Education for Knowledge Creation

In keeping with the goal of continual improvement, the focus of the Knowledge Building Summer Institute will be "Education for Knowledge Creation." Society as a whole stands in greater need of new knowledge than ever to address economic, environmental, health, and other challenges of an increasingly complex world. A fundamental challenge is to find ways to increase the ability of individuals and groups in all sectors of society to create and work with knowledge—to develop "21st century knowledge and skills." This year's conference is aimed at advancing the state of knowledge necessary to meet this fundamental challenge.

This conference provides a unique opportunity to meet and learn from educators, researchers, students and policy makers who share the goal of preparing citizens and organizations for work in a Knowledge Age.

Venue and Call for Presentations

The Knowledge Building Summer Institute will be held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and will be co-hosted with the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe -ATEE 2009-. Dr. Mireia Montané and Dr. Joana Salazar Noguera are serving as chairs of ATEE.

There will be a special "Call for Presentations" for the Knowledge Building strand within ATEE. We are asking that you submit your abstract directly in this site. See Call for Presentations.

Who Should Attend the Summer Institute?

Individuals:
Teachers, managers, graduate students, researchers, health care professionals, administrators, and policy makers who want to become better acquainted with knowledge building concepts and approaches.
Organizations:
Schools, ministries of education, universities, community organizations, businesses, health care organizations, etc. interested in introducing knowledge building into their organizations.

Tomorrow's Innovators

Young students from different countries attend the Summer Institute this year. We will let you know more about this soon. If you would like to participate in the "Tomorrow's Innovators", please contact Susana La Rosa for more information.

Important Dates

Submission deadline: May 2, 2009
Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2009
Early registration deadline: June 15, 2009
Online registration closes: August 8, 2009
2009 Knowledge Building Summer Institute: August 29-September 2, 2009