Global Innovators Conference 2013: Leading and Learning in Technical and Vocational Education and Training
4th to 7th April 2013
Doha, Qatar

From April 4-7, 2013, the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar in partnership with UNESCO-UNEVOC, and under the sponsorship of Qatar Petroleum will be hosting a major international education conference in Doha, Qatar, entitled Global Innovators 2013: Leading and Learning in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

The conference will focus around 5 central themes:

- Leadership and Innovation in TVET
- Applied Research and TVET
- Teaching and Learning in TVET
- Student Counseling
- Supporting Learners in TVET

Our keynote speaker line-up includes:

-Matthew Crawford - bestselling author and international advocate for vocational education
-Eric Chester - founder and President of Generation Why, Inc., a training and consulting firm helping leading companies and organizations recruit, train, manage, motivate, and retain the very best of this new generation.
-Drs. Bill Lucas and Guy Claxton - Directors of the Centre for Real World Learning
-Dr. Maryellen Weimer - Editor of 'The Teaching Professor', a monthly newsletter on teaching and learning with over 75,000 subscribers.
-Dr. Mark Milliron - Chancellor of WGU Texas and former Director for Post-Secondary Improvement with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
-Dr. Brian Little - award winning psychology professor
-Dr. Patch Adams - both a medical doctor and a clown, but he is also a social activist who has devoted 30 years to changing healthcare systems. Dr. Adams will speak on 'The joy of Caring'.
-Mr. John Baker, President of Desire2Learn
-Markus Maurer, a senior lecturer in vocational education training at the Zurich University of Teacher Education where he established a research unit on vocational education.

Plenary Sessions

Opening Plenary Panel

To kick-off the three day conference, a four-member international panel of invited speakers will discuss the current status of TVET by bringing a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives by drawing on projects from around the globe.

Ideas in Action

An international panel of invited experts will highlight current best practices globally, regionally, and locally in TVET programming and delivery to give a broad overview of innovation in TVET. Special attention will be paid to recent practical successes in transforming technical education and training. Representatives from UNESCO will reflect on outcomes of the UNESCO International Conference on TVET (Shanghai - 2012), highlighting examples of best practice in the sector with emphasis on entrepreneurship human resource development for national capacity building.

Closing Session

To synthesize the conference outcomes, speakers will explore the future of TVET as it pertains to providing learners with the necessary skills to meet the 21st century labour market demands within sustainable contexts.

For more details on the Global Innovators 2013 conference, to review our program, or to register online, please visit our conference website at:

http://www.globalinnovators2013.com.

Enquiries: آدرس ایمیل جهت جلوگیری از رباتهای هرزنامه محافظت شده اند، جهت مشاهده آنها شما نیاز به فعال ساختن جاوا اسكریپت دارید

ECLL 2013 - The European Conference on Language Learning
July 18-21, 2013 - Brighton, United Kingdom

www.ecll.iafor.org

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 20, 2013

Hear the latest research, present in a supportive environment, publish before a global audience, network, engage in new relationships, experience the UK, explore London and the Southeast of England, join a global academic community...

ECLL2013 is organized by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) in partnership with Waseda University (Japan), Birkbeck University of London (UK), The National Institute of Education (Singapore), The National University of Tainan (Taiwan), University of Lincoln (UK), the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Auburn University (USA), and its global partners is proud to announce the Inaugural European Conference on Education, to be held from July 18-21 2013, in Brighton, UK.

CONFERENCE THEME: "Shifting Paradigms: Informed Responses"

Over the past years, education has seen many shifts in the areas of teaching methodology, assessment, and use of technology; to mention a few. Learner-centered classrooms, collaboration, and transformative education focus on process in addition to content. These are just a few of the changes that have occurred. Education reform is everywhere as teachers and administrators attempt to create schools and classes for the 21st century. To do our jobs properly, we need to be aware of these changes. And as language educators we need to show how language learning and teaching can help achieve the goals of the future. We invite language educators, administrators, policy makers, and others to join us at ECLL 2013 as we share what we are doing in our classrooms and at our schools to respond to the shifts happening around us.

The aim of this International Conference is to encourage academics, scholars and practitioners representing an exciting diversity of countries, cultures, and religion to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum encouraging respectful dialogue. By bringing together a number of university scholars working throughout Japan, Asia, and beyond to share ideas, ECLL 2013 will afford the opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, and networking across higher education and beyond.

We hope you can join us in Brighton in 2013!

Steve Cornwell - Conference Chairman, ECLL 2013
Professor, Department of International and English Interdisciplinary Studies, Osaka Jogakuin University, Japan
Director of Programs, Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT)
IAFOR International IAB Member

Publishing Opportunities: Authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity of publishing their associated paper in the official conference proceedings, and a selection of papers will be considered for inclusion in the IAFOR Journal of Language Learning. For more information about IAFOR journals, please go to the IAFOR website at www.iafor.org, and click on research.

The European Conference on Language Learning 2013 will be held alongside the European Conference on Arts and Humanities. Registration for either conference will allow attendees the option of attending sessions in the other. For more information about ECAH2013, please go to www.ecah.iafor.org

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Web address: http://ecll.iafor.org/index.html