Entering the Age of an Educational Renaissance:  Ideas for unity of purpose or further discord?
24 - 27 November 2009
University of New England, Armidale

The theme for ANZCIES 2009 is Entering the Age of an Educational Renaissance:  Ideas for unity of purpose or further discord?  It is designed in response to the ever-increasing needs to advance our understanding of educational planning, behaviour, and development.

Is education perceived as a tool for peace?  Can we use education to expand our imagination to explore new ways of thinking for collective action?  What can we do to view education as a whole---from early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary to lifelong learning?  How can the world foster greater co-operation to offset fear of collapse, apathy, and complacency?  Indeed, the world has changed, so how should education change with it?  These and other related questions will be raised at the conference.

The aim of the conference is to present a series of papers that rigourously analyse discrete practical problems that help guide comparative and international research, uncover dilemmas, fallacies, myths, and/or to seek viable solutions to global and local concerns.

Description of presentation formats

Presentations that have topical relevance to the conference theme will be most welcome. Proposals not directly related to the theme may also be submitted for consideration.

Panel Sessions

90-minute presentations by three to four presenters, providing diverse perspectives and viewpoints on the topic

Concurrent Sessions

60-minute presentations by two to three researchers, presenting a theoretical or applied research study on similar topics