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Since the end of the Cold War, a distressing number of countries around the world have fallen into chaos and have become failing states. More often than not these countries have been torn by civil war based on religion, ethnicity, tribalism, power sharing, or a combination thereof. One of the terrible consequences of these conflicts has been massive humanitarian crisis.

Teaching has always been, to a greater or lesser extent, a way of building bridges between the past, the present and the future. This challenge requires a critical reading by teachers of the conditions under which their duties are performed and the influence of their actions.

The last five years has provided an onslaught of knowledge about the functioning of the human brain. This work has confirmed some long standing theories and disproved others. Because of the significant steps in scanning techniques that can image a brain while it is working, we can make more informed and accurate recommendations for anyone involved in working with the owners of the human brain.

Doctors. Lawyers. Engineers. That's what our parents told us to be when we grew up. But were Mom and Dad right? Actually, the future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind, people like artists, inventors, storytellers, and caregivers. These right-brained people are the next business elite – the women and men who will power your organization.

In 2007, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills identified a profound gap between the knowledge and skills most students learn in school and the knowledge and skills they need in typical 21st century communities and workplaces.

There are so many learning style inventories, personality tests, and ways of looking at multiple intelligences. What seems to be needed is a way of combining brain research with a way of looking at how an individual brain works, and then combining that with pedagogic techniques in the classroom that will fit most learners.

Elizabeth Dallaire knows that education for girls is crucial for the developing world to achieve better health, economic empowerment, and stability.  As a UNICEF Canada Ambassador and spokesperson, she works tirelessly to ensure that the importance of education, particularly for girls, is understood.  To this end, Ms Dallaire works with the Kenya Girls scholarship program for nomadic girls, whi

In order for schools to encourage students to develop new ways of thinking for a new world, the faculty must first address the necessary change in school culture to create a sucessful IB programme. School improvement requires that teachers change what they think, say, and do. This workshop promotes the use of the IB Learner Profile as a means to develop a professional working community.

In this session, participants will be introduced to the ideas and strategies of teaching for understanding. Planning a course usually leads us to consider our aims, objectives, assessments, and the knowledge we wish our students to learn. Clarifying these ideas will help us prepare a more meaningful experience for our students.