ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

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The General Conference is structured to facilitate as much participation as possible by those attending virtually. While there will be a small number of plenary sessions, most of the conference will consist of parallel symposia or interactive workshops providing many opportunities for delegates to share ideas, experience, and teaching materials.

The conference has been organized to allow for two different time zones to suit our worldwide networks. Presenters will be asked to specify their preferred time for presentation (1st time window: 06.00-11.15 GMT; 2nd time window: 15.00-20.00 GMT).

We feature two main formats for both presenting and taking part in the conference, taking up the challenge posed by the pandemic of hosting an online conference and learning from online conferences that have already taken place:

Symposia:

In the weeks before the conference, an interactive virtual gallery of presenters’ papers and audio/video presentations will be available to all attendees.  Conference attendees can watch, read and post questions about the work of the presenters.  During the conference itself, the interactive symposia featuring several presenters will provide a forum for further discussion of the emerging ideas and questions arising from the papers submitted by both presenters and the online audience.

Interactive workshops:

In the past, GAJE’s world-wide conferences have always been opportunities to connect educators from around the world and to engage them in moments of exchange of experiences, sharing of ideas, learning from each-other, engaging and reflection.This conference continues this tradition with a series of parallel interactive online workshops, which will give participants, guided by internationally mixed teams of facilitators, the possibility to engage on a number of topics linked to justice education.

Contact for queries about the interactive workshops - program@gaje.org

Contact for queries about the conference - jonny.hall@northumbria.ac.uk