports sustained lesson study?) or more constrained (e.g., what post-lesson discussion format do you use and why?)