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Source: Macau Daily News, August 10, 2014; Colum of Education Vice Rector of City U, Prof. Aliana Leong, leading Dr. Li S.Y, Program Coordinator of the IMD and Ed. M candidate, Ms. Huang G.Q, participated in the Twenty-First International Conference on Learning. The conference was conducted by The Learner in New York from 14th to 17th July 2014. The City U team published two important research achievements sponsored by the Macau Foundation, A Comparative Study on Cross-Strait Region Adults’ Interests, Preference and Perspectives on Overseas Studies by Prof. Aliana Leong, and A Study on Relationship Study between Leader Behavior of Principals and School Effectiveness in Macau Secondary Schools by Dr. Li S.Y and Ms. Huang. Educational experts gathered and shared their latest research findings with the rest of the world. Ed. M candidate of IMD City U, Ms. Huang said the several months of getting ready for the conference had made her understand the difficulties of academic research, although she believes persistence and rigor help her overcome the challenges she meets. Ms. Huang expressed her gratitude to the leaders of the IMD City U for the attention they place on academic research, and for the opportunities of meeting famous scholars they provide. She has been benefited a great deal from attending this conference and she hopes there will be more opportunities of international exchange in the future. The conference featured Internationalism, Interdisciplinarism, Comprehensiveness, and Interaction. Over 400 scholars and experts from more than 20 countries attended the conference and made it an opportunity of international and intercultural exchange. They proposed different academic perspectives and discussed key issues in the field of education. The Learning Conference began its life in Sydney, Australia in 1989, focusing on genre approaches to literacy, and hosted by the Literacy and Education Research Network. The Learning Conference is now held annually in different locations around the world, each selected for the particular role education plays in social change. In previous years, the Conference was held in association with Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia in 1999; RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in 2000; the University of Athens, in Spetses, Greece in 2001; Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China in 2002; Institute of Education, London University, London, UK in 2003; Institute of Pedagogical Sciences, Havana, Cuba in2004; University of Granada, Granada, Spain in 2005; Sam Sharpe Teachers College, Montego Bay, Jamaica in 2006; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in 2007; the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA in 2008; the University of Barcelona, Spain in 2009; the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong in 2010; University of Mauritius, Mauritius 2011; The Institute of Education, University of London in 2012; The University of the Aegean at Rhodes, Greece in 2013; Lander College at Touro College, New York City, USA in 2014; and Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain in 2015. Since its establishment in 2013, IMD City U has been committed to the promotion of international exchange and internationalization of its postgraduate programs. |
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