Quality Education: Some Issues Quality Education: Does it Need Redefining?

1. Quality Education: Some Issues Quality Education: Does it Need Redefining? Learning and Education – is Learning a subset of education. How should education construct Total Leaning out of Formal, Non-formal and incidental learning? What is the role of non-formal and incidental learning in formal school education? Between seamless learning resources and opportunities outside school and limited resources and opportunities within – how do you negotiate? Prof. Marmar Mukhopadhyay marmar.mukhopadhyay@gmail.com

2. Quality Education: Some Issues Contradiction between what research says and what school practises – e.g. attention span and length of periods; Mastery Learning in accumulated learning gaps. One formula fit all – same subjects, units/chapters for all irrespective of interest, aptitude, learning styles, How important is school for learning?

3. Quality Education: Some Issues Quality Education – Quality School (SQAA) or Quality Learning? Learning styles of the Facebook Generation; How to create quality learning opportunity? Quality Learning – from fragile to sustainable learning; deeper understanding as basis for critical and creative thinking; Intuitive learning; Global and Local quality teachers – challenge of creating synergy;

4. Quality Education : Some Issues Learning paradigms – constructivism vs Blended Designs What one can do vs what one knows – challenge of testing and certification Do we need a fresh Education Framework – on school and teacher education;

5. What’s our take on Technology? 70% Children between 2 to 5 can use a mouse, only 11% can tie the shoe less; Average # of computers/K-12 90 in 1998 and 154 in 2005, 194 in 2012. Classrooms with Internet 51%(1998), 94% (2005) and 98% (2012) 75% students prefer tablets over textbooks 90% students think tablets help them study more efficiently; Books read per year on tablet 24, on non-tablet – 15; Students using social media – Facebook – 61%(2009), 87% (2010), 91% (2011) Twitter 0%, 59%, 87%

6. All these and many other issues that has challenged the world community in education will be the subject of discourse of the International Conference on Science of Human Learning and Education 20-21-22, November, 2013 Contact mail: <etma.india@gmail.com>