Join us for the 2024 Curriculum Reform Conference
Catholic Schools NSW invites school teachers, leaders, and educators from across the State to join us at the 2024 Curriculum Reform Conference.
Building upon the success of last year’s event, 2024 will see the conference include primary school education, bringing together attendees and speakers from across both school landscapes, encompassing a K-12 conference. This year’s theme, “Animating the Curriculum for Human Flourishing,” will explore the transformative will go beyond the mandated curriculum to explore what it means to offer a distinctly Catholic approach to developing the whole person: intellectually, spiritually, ethically, physically, creatively.
Key Focus Areas:
The Reformed Syllabuses and Implementation: Explore the practical implications of the updated syllabuses and their effective integration in classrooms.
Catholic Curriculum: Reflect on the rich heritage of Catholic Intellectual Thought and its role in shaping holistic education.
Human Flourishing and Education: Discuss how education contributes to the flourishing of individuals and communities.
Academic care and wellbeing: Discuss how to build students’ engagement in learning and confidence in the face of challenge.
High Potential Students: Consider the unique needs of high potential and gifted students within the reformed curriculum.
Vocational Education: Explore vocational pathways and strategies to encourage student participation and success.
Featured Speaker: Fr. Johnny Go SJ, EdD, Founding Dean of the Gokongwei Brothers School of Education and Learning Design at the Ateneo de Manila University, will open the conference. Fr Go’s keynote address Reimagining Catholic Education for Human Flourishing, will challenge and provoke participants to consider the purpose of Catholic schools in light of the curriculum reform and rapid social and technological change. With extensive experience in professional development for educators worldwide, Fr. Go brings a wealth of insights to our discussions.
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue, share best practices, and shape the future of education. Registrations open.
Date & Time
Monday 30th September 2024
Conference: 8:00AM – 5:00PM
Networking + Cocktail Hour: 5:00PM – 6:30PM
Tuesday 1st October 2024
Conference: 8:00AM – 5:00PM
Venue
Hilton Sydney
488 George St, Sydney NSW 2000
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Speakers
Fr. Johnny Go SJ
Founding Dean, Gokongwei Brothers School of Education and Learning Design of the Ateneo de Manila University
Fr. Johnny Go SJ, EdD is the Founding Dean of the newly established Gokongwei Brothers School of Education and Learning Design of the Ateneo de Manila University. He received his Doctors of Education from the UCL Institute of Education (University of London) and the Singapore National Institute of Education at the Nanyang Technological University.
From 2001 to 2013, Fr. Go also served as the President of Xavier School, a K-12 Jesuit school in Manila, as well as Executive Director of Jesuit Communications Foundation from 1997 to 2001.
Fr. Go teaches Education at the School of Education and Learning Design, as well as Philosophy at the School of Humanities, and Science, Technology, and Society at the College of Science of the University of the Philippines. He has years of experience conducting professional development courses for teachers and educational leaders in various parts of the world.
Fr. Go is a Jesuit priest and a published author of books in education and spirituality. His doctoral thesis at UCL, Religious Education from a Critical Realist Perspective: Sensus Fidei and Critical Thinking, was published by Routledge in 2018. His book on Ignatian Pedagogy, Learning by Refraction: A Practitioner’s Guide to 21st-Century Ignatian Pedagogy has been translated into six languages, with three more editions coming up.
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