The International Academic Forum, in conjunction with its global partners, is pleased to announce The IAFOR International Conference on Education – Dubai 2016, to be held from Wednesday, March 2 - Friday, March 4 2016, at The InterContinental Festival City Event Centre, Dubai, U.A.E..

http://iafor.org/conferences/iicedubai2016/

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Conference Theme: "Education and Social Justice"

The conference theme for IICEDubai2016 is "Education and Social Justice", and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives.

In this conference – one of a series of five held in 2016 on education and social justice – participants are invited to explore and question ways in which education can bring about change and social justice. Abstracts should address one or more of the streams below, identifying a relevant sub-theme:

Sub-Themes:

Inclusive approaches: developing equity in education
Education, globalization and social justice
Developing transnational spaces for equality in education
Challenges of literacy and communication through the global and the local
Education and social justice: power and disempowerment

Submissions are organized in to the following thematic streams:

LEARNING AND TEACHING THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE :

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



Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by November 1, 2015.