ACE2022


ACE2022

November 28 – December 02, 2022 | Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

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Plenary Speakers

Speakers and programme information will be added here in the coming months.

  • Bernadette Solomon
    Bernadette Solomon
    Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
  • Kaberi Rajendra
    Kaberi Rajendra
    Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
  • Fuatino Taliaoa Petelo Leafa
    Fuatino Taliaoa Petelo Leafa
    Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
  • Melanie Wong
    Melanie Wong
    Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
  • William C. Frick
    William C. Frick
    University of Oklahoma, United States
  • Hiba Harb
    Hiba Harb
    Lusail University, Qatar
  • Abdulqader Alyasin
    Abdulqader Alyasin
    Lusail University, Qatar
  • Abdulnassir Al-Tamimi
    Abdulnassir Al-Tamimi
    Lusail University, Qatar
  • Toshiya Hoshino
    Toshiya Hoshino
    The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan & Osaka University, Japan
  • Junko Hibiya
    Junko Hibiya
    International Christian University, Japan
  • Kenn Ross
    Kenn Ross
    Minerva University
  • Susie Kung
    Susie Kung
    Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
  • Murielle El Hajj Nahas
    Murielle El Hajj Nahas
    Lusail University, Qatar

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Programme

  • President of IAFOR’s Inaugural Address: Resilience and Challenges in the New Normal
    President of IAFOR’s Inaugural Address: Resilience and Challenges in the New Normal
    Keynote Presentation: Toshiya Hoshino
  • Concepts Across Contexts: How to Build Durable Skills through Transdisciplinary Teaching
    Concepts Across Contexts: How to Build Durable Skills through Transdisciplinary Teaching
    Keynote Presentation: Kenn Ross
  • Mental Health in Action: Strategies to Build Teacher and Student Capacity
    Mental Health in Action: Strategies to Build Teacher and Student Capacity
    Panel Presentation: Abdulqader Alyasin, William Frick, Hiba Harb & Murielle El Hajj Nahas
  • Surviving and Thriving in Times of Rapid Change: Multiple Tertiary Teaching Voices from Aotearoa, New Zealand
    Surviving and Thriving in Times of Rapid Change: Multiple Tertiary Teaching Voices from Aotearoa, New Zealand
    Panel Presentation: Kaberi Rajendra, Bernadette Solomon, Tino Taliaoa, Melanie Wong
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on International Education
    The Impact of COVID-19 on International Education
    Keynote Presentation: Junko Hibiya
  • The Future of Higher Education: Adapting to the New Normal Post-COVID
    The Future of Higher Education: Adapting to the New Normal Post-COVID
    Keynote Presentation: Abdulnassir Al-Tamimi

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Organising Committee

The Conference Programme Committee is composed of distinguished academics who are experts in their fields. Conference Programme Committee members may also be members of IAFOR's International Academic Board. The Organising Committee is responsible for nominating and vetting Keynote and Featured Speakers; developing the conference programme, including special workshops, panels, targeted sessions, and so forth; event outreach and promotion; recommending and attracting future Conference Programme Committee members; working with IAFOR to select PhD students and early career academics for IAFOR-funded grants and scholarships; and overseeing the reviewing of abstracts submitted to the conference.

  • Justin Sanders
    Justin Sanders
    Minerva Project
  • Susie Kung
    Susie Kung
    Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
  • Tati D. Wardi
    Tati D. Wardi
    Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), Indonesia
  • Aki Yamada
    Aki Yamada
    Tamagawa University, Japan
  • Leandro Loyola
    Leandro Loyola
    De La Salle University, Philippines
  • Murielle El Hajj Nahas
    Murielle El Hajj Nahas
    Lusail University, Qatar
  • Yvonne Masters
    Yvonne Masters
    Executive Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Education (Scopus) & Independent Researcher, Australia
  • Joseph Haldane
    Joseph Haldane
    The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan
  • Tzu-Bin Lin
    Tzu-Bin Lin
    National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
  • José McClanahan
    José McClanahan
    Creighton University, USA
  • Barbara Lockee
    Barbara Lockee
    Virginia Tech., USA
  • Tien-Hui Chiang
    Tien-Hui Chiang
    Zhengzhou University, China

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ACE2022 Review Committee

Dr Sin Yu Cherry Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr Pin-Ju Chen, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan
Professor Chingya Chiu, Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan
Professor Dary Dacanay, St. Patrick School, Philippines
Dr Jane Fenequito, Urdaneta City University, Philippines
Dr Lisa Lam, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Dr Lewis Teo Piaw Liew, Politeknik Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia
Dr Sonal Mobar Roy, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, India
Mr Mahmoud Sultan Nafa, City University College of Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Dr Non Naprathansuk, Maejo University, Thailand
Dr Nhung Nguyen, Deakin University, Australia
Dr Marilyn Obod, Our Lady of Fatima University, Philippines
Dr Elymar Pascual, Department of Education, Nagcarlan District, Laguna, Philippines
Dr Hansel Hope Perez, Our Lady of Fatima University, Philippines
Professor Metee Pigultong, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT), Thailand
Dr Nitta Roonkaseam, Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Thailand
Dr Nilda San Miguel, Department of Education, Lumban District, Laguna, Philippines
Dr Diana Po Lan Sham, Hong Kong Chinese Institute of Engineers, Hong Kong
Dr Kenneth Tan, Certis Corporate University, Singapore
Dr Ko Wai Tang, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong
Dr Nelson Tantoco, Trinity University of Asia, Philippines
Dr Tina Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Dr Jessie Ming Sin Wong, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong
Dr Renu Yadav, Central University of Haryana, India

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Conference Outline

Tuesday, November 29Wednesday, November 30Thursday, December 01Friday, December 02PostersVirtual Presentations

Location: Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo & Online

12:30-13:00 Conference Registration | Orion Lobby Area(5F)

13:00-13:05 Announcements & Welcome | Orion Room (5F)
13:05-13:15 Welcome Address and Recognition of IAFOR Scholarship Winners

13:15-14:00 Keynote Presentation | Orion Room (5F) & Online
Resilience and Challenges in the New Normal
Toshiya Hoshino, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan

14:00-14:45 Keynote Presentation | Orion Room (5F) & Online
The Impact of COVID-19 on International Education
Junko Hibiya, International Christian University, Japan

14:45-15:10 Coffee Break

15:10-15:55 Keynote Presentation | Orion Room (5F) & Online
Concepts Across Contexts: How to Build Durable Skills Through Transdisciplinary Teaching
Kenn Ross, Minerva University

15:55-16:00 Conference Photograph | Orion Room (5F)

16:00-17:00 Conference Poster Session & Coffee/Networking | Room 603 (6F)

19:00-21:00 Conference Dinner

Location: Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo

09:30-11:10 Onsite Parallel Session 1
Room 603: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
Session Chair: Shamim Ali
65542 | Online Classes: Does Increased Familiarity with the Mode of Teaching Actually Lead to Improved Learner Performance?
65015 | Using Songs in Speaking Classes
64988 | Linking TED Talks to Student Talks
65278 | Impact of English Language Learning Skills and Study Habits on Academic Achievement of EFL Learners

Room 604: Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration
Session Chair: Vilma Zydziunaite
65183 | Public Relations Within the Political Education: Literacy Factor
66536 | Need Assessment of Integrated Management for Small Size Secondary School in the Northeast of Thailand
66360 | Problems Encountered by High School Principals in Quezon City, Philippines During the Pandemic
65061 | Complexity of Teacher Leadership Literacy: Structure, Components, and Interfaces
65115 | Formation of a Dialogue Between the Self and the Other for Intercultural Learning

Room 605: Interdisciplinary, Multidiscriplinary & Transdisciplinary Education
Session Chair: Paulo Batista
66264 | Supporting of Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and Factors Related to the Intention of Being an Entrepreneur of Generation Z
62342 | Architectural Records: Problems, Challenges and Opportunities
66444 | Dental Health Zines for Children and Parents
64959 | Do Engineering and Nature Science Students Understand Medicine Better by Working With Real and Touchable 3D-objects Rather With Medical 2D-images?

Room 607: Innovative Technologies in Education
Session Chair: Mei Yee Lee
65491 | A Data Mining Approach to Artificial Intelligence and Education
66501 | Content Associations With User Experience in Location-based Learning Tracks
65220 | Development of the Communicative Competence Through the Implementation of Virtual Reality in Higher Education
66546 | It Takes Two to Tango: Effective e-learning in Times of COVID-19 Lockdown

Room 608: Learning Experiences
Session Chair: Hashini Mohottala
66355 | Enhancing Students’ Cognitive Memory Using Music in the Classroom
66567 | Blended Learning in Higher Education: Design, Implementation, and Online Log Analysis to Understand Learning Behavior
66404 | A Reflection for Art & Design Learning for Digital Natives
66076 | Simulations and Hands-on Experiments: Understanding the Rehabilitating (or Strengthening) Exercise for Quadricep Muscles Using Physics

11:10-11:25 Coffee Break

11:25-13:05 Onsite Parallel Session 2
Room 603: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
Session Chair: Mirian Aman
65540 | Mathematical Writing Prompts: Examining Pre-service Teachers’ Practice Through Lesson Study in Distance Learning
65544 | Investigating Mathematical Creativity Among Junior Highschool Students
65611 | Do Your Students Enjoy Reading Comic Books? Do You Enjoy Teaching Your Students Scientific Work? See How to Combine Both!
65416 | In Search of Light: Discovered Opportunities in Teaching Physical Education During the Emergency Remote Teaching

Room 604: Foreign Languages Education & Applied Linguistics
Session Chair: Rocky Burton
65776 | Language and Education: English is the Linguistic Capital and Mandarin the Emerging Language in Pakistan
65552 | Language Development and Creative Expression Through Nonsense Verse
65564 | Teacher Identity Construction: A Narrative Inquiry into English Postgraduate Student Teachers
65347 | The Anathema of Japanese Cram Schools to ELT

Room 605: Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration
Session Chair: Leandro Loyola
64848 | Development of the LILOK Mentoring Model for Aspiring Principals in Public Schools
66178 | Development of Ethical Competency Indicators for Primary School Administrators in the Northeast of Thailand
65178 | Culture and Arts Practitioners’ Competencies as Basis for the Establishment of Public Service Network for Philippine Education Institutions
65059 | Interconnectedness of Teacher Leadership, Political Literacy and Awareness Through Teaching/Learning Interactions With Students: Phenomenographic Study

Room 607: Education & Difference
Session Chair: Linda Oshita
65247 | An Empowered Alternative: Entrepreneurial Intentions of Students Who Are Deaf in a Higher Education Institution
66039 | Children With Disability: Need for Dignified Education Spaces
65738 | Closing the Disability Employment Gap in the UK: Utilising University-Industry Partnerships to Unlock Potential
66081 | Supporting Students with Disabilities on Study Abroad: What Host Institutions Need to Know

Room 608: Learning Experiences
Session Chair: Jose Garza-Martinez
66428 | A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Google Solution on Middle School Teacher Based on the Kirkpatrick 4 Level Model
65251 | Experiences in MOOCs: The Perspective of Students in UAE
65040 | Post Pandemic Resilience: A Transition from Learning at Home to Hybrid Learning at School in Malaysia
66588 | Enhancing Learning of Complex Science Topics and Improving Motivational Level Using Gamification Techniques in High School Biology Courses

13:05-14:05 Lunch Break

14:05-15:20 Onsite Parallel Session 3
Room 603: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
Session Chair: Marie Grace Pamela Faylona
66475 | Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Learning Combined With a Coaching Strategy to Empower Learners as Responsible Global Citizens
63791 | Professionalization on the Go: A Latent Profile Analysis in Self-regulated Learning of Flemish Teachers in a Mobile Learning Environment
65354 | Teachers’ Readiness Assessment on Teaching HIV/AIDS Preventive Education to Senior High School Students – Philippines

Room 604: Mind, Brain & Psychology
Session Chair: Lucy Spence
65721 | Individual and Collective Coping Strategies to Psychological Distress: An Exploration Among Young Adults in Bali’s Rural Area
65732 | A Qualitative Study of Experience and Perceived Social Support Among University Students During COVID-19 Pandemic in Balinese Rural Area, Indonesia: A Thematic Analysis
65373 | Educational Neuroscience for Teachers

Room 605: Educational Research, Development & Publishing
Session Chair: Mark Mizuko
65671 | Web-Based Students Academic Performance Analysis with Data Visualization
66421 | Analysis on the Domestic and Foreign Trends of Research on Digital Literacy Based on Keyword Network Analysis
64875 | The Impact of COVID-19 on Research Methodologies

Room 607: Innovative Technologies in Education
Session Chair: Fadhil Ramadhani
66592 | Physics Olympics: An Innovative Platform of Performance Task to Enhance Students’ Motivation and Learning
65753 | Indonesian High Schoolers’ Perceptions of Ruangguru in English Online Learning
66186 | The Add-on Impact of ‘AdvertISeIT: An Advergaming Application’ on the Interest of Senior High Schools Students in Choosing BSIT Course

Room 608: Challenging & Preserving: Culture, Inter/Multiculturalism & Language
Session Chair: Hugh Schuckman
65928 | Co-production Between Culture and Performing Arts: A Performing Project in Taiwan
65724 | A Qualitative Study of Resilience Components and Its Interactions With Balinese Philosophies Among Youth in Bali
66628 | Voicing Upheaval: Excavating and Preserving Korean Linguistic Rhetoric of the 1970s

15:20-15:35 Coffee Break

15:35-16:50 Onsite Parallel Session 4
Room 603: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
Session Chair: Joanna Kepka
66543 | Learning From Events
66150 | Helping Students Become Self-learner in a Digital World: A Case Study in Peer-teaching Strategies
66434 | From Crisis to Opportunity: Using Digital Platforms to Enhance Course Design

Room 604: Primary & Secondary Education
Session Chair: Piyanan Thisopa
65195 | Effect of Use of Screen on Child’s Development at Early Childhood Education
66548 | A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Information Ethics for Primary School
66412 | Condition Present, Condition Desirability and Necessary of Coding Education Management for Small Size Elementary Schools in the Northeast

Room 605: Learning Experiences, Student Learning & Learner Diversity
Session Chair: Scott Morris
66496 | TERF Wars: Discord Among Transgender Women, Feminists, and TERFs in South Korea
66423 | Negotiating Success by Two Generations of Vocational Students From Low-income Backgrounds in Singapore
66556 | Between Choices and Challenges: The Narratives of School-to-work Transitions of Low-income Vocational Youths in Singapore

Room 607: Education, Sustainability & Society
Session Chair: Julia Wong
65376 | The Effects of Teacher’s Salary on Learning Outcome
65662 | Recruitment Strategies and Migration Regulations of International Students in the United States and Canada: A Comparative Study
66670 | Work-based Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Reflection on Adaptability

Room 608: Higher Education
Session Chair: Tai Chong Toh
65274 | Shared Strategic Leading: The Leadership of Academic Deans of Centers of Excellence in the Philippines
65637 | Non-cognitive Skills as Influencing Factors to the Academic Success of the BS Psychology Graduates: Basis for Classroom Intervention
66410 | Supporting Students Beyond the Pandemic – Lessons From Community Internships

18:00-20:00 Conference Cultural Visit

Location: Toshi Center Hotel, Tokyo

09:30-11:10 Onsite Parallel Session 1
Room 603: Adult, Lifelong & Distance Learning
Session Chair: Keith Joiner
66401 | The Impact of Mentoring Function on Organizational Citizenship Behavior – Comparing Formal and Informal Mentors
65801 | Timeout, Please: A Grounded Theory Study of About-to-Retire Professors’ Experiences on Combating Technostress Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
65378 | The Challenges and Strategies of COVID-19 Online Learning and Teaching: A Comparative Case Study of Higher Education in Afghanistan and Indonesia
65513 | Learning to Test With Robots Collaboratively in Our Homes: “Mum/Dad, When Can I Play With It?”

Room 604: Learning Experiences, Student Learning & Learner Diversity
Session Chair: Jacqueline van Muijlwijk-Koezen
66394 | An Analysis of Demotivating Online Formative Assessment Strategies at an Open Distance Learning
65319 | Empowering Self Regulated Learners: Embedding of IB ATL Skills Through Digital Literacy in Primary Students
64168 | Students Perception of a Gamified Student Engagement Platform as Supportive Technology in Learning
66587 | Leveraging the ALACT Reflection Model to Improve Academic Skills Development in Bachelor Students: A Case Study

Room 605: Learning Experiences, Student Learning & Learner Diversity
Session Chair: Hui Yong Tay
66400 | Develop Young Children’s Emotional Intelligence and Coping Strategies During the COVID-19
66472 | Development of Media Literacy Curriculum for Junior High School Students in Thailand
66525 | In Pursuit of Quality TV Program for Young Children: What Are the Criteria in View of Its Audience?
64787 | The A-B-C of Engaging Students With Feedback to Build Resilient Learners

Room 607: Design, Implementation & Assessment of Innovative Technologies in Education
Session Chair: Yin Teng Chew
65896 | Case Study of Teacher-Student Interactions in Singapore Classrooms Mediated by Personal Learning Devices
65186 | Supporting Students’ Online Academic Help Seeking with an Analytics-enhanced Forum
66623 | Modes of Learning and Performance Among Graduates During a Pandemic in a State University in Romblon, Philippines
66522 | Empathy Map of Students’ Remote Learning Experience Towards Innovative Education Delivery

Room 608: Higher Education
Session Chair: Gumiko Monobe
63134 | Using Information Literacy to Impart Critical Thinking Skills and Combat Misinformation Among Undergraduate Students
63707 | Shifting Paradigms: China’s Influence Through the Intermediaries of Tertiary Education Institutions
57107 | A Reflective Account of Team Tutoring Involving an Indigenous and a Non-indigenous Tutor Delivering a First Year Cultural Competency Course
66591 | Beyond Normalized Academic Language: Re-search into Self-academic Identities and Voices Beyond the Precreated Academia of Higher Education Through Third Space

11:10-11:25 Coffee Break

11:25-12:15 Onsite Parallel Session 2
Room 603: International Education
Session Chair: Aki Yamada
66596 | “It Takes a World of Differences to Make a Different World”: The EAN Project in Greece
65895 | Japanese University Students Attitudes Toward International Careers and Study Abroad During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Room 604: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis (Workshop)
Session Chair: Ian Frank
66545 | Koto-tsukuri: Education at the Interface

Room 605: Foreign Languages Education & Applied Linguistics
Session Chair: Bernard Nainggolan
65292 | Meanings of Images and Intersemiotic Complementarity of Visual and Verbal Elements in Two English Textbooks: A Multimodal Study
65709 | Autonomous Single Learning Interest: A New Construct That Predicts Long-Term Achievement

Room 607: Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration
Session Chair: Sekitla Makhasane
65538 | School Administration: Violence Among Elementary School Students in District Lahore Punjab Pakistan
66595 | Teachers’ Perspectives About Bullying Among Learners in South African Secondary Schools: Implication for School Leadership

Room 608: Counselling, Guidance & Adjustment in Education
Session Chair: James Lactao
65852 | Role of Physical Activity on Alleviating Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among College Students
64087 | What Motivates University Students to Be in a Mentoring Relationship? Discovering Motivations Using the Organismic Integration Theory

12:15-13:15 Lunch Break

13:15-14:30 Onsite Parallel Session 3
Room 603: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
Session Chair: Jorge Victor Sales
65359 | Effects of Concept Scaffolding Teaching Approach on Grade 7 Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Problem-solving Performance in Mathematics
66643 | Blended Professional Learning Community Sessions on Action Research
66672 | Challenges Encountered by Non-Araling Panlipunan Teachers Teaching Araling Panlipunan Department of Education General Santos City, Philippines: Basis for Capability Building

Room 604: Professional Training, Development & Concerns in Education
Session Chair: Hazel Diaz
65377 | Exploring the Training Programs for Japanese Nutrition Teachers’ During Covid-19: Were They Properly Prepared?
65545 | Developing ICT Competency Training for Teachers of Marginalized Community Schools and Public Sector Schools of Himalayan Region
64487 | Impact of Professional Learning and Development Activities Participated in by Secondary School Mathematics Teachers Through Kirkpatrick’s Evaluation Levels

Room 605: Higher Education
Session Chair: Gota Hayashi
65116 | English Language Policy and Its Implementation at Tertiary Level in Mongolia
64694 | Best Practices for Public Speaking Instruction for EFL Undergraduate Students in Japan: Based on Literature Review from 2016 to 2021
66431 | Assessing Content Learning in EMI Courses: What are the Realities?

Room 607: Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration
Session Chair: Dawruwan Thawinkarn
66390 | Development of Ubiquitous Organization Indicators for Secondary Educational Service Area in Thailand
66109 | A Longitudinal Bibliometric Analysis of Research Hotspot and Frontier of Distributed Leadership, 1998-2018
66498 | Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Digital Leadership of School Principals in Thailand

Room 608: Curriculum Design & Development
Session Chair: Anastasios Zopiatis
66438 | An Investigation of the Tasks in the Workplace, Their Relevance to the Curriculum, and Characteristics of Agile Learning
66582 | The Development of Learning Activity of KWDL Technique Combined With BAR Model to Improve Problem Solving Ability in Math
66056 | Reinventing the Hospitality Curriculum in the Post-COVID-19 Era

14:30-14:45 Coffee Break

14:45-16:00 Onsite Parallel Session 4
Room 603: Professional Training, Development & Concerns in Education
Session Chair: Hsiao-Lan Chen
65771 | Reliability and Validity of the Teachers’ Behavior Inventory of the Adamson University Basic Education Department
65228 | Measuring and Evaluating Research Literacy in Higher Education: A Synthesis of Mechanisms and Discoveries
66585 | The Development of Teacher Performance Indicators for 21st Century Teaching and Learning: Implications from International Baccalaureate Philosophy and Practice

Room 604: Mind, Brain & Psychology
Session Chair: Cahaya Napitupulu
66605 | The Causal Model of Promoting Innovative Thinking Competencies for Entrepreneurship in Undergraduate Students: The Expectancy-Value Theory Perspective
65932 | Emotions in the Advising Dialogue: Reflection of Novice Learning Advisors
66609 | Parenting and Self Resilience in Dayak Youth Students

Room 605: Higher Education
Session Chair: Yaping Gao
66495 | Remaking Higher Education?: An Analysis of Media Discourse on Online Education in India
65457 | Adapt Research-Supported Standards to Ensure Quality at Course and Program Levels to Support Institutional Goals and Accreditation
66091 | Online Assessment at an ODeL Institution in the Post Pandemic Era

Room 607: Education, Sustainability & Society
Session Chair: Sheila Mae Carungay
66652 | Impact of the Organic Agriculture Production Training Program to Farmer Beneficiaries in Northern Philippines
65490 | Entrepreneurship Education from University Through Banking: A Real-Life Business Context
65317 | A Proposed Framework for Sustainable and Impactful Higher Education Institutions

Room 608: Assessment Theories & Methodologies
Session Chair: Celina Sarmiento
65846 | Classroom Assessment Standards: Indonesian EFL Teachers’ Assessment Practices in the Amid of the Pandemic
65296 | Revealing Teachers’ and Students’ Perception of the Use of Flipgrid for Speaking Assessment
66817 | Using Action Research to Enhance Formative Assessment in Statistics

16:00-16:10 Onsite Conference Closing Session: Room 603

Location: Online

09:15-09:30: Welcome Address

09:05-11:10 Online Parallel Presentation Session 1
Room C: Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration
Session Chair: Pina Tarricone
64834 | Has COVID-19 Changed Our Perception of the Importance of Education?
65536 | How to Improve the Dual System in South Korea: Lessons from Germany
66415 | Comprehensive Sociological Theory of Education
66413 | Workshop: Using the Policy Monitoring Tool to Support Education in Emergencies Policy Development and Review

09:30-11:10 Online Parallel Presentation Session 1
Room A: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
Session Chair: Bei Hong
66619 | The Approach to Utilise Recycled Plastic as Printing Matrix Material in Traditional Printmaking Design Studio Class
66558 | Applying IRT Model in Validating a Dichotomously-Scored Test
65345 | Google Docs in EAP Courses: Investigating and Promoting Collaborative Writing Experience
64927 | Interactive Videos or Synthesized Readings, Which One is Better to Increase Students’ Engagement in an Introductory Economics Course

Room B: Higher Education
Session Chair: Naomi Tsunematsu
65306 | Developmental Outcomes of Doctoral Students: The Roles of Academic Buoyancy, Perceived Autonomy Support, and Thinking Styles
65370 | Purposes and Aspirations of Western Students for Study Abroad in Japan
65528 | Strategies to Successful Online Mentoring for First-year Doctoral Students: An Australian Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic
65958 | Academic Stress and Resilience Among Undergraduate Students of Guwahati City of Assam

Room D: Education, Sustainability & Society
Session Chair: Yipei Lu
66483 | The Effectiveness of Zakat Funding Through Dompet Dhuafa Etos ID Scholarship Program
64920 | Early Childhood Education Reform in China: Challenges and Opportunities
65254 | Building Fundamentals via Soft Sciences: The New Era of China’s Brain Race
65398 | Redefining Student Formation: Characteristics and Experiences for Resilient University Social Engagement

Room E: Learning Experiences, Student Learning & Learner Diversity
Session Chair: Sheng-Lun Cheng
64083 | E-Learning Meets Educational Key Opinion Leaders (Edu-KOLs): A Close-up Look on Exuberant Platforms and Their Success Ingredients
65414 | The Impact of Online Learning on High School Student Experience
66614 | Development of a Utility Reaction Assessment Instrument Towards Robotics in Secondary Education
65541 | Perceived Learning Environments, Motivation, Time Management, and Academic Achievement in Online Computer Science Courses

11:10-11:20 Break

11:20-13:00 Online Parallel Presentation Session 2
Room A: Adult, Lifelong & Distance Learning
Session Chair: Meenakshi Krishnaraj
66642 | Career-adaptability, Self-efficacy and Work-life Balance: Relationships With Goal Orientation, Perceived Organisational Support, Role Clarity, Perceived Performance and Job Stress
66685 | Distance Learning in Rural Areas – An Action Research in LiouGuei District, Kaohsiung
66640 | Creative Possibilities in Continuing Education and Learning in Taiwan: A Scoping Review and Perspectives
65187 | Learning Fulfilment: What’s the Role of Education?

Room B: Primary & Secondary Education
Session Chair: Hoi Nga Ng
63896 | Teacher-Student relationship, Attributional Style, and their Impact on English Performance of Chinese Students with Low Academic Achievement
66407 | Insights into Contextual Factors Related to SEL in UAE Public Schools
66262 | Development of Learning Kit and Module for a Technology Design (RBT) Subject: Insights From Needs Analysis
64296 | Correlates of School-based Sexuality Education: A Comparative Study of Students and Teachers of Secondary Schools in Hong Kong

Room C: Foreign Languages Education
Session Chair: Alexander Ibni
65283 | How Medical Students and Doctors Can Use Online Materials to Improve Their English Speaking Skills
66361 | Factors Affecting the Use of Language Registers in Writing among English as a Second Language Students
66043 | Producing Travel Vlogs as a Collaborative Task in English Classes With a Soft CLIL Approach
65118 | The Impact of EFL Learners’ Grammatical Inaccuracies on English-Native-Speaking Teachers’ Assessment of Their Pronunciation

Room D: Professional Training, Development & Leadership
Session Chair: Norma Kok
65197 | Career Development Competencies in Kuwait: Social Workers’ Case Study
66442 | Teachers’ Readiness for Home-Based Learning – The Case in Singapore Primary Schools
66352 | Policies and Practices of Professional Development for Middle leaders in Chinese Higher Vocational Colleges
66155 | Through the Eyes of School Leaders: A Discussion of the Outcomes of a Leadership Development Training Programme

Room E: Learning Experiences, Student Learning & Learner Diversity
Session Chair: Shawnee McPhail
65423 | Fostering a Super Reader: A Case Study on Effects of Cooperation
65515 | A 3D-Printed Chinese Character Learning Art Educational Tool for the Blind and Visually-Impaired
64906 | Three Voices: Lived Experiences of Indian School Children in Two Transformative Ecology Programs
66179 | Experiencing Empathy Through LGBTQ+ Literature

13:00-13:10 Break

13:10-14:25 Online Parallel Presentation Session 3
Room A: Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis
Session Chair: Susie Kung
65658 | Who Am I? An Examination of Multiple Identities in a Hong Kong Primary Music Teacher
65700 | In a Queer Time and Space: A Teacher’s Narrative on Online Distance Learning
65939 | He Waka Eka Noa (We Are All in the Canoe Together): A New Zealand Tertiary Teaching Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

Room B: Professional Training, Development & Concerns in Education
Session Chair: Hsuehi Lo
63791 | Professionalization on the Go: A Latent Profile Analysis in Self-regulated Learning of Flemish Teachers in a Mobile Learning Environment
65905 | Examination of a Play-based Learning Curricula Integrating Developmental Benefits in Free-play and Academic Value
66032 | Taiwanese Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Values of the Relationship Between Mathematics and STEM Education
66551 | A Cultural-historical Approach to Children With Specific Language Impairment in China

Room C: Foreign Languages Education
Session Chair: Wanqing Feng
66500 | Advancing Educational Equality: Using AI Technology in K-12 English Language Education in Rural China
66266 | Identity Reconstruction of Chinese International Students in Higher Education—From the Perspective of Naming Practices
65668 | Research on the Role of Multimedia Learning APP for Young Learners of Chinese as a Second Language

Room D: Resilience
Session Chair: Alice (Xuelian) Chen
66581 | Emerging Victorious – A Study of Resilience of Visually Challenged Girls During the Pandemic
64699 | ICT Use of Parenting in Early Childhood in the Pandemic Era: Benefits, Risks, and Implications
66611 | The Mediating Role of Emotional Stability Between Critical Thinking Disposition and Self-knowledge Among Management Students

Room E: Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary & Transdisciplinary Education
Session Chair: Joselyn Sim
65583 | Setting off the Dominoes: A Theory of Change for Scaling Interdisciplinarity at a Liberal Arts and Sciences University in China
66398 | Closing the Loop in Design Education: Surviving Disruption in a Digital World
66504 | A Systematic Review on Virtual Reality in Language Learning From 2012-2021: Implications for Practice and Research

14:25-14:35 Break

14:35-15:20 Keynote Presentation
The Future of Higher Education: Adapting to the New Normal Post-COVID
Abdulnassir Al-Tamimi, Lusail University, Qatar

15:20-15:30 Break

15:30-16:15 Featured Panel Presentation
Surviving and Thriving in Times of Rapid Change: Multiple Tertiary Teaching Voices from Aotearoa
Kaberi Rajendra, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Bernadette Solomon, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Tino Taliaoa, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Melanie Wong, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Susie Kung, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand (Moderator)

16:15-16:25 Break

16:25-17:10 Featured Panel Presentation
Mental Health in Action: Strategies to Build Teacher and Student Capacity
Abdulqader Alyasin, Lusail University, Qatar
William C. Frick, University of Oklahoma, United States
Hiba Harb, Lusail University, Qatar
Murielle El Hajj Nahas, Lusail University, Qatar

17:10-17:20 Online Conference Closing Session

Poster Presentations

65629 | An Exploration of Technical Communication as an EFL Learning Motivational Intervention for Engineering Majors
65773 | Modified Nominal Group Technique (NGT) and Its Application to the Construction of Elements in the Vocational College Standard Curriculum in the Field of Refrigerant and Air Conditioning (VCSC_RAC) Based on Values to the Environment
65495 | Perceived School Climate and Attitudes Towards Inclusive Education Among Resource Room Teachers: The Mediating Role of Self-efficacy
66606 | Agents of Change: Teachers as Policymakers – A Case for Q-method
64948 | Peer Review in L2 Academic Writing: An Exploratory Study
65389 | Audio-Assisted Extensive Reading: Student Perceptions of Its Effects on Reading Performance and Motivation
65975 | Teaching Aviation English through Movie in a Japanese College: Utilizing Google Classroom
65494 | Teaching Always Matters: Promoting Job Crafting Among Chinese Academics
66057 | Impact of Informal STEM Learning on Student Success
66515 | Using Quizlet to Build Student’s Learning Motivation and Learning Behavior
65324 | Effects of Cognitive Function Training in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment
64949 | Graduate Student Professional Development: Identifying Core Principles
65386 | Preservice Teachers’ Pedagogical Reasoning on Technology-integrated Mathematics Teaching
66594 | Collaboration Between Local Community and Teacher Education Program: Supporting Immigrant/Refugee Children and Future Teachers’s Growth Through After School Programs

Virtual Poster Presentations

64930 | A Remote Collaborative Decision-Making Training Game with a Real-Person Non-Player Character Mechanism
64937 | Design and Evaluation of a Contextual Distance Management Training Game With Real-person Non-player Character Mechanism
64938 | An Analysis of the Acceptance and Anxiety of a Historical Strategic Planning Game by Combining Real Person Non-player Character Mechanism
64098 | Satisfaction Survey of “Group Family Guidance Program”: Explore Suitable Family Guidance Mode for Low-Income Family with Special Children
65909 | Effects of Using a STEM Curriculum on Improving Science Achievement of Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities
65399 | Social Education Through Workshops: A Design Study of Collaborating a Resilient Community
65396 | The Effect of Vocational Training on Turnover Intention: The Mediation of Job Satisfaction
66215 | Taiwan and EU Strategies Against Climate Change – Main Topics for International Education

Pre-Recorded Virtual Presentations

65894 | The Impact of Organisational Learning and Development for Employee Performance and Development: The Certis Group Case Study
65903 | Relation between the Parents’ Origin in the Academic Achievements of Children and the Role of Machine Translation Tools in the Access to Equitable Education
66604 | Creating Design Guideline; Online Platform to Encourage Lifelong Learning Among Thai Digital Natives
64909 | Stories of Chinese-American Mixed-Heritage Learners: Their Mixed-Heritage Identities and Heritage Maintenance
66363 | Developing a National Identity in Young Children of Different Ethnic Backgrounds: Values and Practices of Kindergarten Educators in Hong Kong
66466 | A Case Study of How Unanticipated Preservers Work on Preserving Local Culture Relating to Textiles in Northern Thailand
65394 | Effects of a Positive Psychology-based Group Intervention on Culturally Disadvantaged Children and Adolescents in Taiwan
65739 | Quality of Life, Perceived Stress and Self-efficacy Among Filipino Students During COVID-19 Enhanced Community Quarantine
65864 | The Vision and Preference of International Students Enrolled in a Japanese Language School Post-pandemic
66451 | Life Career Design for High School Students
66626 | Factors Associated With Depressive Symptoms Among Students of a State University in the Philippines
66638 | A Positive Psychology Based Counseling Support Group for Taiwanese Teachers: A Qualitative Analysis on Its Therapeutic Factors target='_blank' href='https://submit.iafor.org/submission/submission66638' rel="noopener">A Positive Psychology Based Counseling Support Group for Taiwanese Teachers: A Qualitative Analysis on Its Therapeutic Factors
65293 | Adoption and Usability of Online Educational Apps (OEA) in Unforeseen Implementation of Online Distance Learning
65492 | Analysis of Big Data and Education Research Using Data Mining
66110 | Reframing the Perspective in Teaching Science Investigatory Project in the Philippines
66600 | Media and Information Literacy Skills for Undergraduate Students in Hong Kong: Self Perception vs Actual Skills
65570 | Choices Student-Athlete Made in Education & Future Career Aspiration: A Qualitative Study in Indonesia
65313 | Housewives’ Resiliencies in the Post-pandemic Era: The Personal Competence, Social Competence, and Social Supports
65371 | How Far Could Poor Rural Students Access Elite Universities in China? – A Discussion Based On The Cultural Reproduction Theory
65413 | Promoting Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development for Vulnerable Groups Through Co-creative Workshop
66436 | Karol Wojtyla’s Personalist Philosophy of Education
66639 | Higher Education in India During Corona Pandemic
65322 | A Study of Taiwanese Teachers’ Perceptions of ELTAs
65976 | Development of Retention Program through Motivation-Hygiene Theory of Selected Private Teachers
66371 | The Discursive Construction of a Nation: Identities and Ideologies in Taiwan’s Bilingual Policy
64189 | Use of Storytelling to Advance Education Reform
66538 | The Disaster Risk Reduction in the COPE Floods Storybook for Children’s Awareness to COPE With Natural Disaster
63848 | Exploration of Native Speaker Teachers and Non-native Speaker Teachers Within the English Learning Communication Course
64071 | English for Conference Interpreting Purposes: A Corpus-driven Study on Multiword Constructions
64866 | ‘Ten Months Around the World’ – Promoting English Language Acquisition in the Early Years of Childhood Education
65761 | Politeness Principle in Business Correspondence and Language Teaching
66427 | Linguistic Redundancy: Cases Studies by Evaluating Oral Performances for Chinese EFL Students in TEM-4 (Test for English Majors, Band 4)
66458 | Bald on Record in Higher Education CAL (Chinese as an Additional Language)
66554 | A Study on the Effectiveness of Integrating Digital Media Audio-visual Materials Into Japanese Listening Courses: Taking the Japanese Listening Course of One University in Taiwan as an Example
66637 | How to Support ESL Learners’ Writing through Mentor Texts
65510 | Paradigm Shift to a Higher-quality Teacher Education Program: A Framework for Reforms (A Preliminary Study)
66269 | Knowledge Exchange for the Solar Decathlon Europe 2021-2022 Team Uniforms Design: Thai Local Craft Community, Fashion Design and Architecture Students
65727 | Internationalization Strategies in “Double High” Schools
64895 | Filipino for Beginners: Teaching Filipino Language to the Japanese Students of Kagoshima University, Japan
65959 | Effectiveness of Marine Education Promotion Activities Integrated into SDGs Goal 14
65460 | Effectiveness of Marine Education Promotion Activities Integrated into SDGs Goal 14
66362 | Superheroes by Design: Soundtrack-driven Content for Students’ Creation of Motion Graphics used in Live Orchestra Performance 
65203 | Pathways of Influence: Parental Academic Expectation, Depression, Educational Aspiration, and Cognitive Development of Chinese Rural Adolescents
65567 | Hyperspace of Interaction: Creative Storytelling in Art and Design
63634 | Unveiling Educators’ Digital Media Skills in Teaching: A Case of South Africa
64234 | Strategies and Activities to Promote Active Engagement in the Classroom
65754 | Classroom Education Management Discipline in Mathematics
66038 | The Relationships among Assessment Content, Learning Outcome, and Self-confidence of the Taiwanese Elementary Students about Astrology Concepts
66376 | Education for European Citizenship – Reviewing EDC/HRE by Using Habermas’s Theory
65111 | Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) Practices and Quality of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Delhi
64918 | Teaching Undergraduate Research Writing: A Systematic Literature Review
65214 | Fish Out of Water: An Analysis of the Practicum Experiences of Student Teachers
65312 | The Effects of Form-Focused Instructions in Second Language Vocabulary Learning
65464 | Learning Analytics Through Video Analytics and Wearable Sensors
65500 | Taking Risks: Learning to Teach Musical Instruments During the Pandemic and Beyond
65702 | A Structural Equation Model of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), School Culture and ICT Literacy on the Technostress of Science
65775 | Technology in Education: Toward a New Student-Centered Approach
65970 | Every Teacher Is Special: Stories of Heroism
66555 | Catch Them in Situ: Exploring Pre-service Science Teachers’ Understanding of Indigenous Knowledge Integration in a South African University

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Bernadette Solomon
Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

Biography

Bernadette is passionate about recovery in mental health & addictions, improving health outcomes for individuals affected by mental health and eliminating health disparities. She graduated from the University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom as a Registered and Psychiatric Nurse. Bernadette is currently a senior lecturer in mental health & addictions, and also is an academic research lead in the school of nursing at Manukau Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. Bernadette has extensive experience as a mental health nurse, academic and educator. Bernadette’s specialty practice is criminology & forensic mental health nursing.

Bernadette’s doctoral (DHSc) research focused on mental health recovery. The research explored the experience and meaning of recovery-oriented practice for nurses working in an acute inpatient mental health service, using a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology. She is particularly passionate about the empowering potential of embedding recovery-oriented practice into mental health services and in particular within nurse education. Her other research interests are in nursing education, mental health, and Forensic mental health. Bernadette is currently involved in various research projects both within MIT and in collaboration with other educational nursing schools in NZ.

Panel Presentation (2022) | Surviving and Thriving in Times of Rapid Change: Multiple Tertiary Teaching Voices from Aotearoa, New Zealand
Kaberi Rajendra
Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

Biography

Dr Kaberi Rajendra is Senior Academic Lecturer at Manukau Institute of Technology. Currently, she is the Academic Lead – Research and Programme Coordinator of the Level 4- Health and Wellbeing programme in the School of Health and Counselling at Manukau Institute of Technology. She received her PhD degree from Auckland University of Technology in 2019. After undertaking social work training in India, she migrated to New Zealand with her family in 1996. Her social work career of twenty-five years as a clinician in mental health kindled her research interest in culture and mental wellbeing.

Panel Presentation (2022) | Surviving and Thriving in Times of Rapid Change:
Multiple Tertiary Teaching Voices from Aotearoa, New Zealand
Fuatino Taliaoa Petelo Leafa
Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

Biography

Fuatino Taliaoa Petelo Leafa was born in Samoa, and migrated to New Zealand with her family in 1986 for a better future and education. She has a bachelor’s in Social Work from Manukau Institute of Technology, a postgraduate diploma in Social Work from Auckland University, and a master’s in Indigenous Studies from Te Wananga o Aotearoa, New Zealand. She has been a community social work practitioner for over 20 years and is passionate about working for her community.

She joined the Manukau Institute of Technology in 2018 and is currently with the School of Social Work. She is a Senior Social Work Lecturer and is also the Fieldwork Placement Coordinator.

Fuatino’s passion for social work and community development is reflected in her master’s research, Looking into community engagement space and how culture is embedded and valued in social work practice. She was also part of the Talatalanoa mai; student matters, looking into the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on students’ learning. She will present and talk about the psychological impact of COVID-19 on Pasifika student learning experiences research.

Panel Presentation (2022) | Surviving and Thriving in Times of Rapid Change: Multiple Tertiary Teaching Voices from Aotearoa, New Zealand
Melanie Wong
Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

Biography

Dr Melanie Wong is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Work, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand. Mel is also a Counsellor, Dream Therapist and Interactive Drawing Therapist who likes to work with those who connect with the world differently. Mel holds a PhD from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; she has an extensive research interest in supporting individuals' mental and emotional needs using the lens of social constructionism and a holistic approach.

Panel Presentation (2022) | Surviving and Thriving in Times of Rapid Change: Multiple Tertiary Teaching Voices from Aotearoa, New Zealand
William C. Frick
University of Oklahoma, United States

Biography

William C. Frick, PhD is the Rainbolt Family Endowed Presidential Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at the University of Oklahoma, United States. He is the founding director of the Center for Leadership Ethics and Change, an affiliate body of the international Consortium for the Study of Leadership and Ethics in Education (CSLEE) of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA). He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of School Leadership and the IAFOR Journal of Education and is currently the editor of Values and Ethics in Educational Administration. Dr Frick has approximately 15 years of experience as a practitioner in the public schools including building and district-level administration and 16 years as research university faculty. He is a former 2016-17 Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar to the Republic of Georgia and is currently a Fulbright Public Policy Fellow to Côte d’Ivoire this coming summer 2023. A doctoral graduate of Pennsylvania State University, his research interests include the philosophy of administrative leadership, school system reform within urban municipality revitalisation efforts, and broader cultural studies exploring the intersection of identity and schooling.

Panel Presentation (2022) | Mental Health in Action: Strategies to Build Teacher and Student Capacity

Previous Presentations

Roundtable Presentation (2021) | Being Resilient: Finding Ways to Publish in Difficult Times
Hiba Harb
Lusail University, Qatar

Biography

Dr Hiba Harb holds a PhD in Language Sciences and a master’s in Education and Training. She is currently Assistant Professor at Lusail University, Qatar, and the Head of the Training and Capacity-Building Department. She is also President of the Association of Teachers of French in Qatar. She has more than ten years of teaching experience at a university level, she teaches language courses and various subjects in French and English languages. Dr Hiba has solid experience in designing new courses and training programs, she is an instructional designer and trainer. She has participated in international conferences and her research interests focus on educational technologies, pedagogical approaches, language teaching, course design and development, teachers’ training, and communication. She believes that creative and resourceful teachers should encourage creativity and higher-order thinking in a way that increases student performance, her career goal is to build teaching methods that increase students’ autonomy through creativity.

Panel Presentation (2022) | Mental Health in Action: Strategies to Build Teacher and Student Capacity
Abdulqader Alyasin
Lusail University, Qatar

Biography

Abdulqader Alyasin has been working in English language teaching and education in different countries, including Syria, the UK, and Qatar. He obtained his MA in English Language Teaching (ELT) and PhD in ELT and Applied Linguistics from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, and to further enhance his practical teaching skills, he attended a training course and was awarded a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) from Cambridge University. Prior to taking up the role of Assistant Professor at Lusail University, Alyasin worked as Academic Writing Lecturer, Research Methods Tutor, English for Academic/Specific Purposes Tutor, and Personal Tutor at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. Throughout his career in these positions, he coordinated, developed and taught academic writing and research skills, data collection and analysis methods, phonetics and phonology, oral communication, grammar, syntax and semantics, linguistics, teaching methods, reading, composition, and comprehension. Alyasin also worked as a book proposals peer reviewer for Cambridge University Press. With a longstanding interest in theory and practice in language studies, he has mentored, supervised and examined MA students in TESOL, ELT, and Applied Linguistics. Alyasin’s research interests revolve around teacher cognition, curriculum policy and practice, educational change, teacher training and development, (English) language teaching in difficult and crisis circumstances, and bilingual education.

Panel Presentation (2022) | Mental Health in Action: Strategies to Build Teacher and Student Capacity
Abdulnassir Al-Tamimi
Lusail University, Qatar

Biography

Prior to joining Lusail University as the founding Dean for the College of Education and Arts in September 2020, Dr Abdulnassir Al-Tamimi served as the Vice President and Head of School for DeBakey High School for Health Professions – Qatar from August 2018 until August 2020. He has more than 20 years of experience working in schools, community colleges and universities in Texas and in the State of Qatar. In June 2010, he was selected by Houston Community College to serve on the founding leadership team that helped establish the Community College of Qatar (CCQ), the first community college in the State of Qatar. At the Community College of Qatar, Dr Al-Tamimi served as the founding Associate Dean of Student Services as well as the founding Associate Dean of Workforce Education and Community Development from June 2010 to August 2018.

Prior to his venture in Qatar, Dr Al-Tamimi held several leadership positions at Lone Star College System in Houston, Texas including Dean of Educational Programs and Organisational Development, Dean of Instructional and Organisational Development, Dean of New Program Development, Corporate Training and Continuing Education as well as Manager of Continuing Education.

Dr Al-Tamimi is known for his strong commitment to student success and outstanding leadership in academic affairs, student services, as well as program and community development. Under his leadership, he has developed a number of academic and professional development programs as well as continuing education and corporate training programs for local industries and the community. He also led in the development of a number of student engagement programs and activities that helped promote persistence, retention and student success.

Dr Al-Tamimi has conducted workshops and presented research in many local and international conferences. He has served as Secretary for the National Alliance for Community and Technical Colleges (NACTC) and Chair of the Houston Forum for Advisors to International Students. He was also an active member of the Texas Association of Continuing Education (TACE), National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and the Rotary Club of Cypress-Fairbanks in Texas.

He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Care Administration from Texas Southern University, a Master of Arts Degree in Cross-Cultural Studies from the University of Houston at Clear Lake, and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

Keynote Presentation (2022) | The Future of Higher Education: Adapting to the New Normal Post-COVID
Toshiya Hoshino
The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan & Osaka University, Japan

Biography

His Excellency Professor Hoshino is the President of IAFOR and the senior academic officer of the organisation. In this role, Ambassador Hoshino is the Chair of the International Academic Advisory Board, as well as both the Academic Governing Board and its Executive Committee, and also sits on the IAFOR Board of Directors.

Ambassador Hoshino is an internationally-recognized scholar in the fields of Human Security, International Relations and Politics, and has had a dual, complementary academic and diplomatic career, culminating in his appointment as Japanese Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations in New York, from 2017–2020, where he was in charge of socio-economic and budgetary affairs. He had previously served as Minister-Counsellor from 2006–2008 at the same mission in charge of political affairs, and earlier in his career, was Special Assistant for Political Affairs at The Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C., from 1988–1991.

Professor Hoshino is currently a Professor of International Politics and United Nations Studies at Osaka University’s Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP). Since 2017, Professor Hoshino has been the Executive Director of the IAFOR Research Centre at OSIPP. His current research interests centres on policy and implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through international multi-stakeholder public/private partnerships, and is the founding Director of the Environmental, Social, and Governance Integration Research and Education Center (ESG-IREC).

Previous to his second secondment to the United Nations in 2017, Professor Hoshino held a number of senior administrative roles in the University, including Vice-President (2014–2015) and then Executive Vice-President (2015–2016) for Global Affairs, having previously served as Dean of the Osaka School of International Public Policy at Osaka University from 2011–2014.

Before joining Osaka University in 1998, Ambassador Hoshino was a Senior Research Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) from 1991 to 1998, and continued his association with the Institute as an Associate Fellow from 1998 to 2006. He holds a BA from Sophia University, Japan, an MA from the University of Tokyo, and a PhD from Osaka University.

Professor Ambassador Hoshino has also been a visiting scholar and researcher, principally in the United States. From 1992 to 1993 he was a Visiting Fellow at The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, at Princeton University; from 2000–2002 he was appointed Special Research Fellow at the Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University; from 2003 to 2006 he was a Research Fellow at the Stanford Institute for International Studies at Stanford University; and from 2007 to 2008 was a Guest Scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Junko Hibiya
International Christian University, Japan

Biography

Junko Hibiya is Professor Emerita of International Christian University (ICU). She became Vice President for Academic Affairs in 2008 and President in 2012 at the university. She is a member of the Central Council for Education, and a member of the Science Council of Japan. Prior to her tenure at ICU, she was on the faculty of Keio University for fifteen years after receiving her Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988.

Keynote Presentation (2022) | The Impact of COVID-19 on International Education
Kenn Ross
Minerva University

Biography

Kenn Ross is the Special Advisor to the President at Minerva University. Originally from the United States, he has lived in Asia for more than 20 years, where he is well-known for his knowledge of higher education issues, education innovation, and China-America cross-border education. In addition to Minerva University, Ross is also Founder of the International Foundation for the Promotion of Academic Soft Skills (IFPASS), a US-based nonprofit that provides non-cognitive skills-based and experiential education in China. He regularly speaks at global education events such as TEDx and is also a frequent commenter on Chinese television, where he speaks on topics related to Chinese and international education. Ross’ 2015 book Academic Soft Skills (留学软实力) is considered by many in China as a definitive guide to preparation for global study.

Keynote Presentation (2022) | Concepts Across Contexts: How to Build Durable Skills through Transdisciplinary Teaching
Susie Kung
Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

Biography

Susie Kung has been in education since 1980 and in teacher education for over 26 years. She has been teaching on the Bachelor of Education programme at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) since 2006. She is a Senior Lecturer attached to the School of Education and is also the Academic Lead overseeing the provision of pastoral care and also the retention and success of four programmes in the School of Education. She has substantial experience in the field both in Malaysia and New Zealand.

Susie’s passion for teacher education includes her research on effective tertiary teaching-learning spaces and, more recently, blended teaching-learning environments through COVID-19 times, teacher identity and teacher motivation, preparing student teachers for a fast-changing, diverse world and a reconsideration of teacher education as a holistic endeavour. Case study and narrative approaches to research are her methodologies of choice but she has a special interest in the Appreciative Inquiry approach to research and has used this methodology for a number of her research projects. She is currently investigating the role of teacher identity, teacher motivation and the teacher’s perception of advocacy in the teaching role.

Panel Presentation (2023) | No One Left Behind: Advocating for Equitable Opportunities for
Success in Tertiary Education
Murielle El Hajj Nahas
Lusail University, Qatar

Biography

Dr Murielle El Hajj Nahas holds a PhD in French Language & Literature from the Lebanese University, Lebanon. She is currently Assistant Professor at Lusail University, Qatar. She is also Associate Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship and the IAFOR Journal of Education (Language Learning in Education issues), The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan, as well as Editorial Board Member of In Analysis, revue transdisciplinaire de psychanalyse et sciences, Elsevier Masson SAS, France. Her domain of research focuses on psychoanalysis of literature, the perspective on the unconscious in literary study, the roles of the instances involved in the analytical/critical praxis, and the relation between literature and psychoanalysis. Her research interests include analysis of written narrative structure and focalization; comparative studies of literary genres; discourse analysis and semantics; French linguistics, literature, modernism, and postmodernism studies; gender studies; literary semiotics and semiology; psychoanalysis; psychoanalytic criticism and textoanalysis; rhetoric and stylistics; and schizoanalysis. She has published peer-reviewed book chapters and articles, as well as book reviews and poems in international journals. (ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9445-6281)

Panel Presentation (2023) | Unleashing the Potential: The Impact of AI and ChatGPT in Revolutionising Education

Previous Presentations

Panel Presentation (2022) | Mental Health in Action: Strategies to Build Teacher and Student Capacity
Roundtable Presentation (2021) | Being Resilient: Finding Ways to Publish in Difficult Times
President of IAFOR’s Inaugural Address: Resilience and Challenges in the New Normal
Keynote Presentation: Toshiya Hoshino

Ambassador Hoshino will deliver his inaugural address as the President of IAFOR, and will speak from his experience in both diplomacy and academia to the delegates of The 14th Asian Conference on Education (ACE2022).

He will speak about the importance of international collaboration and cooperation in addressing some of the most pressing problems facing humanity, from the climate crisis to the global pandemic, that are part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the crucial role of formalised systems of education, and understanding our role in delivering sustainable solutions.

He will also shed light on his recent endeavour to promote the ESG movement; the environmental, social, and governance aspects in which various non-state actors in societies, businesses and institutions, including educational institutions, can be positive agents for change, especially in times of great political uncertainty and crisis.

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Concepts Across Contexts: How to Build Durable Skills through Transdisciplinary Teaching
Keynote Presentation: Kenn Ross

Universities today often teach students in one of two ways: by providing them training for a specific career path (without the soft skills needed to succeed in that profession or a recognition that one’s career might change in the future) or by teaching broad liberal arts concepts without the toolkit to apply them effectively to solve real world challenges. Neither of these approaches prepares young people for a lifetime of meaningful work in our rapidly changing world. Transdisciplinary teaching, which sometimes faces scepticism from traditional disciplinary silos, promotes the development of durable, transferable skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, and more. Considering both Asian and global examples, this talk will describe how a true – and modernly reimagined – transdisciplinary approach teaches students how to apply core concepts across contexts, thereby developing durable skills applicable to any career path they pursue.

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Mental Health in Action: Strategies to Build Teacher and Student Capacity
Panel Presentation: Abdulqader Alyasin, William Frick, Hiba Harb & Murielle El Hajj Nahas

Mental health of teachers and students has been a growing concern in recent years even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the tangible side effects of the pandemic is its negative impact on teachers’ and students’ mental health. Teachers experienced difficulties in using technology for online classes and were unsatisfied with the administrative support for online education. In addition, the number of online lectures and the preparation time have increased, which resulted in a huge workload, stress, and anxiety. The stresses and restrictions associated with the pandemic have also put students at greater risk of developing mental health issues, which drastically decreased their academic success, their social interactions, as well as their future career and personal opportunities. Regardless of how long or short a time the current pandemic lasts, the normal in education is unlikely to return anytime soon. The pandemic led to a change in the educational system, ranging from delivery mode to shifting to a new paradigm moving to digital and hybrid solutions. This forum discussion will identify strategies to address mental health challenges and promote well-being among teachers and students. For all those who are struggling with mental health issues, the discussion will provide valuable insights into various ways of capacity building in the new normal of education.

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Surviving and Thriving in Times of Rapid Change: Multiple Tertiary Teaching Voices from Aotearoa, New Zealand
Panel Presentation: Kaberi Rajendra, Bernadette Solomon, Tino Taliaoa, Melanie Wong

Mental health issues are common in tertiary education all over the world. Research shows that psycho-emotional well-being of tertiary students have a significant influence on their academic performance. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to respond to constant changes at a rapid rate, have intensified depression, stress and anxiety. Difficulties adjusting to the new COVID-19 tertiary studying environment, a sense of isolation, academic anxiety and the struggles of balancing work-study commitments are cited as common triggers for stress.

Members of this panel will share key findings from three research projects from Auckland, New Zealand, which captured the psycho-emotional health and well-being of tertiary students as they manoeuvred the uncertain landscape of tertiary education influx due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The panel speakers will discuss the challenges faced by both students and lecturers and how this has impacted on both the students' learning and their mental health and well-being. In addition, they will propose some recommendations for the tertiary learning sector as we move forward and adjust to new COVID-19 landscapes in tertiary education.


Recovery-Oriented Practice in Mental Health: Creating Safe Spaces in Practice & Enhancing Learning

Bernadette Solomon, School of Nursing and Health, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

This panel speaker will present and discuss the findings of a study aimed to explore the experience and meaning of recovery-oriented practice for 10 nurses working in an acute mental health service. A phenomenological and hermeneutic lens was used to explore the nurses’ experience of working in a recovery-focused manner with service users in the inpatient setting (Solomon, Sutton & McKenna 2021). The findings revealed that recovery-orientated practice is a challenge for nurses working within acute mental health wards. Although the experience and meaning of recovery-focused care varied from nurse to nurse, there were some common elements in the practice accounts. The accounts revealed the nurses’ role in creating different therapeutic spaces to promote safety, relational commitment and healing for service users. However, the nurses faced challenges to recovery-oriented care, within the team culture and the broader service systems, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings have implications for nursing practice, especially within an education context for novice nurses and the education of student nurses in a tertiary teaching-learning environment.


Restoring Hope – Addressing and Responding to the Mental and Well-being of Tertiary Students in Aotearoa New Zealand

Melanie Wong, School of Social Work, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Tino Taliaoa, School of Social Work, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

These panel speakers will speak on and discuss the findings of a research project focused on exploring mental health issues of social work degree students. The preliminary findings indicated that many students had experienced mental health issues; they had expressed the expectation that they would be supported in a ‘safe space’ for them to feel they belong and that they can open up about heavy things on their heart/mind. Initial findings suggest that cultural components are missing in mental health conversation. Anxiety from studying can affect students’ mental health and emotional well-being. In addition, many students have other commitments on top of their studies. This along with the pressure of fulfilling their roles in their families and society has created stress and tension. This presentation will discuss some research findings which will inform strategies to address the mental health needs of undergraduate students enrolled in the social work undergraduate programme.


Reflection as a Tool for Improving Online Teaching and Learning Practices

Kaberi Rajendra, School of Health and Counselling, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

The final panellist will present and discuss the findings of a study aimed at exploring the experience and meaning of recovery-oriented practice for 10 nurses working in an acute mental health service. A phenomenological and hermeneutic lens was used to explore the nurses’ experience of working in a recovery-focused manner with service users in the inpatient setting (Solomon, Sutton & McKenna 2021). The findings revealed that recovery-orientated practice is a challenge for nurses working within acute mental health wards. Although the experience and meaning of recovery-focused care varied from nurse to nurse, there were some common elements in the practice accounts. The accounts revealed the nurses’ role in creating different therapeutic spaces to promote safety, relational commitment and healing for service users. However, the nurses faced challenges to recovery-oriented care, within the team culture and the broader service systems, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings have implications for nursing practice, especially within an education context for novice nurses and the education of student nurses in a tertiary teaching-learning environment.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on International Education
Keynote Presentation: Junko Hibiya

As a former president of International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo and a pioneer of liberal arts and international education in Japan, Junko Hibiya has constantly encouraged students to gain a broad background in diverse areas, to integrate knowledge from across the disciplines, and to respond to the challenges of the world with a goal of nurturing responsible global citizens. In her presentation, she will discuss how COVID has changed how we learn and what will happen in the future.

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The Future of Higher Education: Adapting to the New Normal Post-COVID
Keynote Presentation: Abdulnassir Al-Tamimi

The disruption caused by COVID-19 created a global crisis in education. Higher education institutions were not prepared for this sudden and unexpected transition. Colleges and universities all over the world were forced to perform their day-to-day operations remotely from their homes, while teaching, learning and assessment shifted to hybrid or to fully online. Student engagement and extra-curricular activities were conducted through online portals which may have influenced student success.

At the same time, access to equal and quality education was a challenge to most students and faculty around the world during the pandemic due to a lack of resources. Educators, administrators, and policymakers were compelled to adopt creative and innovative techniques as well as new policies to ensure they are maintaining their missions and educational objectives.

This talk will focus on the current and future of education post-COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Al-Tamimi will share the experiences of higher education institutions in Qatar during the pandemic, how they were able to successfully overcome their challenges and provide his insights on the future of higher education in Qatar.

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Justin Sanders
Minerva Project

Biography

Justin Sanders has spent nearly 20 years in a wide range of educational settings globally. In his current role as Senior Academic Program Manager for the Minerva Project, he works with partner organisations to build and implement some of the world's most innovative educational programs based on the science of learning. Prior to joining Minerva, he served as Director of Continuing and Corporate Education at Temple University’s Japan Campus, Global Recognition Manager and Research Manager for the International Baccalaureate (IB) in Singapore and Washington, DC, respectively, and worked with community college leadership across the United States with the Association for Community College Trustees. Prior, he served as an education volunteer with the United States Peace Corps in Azerbaijan, contributing to improving educational infrastructure and capacity in a small rural community. Throughout his career, he has helped to organise dozens of local, national and international education conferences and events and has published research on internationalisation, secondary to tertiary transitions, and partnerships in higher education. He holds a BA Social and Behavioural Sciences from the University of Arizona, an MA in Education and Human Development from the George Washington University, and a PhD in Education from Osaka University, Japan, where his research explored approaches to international strategy development at universities in Asia.

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Susie Kung
Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand

Biography

Susie Kung has been in education since 1980 and in teacher education for over 26 years. She has been teaching on the Bachelor of Education programme at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) since 2006. She is a Senior Lecturer attached to the School of Education and is also the Academic Lead overseeing the provision of pastoral care and also the retention and success of four programmes in the School of Education. She has substantial experience in the field both in Malaysia and New Zealand.

Susie’s passion for teacher education includes her research on effective tertiary teaching-learning spaces and, more recently, blended teaching-learning environments through COVID-19 times, teacher identity and teacher motivation, preparing student teachers for a fast-changing, diverse world and a reconsideration of teacher education as a holistic endeavour. Case study and narrative approaches to research are her methodologies of choice but she has a special interest in the Appreciative Inquiry approach to research and has used this methodology for a number of her research projects. She is currently investigating the role of teacher identity, teacher motivation and the teacher’s perception of advocacy in the teaching role.

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Tati D. Wardi
Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), Indonesia

Biography

Tati Lathipatud Durriyah (Tati D. Wardi) is the Head of the MA Education program at Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII), Indonesia. She was a Fulbright recipient for her Master’s degree at Teachers College, Columbia University, and earned a PhD from the School of Education and Human Ecology from Ohio State University.

Her research interests revolve around literacy education in teacher education, specifically digital literacy, literature-based literacy education, and children’s literature. Dr Wardi’s article was published in Reading Horizons and was included in the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)’s 2021 Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English which is carefully curated by literacy luminaries. Tati has authored chapters on children’s literature and student teachers’ reading engagement in two books published by Rowman & Littlefield, United States.

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Aki Yamada
Tamagawa University, Japan

Biography

Aki is currently an Assistant Professor at Tamagawa University, Japan. Her research interests include globalisation, contemporary Asian immigration, transnational identity, STEM & STEAM education, and internationalisation of higher education. She has published several comparative studies on higher education trends in Japan and the United States. Aki co-edited New Directions of STEM Research and Learning in the World Ranking Movement: A Comparative Perspective, published by Palgrave MacMillan as part of its International and Development Education series – a series for which John Hawkins, Reiko Yamada, and W. James Jacob served as co-editors. She has also published "Japanese Higher Education: the Need for STEAM in Society 5.0, an Era of Societal and Technological Fusion" in the Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2021, and three book chapters on "Globalisation in Higher Education: Bridging Global and Local Education'' (Springer 2022, International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research), "Globalisation and Higher Education Reform in Japan: Pre and Post Covid-19" (Springer 2022, Discourses of Globalization and Higher Education Reforms: Emerging Paradigms), "STEM Field Demand and Educational Reform in Asia-Pacific Countries'' (The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region).

Leandro Loyola
De La Salle University, Philippines

Biography

Dr Leandro A. Loyola is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Organization of the Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business of De La Salle University, Philippines. He also served as Director of College Student Affairs at the De La Salle University Laguna Campus. Dr Loyola is the Immediate Past National President of the Philippine Association of Practitioners of Student Affairs and Services (PAPSAS), Inc. He is also active with international student affairs and services groups being the President-elect of the Asia Pacific Student Services Association (APSSA) and as Regional Director for Asia of the International Association of Student Affairs and Services (IASAS). He consistently imparts his expertise in developing professionally competent and socially responsible students to become global citizens and leaders. His research interests include Student Development and Welfare, Leadership, Management, and Organization Development.

Murielle El Hajj Nahas
Lusail University, Qatar

Biography

Dr Murielle El Hajj Nahas holds a PhD in French Language & Literature from the Lebanese University, Lebanon. She is currently Assistant Professor at Lusail University, Qatar. She is also Associate Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship and the IAFOR Journal of Education (Language Learning in Education issues), The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan, as well as Editorial Board Member of In Analysis, revue transdisciplinaire de psychanalyse et sciences, Elsevier Masson SAS, France. Her domain of research focuses on psychoanalysis of literature, the perspective on the unconscious in literary study, the roles of the instances involved in the analytical/critical praxis, and the relation between literature and psychoanalysis. Her research interests include analysis of written narrative structure and focalization; comparative studies of literary genres; discourse analysis and semantics; French linguistics, literature, modernism, and postmodernism studies; gender studies; literary semiotics and semiology; psychoanalysis; psychoanalytic criticism and textoanalysis; rhetoric and stylistics; and schizoanalysis. She has published peer-reviewed book chapters and articles, as well as book reviews and poems in international journals. (ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9445-6281)

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Yvonne Masters
Executive Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Education (Scopus) & Independent Researcher, Australia

Biography

Yvonne Masters is an independent researcher in Australia. She has been involved with IAFOR for several years as a member of The Asian Conference for Education Organising Committee, as co-facilitator of The Asian Undergraduate Research Symposium, and as a member of the International Academic Advisory Board. Yvonne is the current Editor-in-Chief of the IAFOR Journal of Education, a Scopus indexed, open access journal on education.

Yvonne was a teacher and teacher educator for over 40 years and is still passionate about education. She was a senior lecturer in Professional Classroom Practice in the School of Education, University of New England, Australia, a position that she accepted after five years as Director of Professional Experience in the same School. Prior to taking up her position at UNE, she had 30 years’ experience in secondary schools including in the roles of Curriculum Coordinator, Deputy Principal and Principal. Her teaching experience spans three Australian states. Her research interests centre on undergraduate research, academic publication, teacher education and policy, professional experience, teacher identity, online learning and virtual worlds. Yvonne was awarded her PhD, focused on school principalship, from Deakin University.

She is an active researcher and gained, in collaboration with other researchers, 4 Internal UNE School of Education Research grants; was a partner in a $200,000 ALTC (OLT) grant, VirtualPREX: Innovative assessment using a 3D virtual world with pre-service teachers; in 2014 achieved a UNE Seed Grant for a one year project to explore teacher quality; and in 2015 gained a $50,000 OLT seed grant to develop resources to assist pre-service teachers to gain online teaching skills to assist them in teaching wholly online into virtual schools.

Yvonne serves as a reviewer for several education journals and is a senior reviewer for IAFOR conferences. She presents on a variety of education topics including publishing as an academic, teacher education policy, undergraduate research, and online teaching at a range of conferences, both Australian and international.

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Joseph Haldane
The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan

Biography

Joseph Haldane is the Chairman and CEO of IAFOR. He is responsible for devising strategy, setting policies, forging institutional partnerships, implementing projects, and overseeing the organisation’s business and academic operations, including research, publications and events.

Dr Haldane holds a PhD from the University of London in 19th-century French Studies, and has had full-time faculty positions at the University of Paris XII Paris-Est Créteil (France), Sciences Po Paris (France), and Nagoya University of Commerce and Business (Japan), as well as visiting positions at the French Press Institute in the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (France), The School of Journalism at Sciences Po Paris (France), and the School of Journalism at Moscow State University (Russia).

Dr Haldane’s current research concentrates on post-war and contemporary politics and international affairs, and since 2015 he has been a Guest Professor at The Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, where he teaches on the postgraduate Global Governance Course, and Co-Director of the OSIPP-IAFOR Research Centre, an interdisciplinary think tank situated within Osaka University.

He is also a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade, a Member of the International Advisory Council of the Department of Educational Foundations at the College of Education of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network for Global Governance.

From 2012 to 2014, Dr Haldane served as Treasurer of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Chubu Region) and he is currently a Trustee of the HOPE International Development Agency (Japan). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society in 2012, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2015.

A black belt in judo, he is married with two children, and lives in Japan.

Tzu-Bin Lin
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Biography

Dr Tzu-Bin Lin (林子斌) is an associate professor at the Department of Education and Graduate Institute of Education Policy and Administration, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). Prior to this position, he was the full-time learning researcher at Bournemouth University (BU) in the UK and assistant professor in the Policy and Leadership Academic Group in the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore. While working at NIE, He was the Coordinator for Management and Leadership in Schools (MLS) program for two years. Currently, Dr Lin is the Head of Intern Program and Supervision Division at the Office of Teacher Education and Career Service at NTNU. He is also in charge of the nation-wide leadership empowerment program for potential curriculum leaders in junior high schools funded by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. Dr Lin’s research interests are in education policy and leadership, media literacy and TESOL. He was the executive editor and editorial board member of the Bulletin of Educational Research. Currently, he is an assistant editor of Cogent Education and editorial board member in several international journals such as Asia TEFL, NAMLE journal of Media Literacy Education, Secondary Education Quarterly (Chinese) and Journal of Educational Research and Development (Chinese).

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José McClanahan
Creighton University, USA

Biography

Dr Joseph (José) McClanahan is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. There, he teaches at all levels of the curriculum, including language and culture courses abroad. He has taught in both Latin America and Spain. Recently, his research interests have focused on the area of teaching courses related to Languages for Special Purposes, in particular courses related to teaching Spanish to future healthcare professionals. He also has a strong interest in curricular development and design that centres on new students entering the university. He has also led student educational trips to almost every continent on the globe.

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Barbara Lockee
Virginia Tech., USA

Biography

Dr Barbara Lockee is Professor of Instructional Design and Technology at Virginia Tech, USA, where she is also Associate Director of the School of Education and Associate Director of Educational Research and Outreach. She teaches courses in instructional design, message design, and distance education. Her research interests focus on instructional design issues related to technology-mediated learning. She has published more than 80 papers in academic journals, conferences and books, and has presented her scholarly work at over 90 national and international conferences.

Dr Lockee is Immediate Past President of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, an international professional organisation for educational technology researchers and practitioners. She earned her PhD in 1996 from Virginia Tech in Curriculum and Instruction (Instructional Technology), MA in 1991 from Appalachian State University in Curriculum and Instruction (Educational Media), and BA in 1986 from Appalachian State University in Communication Arts.

Tien-Hui Chiang
Zhengzhou University, China

Biography

Distinguished Professor Tien-Hui Chiang is the Vice President of RC04 (Sociology of Education) of International Sociological Association, UNESCO, a member of the Constitutional Standing Committee of the World Congress of Comparative Education Societies UNESCO and the International Distinguished Professor of University of Crete, Greece. He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar, visiting at UW-Madison, Wisconsin, USA, Guest Professor at Beijing Normal University and is the Ex-President of the Taiwan Association for Sociology of Education. His specialty covers sociology of education, globalization and education policy, sociology of curriculum, teaching profession and comparative education. He has written over 100 essays. He was the co-editor of Cross Education Dialogue, Crisis in Education and Interculturalism. He was also a contributor to Elite, Privileges and Excellence edited by Professor S. Ball. His outstanding academic achievements have awarded Professor Chiang many prizes, such as the Distinguished Scholar of the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. He is the editor of International Journal of Educational Research and Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, and a section editor of the Springer Encyclopedia: Educational Philosophy and Theories and the Springer Encyclopedia: Teacher Education.

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