Nurturing Critical Minds: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and the Workforce
Nurturing Critical Minds: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and the Workforce
We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming international conference on “Nurturing Critical Minds: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and the Workforce”. The conference is interdisciplinary, it will cover a diverse range of fields and perspectives on the development of critical thinking skills in different academic fields at universities and labour market institutions. Showcasing the holistic approach, the conference aims to explore the vital role of critical thinking in diverse academic disciplines and its significance in the ever-evolving landscape of labour market institutions.
The conference aims to bridge the gap between universities and labour market institutions, fostering a culture of critical thinking that thrives in the classroom and enhances professional growth in the workplace. This conference will serve as a platform for educators, researchers, and labour market professionals from diverse fields to explore innovative strategies, and share best practices and collaborate on integrating critical thinking skills into educational curricula.
Keynote speakers
Alistair Starling
Co-Founder and Managing Director of the European Diplomats
Luís Sebastião
Associate Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Education, Director of the Center for Research in Education and Psychology, University of Évora
Dimitris Pnevmatikos
Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Macedonia
Erika Vaiginienė
Associate professor in the Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University
Inga Jončienė
Head of Business Development at Alliance for Recruitment
Adam Mastandrea
Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Research, Institute of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University
Daiva Penkauskienė
Director of Modern Didactics Center, Associate Professor in the Institute of Educational Sciences and Social Work, Mykolas Romeris University
Sandra Kairė
Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University
Kay Hemmerling
Dr Kay Hemmerling, Chairman at the Institute for Moral-Democratic Competence (IMDC e.V.)
Programme
ProgrammeProgram
Keynote Forum
9:30 – 10:15
Sandra Kairė (Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University )
Keynote forum
10:15 – 11:00
Daiva Penkauskienė (Director of Modern Didactics Center, Associate Professor in the Institute of Educational Sciences and Social Work, Mykolas Romeris University)
Keynote Forum
11:15 – 12:00
Dimitris Pnevmatikos (Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Macedonia)
Keynote Forum
12:00 – 12:45
Luís Sebastião (Associate Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Education, Director of the Center for Research in Education and Psychology, University of Évora )
Panel Session - Critical Thinking Development in Teacher Training Programmes
14.00 – 17.15
Panagiota Christodoulou & Anastasios Papanikolaou (Critical Reflections: Student Teachers' Critical Thinking Competencies in the Context of Education for Sustainable Development)
Rūta Petkutė (Are Contemporary Universities Venues for Critical Thought? Conceptual and Empirical Insights)
Daiva Jakavonytė-Staškuvienė & Jolita Kudinovienė (Action Research-based Practice as a Basis for Developing Critical Thinking in Primary School Pupils)
Rasa Aškinytė (Analysis of Ethical Problems Based on Theory and Practice of Logical Thinking: An Educational Model)
Guillaume Caillaud (The Disco+ Project and Critical Thinking)
Daiva Jakavonytė-Staškuvienė & Jovita Ponomariovienė (Expressing Critical Thinking Among Primary School Teachers When Creating an Educational Environment That Provides Opportunities for Students to Set Short-term Goals and Reflect on Them)
A. Diržytė, V. Indrašienė, V. Jegelevičienė, O. Merfeldaitė, D. Penkauskienė, J. Pivorienė, A. Railienė & J. Sadauskas (The Role of Perceived Importance of Critical Thinking Skills and Self-reported Critical Thinking Skills for Work Engagement)
Simona Kontrimienė (The Interplay Between Critical Thinking, Emotional Touchpoints and Personalised Learning: Experiences from Two Erasmus+ Projects)
Evelina Burokė (Critical Thinking Beyond Disciplines: How to Measure the Immeasurable?)
Loreta Zavadskienė (Complexity Theory-Based Insights Into What Is More Important in Higher Education: Critical Thinking or Reflective Thinking? Or Both?)
Panel Session - Critical Thinking Development in the Studies of Medicine
14.00 – 17.15
Karolis Ažukaitis (Critical Thinking as an Essential Skill of Physicians in Training)
Agnė Jakavonytė-Akstinienė (Nurturing Critical Thinking in Nursing: How to nurture and develop critical thinking in nursing students)
Rita Payan Carreira (Advancing Clinical Excellence: Nurturing Critical Thinking Skills in Medical Education )
Indrė Čergelytė-Podgrušienė (The Importance of Critical Thinking in the Development of Practical Skills in Nursing Students)
R. Payan-Carreira, R. Silva, H. Rebelo, L. Sebastião (Participatory co-design of critical thinking blended interventions: Bringing the workplace into the classroom )
H. Rebelo, L. Sebastião, R. Payan-Carreira, F. Tirapicos, A. Cristóvão (Can Critical Thinking Reduce the Gap Between Universities and Labour Market? A Study with Focus Groups and One in-depth Interview with Veterinarians)
Marija Truš (Critical thinking of nursing students: developing an essential skill)
Edita Butrimė, Silvija Rakutienė, Dalija Gudaitytė (Developing Creativity as a Precondition of Critical Thinking in Language Studies at the University of Health Sciences Using Non-traditional Activities)
Panel Session - Critical Thinking Development in the Studies of Economics
14.00 – 17.15
Tom Hashimoto (Can we teach Economic Ethics to AI?)
G. Melnik-Leroy, G. Dzemydaitė, L. Aidokas, G. Dzemyda, V. Marcinkevičius, D. Melnikienė, A. Usovaitė (CognitiveSTATS: an E-Platform for Advancing Statistical Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills)
G. Dzemydaitė, G. Melnik-Leroy, L. Aidokas, G. Dzemyda, V. Marcinkevičius, D. Melnikienė, A. Usovaitė (Is my visualization better than yours? Analyzing factors modulating exponential growth bias in graphs )
Tomas Karpavičius (The Ethical Economist: integrating justice and equity into economic decisions)
Tahmineh Khalili, Saeed Ketabi, Dimitris Pnevmatikos (Development of Critical Thinking, Creativity and L2 Reading through Online Group Problem-Solving Tasks for Undergraduates of Finance )
Keynote Forum
9:00 – 9:45
Erika Vaiginienė (Associate professor in the Department of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University)
Keynote Forum
Keynote Forum
Keynote Forum
11:30 – 12:15
Kay Hemmerling (Dr Kay Hemmerling, Chairman at the Institute for Moral-Democratic Competence (IMDC e.V.) )
Keynote Forum
12:15 – 13:00
Adam Mastandrea (Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Research, Institute of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University )
Panel Session - Critical Thinking Development in Foreign Language Teaching
14.00 – 17.15
Mark Hennessy (Teaching Critical Thinking: Believe Half of What You See and None of What You Hear)
N. Čiučiulkienė, I. Tandzegolskienė-Bielaglovė, M. Čuladienė (Development of Critical Thinking through Phenomenon-Based Learning: Experiences of Foreign Language Teachers)
Handan Çelik, Nalan Bayraktar Balkır (Debate as a Pedagogical Tool for Verbal Communication Skills at the Tertiary Level: Does it Offer More?)
Inna Samoylyukevych (Critical Thinking as a Conditio Sine Qua Non for University-Level Foreign Lan-guage Teachers' Professional Development)
Iuliu Rațiu (Teaching Self-Assessment in Business English Classes )
Natalya Mikhailova (Transformative Pedagogy in Liberal Arts: Developing Metacognitive Compe-tences via Translation)
Inga Rozgienė (Effectiveness of the Course English for Academic Purposes and Research: The Learner Perspective )
Gitana Irnienė (Reflection on Language Teaching Process from Critical Thinking Perspectives)
Vilma Kardauskė, Danutė Belazarienė (Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Writing Summaries in English)
Roma Valiukienė (Critical Thinking as a Path to a Well-grounded and Aware Individual )
Panel Session - Critical Thinking Development in Literary and Intercultural Studies
14.00 – 17.15
Linara Bartkuvienė (Critical Thinking Through Literary Criticism or Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird)
Grant Matthew Rosson (Beyond Listening and Speaking: The Role of Writing in Fostering Critical Thought in Literature Students)
Loreta Chodzkienė (Interweaving Critical Thinking Skills, Reflective Writing, and Intercultural Communicative Competence: Their Role in Intercultural Education)
Mykolas Lekevičius (The Role of Logic in Reasoning: An Argumentative Theory)
Paul Nanu (Eyes Without a Face and Bodies Without Limit. The Actuation of the Mad Scientist)
Svetozar Postic (Development of Critical Thinking Skills in Literature Classes)
Tomas Riklius (“At first I thought it would be boring”. Critical Thinking in Classical Studies )
Tomasz Wysłobocki (The role of old literature in shaping self-awareness and social skills of students)
Ovidiu Ivancu (Critical Minds at Work. Deconstructing “Waiting for the Barbarians”, by J.M Coetzee)
Tudor Roșu (How Do We Celebrate a National Hero Today? The Transylvanian Avram Iancu and his Bicentennial)
Akın Gürbüz, Rana Yildirim (Exploring the Turkish EFL Instructors’ Perceptions of their Multicultural Teaching Competence)
Panel Session - Critical Thinking Development in Mathematics and IT Studies
14.00 – 17.15
Rimas Norvaiša (Critical thinking in school mathematics)
Jurgita Markevičiūtė (Critical Thinking in Statistics and Statistical Literacy)
Julija Grigorjevaitė (Encouraging Critical Thinking in Chemistry Classroom)
Tatjana Jevsikova (Critical Thinking in Informatics Education: Developing Computational Thinking )
Laura Giniūnienė (Fostering Critical Thinking in University Classrooms With Action-oriented Approach )
Asta Statkevičienė (Value-added Experience Through Just a Step Aside)
Katherine Ruprecht (Culturally Responsive Approaches to Teaching Information Literacy to Secondary and University Students in an AI-Accessible World )
