Communities in the World of Learning

May 29-30, 2025. Debrecen
Event organizer: Hungarian Association of Education and Research Researchers
Event co-organizer: University of Debrecen, Debrecen
Additional organizer: KultúrÁsz Non-Profit Association

Conference abstract:
The conference aims to show: although learning is primarily described as an individual process, where the individual himself is enriched by knowledge, it still takes place in communities to a significant extent, and learning taking place in communities always adds something extra to a lesser or greater extent to the individual learning process, while also having a feedback effect on the various communities of life of the student. This will ensure that the learning processes will have both an individual and a communal and social impact.
The communal nature of learning can be seen in any form of learning: in formal and informal learning communities, in workplace learning communities, in our most basic community: in the family, in other informal learning taking place in the community, and vice versa: in non-formal or informal learning by communities. This is the case when, upon entering a new workplace, the workplace community socializes the new employee to the work culture there, or in various instances of cultural learning, for example, when joining a folk dance group, they not only learn folk dance, but also adopt communication, behavioral, and appearance patterns from each other. The examples are endless, and the conference aims to jointly list these examples in research: let us examine the presence of communities, their impact on the learning process, from the classic school learning community to the world of teacher communities, workplace communities, cultural communities, sports communities and other special communities (such as prison communities, church communities) to social media, then and now, and let us examine the “hidden curriculum” of communities in learning, as well as the modern responses to the new challenges affecting all of these based on research results.

The abstracts will be collected, judged and published in an electronic abstract volume.

The conference languages ​​are Hungarian and English. Please prepare your abstract in the language in which you wish to present it.

APPLICATION

Planned program:

HERA General Assembly
Welcome address by the HERA Presidency
Plenary presentations
Awarding of the Báthory Award, HERA Award and Publication Awards
Section meetings on the topics of HERA departments in Hungarian and English
We are looking for abstracts on the topics of HERA departments in Hungarian or English: https://hera.org.hu/hera/szakosztalyok.
We provide the opportunity for applicants to the ECER 2025 conference to
present their presentation in English at this conference as well.

Formal requirements:
Applicants should summarize their topic in an abstract of min. 2000 and max. 5000 characters, including 3-5 keywords. The mandatory parts and evaluation criteria of the abstract are:
1. justification for the choice of topic, the elaboration of the theoretical framework of the research, the presentation of the research history,
2. precise definition of the purpose of the research, the novelty of the research questions/hypotheses,
3. the appropriateness of the research method,
4. the soundness and novelty of the research results,
5. the theoretical and practical significance of the research,
6. unambiguous, clear and linguistically correct formulation,
7. an accurate list of the cited literature.

The conference organizers will decide whether the submitted abstract can be accepted as a section presentation or a poster presentation, depending on the number of applicants in each department, the relevance of the abstract
topic to the conference topic, and the scores received for the abstract. It is expected that 2/3 of the submitted abstracts will be accepted as a presentation and 1/3 as a poster. Among the submitted posters, we will award Best Poster awards. In addition to the scientific and professional level, the main decision criteria for the Best Poster award are creative, spectacular and innovative presentation. The award announcement is available at: https://hera.org.hu/best-poster-dij/
A person can be involved in a maximum of three abstracts as an author or co-author, of which only one can be the first author. Anyone who violates this
application condition may be excluded from the conference by the scientific committee. An abstract can only be submitted to one section.
The online application form is available from February 1st: https://konferencia.org.hu/regisztracio
Further information can be requested from the event organizers at info@hera.org.hu.
We are waiting for applications from speakers and poster presentations until April 11, 2025, participants without a conference presentation/poster presentation can register from March 16 to April 28, 2025.

Participation fees
In the case of HERA members, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that there is a discounted participation fee for those who have paid the membership fee (3,000 HUF/person), which can only be paid by private individuals. (However, a private individual can pay the fees of several members, in this case indicating in the comments section whose membership fee it is.) No invoice will be issued for the membership fee according to the current accounting rules. Only those HERA members who submit their HERA membership application by April 15 and are accepted at the management meeting on April 25 are entitled to the discounted participation fee.

The conference participation fee for HERA members is 20,000 HUF/person.
The conference participation fee for non-HERA members is 30,000 HUF/person.
If a company invoice is required (e.g. in case of joint payment of the costs of several conference participants), please notify us at heraevkonyvek@gmail.com. We will only send an invoice in advance for group payments of at least 5 people. We ask that everyone else pay in cash on site in order to simplify administration!! Transfer deadline for a group company invoice requested in advance: May 9, 2025.
The conference invitation and the opportunity to apply can be freely distributed among colleagues,
students and interested parties!
HERA Yearbook
A specified number of authors from among the authors of accepted and presented research topics are invited to submit a paper to the HERA Yearbook, which will be published after the conference. The received papers will be reviewed in the first round by the department head and then by a “blind” reviewer. Based on the two reviews and the number of papers received, the editorial board decides on the number of papers to be published and, in connection with this, on the score above which the papers can be included in the volume. The invited authors will be informed in a separate letter about the submission of the papers.

Scientific Committee of the Conference:

Chair: Erika Juhász PhD, Head of Department, Associate Professor (University of Debrecen), President of HERA
Conference on-site Chair: Edina Márkus PhD, Deputy Director of the Institute, Assistant Professor (University of Debrecen)
Tamás Kozma DSc, Professor Emeritus (University of Debrecen), Founding President of HERA
Csaba Jancsák PhD habil, Associate Professor (SZTE BTK), Vice President of HERA
Juliana Mrázik PhD habil, Head of Department, Associate Professor (PTE BTK), Vice President of HERA
Rita Kattein-Pornói PhD, Assistant Professor (Budapest University of Technology and Economics), Department Coordinator of HERA
Gábor Erdei PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Debrecen), International Coordinator of HERA
Mihály Fónai C.Sc. habil. university professor (University of Debrecen)
As well as the heads of departments of HERA: https://hera.org.hu/hera/szakosztalyok/

The organizing committee of the conference:

Chairman: Erika Juhász PhD, head of department, associate professor (University of Debrecen), president of
HERA
Márta Takács-Miklósi PhD, assistant professor (University of Debrecen), general secretary of HERA
Katinka Dancs PhD, assistant professor (SZTE BTK), organizing secretary of HERA
Edina Márkus PhD, deputy director of the institute, assistant professor (University of Debrecen)
Nikoletta Pete, head of the adult education center (National Institute of Culture)
Judit Herczegh PhD, assistant professor (University of Debrecen)
Gábor Fintor PhD, assistant professor (University of Debrecen)
István Gyányi, assistant professor (University of Debrecen)
Judit Szabóné Tóth, assistant professor (Debrecen) University)
Collaborators: University of Debrecen and National Institute of Culture