Background

Backgrounds

Multi-ethnic cummunity (photo taken from straitstimes.com)

International Conference on Education and Regional Development 2016 (ICERD 2016) is a continuation of International Seminar on Comparative Educational System Malaysia-Indonesia in 2010 and the Seminar on Comparative Education in Competency Based Curriculum Indonesia-Malaysia in 2012. This year, ICERD 2016 focuses on Cross-Cultural Education for Sustainable Regional Development as a main theme.

Aims

International Conference on Education and Regional Development 2016 (ICERD 2016) aims at promoting academic research collaboration among researchers, experts, practitioners and implementers for the region development. This conference highlights the recent findings that are based on educational research and empirical evidences. Strengthening Professional networking is also one of the aims of this conference.

 

Cross-cultural community in a diverse population of Semporna Sabah (photo taken from mrjocko.wordpress.com)

Sub-Themes 

• Trend and Issues Curriculum and Instructional in 21st Century Education
• Curriculum and Instruction for Challenge of MEA
• Curriculum for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
• Cross-cultural education
• Education for sustainable regional development
• Curriculum for regional development
• Sports, recreation and human wellbeing
•  School Management and Administration towards sustainable regional development
• Language issues in education for sustainable regional development
• Human capital and social capital in sustainable regional development
• Comparative education, community education and societal wellbeing
• Science, technology and mathematics for sustainable regional development
• Character building, civic behaviour, ethnic relations, national identity and nationhood education
• Ubiquitous learning for sustainable regional development
• Psychological and sociological issues in regional development
• Religious and moral education
• Philosophy of Education for regional development
• Sustainable regional development in higher education
• Other themes related to education for sustainable regional development