Events

2017 May 09

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

(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.

 

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2016 Nov 17

Engaged, Empowered Minds: Using Brain Science to Education Ethical 21st Century Citizens and Problem Solvers Conference

Thu Nov 17 (All day) to Sat Nov 19 (All day)

Location: 

Copley Place Hotel, Boston

In today’s complex, 21st Century world, it is essential for students to be engaged and ethical learners, thinkers, and citizens. Mind, brain and developmental research has found that students who feel valued and empowered are more likely to be actively engaged in school and their community, perform better academically, have more positive social-ethical behaviors and are more likely to be active citizens. Educators can improve school and civic engagement by empowering students through a sense of meaning and purpose, by giving them a choice and voice in their learning, by...

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2016 Sep 30

Public Panel: Teaching & Learning in the 21st Century

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

GCC1, Gutman Library, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA

The Global Education Innovation Initiative at HGSE is pleased to invite you to join us for panel discussions about teaching and learning in the 21st century.

Program

Speakers will talk about what their organizations do to advance 21st century learning in their countries, including why they do what they do (need and motivation) and how they do it (theory of change).  They also will share stories about some of their successes and challenges.
There will be time for Q&A.

Panel One, 2-3pm:
Teaching & Learning for the 21st Century in Chile, Colombia, and China

Paulia Grino, Santiago Isaza , Charlie MacCormack, Jiangyong Xu

Panel Two, 3-4pm:
Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century in Brazil, India, and Mexico

Claudia Costin, Armando Estrada, Rafael Parente, Monal Poduval (will be speaking about Dream a Dream)

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2016 Sep 07

Book Launch: Empowering Global Citizens

4:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Graduate School of Education Campus

Please join Dr. Fernando Reimers and Dr. Connie K. Chung, from GEII, along with their co-authors Vidur Chopra, Dr. Julia Higdon, and Nell O’Donnell for the launch of the K-12 curriculum resource, Empowering Global Citizens, at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The launch will also be video-streamed so that those who cannot come in person to the event can participate online. The authors will highlight the central themes in this book, and address your questions.

We invite you to take a look at the book prior to the launch, and to submit questions or comments in the online...

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