CCEAM 2008 Conference
Think Globally Act Locally: A Challenge to Education Leaders
The world has become a global village. In order to address today's life challenges, we need to broaden our intellectual horizons. This theme challenges today's educational leaders and managers to think more and act more. The role of Educational Leadership, Management and Administration in understanding, shaping and re-shaping education for economic and social progress in this global village cannot be over-emphasised. Thus the conference theme invites African and other perspectives of global and local leadership. It seeks to provide a forum for an examination of the interface between schools, other education structures and communities. It wishes to foreground the role of information and communication technology in the leadership and management of education.
Sub-themes
The conference programme will provide for leading keynote speakers, plenary sessions, parallel paper and poster presentations through the following sub-themes:
African and other perspectives on leadership
Professional ethics, personality traits, spirituality and values in Leadership and Management
The interface between schools and local education structures
The school-community interface
ICT as a tool for enhancing Educational Leadership and Management
Emerging trends in Educational Leadership, Management, Administration and Governance
Who should attend?
Education managers, leaders and administrators from all sectors
Educators
Academics
Researchers from all educational and related sectors
Students of Education leadership, management and administration
All others with an interest in this field of education
Invited Keynote Speakers
The following keynote speakers have been invited to present at the conference.
(Please note that this list of speakers may change.)
Minister Naledi Pandor National Minister of Education, South Africa
Professor Jonathan Jansen Ex Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, SA
Dr Tony Townsend Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Florida Atlantic University
Professor Andy Hargreaves The Thomas More Brennan Chair in Education at Boston College
Professor Petros Pashiardis, Ph.D. President CCEAM, Open University of Cyprus
