Topic:

LEARNING TO BECOME: IMPLICATIONS FOR ASIAN SOCIETIES 

Date:

23 September 2021 (Thursday)

Time:

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm 

10:00 am – 11:30 am 

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

(Hong Kong Time)

(Paris Time) 

(Bangkok Time)

Venue:

Zoom (Link to be provided to registered participants in due course)

Speaker:

Mr SOBHI TAWIL, Director of Future of Learning & Innovation

Mr Sobhi Tawil (PhD) is currently Director of the Future of Learning and Innovation Team at UNESCO where he leads the Futures of Education initiative, as well as work in technology and innovation in education. He has some 30 years of experience in teaching, education policy analysis, research and program management with diverse institutions and organisations.

Language:

English 

Abstract:

Rethinking global education today requires a serious examination of the tension between past promises and uncertain futures. Retrospective and prospective analysis makes plain the dual challenge of equity and relevance in education globally. The challenge of equity has to do with the exclusions we inherit from the past and the continued denial of the right to quality education for too many children, youth, and adults. The second challenge has to do with relevance of learning, or the unrealized transformational potential of education as a route to sustainable collective futures at a time of accelerated environmental and technological disruptions. We are at a turning point with both risk and opportunity, fears and hopes. Changing course will require a new social contract for education that can repair present injustices while transforming the future. Building on the analysis and proposals of the International Commission on the Futures of Education, the keynote will outline the proposed vision and principles of this new social contract, as well as the implications for the organization of learning.  
 

Panelists:

Dr ETHEL AGNES P VALENZUELA - Director of SEAMEO Secretariat (External Panelist)

Professor JOHN LEE - UNESCO Chair in Regional Education Development and Lifelong Learning 

Professor KERRY KENNEDY - Advisor (Academic Development) of Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Professor BRUCE MACFARLANE - Dean-Designate of Faculty of Education and Human Development

Professor ERIC TSANG - Head of Department of Science and Environmental Studies

Registration:

https://qrgo.page.link/ijoEk (Close of Registration: Monday, 13 September 2021)