“EXCELLENCE: EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT”

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

“EXCELLENCE: EDUCATION & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT”

ATHENS, GREECE, 1 - 4 JULY 2009

http://www.uoa.gr/uoagr/uoaindex.htm

http://www.uoa.gr/uoauk/uoaindex.htm

 

Announcement

 

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the International Conference “Excellence: Education & Human Development” that will be held in 1-4 July 2009, in Athens, one of the world’s oldest cities with a huge recorded history and cultural heritage.

In the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

http://www.uoa.gr/uoauk/uoaindex.htm

Under the auspices of:

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - www.uoa.gr

The Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs  - www.ypepth.gr

Organized by:

APOLLON International Interactive Educational Network - www.apollon.edu.gr

Research Department of the EEXOT - www.eexot.gr

 

Conferences Website: excellence-con.eu

Conference e-mail: info@excellence-con.eu

 

 

Aim of the conference is to develop communication and cooperation between researchers, educators, health sciences scientist, ICT developers etc, in state to focus in human harmonic/balanced development. Gifted talented children and youths is the target group in witch we focus in the conference. 

 

 

The conference solicits original contributions in the following areas:

 

 

  General issues for the development of world citizens for the future: 

 

• National and International Policy in Education

    (Patterns & planning models, holistic approaches & specific components).

• Implementation and Evaluation 

   (Researches, good practices, standards, values, quality indicators).

• Educational methods

   (Research, evaluation, teaching, learning Teachers, supporting & mentoring, etc).

• Multidisciplinary & Multicultural Programs Development 

   (Sciences, Philosophy, Visual Art, Music, Literature, etc).

• Application of new technologies in performance and educational contexts

• ICT (Information and Communication Technology)

   (Networks, databases, e-Learning, on-line training programs, etc).

 

Pedagogy for Gifted Talented Students: 

 

• Behaviour and Pedagogy.

• Recognition

   (Needs, individual differences, intervention and development, current practices,

   policy & legislations, initiatives & plans).

• Integrated Services 

   (Guidance and counseling, pear to pear networking, supporting & mentoring, etc).

• Performance Sciences

  Performance enhancement research for talented students

   (musicians, dancers, athletes etc).

• Traditional heritages and new horizons in giftedness and creativity

   (Research and programs for talented students in Art, Sciences, Athletics, etc).

 

 Talented Development & Human Harmonic/Balanced Development:   

 

• Child Development

  (Genetics, Pedophychiatrics, Paediatrics, Child Mentoring, identification of “unique”

   needs, etc).

• Performing Arts Medicine

  (Medical Problems and health-promoting behavior for performing Artists

  Dance Medicine and Sciences

. Music Medicine and Sciences

  Musicians'  health and well-being

  etc.

• Prevenitive Medicine

  (evaluation, prevent, support, diagosis, therapy etc).

• Orthopedics

   (Myoskeletic system development for Athlet, Dance,  Music talented, etc).

• Health Sciences and Education confluences in “euphuism”

  Enhances the health, well-being, training, and performance of talented by cultivating 

  educational and medical excellence.

 (Embiomechanics, Kinaesthetic, Kinesiology, etc).

• Neurosciences in Education. (Brain research, etc).

 

Scientific excellence

 

•  Philosophy of Sciences

•  Philosophy of Mind

 

•  Philosophy of Cognitive Science

•  Mathematical Brain and Music

•  Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence, etc.