Theme

Valuing Diversity in Education: Formal and Informal Learning Across Cultures

Sub-themes

• Ethics, philosophy and the meaning of learning across cultures
• Historical perspectives on learning across Asia
• Curriculum development and ‘skills’
• Assessment + accreditation of learning across the formal-informal divide
• Planning, governance and finance of learning systems (formal and informal)
• Inequalities in access to learning
• Learning, technology and ‘new media’
• Learning to belong – identity formation, political socialisation and values
• Learning for diverse societies
• Learning for sustainable development – the challenge of SDG 4.7
• Learning and the market – shadow education, privatisation, etc.
• ‘Lifelong learning’ and the workplace
• Covid-19 and new challenges for education and learning – across Asia and beyond