Joy of Learning - a CICERO Learning conference


LEARNING AS EMPOWERMENT - A CHALLENGE FOR THE FINNISH SOCIETY

TIME: 9.00-12.30
DATE: 15 December 2008
VENUE: Great Hall (Juhlasali), Unioninkatu 34, University of Helsinki

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME OF THE SYMPOSIUM

09.00 Registration and coffee

09.30 Music

09.40 Opening
Professor Thomas Wilhelmsson, Rector of University of Helsinki

09.50 Welcoming address
Professor Kristiina Kumpulainen, Director of CICERO Learning network

10.00 Learning, education and well-being
Director Leena Vestala, Finnish Ministry of Education

10.10 Social outcomes of learning, improving the quality of life
Economist Koji Miyamoto, CERI, OECD

10.30 Education and global sustainability - How do we understand competitiveness?
Lead Education Specialist Pasi Sahlberg, European Training Foundation

10.50 Break

11.05 Music

11.10 Education and multiculturalism
Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors

11.30 Changing discourses - what, how, and to what effect do societies learn from educational research?
Professor Anna Sfard, Michigan State University / University of Haifa

11.50 Teacher education as basis for an educated and competent
society
Professor, Vice Rector Hannele Niemi, University of Helsinki

12.10 Closing remarks
Professor Andrew Pollard, Institute of Education, University of London

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