An international seminar, International Issues in Adult Education, will be held on Monday 28 May in connection with the Erasmus Mundus International Master in Adult Education for Social Change (IMAESC).
Students from different parts of the world will be presenting their papers at the seminar. In addition, the following keynote speakers will be addressing the conference, namely Dr Isabel De Ridder and Carine De Smet (Flemish Education Council Vlor) and Dr Itxaso Tellado Ruiz de Gauna, University of Vic.
The seminar starts at 09:00 and is expected to end by 16:30-17:00 and will be held in VC 102, IT Services Building University of Malta Msida Campus.
The seminar, which is open to the public, will be convened by the Department of Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education.
Pro-Rector, Professor Godfrey Baldacchino, the Dean of Faculty of Education Professor Sandro Caruana and the Head of Department, Arts, Open Communities & Adult Education, Professor Raphael Vella will welcome
the seminar participants.
Programme
Programme
09:00
Brief welcome addresses by Pro-Rector, Prof. Godfrey Baldacchino, Dean Faculty of Education, Professor Sandro Caruana and Head, Department of Arts, Open Communities and Adult Education, Professor Raphael Vella
09:20
Welcome by Convenor, Professor Peter Mayo
Welcome by Convenor, Professor Peter Mayo
09:30
Opening keynote address: dr Isabel De Ridder and Carine De Smet (Flemish Education Council Vlor): The Curriculum in Higher Education Challenged.
Opening keynote address: dr Isabel De Ridder and Carine De Smet (Flemish Education Council Vlor): The Curriculum in Higher Education Challenged.
10:00
Discussion re above talk on Implications for Higher Education
Discussion re above talk on Implications for Higher Education
10:15
Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30
First presentation session: Communities, Film and Social Justice
First presentation session: Communities, Film and Social Justice
Kelly Roberts Social Mobility or social justice?
Thiago Bogossian ‘Domingo é dia de Cinema’ Community Education and Cinema
Ayibanu.x.abdufrexiti Film as a tool for Adult Learning.
11:15
Discussion
Discussion
11:30
Second presentation session: Adult Education and Social Difference
Second presentation session: Adult Education and Social Difference
Lauren Bouttell Influence of a Universal Basic Income on Adult Education
Auburn Scallon Representational Diversity in educational settings and materials.
Eirini Smolktou Older Adults, Lifelong and Intergenerational Learning. A View from Greece.
12:15
Discussion
Discussion
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
14:00
Keynote talk
Dr Itxaso Tellado Ruiz de Gauna, University of Vic: Adult Education research from a Communicative Perspective
14:30
Discussion on above keynote
14:45
Third presentation session Civil Society, Global Citizenship and Social Media Rodyka Zoe Lopez Portillo The impact of civil society organizations on adult education provision. Amelia Greer Martin Podcasting among Marginalized communities
Yunah Park How Adults Learn, through work-based learning, for Global Citizenship
15:30
Discussion
15:45
Fourth presentation session: Adult Education in Regional Context: South East Asia and Oceania
Fourth presentation session: Adult Education in Regional Context: South East Asia and Oceania
Putri Rizki Lestari Adult Education for Peace Building in Indonesia
Angela-Mei-Jun Kwon Ketuanan Melayu'/Malay Supremacy: A Critical Freirean Overview
16:15
Discussion
Discussion
16:30
Closure of conference.
Closure of conference.