APERA (Asia Pacific Educational Research Association) Conference Report 23-25 November 2010

摘要

This conference was organised by the Malaysian Educational Research Association (MERA) with members of APERA, the Educational Research Association of Singapore (ERAS), the World Educational Research Association (WERA), and Malayan institutions especially Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Colleagues from the European, American and Australian Educational Research Associations have collaborated too. The theme of this bi-annual conference was unusual, "The ecology of human growth and sustainable societal development: contributions from educational research and innovations". Quite a mouthful and I wondered how this theme could relate to educational research. It was done by breaking the main theme down into five sub-themes, which formed the parallel sessions. Professor Tang Oon Seng, President of APERA congratulated the organising committee of the conference for the theme and championing educational research which is so important to the future of education. He passed on the Presidency to Professor Dato' Dr Ibrahim Bajunid of Malaysia.