PROGRAMME SHANGHAI - HANGZHOU - TIANJIN 20-23 OCTOBER 2017 www.festivalofeducation.cn To keep in step with an ever-changing world, schools can no longer offer an education that lacks dynamism or flexibility. Pupils, parents, teachers, and politicians should all be involved in creating new educational pathways that are fit for an often uncertain future. Debate, discussion and inquiry are therefore essential elements of the way forward. Over four days, the festival brings together experts in education from the UK, China and the rest of the world, who will present a variety of talks, lead workshops, and take part in panel discussions that will stimulate thinking about education. If you are involved in, or passionate about education, this inspirational event is for you. Come and join other festival-goers who explore, celebrate, learn, debate and connect. Be inspired by our impressive speakers, get involved with workshops and activities, and connect with other educationalists, teachers, students and parents. JOIN THE DEBATE Session Strands Early Years focus dedicated sessions for Early Years educators and parents Wellbeing an inquiry into examination stress, body image and mental health A developing romance aspects of the relationship between Chinese and British education Exploring education sessions challenging accepted ideas and fundamental concepts of teaching Dr Stephen Jacobi Festival Director Welcome to the third annual Festival of Education at Wellington College. This year’s event is bigger and more ambitious than its predecessors. There is extra geographical reach (taking in Hangzhou, Tianjin and, closer to home, the bilingual school in Shanghai), and the festival is slightly longer, with a prologue on Thursday and a conclusion in Tianjin on Monday afternoon. The Thursday start is because we have been granted a licence to host TED talks, and the first opportunity to present these will come on the day before the official opening of the festival proper. A couple of the TED talks will focus on education, as appetisers for the main event. In addition to the Thursday prologue, the festival also lasts longer on Saturday. This should allow you to attend more talks and make your experience of the festival less frenetic. As a consequence, the programme itself is fatter: more speakers; more rooms; more sessions, though without any drop in their quality. There are four thematic strands holding the event together, and these represent broadly significant educational issues. We plan to create more strands in future festivals, such as the influence of technology in education. If there are other themes you would like to see explored, I would be delighted to hear from you. Not included in this brochure is a request for you to ‘save the date’ for next year’s event. This is because there are plans to move the Festival of Education to April, effectively swapping dates with our Arts Festival. The thinking is that we will run a combined arts and education week in March 2018, followed by a full Arts Festival in October, with the first ‘new’ date for the Festival of Education being April 2019. Meanwhile, please enjoy this year’s festival. There are some terrific speakers, including a few old hands, though most of the participants are making their first appearance at the festival. Presenters have travelled from the UK, Europe, Australia, and Hong Kong. There are a number of experts from mainland China. And some of the sessions are being presented by Wellington staff and parents, which is an initiative I would like to encourage. The Festival of Education represents a continued commitment to thinking about, exploring, and encouraging debate about what education is and where it might be headed. More than ever, teaching and learning must be dynamic and keep up with the demands and challenges of a fast- shifting world. I thank you for your attendance and hope that you will enjoy the discussions and find plenty to think about. Gerard MacMahon Executive Master Wellington College Shanghai Welcome to the third Wellington College Festival of Education, or ‘EdFest’. The aim of the festival is to provide an opportunity for educationalists, teachers, parents, and pupils to hear interesting and challenging ideas from the best thinkers and practitioners. We hope this will spark discussion and help Wellington teachers, and our colleagues in other schools, to continue to improve their practice. The festival is growing and this year incorporates events in four distinct Wellington China locations. Events will take place in in our newest home in Hangzhou, in our oldest school in Tianjin, and in our two Shanghai sites: the Early Years setting and the festival’s headquarters at Wellington College International Shanghai. I hope our broadening locations will bring even broader perspectives to the debate and discussion. It may be a coincidence that ideas we discuss at EdFest in China subsequently become major topics for discussion by international educationalists. In 2018, Wellington College bilingual schools will open in Hangzhou and in Shanghai, so it is appropriate that a continuing theme in our Festival of Education is the synthesis of the best of Western and Chinese educational thinking and practice. We will be developing last year’s focus on pupils’ mental health and wellbeing, knowing that it has become a hot topic worldwide. So has the question of the role of the arts in education: a debate in which Wellingtonians have a particularly strong interest. We aim to inspire pupils of all ages to be excited by learning and to develop intellectual curiosity. I hope that the Wellington College Festival of Education will show them that their teachers and parents still want to learn as well as to teach. Enjoy the festival. FRIDAY OCTOBER 20 WELLINGTON COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL SHANGHAI THEATRE BLACK BOX MUSIC 1 MUSIC 2 MUSIC 3 LIBRARY 1 LIBRARY 2 Gerard MacMahon 9:00-9:45 THEATRE Opening ceremony and introductory remarks James Beadle Julian Jefferys Shonette Bason Ian Warwick Debra Kidd Dr Shari Rosen Norman Lebrecht Difficulty in mathematics: Routes through the IB: an Creating outstanding Early Challenging and supporting Dilemma-led learning: Language learning through How the arts shape and What causes it, when to expert’s overview of the IB - a Years more able learners as teaching with moral purpose play: how educators and change a developing mind 9:45-10:45 remove it and when to challenging but rewarding and teachers and parents, based in mind parents can support embrace it accessible journey on worldwide research and communication in the under- effective practice 5s through play (part 1 of 2) 10:45-11:15 BREAK Dr Yu Bai Richard Farmer Pam Mundy Nina Jackson Dr Qing Cai Michael Bywater Problems of education in rural Which apps did Shakespeare Full STEAM Ahead! The ‘Arts’ You look fine to me! Spotting Insights from cognitive science Think Different or Think FILM China: how fair is the use? Are we learning better of inquiry based learning in the signs of stress, anxiety and about learning: brain research Same: Apple, IBM, Britain and 11:15-12:15 Gregory’s Girl education system in China and now? the Early Years emotional health issues for on language and cognitive China. About the what hurdles do rural children educators and parents development convergence of the two HE (pupils only) face in getting an education? systems and how to (a) get on board and (b) thrive Michael Larsen- Disney & Sam Tanya Crossman Ian Warwick Adam Shaw Emma Button Norman Lebrecht Mulliner What has creativity ever done Cross-cultural umbrella: an Challenging and supporting Hard hats to stray cats: The role of the arts in primary How the arts shape and FILM for us? The practical explanation of different types more able learners as creating our Wellington education change a developing mind 12:15-13:15 Gregory’s Girl importance of creativity in a of cross-cultural experiences teachers and parents, based community holistic education and how they interact in the on worldwide research and (pupils only) education of Third Culture effective practice kids (part 2 of 2) 13:15-14:00 LUNCH Dr Stephen Jacobi Julian Jefferys Shonette Bason Tanya Crossman Debra Kidd Dr Shari Rosen Michael Bywater The secret life of exams: what Recent inquiries into Permission to be happy Top tips: a practical inquiry Head, Heart, Hand - the Recognising children who Bigger Babies: higher the Gaokao and other tests examination anxiety and into key ways to support importance of articulacy, need early intervention: how education and the dumbing 14:00-15:00 mean and what they do to us stress: the very latest IB Third Culture kids' autonomy, action and emotion to spot the warning signs and down of the academy -- and research into an increasingly development in learning and how our what aren’t warning signs how not to get trapped: the complex and significant area bodies, feelings and thoughts infantilising of society and its work together to create implications for education memory Barry Cooper Dr Yu Bai Richard Farmer Pam Mundy Nina Jackson Dr Qing Cai Norman Lebrecht A reflection on British Problems of education in rural Man vs. machine: a taste of Butterflies Under Glass? 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