Our earlier ACE Lifelong Learning seminars in this series have set a foundation and context in which to consider the “challenges” Professor Power will outline in acknowledging that “quality education” needs to be “directed at the full development of the human personality” across all life stages, ages and levels.

This will be an insightful, internationally profound and a substantively resourced view of empowerment through lifelong learning.

Information will be available on the Springer publication by Professor Power: “Perspectives on Education for All in Asia-Pacific and UNESCO: The Power of Education”.

Please join us in this essential movement to achieve our potential, Denise M Reghenzani (Kearns) PhD
President – Australian College of Educators – Brisbane Metropolitan Region

Lifelong Learning and the Challenges facing Education in the 21^st Century: UNESCO Perspectives

Looking from Fauvre to Delors to the post-2015 development agenda in developed and developing countries on issues such as ICT, social cohesion, poverty, sustainable development, population, labour market changes, formal and non-formal education, learning, and training.

Speaker: Emeritus Professor Colin Power AO FACE (pictured right)

Prior to having held the highest education positions at UNESCO (Assistant Director-General [1989-1998] and then Deputy Director-General [1999-2000]), Emeritus Professor Power held esteemed positions across secondary and tertiary education in Australia.  His commitment to lifelong learning strengthened in the struggles to enabling access for peoples to continue to learn to “participate fully in the life and work of their society”.  He continues to serve education and learning through senior responsibilities in agencies and organisations within the sector.

Emeritus Professor Colin Power AM FACE has recently published “Perspectives on Education for All in Asia-Pacific and UNESCO: The Power of Education” and will draw from this and his work in charting the impact and value of lifelong learning. He foresees the “power of education” as the “kind of education that simultaneously improves the quality of life of both individuals and the wider society”. 

As a global leader in educational research, policy and practice, this presentation will provide unique insights from a career that began in the Queensland classroom and embraced the fullness of achievement to ensure all children, youth and adults transform and advance. 

In his latest book, Emeritus Professor Power begins the chapter on “Education at the crossroads” with quoting a Chinese proverb: “When the winds of change blow, some build walls, others windmills”. 

Program:
4.30pm  Refreshments & Welcome
5.00pm  Presentation (1 hour)
6.00pm  Questions on Presentation
6.30pm  Event Closes with Appreciation
Tea, coffee, juice and light refreshments provided by the School of Education