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Educating Students for a Diverse and Rapidly Changing World - A Conference of the Global Education Innovation Initiative

Date: 

Tuesday, May 9, 2017 (All day) to Wednesday, May 10, 2017 (All day)

Location: 

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Educating Students for a Diverse and Rapidly Changing World

A Conference of the Global Education Innovation Initiative

Harvard Graduate School of Education

May 9-10, 2017

 

You will be able to watch selected panels of the conference online using the following links:

May 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDbEkyxhBw

Askwith Forums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvg_IKqQP4

May 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B8ycldFWwI

 

Goals:

  1. Provide a platform that supports exchange of experience and collaboration among global leaders of institutions advancing the improvement of public education towards greater relevance
  2. Disseminate the research of the Global Education Innovation Initiative to institutions who work to support the improvement of public schools around the world
  3. Support the initiatives of the coalitions created by the country partners of the Global Education Innovation Initiative to advance 21st century education

        

Partial list of organizations attending the conference:

Aflatoun, Ashoka, Asia Education Foundation, Asia Society, Camfed, Center for Environment Education, Committee for Children, Creativity Culture and Education, Design for Change, Dream a Dream, Earth Force, ECBI, EdLeader21, Educación 2020, Educate!, Education for Sharing, Facing History and Ourselves, FEE, INJAZ, IRC, Junior Achievement, Lend a Hand India, PYE, Right to Play, Southern Poverty Law Center, Teach a Man to Fish, Teach for All, Teach Plus, UNICEF, UWC, Via Educación, World Savvy

 

Partial list of countries represented by registered participants:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Guatemala, India, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Rwanda, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

 

TWITTER: @harvardglobaled  #HGSEGEII

 

Download a PDF version of the program here.

 

Day 1, Tuesday May 9

 

You can watch online here, May 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDbEkyxhBw

 

8:30-9:00AM             Welcome and Conference Goals

Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education & Director of Global Education Innovation Initiative, HGSE

9-10:30AM                Panel I: Goals & Purposes of Education in the 21st century

  • Sergio Cardenas, Professor, CIDE, Mexico
  • Maria Figueroa, Dean of Education, Universidad Externado, Colombia
  • Wendy Kopp, CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All
  • Pak Tee Ng, Associate Dean, National Institute of Education, NTU, Singapore
  • Miho Taguma, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD

Moderator: Fernando Reimers, HGSE

10:30-11AM              BREAK

11-12:30PM              Panel 2: Professional Development in the 21st Century

  • Cristian Bellei, Professor, University of Chile (ECBI, Chile)
  • Monal Jayaram, Director, Piramal Foundation (Dream a Dream, India)
  • Charlotte Zhijuan Ma, Director of Education Innovation, 21st century Education Research Institute (Qingyang District Based Professional Development, China)

                                    Moderator: Connie K. Chung, Associate Director, GEII, HGSE

3:30-4:30PM             Regional Groups Report Back & Open Discussion w/ all attendees

4:30-5PM                   BREAK

5-6:30PM                   Askwith Forum: Education in a Diverse and Globalizing World

You can watch here, Askwith Forums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvg_IKqQP4

  • Roger Brooks, President and CEO, Facing History and Ourselves
  • Maureen Costello, Teaching Tolerance Director, Southern Poverty Law Center
  • Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor, HGSE
  • Jim Ryan, Dean, HGSE

Chair: Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of Practice in International Education & Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative, HGSE

 

Day 2, Wednesday May 10

 

You can watch online here, May 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B8ycldFWwI
 

8.30-9:00AM             Summary of previous day and orientation to the day.

                                    Sergio Cardenas, Professor, CIDE Mexico

9-10:30AM                Panel 3: Innovations in Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century

  • Maggie Appleton, Director of Policy and Partnerships, Educate! (Rwanda & Uganda)
  • Armando Estrada, Executive Director, Via Educación (Mexico)
  • Roeland Monasch, CEO, Aflatoun (Netherlands & Global)
  • Kate Robinson, Head of Strategic Operations, HundrED (Finland & innovations from around the world)
  • Vishal Talreja, Co-Founder & CEO, Dream a Dream (India)

                                   Moderator: Connie K. Chung, GEII, HGSE

10:30-11AM              Break

11-12:30PM          Panel 4: Scaling & Spreading Quality Education in the 21st Century

  • Sanjli Gidwaney, Director, USA, Design for Change
  • Jenny Perlman Robinson, Fellow, Brookings
  • Jens Walterman, Executive Director, UWC

Moderator: Monica Higgins, Kathleen McCartney Professor of Education Leadership, HGSE

3:30-5PM       Panel 5: Changing Systems

  • Rod Allen, Superintendent, Cowichan Valley School District 79 and Jennifer McCrea, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, British Colombia, Canada
  • Claudia Costin, Director, CEIPE Center, Brazil
  • Luis Enrique Garcia, CEO, Off Bound Adventures, Colombia
  • Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration and Founding Director, EdRedesign Lab, HGSE
  • Katie Smith, Director of Operations, Camfed

                              Moderator: Fernando Reimers, HGSE

5-6PM            Closing Reflections & Next Steps

 

 

 

 

 

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