Pre-Conference Workshops

Based on many years of publishing experience, editor Miriam von Maydell explains the publisher's perspective on academic publishing and gives the participants insights and tips.

Tuesday 31 August, 11:00 - 12:30 CET (Geneva time)

International large-scale assessments and surveys (ILSAs) have complex sampling and assessment designs which needs to be taken into account when analyzing their data. This workshop provides information on the studies’ complexities and introduces a new software for analyzing their data – the R Analyzer for Large-Scale Assessments (RALSA). The software is written entirely in R and is open-source and free of charge. So far, RALSA is the only R package for analyzing ILSAs’ data which has a graphical user interface.

Wednesday 1 September 9:00 - 16:00 CET (with lunch break from 12:00 - 13:00)

MAXQDA is a powerful tool that makes it easy for you to organize, evaluate, and interpret qualitative and mixed methods data, create easy-to-read reports and visualizations, and connect and share with other researchers. This workshop consists of a mixture of demonstrations and guided practice, focusing on the practical knowledge required for using MAXQDA for the analysis of qualitative data.

Wednesday 1 September 10:30 - 12:30 CET

Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies is a digital resource that offers a systematic and comparative look at key education levels and the study of cognitive and psychosocial development through early childhood and youth.

Wednesday 1 September 15:00 - 16:00 CET