Following last May’s successful Symposium in Ioannina, the 3^rd International Symposium on Early Childhood and School Pedagogy on Contemporary Trends in Curriculum Development and Teaching will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus hosted by the Department of Education, University of Cyprus on 23-24 April 2016.

Symposium Objectives 

The need for efficient use of time, thought, creativity, the special talents and inclinations of children in school often manifested in laws, policies, reforms and practices in many educational systems around the world. The creation and implementation of new curricula at both micro and macro level aim to develop an effective learning environment and maximize learning outcomes of children in knowledge level, skills and attitudes seem - and needs - to meet this need. Furthermore, diversification of teaching in mixed ability classes and the use of constructive teaching methods which aim to cultivate and develop children’s critical and creative thinking and problem solving skills have emerged as necessary pedagogical choices. The implementation of these choices require teachers’ continuous education, training and enhancing of their teaching skills in the application of modern teaching methods, techniques and approaches. At the same time arises some skepticism of what should be done for effective teachers’ training, as it has been proved in practice that short-term teacher training and support efforts have not succeed positive results. Taking into account these and similar types of challenges, the Symposium on Contemporary Τrends in Curriculum Development and Teaching aims to be a tool and space of academic thinking, interdisciplinary research, professional documentation and reflective dialogue for academics, researchers, PhD students, teachers, educators and practitioners in childhood education and pedagogy.

For these reasons, the organizers invite proposals / abstracts of the academic field of education related to theory, practice and / or research associated with the thematic priorities of the conference.

ECP 2016 3^rd International Symposium on Early Childhood and School Pedagogy

Contemporary Trends in Curriculum Development and Teaching

Department of Education, University of Cyprus,

Nicosia, 23-24 April 2016, Cyprus

Submit your proposal till 31/12/2015  at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecp2016

More information at http://earlychildhoodpedagogy.gr/symposia/ & http://ecp16.earlychildhoodpedagogy.gr/en/  

The themes of the 3rd Symposium focus on:

Important Dates

Submit your proposal till 31/12/2015  at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecp2016

More information at http://earlychildhoodpedagogy.gr/symposia/ & http://ecp16.earlychildhoodpedagogy.gr/en/