32^nd Triennial Conference

24 – 26 August 2016
Cape Town, South Africa
 

THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT
 CALL FOR PAPERS
 

Proposals are invited for Seminar Papers, Workshops and Poster Presentations on one of the four conference themes:

• Managing complexity in education
• New technologies and their impact on secondary, tertiary and continuing  education
• Human rights and education - from teenager to adult in education and  active life
• Access to education for girls and women

Abstract submission deadline is midnight South African Standard Time on April 15, 2016.

Conference Speakers:

Honourable Minister Matsie Angelina Motshekga

South African Minister of Basic Education
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Professor Jonathan Jansen
Vice Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State
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Panel Discussions
 

Topic: Business and Education: Leadership development
to lead change in under- resourced environments

Facilitator: Louise Van Rhyn, University of Stellenbosch


Topic: Online Violence = Cyber bullying 
Facilitator: Sarah Parkes, International Telecommunication Union


Topic: Women and Entrepreneurship
Facilitator: Apoorv Bamba, Founder & Curator, Startup Safari


Topic : The risks of forgetting the boys as we achieve better access for girls
Facilitator: Felicity Coughlan, Director, The Independent Institute of Education


Topic : Using technology to make quality education affordable to more tertiary students without dropping them in to the economics of the digital divide
Facilitator: Felicity Coughlan, Director, The Independent Institute of Education

 

Please visit the conference website www.gwiconference.org for regular updates.