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IICE2015 - The IAFOR International Conference on Education - Dubai

The final submission deadline for the IAFOR International Conference on Education, held from March 8-10 at the Crowne Plaza, Dubai Festival City, is just just one week away.

This conference, themed around "Education, Power and Empowerment", has already drawn more than 400 submissions from researchers and professionals from around the globe to discuss challenges relating to power, education and globalisation.

Develop policies. Exchange ideas. Promote new partnerships. Experience Dubai.

Please submit your abstract by January 1, 2015 at www.iafor.org/cfp

Benefits of attending the IAFOR International Conference on Education

- Be motivated by high quality international speakers.
- Benefit from hearing the latest developments in Education and Language Learning research.
- Excellent opportunities to promote your research, organisation, or institution.
- Have your research published in the official conference proceedings and eligible for journal publication
- Participate in interactive audience sessions
- Daily refreshment breaks and lunch on each conference day
- International networking opportunities

For details on how to join as an audience member and further registration details, please go to http://iafor.org/iafor/iice2015-registration/

Any queries can be directed to [email protected]

We look forward to meeting you in Dubai.

Conference Theme: "Education, Power and Empowerment: Developing Transnational Spaces"

In this conference - one of a series of five held in 2015 on education, power and empowerment - participants are invited to explore and question the transnational spaces of education and the power relations attached to them. This might include geographical spaces but is not limited to them. Abstracts should address one or more of the streams below, identifying a relevant sub-theme:

Transnational or international?: Developing new spaces of learning
Education, power and globalisation
Developing transnational spaces of education
Challenges of literacy and communication in transnational spaces
Education and transnational spaces: power and disempowerment

Conference Streams:

Learning and Teaching in Transnational Spaces:
Education: social justice and social change
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

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