Free public lecture by international education expert
Professor Rupert Maclean AO, (Chair Professor of International Education, UNESCO Chair in TVET and Lifelong Learning, Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning Research and Development, The Hong Kong Institute of Education), will deliver a free public lecture at UTAS this month.
Prof Maclean’s presentation will consider: what role can lifelong education and schooling play in contributing to a more just, equitable and peaceful world, where there is sustainable economic and social development for all and poverty reduction?
The presentation will examine these matters with particular reference to developing countries in Asia-Pacific. Although current international action to achieve Education for All, Education for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals provides a useful foundation for action, this is insufficient.
It is also important to pay greater attention to devising concrete, action-orientated ways of promoting social justice and peace building, through means such as lifelong learning, skills development for employability, values/ethics education, and high quality, relevant educational research, in the light of political realities.
The presentation will focus on the work of the United Nations (UN), and in particular UNESCO, which is the specialist UN organization concerned with strengthening and upgrading education and schooling in developing countries, countries in transition and those in a post-conflict situation.
Who: International education expert Professor Rupert Maclean AO
What: Free public lecture: Peace Building and Poverty Reduction: What Can Education Achieve?
When: Wednesday 18 April 2012, 6-7.30pm
Where: Stanley Burbury Theatre, University Centre, Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay campus
Information/RSVP: UTAS.Events@utas.edu.au T: 6226 2521