REC2024

The 5th Edition of The Rethinking Education Conference – Transforming Education: Empowering Teachers and Leaders for Innovation which will take place in Yaoundé, from the 19-20th of July 2024. During the conference we will be presenting findings from the EmpowerED Project, -“The Critical Role and Impact of Continuous Professional Development for Teachers and Leaders” a TC-funded research project on the implementation of the EmpowerED Index in Primary and Secondary Schools, based on interviews with teachers, students, parents, and school heads and principals.

A key discourse during the conference will anchor on how teachers and school leaders can be empowered to rethink and redesign how the provision of education can power the development of knowledge and skills for the 21st-century job market that is technologically driven. 

We are currently accepting proposals for the conference from researchers and practitioners in the following areas.

Stream 1: Inclusive Education and Sustainable Education

Stream 2: Effective Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

Stream 3: Alternative Forms of Assessment

Stream 4: Innovations and Technologies in Education

Stream 5: School Leadership and Management 

Stream 6: Youth Participation in Youth Development 

Proposal Types

Paper

An academic submitted by an individual or a group on any of the sub-themes. Each presentation will last for 25mins.

Workshop

A practice-based work on any of the conference sub-themes. Each workshop will last for 1:30 mins.

Demos

A technology-based application on any of the conference themes designed to support teaching, learning, and assessment or the management of teaching and learning. You can also choose to send your abstract or proposals to [email protected].