{"id":4143,"date":"2013-06-06T14:19:44","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T14:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2013-06-06T14:19:44","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T14:19:44","slug":"transformative-education-development-african-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/?p=4143","title":{"rendered":"TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riara University First Annual International Conference on Education in Africa<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

CALL FOR PAPERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nTHEME: TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE
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DATE: July 18-20, 2013<\/strong>
\nVENUE: Riara University Campus, Nairobi<\/strong><\/p>\n

INTRODUCTION:<\/strong>\u00a0 The School of Education at Riara University, Nairobi, will be hosting its first annual conference on Education in Africa from July 18-20, 2013.<\/p>\n

The theme of this conference,<\/strong> \u201cContemporary Issues in Education\u201d, focuses on pertinent issues surrounding Education in Africa. Research findings, Success stories, Experiences,\u00a0\u00a0 Challenges and Problems, as well as Theoretical Concepts are some ways of reporting what is going on in the field of Education in Africa today. We therefore welcome you to submit your abstract and paper towards the conference.<\/p>\n

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:<\/strong> Scholars and researchers in the general field of Education are invited to send abstracts on proposed papers by June 15th, 2013. Abstracts should be in the range of 250-300 words. Presenters are expected to submit their completed papers by June 30th 2013. Selected papers will be published by\u00a0 Riara University\u00a0 Journal of Education. All abstracts and complete papers should be sent as e-mail attachments in Microsoft Word format to the mail:\u00a0 soeconference@riarauniversity.ac.ke<\/a><\/p>\n

Sub themes of the Conference:<\/strong> Abstracts submitted may fall under any of the following subthemes. Abstracts in other related areas are welcome:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION AND DELIVERY<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0DEMOCRATIZATION AND EDUCATION<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY\u00a0 IN EDUCATION<\/p>\n

5.EDUCATION LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0GUIDANCE, COUNSELLING\u00a0 AND MENTORING<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0LAW AND EDUCATION<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0EDUCATION AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT<\/p>\n

Paper Format:<\/strong> To be accepted for publication, papers should follow the APA citation format, be double-spaced and be no more than 20 pages, including References (this may vary in cases where there are diagrams or charts inserted).<\/p>\n

Registration Fees:<\/strong> The fees charged will include Registration, breakfast, Lunch and End of Conference Dinner Party. Participants will be responsible for their dinner (other than the closing day) and accommodation (Accommodation can be organized on Request).<\/p>\n

Participant\u00a0Fee<\/strong><\/p>\n

RU staff and students\u00a0Free
\nStaff from other Kenyan Universities\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ksh. 4,000
\nStudents from other Kenyan Universities\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ksh. 2,000
\nStaff from other East African countries\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ksh. 5,000
\nStudents from other East African countries\u00a0 Ksh. 2,500
\nPresenters from other parts of Africa \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $80
\nPresenters from the rest of the world\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $100<\/p>\n

All enquiries on the Conference should be addressed to:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Margaret Njeru, PhD.
\nLecturer, School of Education
\nEmail: soeconference@riarauniversity.ac.ke<\/a>
\nPh:+254-703 038 000
\nwww.riarauniversity.ac.ke<\/a><\/p>\n

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Riara University First Annual International Conference on Education in Africa CALL FOR PAPERS THEME: TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE DATE: July 18-20, 2013 VENUE: Riara University Campus, Nairobi INTRODUCTION:\u00a0 The School of Education at Riara University, Nairobi, will be hosting its first annual conference on Education in Africa from July 18-20, 2013. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sob.riarauniversity.ac.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}