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SUMMARY:Africas Pulse: Transforming Education for inclusive Growth
DESCRIPTION:Dear Valued Stakeholder\, \nThe World Bank and Future Africa at the University of Pretoria are delighted to invite you to attend the launch of the 30th edition of Africa’s Pulse\, a biannual survey of issues shaping Africa’s economic future. As economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa slowly rebounds\, what will it take to better educate millions of students and prepare them for good jobs when they exit school? The education sector will need to absorb about 170 million additional children and adolescents to achieve universal education in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030\, which will require building 9 million new classrooms and hiring 11 million more teachers. Beyond financing\, policymakers must focus more than ever on improving learning outcomes through foundational skills and equipping youth with skills that are relevant in today’s fast-changing economy. \nPlease join moderator Nozipho Tshabalala for an in-person conversation with the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Africa\, Andrew Dabalen to discuss the urgency of transforming education for inclusive growth. They will be joined by a panel of key stakeholders in education from across the continent\, namely Prof. Loretta Feris\, Vice Principal of the University of Pretoria; Eric Asomani Asante\, award-winning ICT school teacher from Ghana and a finalist for the Global Teacher Award 2023; Reine Mbang Essobmadje\, Vice-President of GICAM (Cameroonian Business Council)\, co-founder of Digital Coalition and CEO of Evolving Consulting. The event will also be addressed by Satu Kahkonen\, World Bank Country Director for South Africa. Questions will be taken from the floor as well as an online audience during the event on World Bank Live. \nDate: Tuesday\, October 15th\, 2024\nTime: 15:00 to 16:30. Registration begins at 14:30. Networking session with refreshments will follow.\nVenue: Future Africa Campus\, University of Pretoria\, South St\, Koedoespoort 456-Jr\, Pretoria\, 0186 \nTo attend in person\, please RSVP using this form by October 10\, 2024.\nEnquiries may be sent to Juby Govender at Juby.govender@futureafrica.science
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/africas-pulse-transforming-education-for-inclusive-growth/
LOCATION:Future Africa\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Sustainable Food Systems
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SUMMARY:Transdisciplinary (TD) Dialogue: Complexity in Transdisciplinary Research: Creativity\, Serendipity\, and the Future of Academia
DESCRIPTION:The University of Pretoria’s Future Africa (FA) invites you to the fourth instalment of the Transdisciplinary (TD) Dialogue titled Complexity in Transdisciplinary Research: Creativity\, Serendipity\, and the Future of Academia \, presented by Associate Professor Frédéric Darbellay\, from the University of Geneva\, Switzerland. \nDate: Tuesday\, 22 October 2024 \nTime: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm SAST \nLocation: Online on Zoom \nRegister to join the dialogue: https://bit.ly/3XNy8SD \nFor more information\, please contact Dr Hester du Plessis at hester.duplessis@up.ac.za \nIn this dialogue\, Professor Darbellay will discuss aspects of complexity in research such as: creativity as the foundation for TD\, serendipity as part of the TD research process\, and the notion of a post-disciplinary academic world in waiting. \nThe dialogue will be moderated by Dr Neeraj Mistry\, Future Africa’s Deputy Director. \nSpeaker \n \n Prof. Frédéric Darbellay \nFrédéric Darbellay is an Associate Professor at the University of Geneva (Faculty of\nPsychology and Educational Sciences)\, head of the Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Unit within\nthe Interfaculty Centre for the Rights of the Child (CIDE)\, and Deputy Director of the CIDE.\nHis teaching and research address interdisciplinarity in its epistemological\, methodological\nand organizational/institutional dimensions. His work focuses on the study of the\ncomplexity of the theoretical and practical questions faced today by researchers who work\nfrom\, between and beyond disciplinary boundaries in a perspective of discovery\, creativity\nand innovation. His fields of research are located in the field of human and social sciences\nand educational sciences as well as in that of natural\, life and technical sciences\, as well as\nat the dialogical crossroads between these different scientific cultures. His research and\nteaching focuses on the study of inter- and transdisciplinarity as a creative process of\nknowledge production between and beyond disciplines. He authored multiple publications\non the theory and practice of inter- and transdisciplinarity through various scientific fields\,\nacross Arts\, Humanities\, Social\, Natural\, Life and Technical Sciences. Frédéric Darbellay is a\nmember of the Td-net (Network for Transdisciplinary Research) Scientific Advisory Board of\nthe Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences\, the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS)\nBoard of Directors and Scientific Council of the Global Research Institute of Paris (GRIP). He\nis the editor of the Elgar Encyclopedia for Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary research\n(2024).
URL:https://www.futureafrica.science/event/future-africa-transdisciplinary-td-dialoguecomplexity-in-transdisciplinary-research-creativity-serendipity-and-the-future-of-academia/
LOCATION:Online on Zoom
CATEGORIES:General
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