ILRF 2024 Jyväskylä, Finland
9th International Leadership Research Forum - Early Childhood (ILRF EC) Conference
Leading High Quality Early Education in Complex Contexts
University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland 9th-11th September 2024
Hosting Department: Institute of Educational Leadership, Department of Education
Contact: Elina Fonsén, elina.k.fonsen(a)jyu.fi
ILRF EC aims to bring together people involved in Early Childhood Leadership Research, to create an arena for presenting current thinking on theoretical and empirical approaches. The conference also provides a platform for collaborative research, meetings and discussions on specific topics on ECE leadership.
Presentations focus on research that examines how Early Education leaders face multiple challenges such as the shortage of well qualified staff, and the impact of rapidly changing social, political, and economic developments, climate change and insufficient funding for Early Education. Presentations discussing innovative solutions to leadership challenges, reimagining theory and methodology
Timetable ILRF EC conference 9.-11.9.202
Monday 9.9. 2024
11.00 Get together, poster gallery open (Ruusupuisto lobby)
11.45-12.30 Opening words: Elina Fonsén
Keynote, Maria Cooper: Resilient leadership in ECE: Holistic wayfinding principles for navigating change
Lunch break
13.30-14.15 Keynote, Johanna Heikka: Distributed pedagogical leadership in early childhood education + Manjula Waniganyake In Memoria
break
14.30-16.00 sessions 1a, 1b
break
16.30-18.00 research group meetings
Extra: Outdoor exercise “wild group”
Tuesday 10.9. 2024
9.00-11.00 Field trip to ECE centres
11.00-12.00 poster gallery
lunch break
13.00 – 14.30 sessions 2a, 2b, 2c
coffee break
15.00-16.30 sessions 3a, 3b, 3c
19.00 Dinner
Wednesday 11.9. 2024
9.30-11 session 4a, 4b
lunch break
12.00 – 13.30 sessions 5a, 5
coffee break
14-14.30 Concluding words
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ILRF EC 2024 Abstracts