Event type:

In person

Date & time:

15 Dec 2020, 17:45 – 18:45

How is the pandemic reshaping the education debate? Part 2: the Americas and South Africa

This panel event in conjunction with the INEI brings together experts from a number of countries to examine how COVID-19 has changed the limits and possibilities for education policy around the world.

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How is the pandemic reshaping the education debate? Part 2: the Americas and South Africa

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Ana Luiza Jesus da Costa

Professor of History of Education

School of Education, University of São Paulo

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Glen Jones

Professor of Higher Education and Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

University of Toronto

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Catherine Kell

Associate Professor and Director of the School of Education

University of Cape Town

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Erica Turner

Associate Professor of Education Policy

Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Chaired by Professor John O'Regan

Professor of Critical Applied Linguistics

UCL Institute of Education

Further information

Ticketing

Open

Cost

Free

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All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Kate Thomas

ioe.events@ucl.ac.uk