UNESCO TEC Teacher Professional Development Forum
Social Demands for Teacher Education in the New Era
A Celebration Forum for the 68th Anniversary of Shanghai Normal University
Section Host: Prof. Dr. Jiexin Lyu
Discussant: Prof. Dr. Minxuan Zhang
I. Forum Introduction
In order to promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 and strengthen exchanges and cooperation on teacher education in the world, Teacher Education Centre, UNESCO plans to hold the Forum on “Social Demands for Teacher Education in the New Era” at 9:00-11:30 (GMT+8) on 16th October, 2022. The Forum is also a part of the Belt and Road Shanghai Exchange Project for Educational Administrators and a celebration activity for the 68th Anniversary of Shanghai Normal University. The speech will be in English and will be open to the world via the Internet.
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II. Agenda of the Forum
(1) Prof. Dr. Andy Hargreaves, Research Professor in Boston College, Visiting Professor in University of Ottawa, President & Co-Founder, ARC Education, Canada
Topic: Five Paths of Student Engagement
(2) Prof. Dr. Michael Connelly, Emeritus Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (OISE/UT), Canada
Prof. Dr. Shijing Xu, Canada Research Chair in International and Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Education (Tier 2); Professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, Canada.
Book Series Co-editors Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Chinese and WesternEducation, Springer Palgrave Macmillan
Joint Topic: Reciprocal Learning in Teacher Education between Canada and China in a Globalized Context: Collaborative Practices and Policy Initiatives
(3)Prof. Dr. Davide Parmigiani, Teacher Educator and Researcher in University of Genoa, Italy, Former President of Association for Teacher Education in Europe, President Elect of World Federation of Associations of Teacher Education
Topic: Assessing the Development of Global Competence within the Teacher Education Programmes
(4) Prof. Dr. Detlef Urhahne, Educational Psychologist in University of Munich, Germany
Topic：What Do We Know about the Accuracy of Teacher Judgments?
(5) Prof. Dr. Jinjie Xu, Researcher in the Research Institute for International and Comparative Education, Shanghai Normal University, China and Project Manager in the Teacher Education Centre, UNESCO
Topic: Approach to Improving Teacher's Global Competence for an Interconnected World: Concept, Pedagogy and Practice
III. Introduction of the Discussant and Section Host
Prof. Dr. Minxuan ZHANG, Director of Teacher Education Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, former President of Shanghai Normal University, China.
Prof. Dr. Jiexin Lyu, Teacher Educator in Education College& Researcher in the Research Institute for International and Comparative Education, Shanghai Normal University.