Replication of the IAF seminar on:
No Education: No Freedom, No Opportunity
Uploaded: 03 Nov 2006
Two IAF alumni are going to conduct the third replication of IAF training on “No Education: No Freedom, No Opportunity” on Saturday 11, 2006 at City Bayview, Penang.
The main objective is to promote awareness among fellow Malaysians regarding the importance of Liberal education and to create a healthy platform for sharing of knowledge and ideas. A participatory approach will be used in the training and as such we are expecting participants to involve themselves in the discussion as much as possible. Please find attached the programme for the above-mentioned training.
Venue: City Bayview Penang Hotel, Penang
25-A, Farquhar Street, 10200 Penang, Malaysia
Date: November 11, 2006, Saturday
Training schedule
8.30am Registration
9.00am Introduction FAN
Introduction FNF
Introduction of programme
10.00 The liberal concept of education: a concept for the challenges of the 21st century?
10.15 Tea break
How do we learn?
What is the purpose of learning—seen from a liberal point of view?
How do liberal concepts of knowledge and learning differ from other concepts?
11.30 What should education for citizenship be and how should it be promoted?
Does liberal democracy and civil society require a separation of education and religion?
12.15 Some basic facts about education from a global perspective.
12.30 Lunch
13.30 What are our political priorities as liberals in the field of education?
The strength and weakness of current education system in Malaysia.
14.30 Schools for the poor . ‘ Lakeside School Phillipines’
15.00 Tea Break
15.10 Private education as a viable proposition.
16.00 The brain drain: Freedom and opportunity at the expense of responsibility?
Life-long learning: Why and How?
Early Childhood Learning: What should we aim for and why?
17.30 Evaluation, Farewell and departure
(The session will be conducted in English/ Bahasa Malaysia)
The training is limited to 25 participants. For those who are interested, please contact Kah Peng at 016-4405099 or Yeen Seen at 013-3332626 or yseen@yahoo.com or Dr. Busarin at busarin@thailand.fnst.org for more details and registration before 8th Nov, 2006.
All participants who completed the training will be given a certificate by Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
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