International School of Geneva January 2009 Conference Print E-mail

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF GENEVA JANUARY 2009 CONFERENCE

THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN THE MODERN WORLD

Geneva, Saturday 17th January 2009

 

The International School of Geneva (Ecolint) held its Fourth Annual Ecolint Education Conference on Saturday 17th January 2009. The theme this year was the role of teachers in the modern world. The conference – like last year’s conference on ‘Schools facing the challenges of the contemporary world’ - was held in association with both the International Baccalaureate Organization and the International Schools Association.

Theme of the conference

The purpose of the annual Ecolint education conferences is to provide an opportunity to learn about and to discuss fundamental issues in education. These conferences have two distinctive features: to encourage thinking about education in the context of wider social, cultural, economic and political developments; and to focus on issues that both state education systems and international schools have in common. This year’s conference investigated the changing role of the teacher, the social and cultural changes in the contemporary world that are influencing attitudes and practices in this area, and the impact of the information technology revolution on teaching and on the role of the teacher.

Speakers
We were delighted that we have been able to attract so many distinguished speakers to this year’s conference, including some of the best known educational thinkers of the current day in both the anglophone and francophone educational worlds from which a bilingual school such as the International School of Geneva draws its influences. Speakers included Professor Philippe Meirieu of the University of Lyon on the source of the teacher’s authority in the contemporary world, Professor Tim Brighouse from the UK on the impact of the IT revolution on the role of the teacher, and Professor Hannele Niemi of the University of Helsinki, and Walo Hutmacher, formerly professor at the University of Geneva, on likely future developments in teaching and in teacher education

 
 
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