conference - program

24. September, Wednesday
14.00 – 16.00:	Registration
16.00 – 16.30:	Opening of the conference: Ministry of Education, Slovak Republic Staffan Selander, President of IARTEM
16.30 – 17.15:	Key note speech: Maria Nogova and Jana Huttova: Slovak Education and Textbook System
	Small reception at the hotel. Presentation of Slovak publishers – textbooks and materials on display. Some Slovak textbooks on sale. Evening free

25. September, Thursday
09.00 – 09.45:	Key note speech: Birgitte Holm Sorensen: Off School Media Use -Important Potential in Future Education
09.45 –10.30:	Paper session
10.30 – 11.00:	Coffee break
11.00 – 11.45:	Paper session
11.45 – 12.30:	Paper session
12.30 – 14.00:	Lunch
14.00 – 14.45:	Paper session
14.45 – 15.30:	Paper session
15.30 – 16.00:	Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30:	IARTEM hour:
	Mike Horsley: Building on TIMMS and PISA: Developing an International Textbook Research Project Finn Stenstad: The Norwegian National Non-Fiction Author Course Networking, new project discussions, exchange of ideas Chair: Staffan Selander Dinner at the hotel offered by The Slovak Republic National Institute of Education
26. September, Friday
09.00 – 09.45:	Key note speech: Kirsten Drotner: Multimodal Learning: Handling Otherness
09.45 – 10.30:	Paper session
10.30 – 11.00:	Coffee break
11.00 – 13.00:	Parallel activities: school visit or workshop on methodological and theoretical issues Susanne W.Knudsen: Dancing without or with Gender. Reflections on Gender, Textbooks and Textbook Research Jaan Mikk: Research Techniques in Textbook Research Staffan Selander and Mike Horsley: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Textbooks and Educational Media Research. An Overview Discussion Chairs: Arno Reints and Tom Wikman
12.30 – 14.30:	Lunch
14.30 – 15.15:	Paper session
15.15 – 16.00:	Paper session
16.00 – 16.30:	Coffee break
16.30 – 17.15:	Time for networking, meetings, discussions…
18.00:	Transport to the historical centre of Bratislava by bus. City Hall (welcome by City Mayor) Dinner in a restaurant in the historical centre (not included in the conference fee) – approx. 25 Euro

27. September, Saturday
09.00 – 09.45:	Key note speech: Richard Walker/Mike Horsley: Textbook Pedagogy: A Sosio- Cultural Analysis
09.45 –10.30:	Paper session
10.30 – 11.00:	Coffee break
11.00 – 11.45:	Paper session
11.45 – 12.15:	Closing of the conference
12.15 – 13.15:	IARTEM – General Assembly

Staffan Selander and Mike Horsley: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Textbooks and Educational Media Research. An Overview