2015 Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (59th conference) - Deutscher Bildungsserver

2015 Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (59th conference)

08.03.2015 - 13.03.2015

Washington Hilton Hotel
Washington, D.C.

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The theme of the conference is "Ubuntu! Imagining a humanist education globally".
"This conference theme explores an imagined future where education is a moral enterprise that develops and shapes minds to embrace humanism that is inseparable from socio-economic equality, which defines the world as a complex whole, an interconnected and interdependent ecosystem of diverse humans, nature and the planet. This vision of humanist education is in harmony with Ubuntu, which inspires a multiplicity of worldviews, indigenous epistemologies and ideological schools of thought in a world that is inclusive while fostering autonomy and humanity. It is conceived to guide academics, policymakers and practitioners and learners in different locations. (...)
We ... urge participants to contribute to tackling theoretical, empirical, and practical questions in the critical examination of existing systems of learning and testing at the local and global levels, the limits as well as the possibilities of established quantitative and qualitative methods with careful consideration of indigenous epistemologies. Let Washington, D.C. in 2015 become the site where we reflect and rededicate ourselves to the search for new directions in education by engaging Ubuntu-inspired education for humanity across the world." [Abstract: Site editorÂ’s information supplemented by editors of Education Worldwide]