1. TEACHERS FOR TEACHERS
Teachers are at the forefront of education. Ever changing social and political situations demand more from teachers than simply delivering subject matter knowledge. Crises create new challenges which require teachers to have an expanded ‘toolbox’ of skills and competencies. This theme will explore mutual learning opportunities for teachers to co-create innovative and pragmatic solutions that will create engaging effective learning environments.
Topics
Teacher voice
Classroom management and student engagement
Pedagogy (teaching methods)
Teacher professional development
With busy work schedules, we often forget to prioritize our wellbeing. It is important to recognize that personal wellbeing is connected to work performance. Integrating wellbeing into workplace culture can help create a nurturing atmosphere where individuals feel appreciated, minimize burnout and stress, and enhance motivation and productivity. Fostering practices such as stress management, mindfulness, and self-care enable us to navigate challenges more efficiently and contribute to a healthier work-life balance and better mental and physical health.
Topics
Mind-body connection for self-care
Wellbeing in work culture
Counseling and coaching
Stress management
Mindfulness
Education technology in online learning opens up access to quality education for diverse learners, especially learners in remote areas. EdTech tools such as mobile learning applications, multifunctional virtual classrooms, and AI tools help to create a more effective and efficient learning environment for both educators and learners. EdTech becomes especially crucial in emergency and low-resource settings as it provides a way to overcome disruption and ensure education continuity. Moreover, it equips teachers and students with technical skills transferable to the 21st-century workplace.
Topics
Teaching and learning on mobile phones
AI in education and the workplace
Digital literacy and ICT skills
Data privacy and security in online learning
Research in education and emergency explores evidence-based strategies to support education in crisis settings to sustain access to quality education. Researchers, practitioners, and communities come together to foster and make best use of local knowledge in response to emerging challenges in education. It also examines existing systems and shares insights and recommendations that benefit diverse learners in emergency contexts. Ethical considerations and practices are addressed to elevate community empowerment and resilience.
Resilience
Multilingual education
Community empowerment
Research ethics in emergency
Monitoring, evaluation, and advocacy in emergency
Gender, equality, disability and social inclusion
Interrogating humanitarianism and development
Education should be accessible to all under any circumstance. However, this may not be the prevailing situation in many parts of the world. Under this theme, educational stakeholders develop and share adaptive, inclusive, and innovative educational pathways that meet the needs of all learners and leverage new opportunities.
Inclusive education
Lifelong learning
Education pathways
Innovative approaches to education
Flexible learning programs