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Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning Research Sharing Seminar 2015
Topic: Green versus Greening: Challenges and practices in the Region
Venue :D1-1F-37
Date:24 Nov 2015 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:45 – 14:00
A global call for transition towards a low-carbon economy is well accepted by countries in Asia and the Pacific region. Many governments set up ambitious targets to progress towards greening of their economies through formulating environmental and climate change policies, and implemented measures to
ensure environmentally sustainable economic growth. In addition, governments are increasingly giving attention to the mapping of required skills, creation of a registry of skills and infrastructure for skill development. In terms of required skills, transition to low-carbon economy raises at least four challenges: 1) Identification and support of major drivers behind skills and occupational
changes; 2) Identification of the composition of green skills and the ways to deliver training; 3) Development of a normative framework and curricula; and 4) Inclusion of greening skills in informal learning. This presentation is mainly focused on the second challenge and examines views and practices of education and training providers, and industry in the region.
59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International education Society
Dr. Margarita Pavlova, Director of the UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre recently took part in a knowledge transfer activity organized by the Asian Development Bank. The exchange focused on the results of a research project centered on greening of skills and economies in Asia – a study that has been led byThe Education University of Hong Kong since 2011. The international panel on Education and Skills for Greening Economies at the 59th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International education Society, March 8-13, 2015, Washington D.C., led by Shanti Jagannathan, Senior Education Specialist, Asian Development Bank, explored the transformational role education and training can play in shaping a sustainable future and in assuring an equitable and inclusive society. The conference saw over 3000 participants representing over 100 countries – integral in ensuring future research collaboration on greening of skills comprised of an active network of global higher education institutions.
Dr. Pavlova gave a presentation at the conference.
The panel of the knowledge transfer activity Youth and Skills
The latest ERI-Net publication “The Transition from Secondary Education to Higher Education: Case Studies from Asia and the Pacific”
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002328/232851E.pdf (Engllish | 1.25MB | .pdf)
Education Research Institutes Network (ERI-Net) is a regional network initiated by UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education in 2009.
The publication by ERI-Net, a collection of case study reports from Australia, China, Hong Kong SAR (China), India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines, provides an overview of key issues related to the transition from secondary to higher education - with a special focus on university and college admission policies and their impact on the provision of secondary education. Besides presenting innovative and inspiring examples of admission policies and practices in diversified higher education environments, it also highlights the escalation of shadow education and teaching for tests in response to the growing demand for admission into tertiary education institutions. Green skills in Asia: Knowledge sharing for the region
Professor Rupert Maclean, UNESCO Chair; Dr. Margarita Pavlova, Director of UNEVOC Centre (Hong Kong); and Professor Bob Adamson, Head of IELL and Director of CLLRD, represented EdUHK at the “International Forum on Skills Development in Asia-Pacific: Planting Seeds One Step Ahead” organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in partnership with Centre for Lifelong Learning Research and Development from 10th to 11th of December 2014 at the ADB Headquarters in Manila.
Professor Maclean and Dr. Pavlova delivered keynote speeches at the International forum organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). They presented the results of an ADB-commissioned research project titled, “Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth and Green Jobs”. The project undertaken by EdUHK - led by Professor Maclean with Dr. Pavlova serving as a project consultant, produced papers and policy briefs on green skills development for employability and lifelong learning for four countries: India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.
Over 70 delegates from ADB’s member states attended the two-day forum. Professor Bob Adamson, Head of IELL and Director of CLLRD, represented EdUHK. Through keynote speeches, “fishbowl” discussions and brainstorming sessions, key messages that emerged from the forum included calls for greater collaboration and communication between stakeholders involved in development of green skills for employment; for more incentives for small and medium enterprises to adopt green practices; for innovative curriculum approaches; for youth to be actively involved in policy-making; and for a variety of channels to be used for raising public awareness of the need for green skills.
On behalf of the 15-member research team, Professor Maclean thanked ADB at the forum for awarding this important and potentially influential research project to EdUHK.
Members of the ‘Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth and Green Jobs’ research project team at the ADB forum 4th World Congress on Technical Vocational education and Training (WoCTVET) 2014
Associate Professor Margarita Pavlova presented a keynote address at the "4th World Congress on Technical Vocational education and Training" (WoCTVET) held on the 5th and 6th of November in Malaysia. The conference centered on the theme ‘TVET Capacity Development: Career & Life skills for 21st century’, and attracted more than 300 participants from 26 countries. It was established to bring together international and regional experts, researchers and policymakers to promote and enhance collaborations to tackle current and emerging TVET issues. Dr. Pavlova delivered a presentation entitled: Establishing Sustainable Life-long Learning: Learning Opportunities for Everyone that analyzed requirements of lifelong learning for TVET. The presentation particularly focused on the issues of enhancing TVET responsiveness in lifelong learning perspectives and examined what TVET meant in relation to greening skills.
Dr. Pavlova delivered a presentation at WoCTVET. The Pedagogy, Education and Praxis (PEP) Network hosted by UNEVOC Centre (Hong Kong)
During the second week of November, the UNEVOC Centre (Hong Kong)* and the Centre for Governance and Citizenship hosted a meeting of the Pedagogy, Education and Praxis (PEP) Network. The PEP Network is a 10-year international project funded by the Swedish Research Council since 2011. This network is based on the international collaboration with the aims to explore key pedagogical concepts through different educational traditions; to evaluate the ways educational praxis are transforming in different settings such as classrooms, teacher education, and professional development of teachers. Additionally, the network aims to foster collaboration, reflexivity and dialogue among scholars internationally. More details on PEP are available at http://www.ips.gu.se/english/cooperation/networks/pep/.
The UNEVOC Centre (Hong Kong) is collaborating with organizations and networks that share a like-minded vision on education, and our continued effort to improve education at all levels of the education system.
During the week at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), members of PEP conducted a series of seminars linked to the areas of PEP research to share the ways in which praxis development could be nurtured in the course of ones’ teaching career. The event was coordinated by the Director of the UNESCO-UNECVOC Centre in Hong Kong, Dr. Margarita Pavlova, who sought the acquisition of an esteemed panel in this series of lectures at the EdUHK. The seminars were:
17th November, 2014.
“Enacting a New View of Action Research: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research”
Keynote Speech on behalf of Professor Stephen Kemmis for the PEP International Network Annual Meeting 2014
This lecture saw the release of a new book by Stephen Kemmis, Robin McTaggart and Rhonda Nixon (2014): The Action Research Planner: Doing critical participatory action research (Rotterdam: Sense). After a brief introduction to the family of approaches to action research, the presentation documented the book’s new view of critical participatory action research (CPAR). The question and discussions session was headed by Dr. Jane Wilkinson which was preceded by a speech from Dr. Peter Grootenboer, on behalf of Professor Kemmis.
18th November, 2014.
“Successful School to University Pathways for Young People of a Refugee Background”
UNESCO Research Seminar by Dr. Jane Wilkinson
Professor Kerry Kennedy introduced the final of a series of UNESCO lectures established to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the EdUHK. Young people of a refugee background – a minority group in society that is often invisible and easily being neglected of their development needs. Dr. Jane Wilkinson, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Griffith University, Australia, shared her recent research examining school to university pathways for young people hailing from refugee origins in Australia.
18th November, 2014.
“Presentation by the members of the Pedagogy, Education and Praxis Network”
Members from the network in Sweden shared their perspective and knowledge on topics ranging from partnership and recognition, site-based education and development, communicative spaces, action research across international contexts, and new PEP projects.
Our partnership with the PEP Network has provided colleagues from the EdUHK with comprehensive insights on pedagogy, education and praxis shared by esteemed international scholars. These seminars provided a unique opportunity for knowledge sharing and discussion among colleagues.
* The UNEVOC Centre (Hong Kong) is sponsored by the Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning and the Faculty of Education and Human Development, EdUHK
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