Book of Abstracts

We are presenting you with the book of abstracts of the conference “Education Policy and Culture: Consistent and Radical Transformations”

Book of Abstracts

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Programme of the Conference

Final programme of the Conference is announced.

Registration for Listeners

Listeners are invited to register to the Conference “Education Policy and Culture: Consistent and Radical Transformations”

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Listeners fee – 15 euro should be payed to the following account:

Beneficiary’s name	Vilniaus universitetas
Beneficiary’s address	Universiteto str. 3, LT-01513 Vilnius
Beneficiary’s code	211950810
Bank	SEB bankas, AB
Bank code	70440
SWIFT code	CBVILT2X
Beneficiary’s account or IBAN (foreign citizens)	LT20 7044 0600 0672 8725
Beneficiary’s account or IBAN (citizens of Lithuania)	LT24 7044 0600 0110 1392
Extra information	Conference registration No. FsF -2016-10-0013

Deadline for registration extended

Due to received requests, the deadline for registration to the conference “Education Policy and Culture: Consistent and Radical Transformations” is extended. The deadline to register and submit the abstracts is 15th of July. 

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Keynote Speakers

• Hanan Alexander, University of Haifa;
• Sergij Gabrscek, CPZ-International Centre for Knowledge Promotion;
• Frederik Herman, University of Luxembourg;
• Gintautas Mažeikis, Vytautas Magnus University;
• Judith Suissa, University College London;
• Rimantas Želvys, Vilnius University.

Consistent and Radical Transformations

A global world is marked by the growing influence of media, uncontrollable consumerism and marketization of formerly non-market sectors. Continuously increasing migration and more or less successful social and cultural integration of newcomers make evident tensions existing between the policies of multiculturalism and ethnocentrism. These changes taking place in political, social and cultural realities make a tremendous impact on education and cause the need for transformations in it. In a fast changing world, ‘transformation’ becomes one of the most used words as well as ‘globalization’, ‘media’, and ‘technologies’. ‘Transformations’ become an oxymoron for the hidden inertia of former educational practices. It encourages us to seek answers to the following questions: What transformations taking place in education could be regarded as consistent and / or how radical can (or should) they be? What is the purpose of transformations in education and who benefits from them?

The transformations that are to be addressed in this conference are seen in two vast deeply interconnected and interdependent fields: in education policy and in culture of education. On the one hand, it can be claimed that global and national policy decisions determine changes in culture of education. On the other hand changing cultural contexts call for new education policies and immediate political decisions, which would address intercultural, multicultural, ethno-cultural education issues. The complexity of transformations in education asks for an interdisciplinary approach from researchers, politicians and practitioners and the necessity of an active academic discussion of experts who would be able to present new insights and a broader view on the issues that affect all the actors of educational field: teachers, educators, students, administrative staff, parents, and politicians.

Kvietimas į konferenciją

Vilniaus Universiteto Filosofijos fakulteto Edukologijos katedra, VU Švietimo politikos centras, VU Pedagogikos centras kviečia į 3-ąją tarptautinę mokslinę konferenciją Švietimo politika ir kultūra: nuoseklios ir radikalios transformacijos.

Kvietimas į konferenciją lietuvių kalba.