Educational Research for Innovation & Quality in Education: Policy & Pedagogical Engagements across Contexts

The Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA), National Institute of Education Singapore (NIE) and Educational Research Association of Singapore (ERAS) will jointly host the APERA 2008 Conference in Singapore from 26th to 28th November 2008. This conference will see the gathering of researchers from renowned educational research associations worldwide to discuss important issues of standards of education research, impact of educational research on policies and capacity building for educational research particularly in developing nations. We believe this will be an excellent platform for the meeting of peoples across continents as educators and researchers in the Asia and Pacific regions and internationally congregate to learn, engage and develop new ideas to bring about quality in educational research, policy and practice.

Keynote Speakers

• Professor Julian (Joe) Elliott, Durham University, England
• Professor Colin N. Power, Chair, Commonwealth Consortium of Education Former Deputy-Director General, UNESCO
• Professor Yin Cheong Cheng, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
• Professor Eva L. Baker, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, USA
• Professor Bienvenido F. Nebres, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
• Professor Magdalena Mo-Ching Mok, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

Strands:

• Classroom practices in education innovation
• Community support for education innovation
• Counseling in schools
• Educational policy
• Educators’ values and beliefs toward
innovation in education
• Equality of access to education
• Evaluation of education innovation
• Flexible learning at workplace
• Globalization of education
• · Holistic development in education
• Innovations in educational leadership
• Innovative assessment
• Innovative knowledge building in education
• Innovative knowledge management in education
• Lifelong learning
• Professional development of teachers
• Reflective learning
• Social context of education
• Sports Science and Physical Education
• Supporting infrastructure in education innovation
• Teacher education
• Technological innovations in education
• The ‘commoditization’ of education: Education as a package?
• The economizing of education: Gain or bane?