CCEAM 2008 Conference

 

Think Globally Act Locally: A Challenge to Education Leaders

The world has become a global village. In order to address today's life challenges, we need to broaden our intellectual horizons. This theme challenges today's educational leaders and managers to think more and act more. The role of Educational Leadership, Management and Administration in understanding, shaping and re-shaping education for economic and social progress in this global village cannot be over-emphasised. Thus the conference theme invites African and other perspectives of global and local leadership. It seeks to provide a forum for an examination of the interface between schools, other education structures and communities. It wishes to foreground the role of information and communication technology in the leadership and management of education.

 

Sub-themes

The conference programme will provide for leading keynote speakers, plenary sessions, parallel paper and poster presentations through the following sub-themes:

• African and other perspectives on leadership

• Professional ethics, personality traits, spirituality and values in Leadership and Management

• The interface between schools and local education structures

• The school-community interface

• ICT as a tool for enhancing Educational Leadership and Management

• Emerging trends in Educational Leadership, Management, Administration and Governance

 

Who should attend?

• Education managers, leaders and administrators from all sectors

• Educators

• Academics

• Researchers from all educational and related sectors

• Students of Education leadership, management and administration

• All others with an interest in this field of education

 

Invited Keynote Speakers

The following keynote speakers have been invited to present at the conference.

(Please note that this list of speakers may change.)

• Minister Naledi Pandor – National Minister of Education, South Africa

• Professor Jonathan Jansen – Ex Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, SA

• Dr Tony Townsend – Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Florida Atlantic University

• Professor Andy Hargreaves – The Thomas More Brennan Chair in Education at Boston College

• Professor Petros Pashiardis, Ph.D. – President CCEAM, Open University of Cyprus