Elinet wants to update you better by writing blogs, related to the TWG Topics.
The first blog is from Sari Sulkunen and Bill Brozo, Title: 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. … Read the rest
Reported by Sari Sulkunen, board member Elinet. You can download the 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.… Read the rest
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 and need to be translated into English in order to reach out to the international community of literacy experts, researchers and practitioners.… Read the rest
Update: The Conference Making Sense of History scheduled for June 4-5, 2020 has been cancelled due to Covid-19.
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.… Read the rest
Update The Language Education for Social Justice conference that was scheduled for June 2020 has been postponed due to Covid-19. The conference will take place from June 1-3, 2021 in Jyväskylä, Finland. All accepted papers, colloquia, workshops, roundtable discussions and rants will stay accepted, unless the participants prefer to cancel their presentation. Also all four keynote speakers have agreed to join us also in 2021. For details, see the website: https://sites.google.com/jyu.fi/lang-education-social-justice/home… Read the rest
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 on literacy, inclusion and quality of teacher education.… Read the rest
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:
Important dates: Late registration until 7 January, 2020
For more information, go to the events website at https://4bscl2020.ee
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 thirds of the world) and 40.000 webinar users.… Read the rest
You can see and download all the presentations of all ELINET contributions below. And the abstracts can be seen HERE.
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
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