Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL): GRDS International Conference Summary, held at Mauritius , July 2017

CONFERENCE SUMMARY

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

21st International Conference on Teaching, Education & Learning (ICTEL)

Voilà Bagatelle Hotel, Mauritius

This summary captures a two day program with presentations, panel discussions and interactive dialogue. Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL) conference is one of best academic event in Teaching and Education theme, which took place on 26th & 27th of July, 2017 at Voilà Bagatelle Hotel, Mauritius. The event brought together around 30 Participants from around 10 different countries to review and discuss the latest challenges of Teaching and Learning 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 .

Dr. Kaviraj Sukon

( Director-General, Open University Of Mauritius, Mauritius)

Dr Upasana Singh

(Lecturer, Discipline of Information Systems and Technology at UKZN, Westville campus, South Africa)

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. "Pluiralism on Language Policy of South African Democratic Government" Presented by Ogodiseng Kaka Mokakale Affiliated to Department of African languages, UNISA, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

2. "Criticality, Reflexivity And Praxis: Case Of Teaching And Learning Approach To Agricultural Management Discipline, Central University Of Technology, Free State" Presented by Zenzile Peter Khetsha Affiliated to Faculty Of Health And Environmental Sciences, Department Of Agriculture,Central University Of Technology, Free State,South Africa.

3. "Exploring the immigrant home as pedagogical space, and the parent as educational collaborator in a South African context" Presented by Doria Daniels Affiliated to Dept of educational PsychologyFaculty of Education,Stellenbosch University,Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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.

In each, GRDS International conference, best paper award is given to best researchers. 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 ‘Hurdle race in early education – 10 weeks of art and physical education classes’ Submitted by Janusz Iskra Affiliated to Politechnika Opolska, 45-758 Opole ul. Prószkowska 76, NIP: PL7540008109, Poland and to paper ‘Learning about Meaningful Life as a Way of Coping with Situations of Stress and Anxiety – The Instance of Second Generation Holocaust Survivors’ Submitted by Diana Cohenca Affiliated to PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Eating Disorders Dept.- Sheba Medical Center, Lecturer - Behavioral Sciences Department , Ariel University.