Quality Teaching for Quality Learning: Education for Critical Thinking Aim of the conference The Faculty Development Center of the Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, in partnership with the Romanian Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Association, announces a conference which aims to promote active learning and critical thinking across the curriculum. Thinking critically involves self-analysis while reasoning, starting with the honest evaluation of the alternatives with the purpose of constructing informed opinions and guiding action. It is an interactive cognitive process and can be consciously developed. We invite you to participate in the Quality Teaching for Quality Learning: Education for Critical Thinking international conference and share your experiences and knowledge in the field. This four-day conference (5-8 May 2005) will take place in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and will allow educational scientists and practitioners to share good practice in teaching for active learning in university education and to advocate a quality teaching with a focus on the development of critical thinking skills. The conference will bring together policy-makers, practitioners and researchers in education interested in making teaching in pre-university and university education more interactive. Topics of interest: :: Teaching for critical thinking :: Critical thinking and democratic society :: Reading and writing for critical thinking :: Competence based curriculum and critical thinking :: Pedagogical evaluation of critical thinking skills :: Critical thinking and knowledge based society :: Critical thinking and efficient learning :: Critical literacy :: Educational policy and public discourse :: Changes in university pedagogy :: Universities and critical judgment :: Use of technology in critical thinking education :: The critical thinking and the labor market Life-long learning and critical thinking Keynotes: Charles Temple, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York. Types of sessions: :: Paper sessions (30 minutes) - each author will present an abbreviated version of his or her paper, followed by a brief question and answer period. :: Symposia (90 minutes) ? provides an opportunity for a group of persons (typically three to five) to propose a specific issue or topic. First the chairperson will provide an overview of the issue, and then each participant will make an individual presentation. :: Poster Sessions (90 minutes) - posters will be displayed in a special room in order for all participants to see them and discuss their content. Copies of the papers should be available for distribution. :: Roundtable Discussions (45 minutes) - the participants can discuss a particular area of interest in a format which allows for more discussions than typical formats. Conference languages: English and Romanian. Proceedings: The proceedings will be published in a volume. The languages of the volume will be the languages of the conference. Submission of papers: The abstracts (no more than 200 words) should be submitted to the organizers by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . They should be sent together with the registration form. Important dates: April 3, 2005 - Submission of paper abstracts April 10, 2005 - Notification of acceptance April 20, 2005 - Registration of participants by email, fax May 5-8, 2005 Conference September 2005 Publication of the conference proceedings For more information contact: Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +40-0744-470719 Fax: +40-0264-590559 Conference organizers: Chair: Simona-Elena Bernat (Faculty Development Center, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, President of the Romanian Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Association) Program committee: Vasile Chis (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences), Cristian Stan (Department of Educational Sciences), Maria Kovacs (Romanian Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Association), Dana Opre (Faculty Development Center), Laura Runceanu (Department of Special Education; Romanian Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Association), Eliza Maria Dulama (Department of Teacher Training; Romanian Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Association), Dana Jucan (Department of Educational Sciences) Office Assistants: Roxana Incze, Faculty Development Center, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca; Madalina Dascalescu, Romanian Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Association ------------------------ Yahoo! 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