The new educational reality: how can we stop trying to avoid it and learn to act within it? This and other issues will be discussed on March 12–14 at the global EdHeroes online forum, entitled “Education in the Era of the COVID: Family in Focus”, which is being hosted by the Rybakov Foundation.
EdHeroes provides a fresh perspective on the main trends in education, as well as inspiring examples and best practices. More than 60 speakers from almost 20 countries – leading figures in education, children who are bloggers, and parents from around the world.
Keynote speakers of the forum:
- Steven Duggan, Vice President of Terawe Corporation, Member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (Ireland)
- Veronika Zonabend, Founding Partner, Chairman of the Board of Directors, UWC Dilijan College in Armenia (Russia)
Why take part?
- To learn about the best practices that reflect the response to the pandemic.
- To get practical advice, instructions, and checklists.
- To find out how to create a developing environment for everyone in the family.
- To learn how to build an educational trajectory, and whether there is an alternative to nurseries, schools, and universities.
- To gain new opportunities and inspiration, and to realize that you are a true EdHero.
The forum is being hosted by the Rybakov Foundation in collaboration with the University of Childhood Foundation in partnership with the World Bank Education, the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education, and OMEP, the World Organization for Early Childhood Education.
The forum is starting on 12 March (12.00-13.00 Moscow time) with the presentations from Igor Rybakov, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the Rybakov Foundation, Veronika Zonabend, social investor and entrepreneur, Steven Duggan, Vice President of Terawe Corporation, Member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education.
Steven Duggan will share his view on how remote learning has both challenged and strengthened the partnership between family and school – parents, students and teachers.
On 12 March (13.00-14.00 Moscow time), Tao Zhan, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technology in Education, will take part in the discussion “The pandemic effect: how to align education with family interests”.
Moderator: Jill Barshay, Writer and editor, The Hechinger Report, an independent education news outlet based at Teachers College, Columbia University (USA)
Speakers:
- Tigran Shmis, Senior Education Specialist of the World Bank (Russia)
- Mathieu Brossard, Chief of Education of the UNICEF’s Office of Research – Innocenti (Italy)
- Cecilia Vaca Jones, Executive Director, Bernard van Leer Foundation (Netherlands)
- Larisa Shevchenko, President of the Russian Committee of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) (Russia)
- Burcu Gündüz Maşalacı, General Manager at the Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV) (Turkey)
On 13 March (13.00-14.00 Moscow time), a discussion “A new educational experience: learning in a pandemic through the eyes of a child, a parent, and an educator”.
Moderator: Nadia Papudoglo, Journalist, media manager, author of books for parents, editor-in-chief of Mel, an online-journal on education and upbringing of children (Russia).
Speakers:
- Maria Ermel, President of the North-West Association of adoptive parents, guardians, adoptive parents “Child at Home” (Russia)
- Aram Pakhchanian, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ayb Educational Foundation, ex-director of the “Ayb” school. Vice-president of ABBYY company (Armenia)
- Juha Ollila, Helsinki city Meilahti primary school Teacher / edtech-startup founder (Finland)
- Elena Nepomnyashchaya, “Wonderland” kindergarten at the Rosatom School, winner of the Vygotsky competition (Russia)
- Andria Zafirakou, MBE, 2018 Global Teacher Prize winner, Best Teacher in the World (United Kingdom)