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Wednesday 3rd July - Thursday 4th July 2002
Mansfield College, Oxford

Conference Programme
The draft programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.

Wednesday 3rd July 2002

Keynote Address - 'Schooling: The Principle, The Practice and the Institution'
Dr Robert Grant, Glasgow University

Coffee

Session 1: Schooling & Teacher Education
Seth Agbo - A Learning Community Model for Professional Development & Transformative Teacher Education
Norbert Pachler & Caroline Daly - A Scholarship of Teaching and the Idea of Education in Schools and Teacher Education

Lunch

Session 2: The Idea of Education
Tom Claes - ‘It was not a bad idea...'; Defining ‘the University'
David Preston - The Evolution of the English University Mission
Jan Parker - Of Disciplines and Process in Higher Education

Tea

Session 3: The Architecture of Education
Gabriel Kurczewski - Museums and the Jagellonian University Collegium Maius: The Role of the Museum in Preserving & Sharing the Idea of the University

Nancy Levesque - Partners in Education: The Role of the Academic Library
Nikolaos Patsavos - Capitalism and Schizophrenia; Business. Research. Architecture

Wine Reception

Dinner

Session 4: Discussion Paper
Paul Gallina - Whistleblowing, Clinical Trials, and the Academy: Some Recent Ethical and Public Policy Considerations

 

Thursday 4th July 2002

Session 5: Access, Changing Roles & Quality
Louise Hayward & Nicki Hedge - Global Distance Education and the Idea of the University
Muir Houston & Anne McGillivray - The Search for Quality: Changing Roles in a Changing Academic Environment
Peter Long & Tony Tricker - Measuring Aspects of Student Satisfaction with Course Provision

Session 6: Social Education & Adult Learners
Kathy Munro - Mature Working Adult Learners in Higher Education - A South African Experience
Abiodun Ogunyemi - The Relevance and Limits of Social Education in Nigerian Universities
Heather Pudner & Colin Trotman - Countering Social Exclusion: Local Solutions through Adult Education Development Projects

Lunch

Session 7: Music, Technology & the Curriculum
Carola Boehm - Between Technology and Creativity; Challenges and Opportunities for Music Technology in Higher Education

Georgia Nikolaidou - The Music Curriculum in Primary Schools and its Effects on Teachers and Pupils

Tea

Session 8: Panel Discussion - The Future Idea of Education
Convener: David Preston

Tom Claes, Nicki Hedge, Muir Houston, Kathy Munro, Jan Parker, Colin Trotman

Conference Close - Future Developments & the Next Conference
Rob Fisher