Call for Proposals – AQPC June, 2021 Conference
The Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale (AQPC) invites
members of the college network and all stakeholders in the higher
education network to its 40th annual symposium, take two, on June
10 and 11, 2021. The Cégep de Drummondville will be hosting this
virtual edition. A whole new experience is being offered to us in
these extraordinary times!
Call for Papers
40 Years of Pedagogy: For Sustainable Changes in Education
Forty years of conferences; 40 years of evolution and development. The last few months have
forced the education system to develop new ways of doing things as well as innovative and stimulating techniques. These methods—virtual in nature—have driven the whole system to evolve at a speed that we could not have imagined just a few months ago. When the situation returns to normal, what changes—large or small, wanted or imposed—will remain? What are the current best practices and those evolving? How can we shift from teaching in the classroom to online while maintaining both contact with our students and collegiality among staff?
Sustainable development is a concept that is becoming increasingly important in our daily lives.
It affects all spheres of life and influences the decisions we make, based on our desire to live in a
safe, healthy world. Whether we considering concerns related to the future of the planet or that of
our society, sustainable development leads us to adopt a new educational stance. The greening of
educational institutions and curricula is thus part of an international movement to make schools a
lever of awareness and transformation in a perspective of sustainability.
How can we facilitate access to education? How do our teaching and pedagogy promote awareness
of sustainable development issues among the future generation? How can we foster inclusion,
equality, and engagement?
How will technology and scientific discoveries influence the way we work and learn while
thinking about things from a different perspective? Will these discoveries force us to adapt
to the changing needs of business and society? Why and how should we modify our teaching
and evaluation strategies to take into account the diversity of the student population and how
its characteristics have changed? Education must be creative and innovative, given the increasing opportunities for training outside the school setting. The adaptation of curricula to the needs of the job market so as to ensure a qualified workforce remains a must in order to develop our society’s current and future skills. In short, the concept of sustainable development for this year’s symposium fits in with the vision of enabling students to be active and involved agents in the future of society.
