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Prof Hoppers delivering her Unesco address
Prof Hoppers stressing a point during the panel discussion. On her left is Mr Nicholas Burnett, Unesco's Assistant Director General for Education.
Prof Catherine Hoppers, Mr Jan Figel, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura & Mr Jacques Attali
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The South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Development Education continues to make waves in South African and far beyond its borders. Below are just some of activities Prof Catherine Odora Hoppers, incumbent of the Chair, has undertaken during the last two months.
Unesco
Prof Hoppers was a member of the high-profile panel at the Unesco "First-World forum on lifelong learning" convened by the Director General of Unesco, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, together with the President of France. The panel formed part of Unesco’s "21st century talks on lifelong learning" and took place in the 1300-seater Room 1, the General Assembly room at Unesco. This series of talks is a high-profile Unesco forum that brings together leading scientists, thinkers, academics, writers, creative artists and internationally renowned policy-makers such as Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Mary Robinson, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Stephen Jay Gould, Edward Wilson, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Delors, Amadou Toumani Touré, Jeremy Rifkin, Paul Ricoeur and Bill Viola.
The theme of this panel discussion was "Lifelong learning for all: How long to get there?" Prof Hoppers delivered a speech entitled "Lifelong learning in Africa: lessons, experiences and opportunities from cultural and cognitive justice".
Other panel members were Mr Jan Figel (European Union Commissioner for Education) and Mr Jacques Attali (Advisor to former French President, François Mitterrand, and Head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Respondents to the presentations were Mr Nicholas Burnett (Unesco’s Assistant Director-General for Education) and Madame Khunying Kasama Varavarn (Secretary-General of the Office of the Basic Education Commission of Thailand).
The 21st century talks on lifelong learning will result in an anthology produced by the Unesco Office of Foresight. Three anthologies of the Talks have been published so far in about 14 languages. The first was Keys to the 21st century, the second The future of values and the third, Making peace with the earth, which was published in November 2007.
Europe
UK
Prof Hoppers delivered the keynote address at the British Association for International and Comparative Education Societies (BAICES) conference on "Internationalisation in education: culture, context and difference in Glasgow". |
