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
Programme
Sandra Kairė
Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University
Sandra Kairė is an Associate Professor and director of the Institute of Educational Sciences (Vilnius University, Lithuania). She is an expert in intercultural education, visuality and education, qualitative research, education in the Anthropocene, climate crisis, and education. She was also inquiring about visual school culture, school spaces, and visual artifacts created by pupils. She specializes in the phenomenological, visual, and posthuman approaches to educational research and practice.
She has recently accomplished postdoctoral research, "Like the ocean we rise": learner-education relation in the epoch of Anthropocene," which seeks to identify essential changes in the educational processes of the children of the Anthropocene. During postdoctoral research, she closely worked with Professor of Education Margaret Somerville (Western Sydney University, Australia), whose conceptual, theoretical, and methodological contributions to place studies have coalesced into a significant body of research worldwide in sustainability education across the educational spectrum from early childhood to school and community-based education. She is a member of the International Research Network "Planetary Wellbeing and human learning group "(Institute for Interdisciplinary Research into the Anthropocene, Australia) (since 2021).
Presentation title: Critical Thinking for Education in the Anthropocene: What to Expect?
