12th International
OOFTAS Collective Symposium
7-8 September, 2025
Call for Papers
The 12th symposium for the OOF-TAS Collective has been moved to online only.
The theme for the symposium is:
Contexts for research into out-of-field
Blended Symposium
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Cost: Free onlin
Key dates:
Registrations are open now
Submissions open till: July 25
Feedback on submission by: July 31
Program released: August 15
Release of zoom details: August 15
Symposium: September 7-8
The reliance on Out-of-field teaching is being noticed across more and more countries and in more and more subjects. Research plays an important role in highlighting this practice in different contexts and keeping systems accountable. We achieve this by gathering evidence to comprehend the variations in experiences, outcomes, policy influences, and potential solutions, while also offering insights and commentary to both the education system and the general public. This theme underscores the importance of exchanging research and solutions across different contexts, while emphasising the actual and relative effects that these research endeavours and solutions are producing.
We welcome national and cross-national research and commentary on the policies, the people, and the effects associated with this phenomenon. Post-graduate students and early career researchers are welcome.
Abstracts for the symposium are welcome (see below).
Registration (see below): now
Registration Cost: Attending in person will incur a cost, TBC but no more than 50 Euros.
Symposium details:
Day 1 and 2: Sunday Sept 7 and 8 – online; starting at about 6am Belgrade time
Online access
Zoom will be used for the entire program and for all delegates. Please register to get access to the zoom links with the program.
Recordings will be made of all presentations but not the discussions. The powerpoint presentations and/or the zoom recordings will be placed on the OOFTAS website after the presentation.
Preparing for the symposium
It is preferred that presenters give their presentation in real-time (either in person or online). If this is not possible we can play a pre-recorded presentation during the symposium.
A timetable will be created that provides ‘best times’ for the presenters.
With your permission, we would like to upload a recording of your presentation. The content will remain your IP.
Presenting and participating
Everybody is welcome to attend the presentations. Please register and the zoom links will be emailed to you.
Presentations:
Presentations will be 20 minutes, presenting in person or online in real time.
Question and answer time will be 10 minutes following the presentation. For all participants, questions and feedback by the audience can be posed using the Chat function and verbally.
Program and recordings
Program accessible HERE
Sunday, September 7
*Melbourne times
14:00-14:15 Zooming in
14:15-14:30 Welcome and introductions
14:30-15:00 Presentation 1: Linda Hobbs
Exploring Out-of-Field Teaching: Diverse Methods for Noticing, Understanding, and Acting in Research
15:00-15:30 Presentation 2: Özkan Kirmizi & Ayse Kizildag
Out of Field, Out of Frame: A Turkish ELT Academic’s Narrative of Teaching Turkish Abroad
15:30-16:00 BREAK
16:00-16:30 Presentation 3: Claudia Mair
Out-of-Field STEAM Teaching in Austria: Motivation, Perceived Competencies, and Professional Challenges - ProQ-STEAM
16:30-17:00 Presentation 4: Donna Pendergast, Sarah McManus Griffith, Jay Deagon & Anna Du Plessis
Effectiveness and self-efficacy: in-field and out-of-field teachers’ perceptions and lived experiences
17:00-17:30 Presentation 5: Margaret Jakovac, Linda Hobbs & Emma Rowe
A Potential Digital Context for Out-of-Field Teaching Research: Exploring Reddit Communities
17:30-18:00 BREAK
18:00-18:30 Presentation 6: Lucas Schole
Empowering Out-of-field Teachers: Evaluating a Blended Learning Professional Development Programme to Diagnose and Promote Children's Basic Motor Competencies - Initial Results
18:30-19.00 Presentation 7: Dieuwerke Rutgers, Emma Rempe-Gillen, Eleanor Hotham & Emily Perry
Professional development for Out-of-Field teachers: A systematic review of evidence, design principles and reported impacts
19:00-19:30 Presentation 8: Susan Caldis & Kathy Jones
Pre-service teachers learn to teach geography: Conceptualising a micro-credential
19:30-20:00 BREAK
20:00-20:30 Presentation 9: Elana Worth & Harleen Singh
Falling in the Cracks: How (mis)alignment of Educational Systems Results in Out-of-Field Science Teaching
20:30-21:00 Presentation 10: Paulo A. C. Loureiro, Meredith Schwendemann, Julie A. Luft & Brooke A. Whitworth
Professional Learning Opportunities and Interactions with Science Leaders of Out-Of-Field Science Teachers in the United States
21:00-21:30 Presentation 11: Jim Van Overschelde & Minda Morren Lopez
Teacher Content Knowledge versus Language Knowledge: Specialized Linguistic Knowledge Increases ELL Learning in English and Math More than In-Field Content Knowledge
Monday, September 8
*Melbourne times
14:30-14:50 Zooming in
14:50-15:00 Welcome and introductions
15:00-15:30 Presentation 12: Susan Caldis, Lara Mula & Janet Dutton
Out of field teaching: The experience of international early-career teachers in Australia
15:30-16:00 Presentation 13: Melanie Gürentz
From the Unknown to the Creative? Navigating Challenges in Teaching Arts Out-of-Field
16:00-16:30 BREAK
16:30-17:00 Presentation 14: Julianne Lynch & Geroge Aranda
Beyond the classroom, beyond the teacher: Contextual dimensions of out-of-field teaching in Computer Science
17:00-17:30 Presentation 15: Emily Ross, Merrilyn Goos, Greg Oates, Linda Hobbs, Christopher Speldewinde, Connie Cirkony, Seamus Delaney, Janet Dutton & Susan Caldis
"Anyone Can Teach Maths": Workplace Perspectives on Out-of Field Teaching of Mathematics
17:30-18:00 Presentation 16: Ida Somolanji Tokić & Tijana Borovac
Teaching out-of-field: Primary school teachers stepping into early childhood education and care
18:00-18:30 BREAK
18:30-19.00 Presentation 17: Joanna Leek
From Deficit to Growth. How International Baccalaureate Schools Leverage Interdisciplinary Teaching as Professional Learning for Out-of-Field Teachers
19:00-19:30 Presentation 18: Marcel Grieger & Ariane S. Willems
Lost in Integration? Rethinking Teacher Education for Social Studies in Germany
19:30-20:00 Presentation 19: Susan Caldis, Janet Dutton, Seamus Delaney, Emily Ross, , Merrilyn Goos, Greg Oates, Linda Hobbs, Christopher Speldewinde, Connie Cirkony & Karen Shelley
Out-of-field teaching: Contradictions in public discourse and subject specialisations
20:00-20:30 BREAK
20:30-21:00 Presentation 20: Ming Huo & Bo Ning
Untangling teacher burnout: A network analysis of demands, resources, and out-of-field teaching challenges in rural China
21:00-21:30 Presentation 21: Richard Ingersoll & Hannah Ingersoll
The Causes of Out-of-Field Teaching in the US
21:30-22:00 Presentation 22: Kyla Smith
“Are you comfortable teaching this?”: Teachers’ experiences of how out-of-field teaching happens in Canada
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