CONFERENCE-5th International Conference of Education Research and Innovation (ICERI2012)

19th, 20th and 21st of November, 2012.

Madrid (Spain)

Website: http://www.iceri2012.org/

Email: iceri2012@iated.org

Abstracts submission deadline: July 19th, 2012

You can submit your abstract at www.iceri2012.org/submit

ICERI2012 is an annual meeting point for lecturers, researchers, technologists and educators from all fields and disciplines. It will be an excellent opportunity to present your projects and experiences and meet other colleagues from all parts of the world.

The attendance of more than 700 delegates from 70 different countries is expected.

There are 3 presentation modalities: ORAL, POSTER and VIRTUAL.

The deadline for abstracts submission is July 19th 2012 (included). You can submit your proposals at

www.iceri2012.org/submit

Two ISBN publications (ICERI2012 Abstracts CD and ICERI2012 Proceedings CD) will be produced with all accepted abstracts and papers. Accepted contributions will also be included in our Digital Library database of Education and Research innovation projects.

In addition, you will be able to enjoy the beautiful and attractive city of Madrid, its enormous cultural richness and unique gastronomy.

FIRST FEMALE ENGINEER AT GOOGLE

Marissa Mayer on discovering computer science, taking a risk on Google, and pushing past fear.


http://www.makers.com/marissa-mayer?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000034

CONFERENCE-The 1st International Conference of the Outdoor Learning Environment (ICOLE)

We are pleased to announce a new conference, ICOLE: the 1st International Conference of the Outdoor Learning Environment, to be held February 3 - 8, 2013, in Israel. This unique conference will take participants all over Israel, as we explore different outdoor learning environments in the context of educational research. It is geared towards establishing a community of researchers who incorporate the outdoors into their work, in any discipline.

We are trying to reach as wide an audience as possible: geography, math, history, science, the arts, etc. Please feel free to distribute the ICOLE website to fellow researchers and colleagues in other educational fields as well. Participation is limited to the first 80 accepted proposals (due September 1, 2012) and will be accepted on a rolling basis.

http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/ICOLE/

OECD Skills Strategy

The global transformation, often called the "21st century skills" movement is helping move schools closer to learning designs that better prepare students for success in learning, work and life. The OECD Skills Strategy is responding to this by shifting the focus from a quantitative notion of human capital, measured in years of formal education, to the skills people actually acquire, enhance and nurture over their lifetimes.


http://prezi.com/5vqk_-pdpvh4/oecd-skills-strategy/

What’s the Best Way to Encourage Kids?

Around kitchen tables, in school hallways, from the sidelines of playing fields, the exhortations ring out: “You can do it!” “The sky’s the limit!” “Go for the gold!”

Raising the aspirations of children—especially those who are economically disadvantaged—has been a popular prescription for many years, and it’s not hard to see why. What could be wrong with encouraging kids to set their sights high?

But “what has been missing,” write a group of British researchers in a report released last month, “is any evidence that the recommended initiatives actually lead to the outcomes assumed by the policy.” The report, produced for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, reviewed programs designed to bolster students’ goals for the future.

“The widespread emphasis on raising aspirations,” the team concludes, “does not seem to be a good foundation for policy or practice.” What we need, they add, is “a shift in emphasis from ‘raising aspirations’ to ‘keeping aspirations on track. ”

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http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/05/whats-the-best-way-to-encourage-kids/

CONFERENCE-Reason, Reasons and Reasoning 2013

Reason, Reasons and Reasoning 11th to 12th October 2013 Flint, United States of America Conference in which papers discuss the concept of reason, considering problems in understanding human reasoning and the implication for presuming humans to be reasoning animals. Papers from many academic disciplines and professions welcome. Enquiries: anderson@cognethic.org Web address: http://www.cognethic.org/conference.htm Sponsored by: Center for Cognition and Neuroethics

Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligences

Multiple Intelligences Thrive in Smartville

Take a stroll down the bustling streets of Smartville, USA, and you'll see students bringing mailbags full of letters from the Smartville Post Office to Reading Road and Artistic Avenue. They're working as tellers at the Smartville Savings and Learn, expanding their palates at the Smartville Culinary Arts Institute, and painting and sculpting at the Metropolitan Museum of Smart. Reporters cover local news in the Smartville Times, and clerks at the Little Elephant Depot provide tools that citizens need to do their jobs each day. Learning is the universal occupation here, but everyone in Smartville does that job a little differently.

Smartville is the Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy, a charter elementary school, in Gainesville, Georgia. The nickname embodies the schoolwide philosophy: At Enota, the theory that everyone possesses unique talents and aptitudes isn't just accepted and celebrated, it's an integral part of school culture. Kid-friendly labels for Howard Gardner's eight intelligences -- punchy interpretations like "word smart," "body smart," or "nature smart" -- pervade the school, appearing in hallway signs and classroom conversations. The real-world activities afforded by the school's village persona, staff members say, allow students to explore and express the multiple ways of being smart.

Education and Blue Man Group

They did a really nice work in their new preschool...They prepared a school environment which supports creativity.