African Education Week Moderator Graeme Bloch: "Education is Not an Employment Bureau for Adults"
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These include: • Discover lessons learnt from working with children with disabilities – Sue Philpott, Disability researcher • Engage students in science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) – Justin Taylor, Autodesk • How interactive whiteboards can improve student achievement – Andre van der Merwe, Parrot Products • Is there life after E-learning?– Prof Johannes Cronje, CPUT • Music: a solution for education – Heidi Mitchell, Rhythmsticks • The role of adults in young people’s lives – Nokonwaba Pakade, loveLife • How to interact and engage students using Samsung Smart School Technology – Paulo Ferreira, Samsung Mobile Career Indaba While teachers and educators are attending lectures, workshops and networking opportunities, learners can also attend the co-located Career Indaba for free.The conference programme addresses challenges in Basic as well as Further and Higher Education and the Technology Indaba focuses on the increasingly important roles of technology and e-learning in the classroom.Main challenge: to get our schools workingAsked what made him smile and what made him worry regarding South African education, Bloch states: “The kids are what make me smile, their energy and optimism.These include:• Discover lessons learnt from working with children with disabilities – Sue Philpott, Disability researcher• Engage students in science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) – Justin Taylor, Autodesk• How interactive whiteboards can improve student achievement – Andre van der Merwe, Parrot Products• Is there life after E-learning?– Prof Johannes Cronje, CPUT• Music: a solution for education – Heidi Mitchell, Rhythmsticks• The role of adults in young people’s lives – Nokonwaba Pakade, loveLife• How to interact and engage students using Samsung Smart School Technology – Paulo Ferreira, Samsung MobileCareer IndabaWhile teachers and educators are attending lectures, workshops and networking opportunities, learners can also attend the co-located Career Indaba for free.