The education, training and development track of this conference aims to examine emerging paradigms and innovative practices, particularly those related to the development of new approaches to education and training. We are seeking papers that engage theoretically with the subject area and/or signify pioneering applications and developments. The objective is to present work that is transformative and which embraces serious intellectual discussion. Scholarly endeavour that unearths nascent areas of academic study, or progressively questions existing paradigms and epistemological applications will be most welcome. This track will thus attempt to encourage a multi-disciplinary academic forum for the cross-pollination of ideas between the applied and social scientific perspectives.
Although we are open to any submission that is aligned with the goals of the conference and this track, we do encourage submissions relating to the following themes:
The impact of transnational higher education in a global context
New approaches in educational leadership
Initiation and implementation of education policy in the developing world
Lifelong learning in an age of uncertainty
Challenges facing education in the Islamic world
The impact of social media on theories of teaching and learning
Teachers as agents of change
Teacher training and professional development
Language teaching and its implications for a globally mobile generation
The role of vocational training in meeting the needs of the job market
Teaching gifted children
Methodologies for practitioner research in education
Critical pedagogies and the developing world
Education and training: sociological and anthropological applications and insights
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