Institute for International Education 2020

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INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR EDUCATION 2020

• Deane Neubauer
• Victor Ordonez
• Education Program International Forum for
  Education
• East-West Center

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THE EAST-WEST CENTER

• The mission of the Center is to build a sense of
  community among the nations of the Asia Pacific
  region through cooperative study, training and
  research.

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EAST-WEST CENTER PROGRAMS

• Research in critical issues of the region
• Degree and non-degree programs for graduate
  students
• Seminars/institutes on regional and international
  issues
• Programs for educators and journalists
• Arts and performance programs

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MILESTONES OF EDUCATION 2020

• The wakeup call of 9/11
• The failure of old paradigms
• Response within the Center
• Dialogues with leaders from Asia, the Pacific
  the U.S.

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THE INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR EDUCATION 2020

• PURPOSE
• To shape the direction of global
  interdependence to achieve equity,
  sustainability, and cultural diversity

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PREDICAMENTS CHALLENGING EDUCATION

• Rapid change increased complexity
• Social economic disparities that are increasing
• Instability of cultures
• Environmental/health threats that cross national
  and regional borders

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ELEMENTS OF EDUCATION 2020

• The leadership institute
• Senior seminars
• Long term action plans
• On-going collaboration

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THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE SEPTEMBER 2005

• Purpose to explore new ways of defining
  predicaments
• Carefully selected teams from five countries
  China, India, the Philippines, Thailand and the
  U.S.

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THE Thai Team

• Arjuna Chaiyasena, Suranaree University of
  Technology
• Wanna Chongdarakul, Office of Basic Education
  Commission
• Pornapit Darasawang, King Mongkut's University of
  Technology
• Supak Puangbangpo, Naresuan University
• Tipchan Wongchanta, Bangkok University

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THE INSTITUTE PROGRAM

• Presentations by experts
• Small group discussions
• Big Island visit
• Work plans
• Work and more work
• Some play

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INSTITUTE THEMES

• Growing interdependency
• Increasing inequality
• Educating for diversity
• Teaching for creativity
• Leadership for the future

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ACTION PLANS INDIA

• National examination reform to encourage multiple
  intelligences
• Empower clusters of schools (15-20) for change
• Involve local communities
• Reframe the issues/predicaments
• Change the mindset of teachers
• Monitor change

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ACTION PLANS PHILIPPINES

• Comprehensive plan to improve education in
  Islamic schools in the south
• Integrate content on Islam into the public school
  curriculum, including Arabic

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ACTION PLANS THAILAND

• Curriculum on environmental sustainability at the
  K-12 level
• Conference on teachers as change agents
• Multidisciplinary curriculum on global
  interdependency at the university level

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ACTION PLANS CHINA

• Develop text on global interdependence for
  teacher education-Chinese and English versions
• Develop training institute for higher education
  finance
• Develop learning community on global
  interdependence and diversity involving school
  leaders in Shanghai and Los Angeles

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ACTION PLANS HAWAII

• Create integrated program of an Hawaiian place of
  learning
• New courses on global interdependence and
  diversity for College of Education
• Teacher exchanges between China and Hawaii
• Integration of global interdependence with
  service learning at community colleges
• Public/private workshops on global
  interdependence and diversity

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FUTURE PLANS FOR EDUCATION 2020

• Six year plan3 cycles (2006-2012)
• First Two-year cycle
• Theme The tensions between education as a public
  good and education as a private commodity
• Senior Seminar, Fall 2006
• Leadership Institute, Fall 2007
• Publication Summer 2007
• Regional workshop 2008