The European Conference on Education 2016

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) invites you to participate in The Fourth European Conference on Education (ECE2016) and enjoy the beautiful seaside city of Brighton, UK. Held alongside The Fourth European Conference on Language Learning, and the Fourth European Conference on Technology in the Classroom, at the Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront from June 29 - July 3, 2016, join us as we discuss this year's conference theme, "Education and Social Justice: Democratizing Education" along with ECE2016 conference chairs Professors Sue Jackson and Linda Morrice, Chairman Prof. Stuart D.B. Picken, invited speakers and more! ECE2015 welcomed over 350 delegates from more than 40 different countries last year and we look forward to continuing this international event in 2016. To submit an abstract for presentation or participate as an audience member, please visit the website or contact us for more information. Submit an abstract: http://iafor.org/cfp Visit the conference website: http://iafor.org/conferences/ece2016/ Enquiries: ece@iafor.org ***Join IAFOR at ECE2016 to: -Deliver your own research findings to a global audience -Have your work published in the conference proceedings and considered for peer-reviewed, open access IAFOR Journals -Benefit from IAFOR's interdisciplinary focus by hearing the latest research in Education, Lanaguage Learning, and Technology in the classroom -Participate in a truly international, interdisciplinary and intercultural event -Participate in interactive audience sessions -Access international networking opportunities *Discounts on registration fees are available for those able to pay registration fees early. Please see the registration page for details: http://iafor.org/ece2016-registration *If you have attended an IAFOR conference within the past year, or belong to an affiliated university or institution, we offer a 10 percent discount in appreciation of your support. *See the full schedule of our conferences in Japan, Dubai, Hawaii, Barcelona and the UK at http://iafor.org/events ***The 2016 conference theme is "Education and Social Justice: Democratizing Education" The conference theme for ECE2016 is "Education and Social Justice: Democratizing Education", and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives. In this conference – one of a series of five held in 2016 on education and social justice – participants are invited to explore and question ways in which education can transcend boorders of space, identity, culture and more, and to consider the ways in which education can develop (or hinder) social justice. Abstracts should address one or more of the streams below, identifying a relevant sub-theme: Sub-Themes: Educating through borders of power Transcending boundaries of 'self' and 'other' Challenging and transcending learning spaces Education and the boundaries of communication Borderlands of being and becoming Submissions are organized in to the following thematic streams: LEARNING AND TEACHING THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE - Education: social justice and social change LEARNING AND TEACHING IN COMMUNITY SPACES - Education: social and political movements - Education and post-colonialism - Education for sustainable development - Conflicting perspectives in learning and teaching - Digital technologies and communications - Educational change through technologies CHALLENGING AND PRESERVING TRADITIONAL CULTURES - 'Englishes' in global communication - Bi-cultural, bi-lingual and bi-national education - Languages education and applied linguistics (ESL/TESL/TEFL) - Linguistics and Pedagogy - Multilingual societies - Education for interdisciplinary thinking - Education for intercultural communication - Education for international exchange - Challenges of new technologies LEARNING, TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURES - Primary and secondary education - Higher education - Adult and lifelong learning - Technology enhanced and distance learning - International Schools and Educational goals - Educational Policy, Leadership, Management and Administration - Curriculum Research and Development - Economic Management of Education - Institutional Accreditation and Ranking - Organizational Learning and Change - Professional Concerns, Training and Development - Special Education, Learning Difficulties, Disability - Student Learning, Learner Experiences and Learner Diversity IAFOR looks forward to welcoming you to Brighton, UK. ECE/ECTC/ECLL 2016 will be part of a series of events taking place in Brighton, UK from June 29 - July 14. These events are international, intercultural, and interdisciplinary and will cover topics such as psychology, education, business, sustainability, literature, media and more. Please visit the UK events page of the IAFOR website for details: http://iafor.org/conferences/european-conferences/ ***ECE2016 Conference Chairs and Featured Speakers Dr Linda Morrice ECE2016 Conference Chair University of Sussex, UK Panel Presentation: Challenging practices - Imagining spaces of empowerment and participation Linda Morrice is Senior Lecturer in Education at University of Sussex, UK. Her research interests focus on lifelong learning, gender and sexuality, identities, well being and migration. Her most recent book, 'Being a refugee: learning and identity'; a longitudinal study of refugees in the UK, was published by Trentham Books in 2011. Linda is a member Council of SCUTREA (Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults) and is co-convener and co-founder of the ESREA (European Society for Research in the Education of Adults) Network on Migration, Ethnicity, Racism and Xenophobia. She currently has two research awards: Optimising refugee resettlement in the UK: a comparative analysis (ESRC), and Cultural Values from the Subaltern Perspective: A Phenomenology of Refugees' Experience of British Culture (AHRC). Professor Jean-Marc Dewaele ECLL2016 Keynote Speaker Birkbeck, University of London, UK Keynote Presentation: The non-linguistic benefits of language learning Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism at Birkbeck, University of London. He does research on individual differences in psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, pragmatic, psychological and emotional aspects of Second Language Acquisition and Multilingualism. He has published over 180 papers and chapters, co-edited five books and five special issues. He is the author of a monograph Emotions in Multiple Languages in 2010 (2nd ed in 2013). He is Vice-President of the International Association of Multilingualism, Convenor of the AILA Research Network Multilingualism, and former president of the European Second Language Association. He is General Editor of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. He won the Equality and Diversity Research Award from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (2013) and the Robert C. Gardner Award for Outstanding Research in Bilingualism (2016) from the International Association of Language and Social Psychology. He is father of a trilingual daughter and holds a black belt (Shodan) in Go Kan Ryu karate. ***About IAFOR and its events IAFOR welcomes thousands of academics to our conferences each year, which range in size from around 100 to in excess of 500 attendees. They do so because of the supportive and nurturing research environment, because of the unique networking opportunities, and because of the strength of the organization's platform. Our conferences are meticulously planned and programmed under the direction of prominent academics to ensure that they offer programs of the highest level, and are also quite unique in the way in which they are supported by some of the world's leading academic institutions, including the University of London (UK), Virginia Tech (USA), Monash University (Australia), Barcelona University (Spain), Waseda University (Japan), the National Institute of Education (Singapore), and The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKSAR). IAFOR's credibility has enabled it to become a genuine pioneer, and has grown to be the most respected and trusted organization encouraging international, intercultural and interdisciplinary study. The organization is a formative influence in providing new research avenues and visionary development solutions necessary in our rapidly emerging globalized world. We welcome you to engage in this expanding global academic community of individuals and network of institutions, and look forward to seeing you at one of our future events, as we look forward to breaking new ground, together. To learn more about IAFOR - http://iafor.org ***IAFOR has a series of education events held in locations around the world. For information on these events, please visit the conference websites: February 27-29, Dubai, UAE IICE Dubai 2016 - The IAFOR International Conference on Education Dubai http://iafor.org/conferences/iicedubai2016/ April 3-6 - Kobe, Japan ACEID 2016 - The Asian Conference on Education & International Development http://iafor.org/conferences/aceid2016/ October 20-23 - Kobe, Japan ACE 2016 - The Asian Conference on Education http://iafor.org/conferences/ace2016/