Education and economy in the era of ‘knowledge based economy’ and ‘learning society - Seminar
Wed, Nov 12, 2008
The Department of Education (University of Helsinki) and the Intercultural Bilingual Education Development and Research Project cordially invites you to the seminar on
"Education and economy in the era of ‘knowledge based economy’ and ‘learning society’: towards a dialogue between three different perspectives"
Wed, Nov 12, 2008 Siltavuorenpenger 20 A, auditorium 107, at 15:00 - 17:00
The speakers:
Professor W. John Morgan, UNESCO Professor of the Political Economy of Education,
Director of the UNESCO Centre for Comparative Education of Research and Commonwealth Education Documentation Centre, the University of Nottingham, U.K.
“Should teachers stay at home? The impact of international teacher mobility” (Simon Appleton, W. John Morgan & Amanda Sives, Journal of International Development 18, 2006)
Professor Tuomas Pekkarinen, Åbo Academi
“School tracking and intergenerational income mobility: Evidence from the Finnish comprehensive school reform” (Tuomas Pekkarinen, Roope Uusitalo, and Sari Kerr, September 4, 2008, a paper under review)
Simo Juva Director of Education and Culture, City of Lohja
“Strategies for sustainable investment in adult lifelong learning” (a chapter from Education Policy Analysis 2003, OECD)
Chair:
Professor Hannu Simola, Sociology and Politics of Education, Department of Education, University of Helsinki
The presentations are based on the texts mentioned above. Therefore, the participants are strongly recommended to have read the texts beforehand. The seminar is open and free of charge. To register and to obtain the texts, please contact Ms. Saija Volmari (saija.volmari@helsinki.fi).
The organisers:
Department of Education, University of Helsinki
Intercultural Bilingual Education Development and Research Project
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