Date: Jan.9^th, 2020 

Venue: Lecture Room 1, Jingshi Lecture Hall

北京师范大学京师学堂第一会议室

Guest Speaker: Dr. Mmantsetsa Marope，Director of IBE-UNESCO

Sponsored by: China National Commission for UNESCO;

IBE-UNESCO;

Beijing Normal University

Organized by: Faculty of Education, BNU;

UNESCO International Research and Training Centre for Rural   Education (INRULED)

Introduction to the Speaker:

Dr. Mmantsetsa Marope is the Director of UNESCO-International Bureau of Education (IBE) in Geneva, Switzerland. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Chicago. Her professional career includes: 11 years university professorship; 10 years at the World Bank; 10 years in the United Nations; extensive advisory and consultancy services for governments, regional economic communities, regional research networks, ministries of education, bilateral and multilateral agencies; managing international research capacity development networks; and the civil service.

Throughout her career, Dr. Marope has built extensive experience at all levels and types of education, learning, and training systems. Her publications cover a wide range of areas including: global norms and standard setting tools; system diagnostic tools; system prototypes; all sub-sectors of education, learning, and training systems; future global competences; education and development; capacity development; and award-winning Setswana novels.

Agenda:

Time：9:00AM-10:30AM

Lecture 1: Reconceptualizing and Repositioning in the 21st Century : A Global Paradigm Shift  21世纪课程的重新概念化与定位：全球范式的转变

Time: 11:00AM-12:30PM

Lecture 2: Addressing the Global Learning Crisis : What can Neuroscience offer?

全球学习危机：脑科学能带来什么？

Time：14:00PM-15:30PM

Lecture 3: Building Resilient System for Effective Delivery of Holistic Quality ECCE Service 建立有效普及全面高质量早期幼教的韧性机制