21st to 23rd June 2018
Athens, Greece
Contact person: Patricija Kirvaitis
The Learner Research Network: a conference and journal collection founded in 1989, exploring the meaning and purpose of education, with a focus on innovative pedagogies and a view to new social possibilities through education.
Organized by: Common Ground Research Networks
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 21st May 2018 Twenty-fifth International Conference on Learning
University of Athens, Athens, Greece
21–23 June 2018 Theme 1: Pedagogy and Curriculum Theme 2: Assessment and Evaluation Theme 3: Educational Organization and Leadership Theme 4: Early Childhood Learning Theme 5: Learning in Higher Education Theme 6: Adult, Community, and Professional Learning Theme 7: Learner Diversity and Identities Theme 8: Technologies in Learning Theme 9: Literacies Learning Theme 10: Science, Mathematics, and Technology Learning 2018 Special Focus: Education in a Time of Austerity and Social Turbulence
Until recently, education was considered without hesitation to be a public good. For much of the twentieth century, education budgets grew, funded by progressive taxation. Education became compulsory for all, and more students stayed on to complete higher levels of post-compulsory education. Since fall of the Berlin war, the tide has turned, and education systems have been profoundly affected by a wave of austerity. Public budgets have been cut. Meanwhile, schools have faced new challenges with wave upon wave of immigrants and refugees, and the rise of intolerant ethno-nationalisms. In addition to the usual broad range of themes, the special theme of this year’s conference will be education in a time of turbulence. How do educators respond? How do we best serve the needs of our students? What are the challenges we face in pedagogy, curriculum and educational institutions? Join us in Athens, capital of a country which has experienced more than fair share of austerity in recent years, and where schools and society have had to support the needs of large numbers of immigrants and refugees.
