The EAPRIL 2009 conference succeeds the 3rd Practice-Based and Practitioner Research conference. Due to the successes of the PBPR conferences, the initiative was taken to found a network organisation for anyone who wishes to contribute to the development of education through practice-based and applied research. The conference, being the first activity of the EAPRIL association, welcomes practitioner researchers, educational developers, professional and staff developers, educational technologists, instructional designers, educational policy makers, people involved in organisational change in educational institutions, teachers, trainers, academic researchers in the field of applied education, and so on. The involvement of different stakeholders on an international scale is of utmost importance for the success of the conference. Members of EAPRIL,and persons interested in the improvement of learning in education and professional practice are welcome to present research results at this conference, or to participate without contributing.
Time and place
The conference starts on Wednesday 18 November and ends on Friday 20 November 2009.
The event takes place in the Park Plaza Hotel, Trier, Germany.
Address of the hotel: Nikolaus-Koch-Platz 1, 54290 Trier, Telephone: +49 651 99930
More information about the Park Plazahotel can be found on the hotel website .
You can book your room in the hotel when submitting your onlin registration and payment for the conference.
Organising institutes
European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL)
University of Trier- Department Emprical Research on Learning, Instruction and Didactics
Conference Chair: Prof.dr. Michaela Brohm
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
Conference committee
The conference committee exists out of the founders and first Executive Committee of EARLI and the local organising committee, chaired by Michaela Brohm.
Michaela Brohm, Germany,
Filip Dochy, Belgium,
Jorg Holle, Germany,
Frank de Jong, The Netherlands,
Rob Martens, The Netherlands,
Lynn Mcalpine, UK,
Goele Nickmans, Belgium,
Kari Smith, Norway,
Sabine Schmidthermes, Germany.
Review committee
Michaela Brohm, Germany
Filip Dochy, Belgium
Jorg Holle, Germany
Frank de Jong, The Netherlands,
Wolfgang Lutz, Germany
Rob Martens, The Netherlands,
Lynn McAlpine, UK
Goele Nickmans, Belgium,
Franzis Preckel, Germany
Kari Smith, Norway
Sabine Schmidthermes, Germany