Dear Colleague,

The 7th International Conference on Comparative Education and Teacher Training, organized by the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society will be held in Sofia, 30 June - 3 July 2009.

I am honored to invite you to attend the Conference and submit a paper that will be included in the Conference book, Vol. 7, 2009. As always, the Conference book will be published before the beginning of the Conference.

The Conference thematic sections are:

1. Comparative Education as a University Discipline

Section Chair: Prof. Dr. Charl Wolhuter, South Africa, Charl.Wolhuter@nwu.ac.za

2. Pre-service and In-service Teacher Training

Section Chair: Dr. Bruno Leutwyler, Switzerland, bruno.leutwyler@phz.ch

3. Education Policy and Reforms

Section Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marinela Mihova, Bulgaria, marinela.mihova@gmail.com

4. Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion

Section Chair: Dr. James Ogunleye, England, J.Ogunleye@gre.ac.uk

The deadline for registration and paper submission is 10 March 2009.

For more information please visit the Conference website:

http://bces.conference.tripod.com/

Yours sincerely,

Prof. Dr. Dr.habil. Nikolay Popov

President of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society

Sofia University

Faculty of Primary and Preschool Education

Blvd Shipchenski prohod 69 A 1574 Sofia, Bulgaria

tel: (+359) 8983 111 98; (+359 2) 97 06 240

fax: (+359 2) 872 23 21; (+359 2) 944 98 47

e-mail: npopov@fnpp.uni-sofia.bg

e-mail: npopov.bces@mail.bg