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Report World Literacy Summit Oxford, April 2020

Report World Literacy Summit Oxford, April 2020

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Report about the World Literacy Summit, Oxford, in April 2020 by Dorothee Gaile, Co-Chair of Thematic Working Group on Adolescent & Disciplinary Literacy in the ELINET Association) Latest news: Literacy is your topic? You can gain free unlimited access to the recorded content, keynote and over 100 expert presentations of the World Literacy Summit 2020 on a “Netflix”-style platform: WLSOnline will be open for registration on July 1, 2020. This platform will offer vital resources for all educators who are looking…

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European Conference on Literacy, Dublin July 5 – 7, 2021

European Conference on Literacy, Dublin July 5 – 7, 2021

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The 22nd European Conference on Literacy which is jointly organised by the Federation of European Literacy Associations and The Literacy Association of Ireland, will take place in Dublin, Ireland from July 5th to July 7th, 2021, alongside the 45th Annual Conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland. The conference venue is the Institute of Education, Dublin City University (St Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra). More and updated information you can find here on the website of FELA Elinet will be present at…

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Key messages PISA and Beyond Conference December 9, 2019

Key messages PISA and Beyond Conference December 9, 2019

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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

CALL for contributions to ELINET’s Annual Topic 2020

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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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PISA and Beyond Conference explores new PISA 2018 results

PISA and Beyond Conference explores new PISA 2018 results

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The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has organised a conference building on the publication of the new PISA results in Helsinki on December 9th, 2019. See the report from Sari Sulkunen, board member Elinet.  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…

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4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy and General Assembly Elinet

4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy and General Assembly Elinet

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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: Late…

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World Literacy Summit Oxford UK April 2020

World Literacy Summit Oxford UK April 2020

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Update: due to Covid-19 this conference took place only online. The report of the Elinet contribution will be published soon. ‘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…

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ELINET Contributions to the European Conference on Literacy 2019

ELINET Contributions to the European Conference on Literacy 2019

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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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