The First Malta International Forum on Learning 2009

The First Malta International Forum on Learning will take place at the Dolmen Resort Hotel, Qawra, Malta, between 25-27th June 2009. This conference is being organised by Let Me Learn (Malta) in partnership with the University of Malta. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for established scholars, teachers, education administrators, school leaders, policy makers and other stakeholders to present and discuss latest research, applications, and innovations in the field of learning. It will also facilitate national and international networking in the area.

Proposals for presentations are welcomed (see submissions section on the conference website). Plenary and parallel sessions will be run in English.

Please forward any queries or comments to info@forumonlearning.org

Convenors: Prof. Carmel Borg and Mr. Colin Calleja

Day One - Thursday 25th June 2009

17:30-19:00
Registration

19:30-20:45
Opening Ceremony

Keynote:     Grace Grima
                  Director General
                  Directorate for Quality and Standards in Education

20:45
Conference Reception

Day 2 - Friday 26th June 2009

08:00-08:40
Registration

08:45-09:45
Keynote Talk :    Christine Johnston
                         Emeritus Professor
                         Lead Researcher and Initiator - Let Me Learn Process

Honouring the "Quccija" of your learners

10:00-11:15

Plenary Session - Panel 1
Technology Assisted Learning. Chaired by Dr. Philip Bonanno (..more info)

11:15-11:45
BREAK

11:45-13:30
Academic Stream: Panel session I. Chaired by Dr. Josann Cutajar (..more info)

Professional Stream: Parallel Workshops (morning session) (..more info)

13:30-14:30
LUNCH

14:30-16:15
Academic Stream: Panel session II Chaired by Prof. JURKA LEPICNIK VODOPIVEC (..more info)

Professional Stream: Parallel Workshops (afternoon session) (..more info)

16:30-17:45
Plenary Session - Panel 2. Chaired by Dott. Veronika Wielderin

18:00-19:00
Networking meeting

20:15
Conference Dinner

Day 3 - Saturday 27th June 2009

08:45-09:45
Keynote Talk : Tom Leney
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)

The Shift to Learning Outcomes: Fashion, Trend or Paradigm?

10:00-11:15

Plenary session: Panel 3
Learning, Policy and Leadership for Social Justice in Education: International Perspectives Chaired by Prof. John Portelli (..more info)

11:15-11:45
BREAK

11:45-13:30
Academic Stream: Panel Session 3 Chaired by Dr. Amalija Žakelj (..more info)

Professional Stream: Parallel workshops (morning session) (..more info)

13:30-14:30
LUNCH

14:30-16:15
Academic Stream: Panel Session 4. Chaired by Dr. Damien Spiteri (..more info)

Professional Stream: Parallel workshops (afternoon session) (..more info)

16:15-16:30
Concluding Remarks

18:30
Social Programme

Mr. Colin Calleja lectures in the area of General Pedagogy with specialization in Differentiated teaching and learning, at the Faculty of Education, University of Malta. He is the coordinator of the Programme in Teaching for Diversity and national coordinator of the Let Me Learn Programme. Mr. Calleja is involved in a number of EU projects dealing with Differentiated instruction and life-long learning. Mr. Calleja is currently involved with a non-governmental organization which has just been selected by an EU organisation to monitor racism in Malta. Mr. Calleja will be monitoring the Education component. Mr. Calleja is the author of Differentiating Instruction in the Primary Classroom (2005), he has also co-edited, with Prof. Carmel Borg, Understanding Children and Youth at Risk: Narratives of Hope (2006). Mr. Calleja is also a co-author of a Handbook for teacher trainers entitled Differentiated Teaching Module: Preparing trainee teachers to respond to pupil diversity – Teacher trainees Handbook (2007).

Prof. Carmel Borg is the former Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Malta. Prof. Borg lectures in Curriculum Studies, Critical Pedagogy and Parental Involvement in Education. He has written, presented and published extensively around the foregoing issues. Prof. Borg consults locally and internationally, and is an external expert for the European Commission (DG Education). Prof. Borg is the founding editor of the Journal of Maltese Education Research and the current editor of the Malta Review of Educational Research.