The 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION will be virtually hosted at the IELIT-HIU Congress Platform of Bergamo, Italy, December 3 – 4, 2020, by IELIT-International Educational Literacy Institute, HIU-Humanitas Innovation University, Education, Humanity and Complexity Network®, RedDOLAC, CLACSO and EGKN.

The conference stands as an opportunity to present and discuss empirical and theoretical works from a variety of disciplines and fields covering psychology and education.

Organizers, promoters and partners of the Conference wish to invite educators, teachers, researchers, scholars, academics, scientists, professionals, experts and policymakers to join the conversation and bring the disciplines towards a more integrated set of alliances by:
fostering debates among experts and professionals;
diffusing research findings all over international scientific networks and practitioners’ mainstreams;
launching further strategies and networking alliances on a local, national and international scale.

Email: info@ielit.org

Special Topic: Education and Psychology after Covid-19

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

Critical Pedagogy and Literacy: research, good practice, and literacy.
Education in different educational stages.
School and educating relationship.
Higher education.
Development of University teaching: New practices.
Teaching: Methods and researches.
eLearning.
Project-based learning.
Educational Robotics.
Transmedial narratives.
Other innovative technological proposals.
Digital literacy. The Digital divide.
The responsible use of new technologies and the treatment of new dependencies.
Adult education and Long Life Learning.
Non-formal education. Several proposals for continuing education.
Politics, legislation, and history of education.
Educational policy, educational legislation and the history of education in the local and international environment.
The Smart connotations of contemporary society.
Educational reforms.
Crisis of education.
Social psychology and sociology applied to education.
Learning disabilities and disorders.
Difficulties and behavioral problems.
Difficulties and developmental disorders.
Work-professional intervention programs.
Children in situations of social exclusion: child abuse.
Integrated, inclusive and segregated education.
School organization.
The teacher as a leader in the classroom.
Leadership and strategic direction in education centers.
Models and styles of leadership.
Assessment of educational quality.
Improvement plans as quality generators in the teaching-learning process.
Education for the insertion of work.
Vocational training and vocational training.

Paper publication:

All accepted papers after double-blind peer review by PsyEdu 2020 International Scientific Committee will be published in a digital book of chapters with ISBN or in an educational and art indexed journal in Clarivate Analytics.

Submission methods:
info@ielit.org

Main abstract submission guidelines:

Abstracts (written in English and Italian or Spanish or Portuguese and not exceeding 900 words) should be submitted up to October 12th (final deadline extension).
Abstracts have to be edited in the template form and then submitted via email info@ielit.org ;
Abstracts have to include: 1) title; 2) author’s name and surname, institution, and email address; 3) five keywords; 4) abstract’s text (no more than 900 words all included).
To-do list for submitting your proposal:
Choose your topic
Download and use the PDF abstract template to edit your proposal;
Submit the edited proposal via email.
Download here for the abstract template:
The final program of the Conference will be released by November 16, 2020

Conference fees
Participants and contributors registered before September 27, 2020 will profit from a discounted ‘Early Birds’ fee!


The Virtual rate includes:

Digital brochure of the Congress programme;
Digital certificate of presentation of paper;
Possibility to publish (free a co-author each registered author) after double-blind peer reviews his full article in a digital book of chapters with ISBN or in an eduactional and art indexed journal in Clarivate Analytics.

The listeners/attendance rate includes:

Free access to all conference sessions;
Conference program Brochure;
Certificate of attendance to Congress;
Possibility to receive free of charge the digital book with ISBN.

PsyEdu® 2020 Best Congress Paper and Book Award (Psychology or Education Curriculum)
The Best PsyEdu® 2020 Congress Paper and Book competition has been running as part of the PsyEdu® Congress.

The objective of the competition is:

to promote and disseminate high-quality congress papers,
to stimulate the willingness of congress participants to submit and present full congress papers of high quality.
Papers and Books will be judged according to the following criteria:
relevance to current debates on the chosen topic,
clarity of argument(s),
the originality of the approach and the ideas presented,
high methodological quality,
clarity of expression and quality of presentation of the last 3 years since 2017.

The selection of the nominated papers and book is carried out by the Congress Board of Directors with the international evaluators. The winner receives the certificate, a paid Full Congress Inscription for the next PsyEdu® Congress and an invitation to the Scientific Board of Evaluators.

Nominations for the PsyEdu® 2020 Best Congress Paper and Book Award should include:
A current curriculum vitae
Full paper or full book in digital version.
A letter of nomination
Confirmation of Full fee in-presence payment
The nomination and all supporting documentation should be sent to award@ielit.org

Subject line should read: PsyEdu® 2020 Award (nominee’s name).

Nominations are due by November 6, 2020, midnight CET.