The 1 st International Conference on Educational Reform 2007
November 9-11, 2007
Sofitel Raja Orchid, Khon Kaen Thailand

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Key Note Address

          1 ) Prof.Robin McTaggart
      Pro-Vice-Chancellor Staff Development and Student Affairs
James Cook University

2 ) Assoc.Prof. Murray E. Jennex
President of the Foundation for Knowledge Management
San Diego State University

Co-Chairpersons :

1) Assoc.Prof.Dr.Prawit Erawan
   Dean Faculty of Education, MSU  

2) Dr. Kowat Tesaputa
   Vice Dean Faculty of Education, MSU

3) Asst.Prof. Chalard Chantarasombat
   Vice Dean Faculty of Education, MSU 

4) Asst.Prof. Dr.Paiboon Boonchai
   Vice Dean Faculty of Education, MSU 

5) Dr. Chaiyuth Sirisuthi
Vice Dean Faculty of Education, MSU 

6) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bounpong Keorodom
Vice-President, National University of Laos 

Organizing Committee :

1) Asst.Prof. Chalard Chantarasombat
2) Asst.Prof. Dr.Paiboon Boonchai
3) Asst.Prof. Dr.Thouptong Kungsawat
4) Assoc.Prof.Montean Purpaiboon
5) Dr.Chowwalit Chookhampaeng
6) Dr.Songsak Phusee-orn
7) Dr.Rungson Chomeya
8) Dr.Prasart Nuangchalerm
9) Mr.Wittaya Junsiri
10) Mr.Surachet Noirid
11) Mr.Manit Asanok

Background

The world on the eve of the 21st century was characterized by globalization, with the attendant risk of standardization, and by growing interpenetration in all areas: economic, social, cultural and ecological. Yet, beneath this reality lurks a wide variety of strikingly different situations. There is no longer one south but many, and the north is beginning in some ways to resemble the south. The world, in short, is in transition and in search of new points of reference and sources of stability. "What kind of education is needed for what kind of society?" The debate on this subject showed that it is difficult to offer meaningful advice to educators throughout the world who work in an extraordinary diversity of situations. The resources that will count most will be intelligence, creativity, adaptability and ready access to the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Education will be needed in many forms and for many purposes: to preserve the environment, to control population growth, to assure access by all to science and technology, to reinforce communication capacities and to facilitate the free flow of information and to foster social cohesion and democratic participation. In order to ensure the relevancy between education and changes in the field of economic, society, culture and ecology, there is already evidence from many countries of what can be achieved through strong national strategies supported by effective development cooperation. Progress under these strategies could - and must - be accelerated through increased international support. At the same time, countries with less developed strategies - including countries in transition, countries affected by conflict, and post-crisis countries - must be given the support they need to achieve more rapid progress towards education reform.
The Faculty of Education, Mahasarakham University is one of the government's leading institutions for teacher education, particularly serving the people in the northeastern region of Thailand. The Faculty is committed to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge about teaching, learning and researching. Furthermore, through partnerships, we reach out to schools and communities to offer our help in forms of academic services to the local society, such as organizing seminars and conferences, as well as giving special lectures, etc.. In order to meet the requirements of the 21st century and to promote national education reform, our faculty organizes the first international conference on education reform. The forum therefore will be a venue where both international and Thai participants exchange views, ideas as well as lessons learnt. Moreover, for sustainability strategies of education reform will be explored and adapted to serve ongoing programs being implemented. It would indeed be a success if this forum provides concrete measures for cooperation for education reform to benefit participating individuals, organizations, or even countries.

Conference Objectives

(1) To provide a forum for international educators to share theories and practices and present their research on educational reform.
(2) To investigate innovative ways for educators to develop, adapt and apply theories on educational reform that will support the achievement of educational reform objectives.
(3) To promote collaboration among educational institutions on regional, national and global basis.

Conference Themes
Main Theme : Educational Reform

Sub-themes
• Educational Administration and Development
• Innovation and Information Technology for Education
• Knowledge Management
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Life Long Learning and Education for Sustainable Development

Participants

Thai and international participation is estimated to be about 450 persons as including:
1. Education officer, researchers, and professionals from ...... countries .
2. Education Officers, researchers, school administrators and teachers, and organization agents in Thailand.

Call for Papers

All participants are invited to submit papers on the said themes that highly focus on the empirical evidences of education reform. Abstract (200 words) should be submitted by May 30, 2007. A panel of experts will select those papers to be presented at the Forum. Relevance to the theme of the forum and freshness and originality of the approach are among the major considerations in the selection. Each accepted paper will be assigned to a parallel session to be presented by the author for 20 minutes followed by a 5 minute question and answer session. Only accepted papers for presentation will be compiled into the official proceedings.

Publication

Keynote speech and papers from every session will be documented in the form of a proceeding paper to be issued in 3 months

Guidelines on Submission of Paper:

Abstract and paper must include, in the main body of the document, a title, names and affiliations of all authors. We also require a postal address, telephone number and email address for at least one contact author. The abstract should consist of 200 words. The paper should be between 5000 and 8000 wordsshould be submitted by July 20, 2007 (including references, notes, and tables) in length. Biographical data should not exceed 100 words and should be written on a separate page in the third person. The font must be Times New Roman. Only the title must be in 14pt font, centered and in bold. The names and affiliations of all authors (including the details of the contact author) must be centered, but not in bold. The rest of the text must be in 12pt and justified in two columns. See example at ……

All submissions should conform to the requirements of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association , 5 th Edition. Use APA format as found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, for headings, citations, references.
About APA Style/format:http://www.apastyle.org/aboutstyle.html
APA Citation Style:http://www.liu.edu/cwis/CWP/library/workshop/citapa.htm

Abstracts and papers should be submitted by e-mail attachment to:

Prasart Nuangchalerm, Ed.D.
Faculty of Education,Mahasarakham University.
E-mail: prasart@rocketmail.com

Important Dates

• Presentation Application Form & Abstract submission : May 30, 2007
• Notification of Presentation Acceptance: June 15, 2007
• Full papers due: July 20, 2007
• Conference Registration Due: August 31, 2007

Location

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Program Overview