International Conference The Future of Education 6th Edition Conference Programme 30 June - 1 July 2016 Grand Hotel Mediterraneo Lungarno del Tempio, 44 – Florence – Italy Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Room A Room B Room C Room D Room A Room B Room C Room D 9:35 – 10:50 9:35 – 10:50 9:35 – 10:50 9:35 – 10:50 9:00 – 10:40 9:00 – 10:40 9:00 – 10:40 9:00 – 10:40 Education and Studies on Sharing Education Studies on Second Education and New Education and Transnational Art Education Human Rights Education Language Technologies Sustainability Business Groups Acquisition Workshop Coffee Break Coffee Break Poster Session: 10:50 – 11:20 Poster Session: 10:40 – 11:20 Room A Room B Room C Room D Room A Room B Room C Room D 11:20 – 13:00 11:20 – 13:00 11:20 – 13:00 11:20 – 13:00 11:20 – 13:00 11:20 – 13:00 11:20 – 13:00 11:20 – 13:00 Education and Support Students’ Innovative Teaching Studies on Second Education and New Innovative Teaching Transnational Art Education Society Employability/Funding and Learning Language Technologies and Learning Business Groups Opportunities Methodologies Acquisition Methodologies Workshop Lunch 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch 13:00 – 14:30 Room A Room B Room C Room D Room A Room B Room C Room D 14:30 – 16:35 14:30 – 16:35 14:30 – 16:35 14:30 – 16:35 14:30 – 16:10 14:30 – 16:10 14:30 – 16:10 14:30 – 16:10 Education and E-Learning Teacher Training Studies on Second Higher Education Studies on Education and Studies on Special Needs Language Education Science Education Acquisition Coffee Break Coffee Break Poster Session: 16:35 – 17:00 Poster Session: 16:10 – 16:40 Room A Room B Room C Room D Room A Room B Room C Room D 17:00 – 18:40 17:00 – 18:40 17:00 – 18:40 17:00 – 18:40 16:40 – 18:20 16:40 – 18:20 16:40 – 18:20 16:40 – 18:20 Mobile Education E-Learning Education and New Studies on Second Studies on Innovative Teaching Studies on Second Technologies Language Education and Learning Language Acquisition Methodologies Acquisition Thursday 30 June 2016 First Morning Session: 9:00 – 11:20 Room A 9:00 – 9:10 Introductory Speech and Practicalities Opening Speech 09:10 – 09:30 New European Priorities for Education and Training Elena Maddalena, National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme (Italy) Room A 9:35 – 10:50 Room B 9:35 – 10:50 Room C 9:35 – 10:50 Room D 9:35 – 10:50 Education and Human Rights Studies on Education Sharing Education Studies on Second Language Acquisition Moderator: Martin Laba, Simon Fraser University, Ellen Whitford, Armstrong State University College of Beth Barnett, Ramapo College of New Jersey Kate Cockcroft, University of the Witwatersrand School of Communication (Canada) Education (United States) (United States) (South Africa) Why the Voice of the Child Matters for Education in A Bioecological Perspective on Educational Transition: ‘Sharing to Learn; Learning to Share’ Entrepreneurship Future Focused English Language Learning (ELL): the 21st Century Experiences of Children, Parents and Teachers Education for the 21st Century Collaborative Experiences Interwoven with Active Emer Ring, Mary Immaculate College, University of Leah O’Toole, Marino Institute of Education (Ireland) Jayne Mitchell, Bishop Grosseteste University (United Learning Methodologies Limerick (Ireland) Nóirín Hayes, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) Kingdom) Diane Boothe, Boise State University (United States) Picture Justice: A Place-Based and Human Rights It’s a Cultural Thing: Helping College Students Knowledge Sharing: Why is it Worthwhile? How an The Future of Education in Turkey: The Foresight of Approach to Teaching and Learning Successfully Navigate the Higher Education Landscape Ancient Practice has Become Fundamental to Invest Language Teacher Candidates Abby MacPhail, United Nations International School Jenny Wells - Linda Oshita, University of Hawaii at on Human Capital Orhan Özdemir - Vildan Özdemir, Mersin University (United States) Manoa (United States) Silvia Dell'Acqua, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa (Turkey) (Italy) Shakespeare for Human Rights in Schools Personalizing American Secondary Education: Findings Open Educational Practices in Small Languages: The Paulina Bronfman Collovati, University of York (United from a Small, Urban Secondary School Neoliberalism and Education in a Post-Conflict Role of Community-Driven Engagement Kingdom) Derek Michael, Global Learning Charter Public School Society: Exploring Shared Education as Educational Katerina Zourou, Web2Learn (Greece) (United States) Innovation Joanne Hughes, Queen’s University Belfast (UK) Coffee Break Poster Session 10:50 – 11:20 Thursday 30 June 2016 Second Morning Session: 11:20 – 13:00 Room A 11:20 – 13:00 Room B 11:20 – 13:00 Room C 11:20 – 13:00 Room D 11:20 – 13:00 Education and Society Support Students’ Employability Innovative Teaching and Learning Studies on Second Language Acquisition __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nóirín Hayes, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) Funding Opportunities Methodologies Diane Boothe, Boise State University (United States) Silvia Dell'Acqua, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa Michael D. Santonino III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (Italy) University College of Business – Worldwide (United States) Students in Action: Media, Popular Culture, and Supporting Graduates’ Futures Through Today’s Assessing Students Using Student Decided Using Working Memory Measures to Assess Language Pedagogy as Social Intervention Higher Education Assessment Medium Learning in South African School Beginners from Martin Laba, Simon Fraser University, School of Shelley Kinash, Bond University (Australia) Tony Barlow, Birmingham City University (United Diverse Socioeconomic and Linguistic Backgrounds Communication (Canada) Kingdom) Kate Cockcroft, University of the Witwatersrand From School to Work: The Skills as an Articulating (South Africa) “Fluid” Identities: Promoting Social Integration Shaft Student Assessment that Promotes Student Learning: Through Pluralingualism and Intercultural Education Joselaine Andréia de Godoy Stênico - Marcela Soares What Teachers Need to Know The ILOCALAPP Project: A Smart Approach to Margarita Christoforidou, Cyprus International Cinzia Colaiuda, University of Torvergata (Italy) Polato Paes - Joyce Mary Adam, Universidade Language and Culture Acquisition Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Brazil) Institute of Management, CIIM (Cyprus) Antonella Valva, University of Bologna (Italy) The Preparation of Inclusive Social Justice Education Design of Corpus-Generated EFL Placement and Leaders: An International Call Fostering Innovation Skills as Key Competences for Progress Tests for University Students Information and Communication Technologies in Davide Celoria, San Francisco State University (United Improving Employability of PhDs In SMEs Marina Kustova, National Research University – Teaching Russian Language at Kazan (Volga Region) States) María del Carmen Osuna López, Fundación General Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation) Federal University Universidad de Granada Empresa (Spain) Nailya Fattakhova - Naylya Fedorova, Kazan (Volga Do Teachers Need to be Leaders? Perceptions of A Game Changer: Scalable Assessment Tool for Region) Federal University (Russian Federation) Educational Leadership and Management in the Israeli Funding Opportunities for Transnational Research Educational Reform Secondary Educational System Elisabetta Delle Donne, Pixel (Italy) Hoda Husseini Bibi, Lebanese International University Self-directed L2 Learning for Professional Use in Adult Tsafi Timor, The Kibbutzim College of Education, (Lebanon) Education: “RETOUR Russian for Tourism” – An Online Technology & The Arts (Israel) Training Programme Ecaterina Constantinova, Agenzia per lo Sviluppo Empolese Valdelsa – ASEV (Italy) Lunch 13:00 - 14:30 Thursday 30 June 2016 First Afternoon Session: 14:30 – 17:00 Room A 14:30 – 16:35 Room B 14:30 – 16:35 Room C 14:30 – 16:35 Room D 14:30 – 16:35 Education and Special Needs E-Learning Teacher Training Studies on Second Language Acquisition Emer Ring, Mary Immaculate College, University of Julian Beckton, University of Lincoln (United Kingdom) Tony Barlow, Birmingham City University (United Liisa Wallenius, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Limerick (Ireland) Kingdom) Sciences (Finland) Supporting Faculty in Transforming the Online Virtual Educators: Instructor Presence in Online Culturally Relevant Teacher Education: Lessons from Students’ Attitude Towards German Language Environment to Accommodate the Needs of Students Courses the Community Learning with Disabilities Maya Bentz, Farmingdale State College, State Kerri Ullucci, Roger Williams University (United States) Martina Sobočan, The Polytechnic of Međimurje in B. Lynn Hutchings - Terri Peters - Patricia Richards, University of New York (SUNY) (United States) Čakovec (Croatia) Marywood University (United States) The Science of Improvement in Teacher Preparation Teaching Online Undergraduate Business Students: Jessica Miranda, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa English as a Third Language (L3) in Greek State The Impact of Training on Faculty Awareness of Online Reflections on Communication and Connection (United States) Schools: Pedagogical Implications and Suggestions Instructional Needs of Students with Disabilities Mary Rogers, Griffith University (Australia) Evangelia Papalexatou, University of Patras (Greece) B. Lynn Hutchings - Terri Peters - Patricia Richards, Lifelong Learning: Is it in the Future Plans of Candidate Marywood