Conference Announcement and Registration
The Fifth Worldwide Forum for Comparative Education
Global Educational Reform: Internationalization, Regionalization, and Localization
September 27th -28th, 2014
Institute of International and Comparative Education,
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, P.R. China
Background
With the deepening of economic globalization and the rapid development of information technology, the internationalization and regionalization of education have become important trends in current global educational reform and development. The current vision of global education is constituted by such diverse trends as the borrowing and lending of educational policy and practice around the world, the integration of regional education, the global mobility of students and teachers at all levels of education, the rise of international schools, and the development of international curriculums and international tests. At the same time, the relationships among internationalization, regionalization and localization have become hot topics of global education reform and development. These are the topics that will serve as starting points for the fifth Worldwide Forum for Comparative Education.
For the fifth consecutive time, the Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University , with strong support from the China Comparative Education Society, is pleased to announce that it will host this triennial Forum, unique in that it is designed to provide a platform for a wide range of Chinese education researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and their foreign counterparts to share experiences, exchange ideas, establish collaborations, and discuss potential solutions about these topics. We sincerely invite you to join us for this important meeting.
Forum Theme
Global Educational Reform: Internationalization, Regionalization & Localization
Sub-themes
？ International educational tests and basic education quality monitoring
？ International schools, international curricula and development of “global competencies”
？ Cross-border education and student mobility
？ Development of Chinese universities abroad and of foreign universities in China, particularly joint or dual-degree issues
？ International organizations and global education governance
？ ICT and internationalization of education
？ Internationalization of education and teacher development
？ Development of the field of Comparative and International Education
Keynote Speakers Confirmed
♦ Professor Wang Yingjie from Beijing Normal University
♦ Professor Gita Steiner-Khamsi from Columbia University
♦ Professor Karen Mundy from University of Toronto
♦ Professor Dominique Groux from Universite des Antilles et de la Guyaneto
♦ Professor Lee Wing On from National Institute of Education of Singapore
♦ Professor Alexander Arefyev from Sociological Research Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Conference dates
♦ September 26, 2014 (registration)
♦ September 27 & 28, 2014 (conference)
Accommodation
The Forum Committee can reserve your room at the campus hotel, the Jing Shi Hotel, (located at the southeast corner of Beijing Normal University campus) at the special forum discount of 93 USD /per night and up. See registration form below for details.
Otherwise, participants should make their own hotel reservations, using such websites as C-trip (http://hotels.ctrip.com ) or Expedia.com.
Venue
Yingdong Conference Hall, Beijing Normal University
Foreign participants are responsible for obtaining their own visa to enter China. If you will need an invitation letter for institutional or visa purposes, please indicate on registration form, below.
Languages
Chinese and English
Registration Fee
♦ Full registration fee: 350 USD（175 USD for students) (fee includes meeting materials, meals for two days, and gala dinner）
♦ For any accompanying family member: 175 USD (fee includes meals for two days and gala dinner)
♦ Participants are responsible for their round-trip transportation, accommodation, and visa costs.
Deadline for Registration/Abstract Submission
See registration form below. The form, which includes abstract submission, should be submitted to wfce2014@ bnu.edu.cn on or before June 15, 2014. (Due to the continuous attention on this conference at home and abroad, the Organizing Committee of the Conference decided to delay the deadline for Regitration and Abstract Submission to June 15.)
Deadline for Papers
The full paper must be submitted to wfce2014@ bnu.edu.cn on or before July 30, 2014 to be scheduled for presentation (no more than 20 minutes) at the Forum.
Conference Organization
♦ Sponsor: Beijing Normal University
♦ Organizer: Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University
(http://www.compe.cn/index_e.jsp) with strong supports from CCES
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♦ Honorary Director of the Forum Committee: Professor Gu Mingyuan, Beijing Normal University
♦ Director of the Forum Committee: Professor Wang Yingjie, Beijing Normal University
♦ Secretariat: Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University
♦ Forum Committee Points of Contact:
• Dr. Teng Jun, Associate Professor, Beijing Normal University
• Mr. Lv Yunzhen, M.A. student, Beijing Normal University
• E-mail: wfce2014@ bnu.edu.cn
• Mailing Address: No.19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, P.R. China
• Postal Code: 100875
• Tel: +0086-18813148613
• Fax: +86-10-5880-0597
Click here to download the registration
