Call for submission of abstracts
Living and Learning, Learning and Teaching: Mental health in higher education
30-31 March 2010, Lancaster University
Deadline for submission of abstracts: Monday 16 November 2009
PLEASE NOTE: The call for submission of abstracts has now closed.
The conference title reflects our interest in the connections between lived experience of mental wellbeing and ill health and our learning and teaching in those areas. Abstracts should relate to learning and teaching about mental health within, or associated with, higher education institutions. We are keen to solicit contributions from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives. Submissions are particularly encouraged from service user and carer educators , students and those who are new to formal conference presentations.
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These are some of the questions that interest us. Your abstract should relate to one or more of these:
- What role does lived experience play in learning and teaching about mental health/psychiatry?
- When we learn and teach about mental health, to what degree is our focus in fact on mental ill health?
- What do learners learn from what we teach? How else do they learn about mental wellbeing and ill health?
- Does the notion of a 'threshold concept' have relevance in mental health? Can we identify key threshold concepts? And, if so, how do we teach them?
- What are the areas and concepts that we neglect to teach?
- How do we improve the experience of students learning and teaching about mental health?
- How do we prepare learners for practice within the context of a changing workforce?
- What relevance does learning and teaching about mental health have in disciplines outside education, health and social care (eg education, the performing arts and humanities)?
- How can we draw on the arts, performing arts and the humanities in teaching?
- (Choose Paper/Presentation, Workshop, Poster or Performance - see below)
You are invited to submit an abstract using the on-line form. Deadline for submission of abstracts is Monday 16 November 2009.
Where electronic submission is not possible, please contact Karen Hughes k.hughes@lancaster.ac.uk Tel 01524 594099.
All submissions will be reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel (including service user and carer educators). You will be informed of the outcome by 14 December 2009 (in advance of the deadline for early bird registration on 22 January 2010). All contributors whose proposals are accepted must book for the conference using the online booking system. This will go live on 2 November.
Reviewers will assess submitted abstracts using these criteria:
- Relevance to conference themes
- Contribution to enhancing understanding of what constitutes effective teaching in the area of mental wellbeing and ill-health
- Originality
- Written presentation - abstracts should be clearly and concisely written using a language that an inter-disciplinary audience, including user and carer educators, will find accessible
Session formats include papers/presentations, workshops and posters. We welcome proposals for other formats - e.g. creative or performing arts presentations or films, so long as they will fit in to a 90 minute timeframe.
a) Interactive papers/presentations
The idea is that you will talk/present for 15 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for questions and discussion. We encourage contributions from those who may be submitting a conference paper for the first time. Three papers/presentations will be included in each 90 minute session slot
b) Workshops
These will last for 90 minutes and are intended to share experience and develop practice . Workshops should be structured to engage participants in dialogue or activities, with input from presenter(s) kept to a minimum. Please indicate clearly in your abstract how workshop participants will be actively involved.
c) Posters
Posters are intended to be A1 in size and laminated. They provide an opportunity to present information relating to one of the conference themes in a visual format, and provide an opportunity for creativity! A poster session will allow participants to view your poster and discuss it with you individually.
d) Creative performances/Films
These sessions are intended to showcase creative work (eg theatre performances) or films that have been developed for use in teaching or reflect the conference interest in learning and teaching about mental health. The sessions will be 90 minutes in length and should include at least 30 minutes for audience discussion. Please indicate in your abstract any technical/space requirements you may have.
In planning, please aim to make your contribution as accessible as possible. See guidelines for contributors.
It is anticipated that a volume with conference proceedings will be published.
Any questions? Do get in touch.
Jill Anderson j.anderson@lancaster.ac.uk Tel 01524 592836
Nicky Westerby n.westerby@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 594091