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Guides for Preparing Your Proposal


Concurrent Session Proposals

These guidelines are applicable to all session formats excluding professional development.

Proposals should be single-spaced with 1” (2.54cm) margins on US Letter size (8.5” by 11”) and use fonts no smaller than 12pt. Proposals for all session types, except themed paper/poster sets, should be no more than 5 pages in length. Themed paper/poster sets should be submitted as a single proposal of no more than 10 pages.  References, tables, and figures do NOT count toward your page limit and should adhere to APA format. All proposals should be blinded for review, utilizing pseudonyms for names of authors and other identifying information (location, name of program, etc.) and submitted as a PDF file. 

Abstract: Please provide an abstract (250 words max) that will be included in the conference program.

Proposal Body – Your session proposal should address the following: 

  1. Identify the challenge or issue within science teacher education that your presentation addresses.
  2. Describe your theoretical or conceptual framework and describe the work you have been doing to address the challenge or issue you have indicated. If this is a research study, then supply some findings.
  3. Explain your findings and/or the information you will present to those in attendance.
  4. Justify your presentation’s contribution to the knowledge base for science teacher education.
  5. Identify who within the ASTE membership would be most interested in your presentation (e.g., methods instructors, educational researchers, curriculum developers, etc.) and what you expect for them to learn from this presentation.
  6. Provide a comprehensive reference list.


Professional Development Workshop Guidelines

These guidelines are applicable to only professional development workshops.

Proposals should be single-spaced with 1” (2.54cm) margins on US Letter size (8.5” by 11”) and use fonts no smaller than 12pt. Proposals must be no more than 5 pages in length.  References, tables, and figures do NOT count toward your page limit and should adhere to APA format.Professional Development Workshop proposals DO NOT need to be blinded. Proposals should be submitted as a PDF file.

Abstract: Please provide an abstract (250 words max) that will be included in the conference program.

Proposal Body – Your workshop proposal should address the following:

  • Purpose and Learning Objectives: Describe the purpose of your workshop and how it relates to the professional development of ASTE members regarding science teacher education. What are your learning objectives for participants? Who in the ASTE membership will your workshop be of interest to?
  • Workshop Activities: Describe the activities that participants will be actively engaged in during your workshop. Activities should be highly interactive for participants. As much as possible, please try to give reviewers a clear picture of what will happen during your workshop.
  • Post-Workshop Follow-up: What availability/ resources will you provide for participants post-workshop? What plan do you have for continued support and availability to participants post-workshop that will foster ongoing learning and collaboration?
  • Expertise of Presenters: Please describe how presenter(s) have the relevant and necessary experience and expertise to achieve the goals of the workshop.
  • Diversity and Equity Focus: Please describe how workshop activities are appropriate to diversity and equity topics, high quality, and/or reflect best practices.
  • References: (If Applicable) Provide a comprehensive reference list.


ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACT INFORMATION: 

Executive Director (Ron Hermann, Ed.D.): executivedirector@theaste.org

Director of Electronic Services (Maria Wallace, Ph.D.): des@theaste.org

Conference Program Coordinator (Kelly Feille, PhD.): feille@ou.edu


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