Simultaneous interpreting will be available at Los Girasoles 2 & 3 rooms.
08:15 - 09:00
Convention Center Lobby
09:00 - 09:15
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
09:15 - 10:15
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
speakers
The Learning Power Approach: Teaching Learners to Teach Themselves
The Learning Power Approach is a worldwide movement for 21st century education. It revolves around a series of practical adjustments to the mood and the activities of the classroom, as well as to associated whole-school practices. Teachers gradually have to change small habits so that students learn to enjoy taking on more ...10:15 - 10:45
Foyer
10:45 - 11:45
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
speakers
Using Active Learning for Motivated Learning
As educators, one of our biggest challenges is inspiring students to eagerly engage and remain actively involved in learning. Neuroscience research, applied to classroom strategies, supports active learning strategies to empower, engage, and stimulate successful learning when students are at the control centres of their learning. We’ve learned how ...11:45 - 12:15
Foyer
12:15 - 13:15
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
speakers
Key Ideas for Active Learning
This keynote will explore what Active Learning is for, how we might define it, and some of the ideas that teachers can focus on to make a really big difference in the classroom. As the Irish poet WB Yeats pointed out, education is not about filling buckets, but lighting ...13:15 - 14:30
14:30 - 15:00
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
Creating Principles for Active Learning Practices
During a 30-minute plenary session, subsequently, conference coordinators will present the public with a series of statements that express what participants have summarized for each of the sessions. These statements will be collated into a survey, and, during this interactive session, participants will access each one of these and ...15:00 - 15:30
Foyer
15:30 - 16:30
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
speakers
Developing Strategies and Actions for the Classroom
Guy Claxton will work with participants to come out with strategies and ideas for the classroom, based on his inaugural keynote address. At the beginning, Guy will receive a list of not more than 10 statements which have resulted from the previous interaction with the public taking notes and ...15:30 - 16:30
Los Girasoles 1
speakers
Developing Strategies and Actions for the Classroom
Judy Willis will work with participants to come out with strategies and ideas for the classroom, based on her inaugural keynote address. At the beginning, Judy will receive a list of not more than 10 statements which have resulted from the previous interaction with the public taking notes and ...15:30 - 16:30
Los Álamos 1 & 2
speakers
Developing Strategies and Actions for the Classroom
Will Ord will work with participants to come out with strategies and ideas for the classroom, based on his inaugural keynote address. At the beginning, Will will receive a list of not more than 10 statements which have resulted from the previous interaction with the public taking notes and ...16:35 - 17:20
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
speakers
Oxford Reading Buddy – A Coach for Children and a Friend to Teachers
Join us for a tour of our exciting new digital service, Oxford Reading Buddy. Oxford University Press will demonstrate how this digital platform provides every child with a virtual reading coach to help develop key comprehension skills. Oxford Reading Buddy supports each child’s personal reading journey, motivates them to ...16:35 - 17:20
Los Girasoles 1
Young Entrepreneurs
Meet a group of young entrepreneurs who found creative solutions to respond to special needs in their contexts. Libros solidarios was created by a young inventor, Tomás Callegaris, who worried about the amount of books that pile up at our homes and could be shared with others. He designed ...16:35 - 17:20
Los Álamos 1 & 2
Empowering Project Based Learning through Coding & Robotics
Robotics is the ideal combination of creativity, engineering and technology. Teaching robotics in primary school can increase students’ ability to be creative and innovative thinkers. When students build and program physical robots, they design something tangible, write precise and accurate instructions and develop problem solving skills. In this session Alejandra ...17:20 - 17:50
Foyer
17:50 - 18:50
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
speakers
Developing Strategies and Actions for the Classroom (repeat)
This session is a repetition of the previous one to allow participants to explore different keynotes.17:50 - 18:50
Los Girasoles 1
speakers
Developing Strategies and Actions for the Classroom (repeat)
This session is a repetition of the previous one to allow participants to explore different keynotes.17:50 - 18:50
Los Álamos 1 & 2
speakers
Developing Strategies and Actions for the Classroom (repeat)
This session is a repetition of the previous one to allow participants to explore different keynotes.19:30 - 20:30
Foyer
20:30 - 22:30
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
09:00 - 10:00
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
speakers
Great Thinking for Active Learning
Active Learners are empowered all the more if they have the ability to think and communicate skilfully. How can we improve these skills in exciting and powerful ways the classroom? This keynote will introduce colleagues to the beautiful pedagogy of Philosophy for Children (or “P4C”). It is a way ...10:00 - 10:30
Foyer
10:30 - 11:30
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
speakers
Reading: The Ultimate Form of Active Learning?
Repeated research has highlighted the academic benefits of elective reading- the reading that students undertake because they choose to do it. Strong links have been found between reading widely and increased proficiency in reading, attainment in and positive attitudes to writing, a wider vocabulary, better spelling, wider academic achievement ...10:30 - 11:30
Los Girasoles 1
speakers
How to be a Great Leader
The session will look at a practical definition of leadership and create a framework for planning and discussing leadership in an educational setting. It is intended that delegates will leave with a range of takeaways including practical tips for improving their own leadership. Aspiring leaders are just as welcome ...10:30 - 11:30
Los Álamos 1 & 2
speakers
Mindfulness Activity
Join Will Ord in a session about how to train the mind to be a “wonderful servant rather than a terrible master” (old Taoist saying).11:30 - 12:00
Foyer
12:00 - 13:15
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
speakers
Final Keynote Panel and Presentation of Classroom Strategies
As a final session in the conference, a plenary panel will be held with all keynote speakers, during which the summarized outcome of each of the sessions will be presented, so that the keynote speakers may elaborate and exchange ideas, as a way to help participants go back to ...13:15 - 14:30
Los Girasoles 2 & 3
Closing ceremony, raffles & farewell lunch
Closing words by Andrew Coombe, Interim Director, International Network of Cambridge Assessment International Education. Farewell to keynote speakers.Simultaneous interpreting will be available at Los Girasoles 2 & 3 rooms.
