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Bridging Worlds: Making Connections in Education – 14th Internation Conference on Educatin, Brunei, Darussalam, May 21-24<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Theme \/ Topic of event:\u00a0Bridging Worlds: Making Connections in Education<\/p>\n Day \/ Date:\u00a0May 21-24<\/p>\n Place:\u00a0Brunei, Darussalam<\/p>\n More information:\u00a0<\/p>\n Education encompasses a variety of worlds \u2013 home, school, university, the workplace and industry \u2013 situated within the national and the global communities. The resulting tensions and competing paradigms in these worlds of education provide a rich framework in which to explore and examine strategies necessary for their resolution.<\/p>\n This conference will provide a platform for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to discuss and negotiate how bridging this diversity demonstrates the interdependence of these worlds.<\/p>\n Aim of the Conference<\/span><\/p>\n The aim of the conference is to enable participants to share and reflect on issues related to preparing learners for the global challenges of diversity and independence, and to provide educators with an opportunity to network.<\/p>\n Conference sub-themes<\/span><\/p>\n Bridging home and school.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Connecting school and community.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Connecting across subject areas in the school curriculum.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Linking the school curriculum and the workplace.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Linking standards and the needs of individual learners.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Linking educational practice and national development.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Linking educational policy and global imperatives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Forging school-university partnerships.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Forging university-industry partnerships.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Connecting worlds through technology and education.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Balancing accountability and innovation in education.\u00a0<\/p>\n For registration and other details please visit the conference website:\u00a0http:\/\/www.ubd.edu.bn\/conference\/webice09\/home.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 2009 ACTFL ANNUAL CONVENTION AND WORLD LANGUAGES EXPO,\u00a0California,\u00a0November 20-22<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Theme \/ Topic of event:\u00a0Speaking Up for Languages… The Power of Many Voices<\/p>\n Day \/ Date:\u00a0November 20-22<\/p>\n Place:\u00a0San Diego, California<\/p>\n More information:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Annual Convention and World Languages Expo of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) will be held Friday, November 20 through Sunday, November 22, 2009 in San Diego, CA with Pre-Convention Workshops scheduled on Thursday, November 19. The ACTFL Convention features over 500 educational sessions and events covering the whole spectrum of the foreign language profession. The entire selection of sessions is designed to provide attendees with an exciting array of sessions and events to further their knowledge and help them be better teachers or administrators. We welcome you to submit a proposal for consideration. When you login, please read carefully the\u00a0Submission Guidelines<\/span><\/span>\u00a0before proceeding to complete your online submission.<\/p>\n The convention draws approximately 6,000 attendees and is the only national event bringing together all languages, levels and assignments within the profession.<\/p>\n\n