Future Education Conference
January 28, 2018 – 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
Anandha Inn, Puducherry
Organized by The Mother’s Service Society, Pondicherry in collaboration with Mind Mingle, Delhi and the World University Consortium and the World Academy of Art & Science, USA
Agenda
Jan 28, 2018
| 8:30 – 9:15 |
Conference Registration |
| 9:15 - 10:15 |
Introduction, Aims of Education |
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Special Video Message from Students
Moderator/Speaker: Jareena Begum
Speakers:
- Garry Jacobs – New Paradigm in Education
- Ashok Natarajan – Aims of Education
- Vidya Rangan – Essence of Educational Inspiration
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| 10:15 - 11:00 |
Person-centered Education |
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Moderator: S. Devakanni
Speakers:
- Shakeel Ahmad – The lost 'Why?' of our school system
- L. Kannan – Student-centered Learning
- Ritu Kohli – Preparing for Future Challenges of Life - Emotional and Social Skills
- Ranjani Ravi – International trends
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Refreshment Break |
| 11:30 - 12:15 |
Employability & Entrepreneurship |
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Moderator: K. N. Shoba
Speakers:
- G. Senthilkumar – Enhancing employability
- S. S. Sreejith – What employers want
- S. Sairaman – Accelerated technical training
- Senthil Pandian – What Steve Jobs didn’t learn at school
- Ramesh Kumar – Developing entrepreneurs
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| 12:15 - 13:00 |
Active Learning |
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Moderator: R. Sujatha
Speakers:
- K. Srinivas – What Ought to be the Aim of Education?
- P.P. Mathur – Role and Responsibilities of teachers
- M. Chandrasekaran – Learn while you earn
- Latha Chandrasekaran – Memorization and understanding
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| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Contextual Language Learning Strategies |
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Moderator: L. Kannan
Speakers:
- M.Gayatri – Early childhood learning
- Shweta Rangan – Holistic Contextual Learning
- S. Devakanni – Teaching Etymology
- Vasugi Balaji – Speed Reading and Composition
- Janani Ramanathan – Using Literature in Teaching
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Innovations in Math & Science Education |
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Speakers: Vidya Rangan
- Vani Senthil – Basic contextual math
- Yogaraj – Math Science Education
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Refreshment break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 |
Value-Education and Higher Education |
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Moderator: Kanimozhi Arasi
Speakers:
- Arulmozhiarasi – Success stories
- A. Vijayakumar – Character Education
- T.S. Sudha – Community development as a part of curriculum
- Gaurav Nigam – Early Childhood Education
- Mohammed Javeed Basha – Voice of the Students
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| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Toward a New Educational Paradigm – open discussion & concluding remarks |
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Moderators:
- Garry Jacobs
- Vidya Rangan
Speaker: Naveen Sharma
Vote of Thanks: Sunita Prasad |
