Program

All times are Reykjavík time, which is UTC – (Coordinated Universal Time)

For reference:

• London = UTC+1
• Stockholm = UTC+2
• Berlin = UTC+2
• Moscow =UTC+3
• New York =UTC-4
• Tokyo = UTC+9
• Seoul = UTC+9
• Sydney = UTC+10

Program

Book of abstracts

Thursday 23 September

8.00 am to 9.30 am

The Journal Meeting – for editors only

9.30 am to 09.50 am

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Welcome to the Conference! A few words of welcome from the organizing committee and the WERA-IRN Network Coordinators

10.00 am to 11.00 am

WATCH THE KEYNOTE

Keynote Presentation I

Kolbrún Þ. Pálsdóttir, PhD, dean of the School of Education, University of Iceland and Ruth Jörgensdóttir Rauterberg, PhD, adjunct professor, University of Iceland

11.00 am to 11.15 am

Break

11.15 am to 12.45 pm

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Parallel Seminars 1 

• Children´s perspectives
• Collaboration and social justice
• Arts, play and health
• Quality, Values and content in Extended Education

Symposium 1

• Professionalism and professionalization in training of all-day school/after-school educators in different countries

12.45 pm to 1.45 pm

Lunch Break

1.45 pm to 2.45 pm

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Keynote Presentation II

Tomi Kiilakoski, PhD, Leading senior researcher in the Finnish Youth Research Network and an adjunct professor at the University of Tampere, Finland

2.45 pm to 3.15 pm

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Virtual Meet and Greet: Meet Your Conference Partners!

Friday 24 September

8.30 am to 9.00 am

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Virtual Meet and Greet: Morning Coffee with your Conference Partners!

9.00 am to 10.00 am

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Keynote Presentation III

Rukmini Banerji, PhD, CEO of Pratham Education Foundation, India

10.00 am to 10.15 am

Break

10.15 am to 11.45 am

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Parallel Seminars 2

• Parents and community
• Extended education and immigrants students
• Social inclusion

Symposium 2

• Professionalising the Extended Education sector

Symposium 3

• Children’s voices and perspectives in research in the field of Extended Education

11.45 am to 12.45 pm

Lunch Break

12.45 am to 2.15 pm

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Business Meeting of WERA Extended Education IRN

2.15 pm to 2.30 pm

Break

2.30 pm to 4.00 pm

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Parallel Seminars 3

• Extended Education and COVID-19
• Policy and school-age Educare
• Curriculum and school-age Educare
• Educare, after-school programs and civically engaged students

Symposium 4

• Let our dreams come true – formal and informal learning, play and creativity in Reykjavík‘s Educational spaces

4.00 pm to 5.00 pm

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Keynote Presentation IV

Jan Morrison, founder and CEO of TIES, Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM, USA

Saturday 25 September

10.15 am to 11.45 am

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Parallel Seminars 4

• Sports and physical education
• Sustainability
• Policy, homework and academic writing

11.45 am to 12.45 pm

Lunch Break

12.45 pm to 2.15 pm

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Parallel Seminars 5

• Professionalism
• Literacy.learning and collaboration

Symposium 5

• Extended learning: Valuing equity, access, inclusion, and authentic youth engagement

2.15 pm to 2.30 pm

Break

2.30 pm to 3.00 pm

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Conference Goodbye