We would like to announce the list of papers that have been nominated as candidates for the Best Paper Award. The nominated papers were selected based on their review scores.

The final decision will be made during the conference by the best paper committee based on the presentation and Q&A. The award will be announced and conferred during the closing session (Friday, 23rd June 2017 at 13:15).

Best Paper nominees

Education as absorptive capacity and its role for economic growth
Estefanía Mourelle, Laura Márquez-Ramos

Teachers’ perceptions about their practices and needs for improvement: A qualitative research project at the University of Padova
Debora Aquario, Renata Clerici, Lorenza Da Re, Ettore Felisatti, Cristina Mazzucco, Omar Paccagnella, Anna Serbati

Use of emerging technologies in flipped classes
Carme Huguet, Jillian Pearse, Leslie F. Noè, Nataly Castillo Ruiz, Diego Valencia, Alexa Jimenez Heredia, Mónica Andrea Patiño Avedaño

Student Auditing of University Social Responsibility – Reform through Reflective, Experiential Learning?
Isabel Menezes, Márcia Coelho, Fernanda Rodrigues, Peter Evans, Brian Martin

Attitudes and attitude change of students towards the relationship between theory and practice
Thomas Fischer, Andreas Bach, Kathrin Rheinländer

Best Student Paper nominees

The Role of Coherent Research-Based Curricular Unit in Mediating Students’ Integrated Vision of Human Impact on the Environment
Narmin Shahin Ghalichi, Gillian Roehrig

Personal development, resilience theory and transition to university for 1st year students
Luke Pickard, James Mckenna, Julie A Brunton, Andrea Utley

How about equality and equity in higher music education? A theoretical framework for researching quality of music teaching and learning
Tuula Jääskeläinen, Guadalupe López-Íñiguez

We are glad to announce that HEAd’17 and the Journal of Foreign Language Education and Technology (JFLET) have reached a partnership agreement.

JFLET is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. It publishes two regular issues each year (February and August), with submissions being published online as soon as they successfully complete the reviewing and editorial processes. The journal has a broad scope incorporating the following sections: Research Articles, Review Articles, Book Reviews and Educational Materials. Topics of interest in these sections include, but are not limited to, research into: Education, Foreign/Second Language Learning/Teaching, ICTs and Educational Material Development.

Authors of accepted papers related to these topics are invited to submit an extended version of the works presented in HEAd’17 to JFLET, for evaluation and possible publication (free of charge). JFLET is indexed by numerous organizations, including for instance Google Scholar, Advanced Science Index, Electronic Journals Library, DOAJ and J-Gate. You can find complete information about JFLET in its website. The submission of papers to JFLET must be performed using the online system which you can find in this link. You must indicate the ID of the paper accepted in HEAd’17.

We are sure this is a very good opportunity. We encourage you to submit your extended work to JFLET!

We are glad to announce that HEAd’17 and the Spanish Journal of Accounting, Finance and Management Education (EDUCADE) have reached a partnership agreement.

Authors of accepted papers related to Finance, Accounting, Economics and Management are invited to submit an extended version of the works presented in HEAd’17 to EDUCADE, for evaluation and possible publication in a fast track. Since 2015, EDUCADE is present in the Emerging Sources Citation Index from Thomson Reuters. You can find complete information about EDUCADE in its website. The submission of papers to EDUCADE must be performed following the instructions in this link. You must indicate the ID of the paper accepted in HEAd’17.

We are sure this is a very good opportunity. We encourage you to submit your extended work to EDUCADE journal!