Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL): GRDS International Conference Summary, held at Dubai, December 2016

CONFERENCE SUMMARY

Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL)

8th International Conference on Learning, Education and Pedagogy (LEAP)

Flora Grand Hotel, Near Al Rigga Metro Station, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This summary captures a two day programme with presentations, panel discussions and interactive dialogue. Association for Development of Teaching, Education andLearning (ADTEL) conference is one of best academic event in Teaching and Education theme, which took place on 18th & 19th of December, 2016 at Flora Grand Hotel, Near Al Rigga Metro Station, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The event brought together around 30 Participants from around 15 different countries to review and discuss the latest challenges of Teaching and Learnng Issues. Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL) is known to have valuable networking opportunity and set the stage for further cooperation among the participants of different countries.

The conference began with opening remarks by Honourable Keynote speaker highlighting the main context on Learning and Teaching Issues.

The main aim of this conference was:

To discuss latest challenges/researches being faced by the Society regarding Education

Generating academic and professional relationships

Boosting morale and confidence of researchers in an international platform

Networking among the participants

Providing a holistic experience of academic tourism

We would begin with session 1. The details are as below.

Session 1: Welcome and opening Speech

In the Opening of the conference, Our Honourable Keynote speaker enlightened the participants with their Speech to the conference highlighting the problem emerging all around the world .

Varijakshi Prabhakaran

(Northern Lakes College, Slave Lake, Canada)

Dr. Shakil Akhtar

(CS/IT Department, Clayton State University)

Highlighted the context related to Education issue emerging around the world.

Session 2: Technical Session

In this technical session Participants of Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL) presented their papers related to their Research and Study. Some of the major issues that were discussed can be outlined as:

1. "Investigating the Role of Culture in Curriculum Design and English Learners’ Critical Thinking Promotion through an Analysis of English Textbooks’ Cultural Content" Presented by Nadia Betka. Rezig Affiliated to Grand Hotel, Near Al Rigga Metro Station, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2. "Library Services and Facilities Necessary for Research Support in the Academic Libraries" Presented by Mrs Mahwasane N.P. Affiliated to Library Department, University of Venda, South Africa

3. "Causes Of Stress Among The Management Staff Of A Nigerian College Of Education – College Of Education, Ikere Ekiti. A Case Study" Presented by Dr. Johnson Tayo ADIGUN Affiliated to College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.

In order to Promote Young Researchers, GRDS International conferences, Provides Young Research Scholarship in the form of full Registration fee waiver to participate in such events.Young Research Scholars of Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL) were:

Mrs. Sarika Kewalramani

(Monash University, Faculty of Education, Melbourne, Australia)

Aray Saniyazova

(PhD student , Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan)

In each, GRDS International conference, best paper award is given to best researches. In Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL), Best paper award is given to the participants with best scholarly paper submitted and presented at the conference. In Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL) conference, Best Paper Award was given to paper ‘Effectiveness of the PBL orientation program for medical students at Melaka Manipal Medical College (MMMC) : Students perceptions’ Submitted by Kukkamalla Anand Affiliated to Dept. of Microbiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), Madhavnagar, Manipal – 576104, India & 'Student Experiences of Career Counselling Process in Secondary Subject Choices in Australia: A Case for Parent-School Partnership' Submitted by Mrs. Sarika Kewalramani Affiliated to Monash University, Faculty of Education, Melbourne, Australia.