Call for Abstract | Making Teachers, Shaping Futures: Maker Education in Teacher Training

The call for abstracts is now open for the conference Making Teachers, Shaping Futures: Maker Education in Teacher Training, dedicated to educational makerspaces and the integration of (critical) making in pre-service and in-service teacher education. The conference particularly welcomes contributions addressing the transformative dimensions of educational making, including entrepreneurship, sustainability, critical thinking, school development, and interdisciplinarity.
The conference will take place on 5 and 6 October 2026 at the University of Education Weingarten.

The conference is organised within the framework of the Erasmus+ project Critical Making, which focuses on strengthening maker education in teacher training through European collaboration, research, and practice-based innovation.

Submission (Abstract) deadline: April 17, 2026

Contribution formats:

• Regular paper
• Symposium
• Poster
• Hands-on workshop

Submission Guidelines:

• Abstracts (max. 5000 characters including spaces) should be submitted. Submissions will open soon. Please indicate your preferred format (paper, symposium, poster, or workshop). Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the scientific committee.
• For empirical research papers: Please outline research questions, theoretical framework, methodology, and key findings (or expected results).
• For practice-based contributions, case studies, and workshops: Please describe context, aims, session structure, and expected learning outcomes.

For more information, please consult the dedicated webpage.
Please submit your abstract via this link.