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World Literacy Summit Oxford UK April 2020

November 5, 2019 Jeroen Clemens Comments 0 Comment

‘Reading changes life’– this is the title of the World Literacy Summit, one of the largest world gatherings of international literacy and education specialists, held at Oxford University (UK) from April 5-8, 2020. The Oxford Summit 2020 brings together 600 delegates among them NGO leaders, researchers, teachers, faculty members, librarians and the learners themselves from 85 countries (more than two thirds of the world) and 40.000 webinar users. ELINET will be represented by Dorothee Gaile, Germany, ELINET member and expert…

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Elinet TWG Blog #1 from TWG International Literacy Assessments.

March 6, 2020 Jeroen Clemens Comments 0 Comment

Elinet wants to update you better by writing blogs, related to the TWG Topics. The first blog is from Sari Sulkunen and Bill Brozo, Chairpersons of the the TWG International Literacy Assessments. It starts like this: Whenever there is a release of the findings from a new PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) cycle, it triggers a barrage of responses from pundits, policy makers, researchers, and the public. The recent release of the results of the 2018 PISA cycle has been…

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Key messages PISA and Beyond Conference December 9, 2019

December 18, 2019 Jeroen Clemens Comments 0 Comment

Reported by Sari Sulkunen, board member Elinet PDF version here The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture organized a one-day conference PISA and Beyond building on the publication of the new PISA results. The conference took place in Helsinki on December 9, 2019. The conference aimed to present the new PISA results and discuss what we can learn from them. Most of the participants came from European ministries and other governmental agencies. OECD senior analyst Miyako Ikeda summarized the main…

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CALL for contributions to ELINET’s Annual Topic 2020

December 18, 2019 Jeroen Clemens Comments 0 Comment

ELINET’s Annual Topic 2020: “Enhancing Digital Literacy Skills: Good Practices for Early and Primary Years Education” at the 4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy in Tallinn on January 18, 2020, from 11.30 to 17.30! This CALL addresses all members of the ELINET Association and external experts to contribute to our Annual Topic (above). We want to collect, exchange and analyze research and good practice examples on this topic – especially projects, reports and examples which are only available in national languages…

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Conference on History Teaching and Disciplinary Literacy June 4−5, 2020.

November 8, 2019 Jeroen Clemens Comments 0 Comment

Conference Making sense of history invites researchers, graduate students and practitioners interested in the pedagogy of history to submit proposals that address the learning and teaching history in schools, universities, and, more generally, society. The topics include (but are not limited to) historical thinking, skill-based history teaching, and disciplinary literacies in history. Call for papers is open until January 12, 2020. For details, see http://hislit.fi/teho2020en/ Conference will be held at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, on June 4−5, 2020.

Conference on Language Education for Social Justice June 1−3, 2020

November 8, 2019 Jeroen Clemens Comments 0 Comment

Conference Language Education for Social Justice invites teachers, teacher educators, and researchers interested in language and education to come together in thinking about how to improve language education for all. Call for papers in open until December 15, 2019. For details, see https://sites.google.com/jyu.fi/lang-education-social-justice/home Conference is the 37th Conference of Applied Linguistics, and it will be held at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, on June 1−3, 2020.

PISA and Beyond Conference explores new PISA 2018 results

November 5, 2019 Jeroen Clemens Comments 0 Comment

The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture will organize a conference building on the publication of the new PISA results in Helsinki on December 9th, 2019. The conference is called PISA and Beyond, and it aims to present the new PISA results and analyze what can be learnt from them. In the one-day conference OECD representatives as well as researchers working with PISA will present PISA results, with the special focus on literacy, inclusion and quality of teacher education. Sari…

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4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy and General Assembly Elinet

November 5, 2019 Jeroen Clemens Comments 0 Comment

The 4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy will take place 16-21 January, 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia. During the Baltic Sea Conference Elinet will held a General Assembly on Saturday. Please join us. The conference “Searching for a Common Language” is focused on actual themes of literacy and multilingual education: early literacy and intervention literacy teachers and instruction digital competences and literacy literacy environments and libraries equal access to literacy and support to students with special needs lifelong development of literacy skills Important dates:…

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ELINET Contributions to the European Conference on Literacy 2019

August 31, 2019 Jeroen Clemens Comments 0 Comment

You can see and download all the presentations of all ELINET contributions below. And the abstracts can be seen HERE. Symposia I) Lifelong Education of Adults facing new Cultural and Linguistic Challenges Monday, 5th of August, 15.30 – 17.00 pm. Chairpersons: Aydin Durgunoğlu and Tiziana Mascia J. Alamprese Adults going back to the workplace and learning new skills: Findings from research. Abt Associates, USA Cristiano F., T. Mascia We and the others: the migrants who leave their country. Literacy projects to…

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