IPDA Morocco Conference on Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Teacher Professional Development

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IPDA Morocco Conference on Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Teacher Professional Development

Online
Date: 24th October 2026

Organised by

  • Language and Linguistics Society (LLS)
  • International Professional Development Association (IPDA)
  • Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Économiques et Sociales (FSJES), Ain Sebâa

Keynote Speakers

  • Dr Lizana Oberholzer, University of Wolverhampton
  • Dr Mark Carver, University of St Andrews

About the Conference

The conference aims to explore how interdisciplinary collaboration is a powerful lever for teacher professional growth.

Topics of Interest

Organisational structures and policies enabling/constraining interdisciplinary collaboration in education

  • Interdisciplinary approaches to teacher professional development
  • Teacher professional development for integrated language–content learning
  • Emerging challenges and future directions for teacher education
  • Curriculum innovation and educational policy
  • Interdisciplinary teacher collaboration in digitally internationalised curricula

Research-informed pedagogical practices

  • Communities of practice and transformative professional learning
  • Methodological innovations for researching interdisciplinary collaboration

Impacts of interdisciplinary practice on teacher competencies and identity

  • Performance assessment frameworks for interdisciplinary teaching
  • Evaluating interdisciplinary teaching effectiveness for integrated language–content learning

Key Dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: 25 September 2026
  • Notification of acceptance: 10 October 2026
  • Registration deadline: 14 October 2026

Submission

Abstracts and bio information submitted via Google Form: forms.gle/uiR1qnwSKzqxuWyFA

Conference Website: sites.google.com/view/interdisciplinary-pd-2026

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