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CATCHING THE KNOWLEDGE WAVE? and Thinking Things Through

International Dialogue on Education in the 21st century

Closed seminars held in partnership with
New Zealand Centre for Educational ResearchHumanities Education Centre logoLocal 4 Global logo

MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER - 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
- Friend's House - Euston, London
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for In Service teachers
Initial Teacher Education and Training (ITET)

- How are ideas around knowledge and learning shifting?

- What does globalisation have to do with it?

- How do these shifts affect identities, cultures and relationships?

- How are these changes affecting educational policy around the world?

- What can be done to support teachers to understand and address complexity, uncertainty, insecurity and disaffection in schools?

- How can teachers be supported to connect to and meet the needs of 21st century learners?

- How relevant are global issues and perspectives to the 21st Century curriculum?

These closed seminars brings together educators and researchers from England, Brazil, New Zealand and Ireland who are involved with changes in the curriculum based on the questions above. This seminar invites policy makers and advisors to engage in an international dialogue around
 globalisation, global citizenship and education
 knowledge and learning in the knowledge society
 meeting the needs of 21st century learners
 enquiry, critical reflection and independent thinking in the knowledge society

 

Thinking Things ThroughThis event marks the launch of the ‘THINKING THINGS THROUGH' initiative (T3).


T3 is a collaborative educational initiative to connect thinking, generate knowledge, build new partnerships and develop innovative strategies related to the question:

How can we support educators
conditioned by 20th century thinking and structures
to understand and meet the needs
of learners in the 21st century?

 

Confirmed speakers include:

Dr Jane Gilbert
New Zealand Council for Educational Research - Author of the book ‘Catching the Knowledge Wave? The knowledge society and the future of education' which informed the development of the new New Zealand Curriculum

Prof Lynn Mario de Souza
University of Sao Paulo - Author of the foreign languages component of the new National Curriculum for Brazil

Dr Vanessa Andreotti
University of Canterbury and University of Ireland - Coordinator of the international initiatives ‘Through Other Eyes' and ‘Open Spaces for Dialogue and Enquiry'

REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION:
SHARIFA KHANOM - HUMANITIES EDUCATION CENTRE,
T020 7364 6405 F020 7364 6422 - hec@gn.apc.org

 

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