Much is said and written by politicians and policy-makers in Australia and the Western World concerning the ‘well-being’ of children and young people in our education systems and other related services.

Do children have the right to ‘be’ as well as ‘become’? Is’well-being’ just a convenient slogan, merely a ‘buzzword’, political spin?

What have been the results and what are we really doing?

How do we care for and educate children and young people for the world in which they live now and in which we hope they will flourish as citizens of tomorrow?

The World Education Forum, South Australia thinks that it is time to take stock of the effectiveness of the effort that has been made to date. We urge you to join us and to share your expertise and re-examine the values, which underpin many of the assumptions that drive modern educational policy.

Bookmark your diary now and plan to come and examine, explore and influence policy & policy makers from around the country in this informative educational conference to be held in Adelaide, Australia, 26-28 June, 2008.

Keynote speakers include:

Dr Ben Levin, Research Chair in Education Leadership and Policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in Toronto, Canada.
In addition to an academic career including 4 books and more than 150 other articles, Dr Levin has served as deputy minister and chief civil servant (director general) for education in two Canadian provinces.

Dr Richard Eckersley, founding director of Australia 21, a non-profit, public-interest, research company, and visiting fellow at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University, Canberra. His research explores progress and wellbeing, and includes: measures of national progress; the relationships between economic growth, quality of life and sustainability; social and cultural determinants of health and happiness; visions of the future; and young people and their world.

Professor Christine Pascal OBE, Director of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood, Birmingham; Co-Director of the Effective Learning (EEL) Project, and National Evaluator for the DfES Early Excellence Centre Programme in the United Kingdom.
Member of Parliamentary Select Committee in Education.

Professor Graham Vimpani AM, Professor of Community Child Health and Head of the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Newcastle. Professor Vimpani is also Chair of the Board of NIFTeY Australia (the National Investment for the Early Years).

Speakers include:

Professor Philip Gammage
Emeritus Professor, former Dean,
University of Nottingham.

Professor Collette Tayler
co-author of OECD, Starting Strong (2006)
Early Childhood Research,
Queensland Institute of Technology.

Dr Jon Jureidini
Associate Professor, Head Department of Psychological Medicine, Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.

Professor Glenda McNaughton
Associate Professor, Department of Learning & Educational Development,
University of Melbourne, Victoria.

Professor Michael Sawyer OAM
Head, Research & Evaluation Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital;
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide.

Dr Jo Mason
MindMatters National Coordinator.

Together with other interesting & informative workshops, speakers & networking opportunities!

Input / workshops / papers on school programmes are sought. To register your interest complete the form.

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