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Associate Professor Jacquelyn
Cranney
University of New South Wales
Jacquelyn Cranney is an Australian
Learning and Teaching National Teaching Fellow,
and an Associate Professor of Psychology at the
University of New South Wales. Her research
interests include the psychological and biological
mechanisms underlying adaptive behaviour. Jacky
led (a) the delineation of graduate attributes for
the Australian undergraduate psychology program,
and (b) the formulation of a vision for the future
of the psychology discipline in Australia. Jacky
recently edited the volume ‘The Psychologically
Literate Citizen: Foundations and Global
Perspectives’, and she is Vice-President of the
Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows. The topic
of her current Fellowship is ‘National Standards for
Psychological Literacy and Global Citizenship’.
Plenary Keynote: Student success, psychological
literacy, and global citizenship
Professor Robert Rabel
Victoria University of Wellington
Professor Roberto Rabel is Pro
Vice-Chancellor, International
at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW).
His role involves overseeing the University’s
internationalisation strategies and activities.
He holds a BA Honours degree in History and
International Politics from VUW and a PhD in
History from Duke University. From 1986 to 2006,
Professor Rabel taught in the History Department
and then held management roles at the University
of Otago. He is the author or editor of over 40
books and articles. He is National Vice-President
of the New Zealand Institute of International
Affairs, Chair of the Advisory Board for the Centre
for Strategic Studies-NZ and Chair of the Advisory
Board for the Victoria Institute for Links with
Latin America, a Trustee of the Greater Mekong
Subregion Tertiary Education Consortium and a
member of the International Advisory Board of
the Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico. In 2011,
he received a Medal ‘For the Advancement of
Vietnam’s Education Cause’ from the Vietnamese
Minister of Education and Training. Professor Rabel
has made presentations on internationalisation
to conferences and workshops organised by
the Indonesian Directorate General of Higher
Education, Education New Zealand, the European
Association for International Education, Institutes
of Technology and Polytechnics New Zealand, the
New Zealand Ministry of Education and the British
Council.
Plenary Presentation: Preparing students for
global citizenship: The Victoria International
Leadership Programme
Dr John Hope
University of Auckland
PhD in Education, MA(Hons),
DipEd, TTC. Associate Dean
(International Programmes), Faculty
of Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
John’s background is teaching in New Zealand
primary, intermediate and secondary schools.
Early in his career John was seconded by the
Ministry of Education to develop programmes
for gifted students in New Zealand schools and
when he became a principal, established the first
fully dedicated and permanently staffed gifted
education unit in a New Zealand school. He left
school teaching after some years as the principal
of New Zealand’s largest primary school, a school
featuring nationally recognised programmes for
gifted students and an international reputation
for use of ICT. Later in his career John became a
school inspector and curriculum writer, and was
seconded to the University of Auckland as Director
Primary Teacher Education to establish initial
teacher education programmes.
Following successful establishment of teacher
education programmes, other University of
Auckland appointments followed, including Director
of the University of Auckland Principals Centre,
and Associate Dean (International) positions in
two faculties.
John currently directs several overseas twinning
degree programmes, coordinates international
activity within the Faculty of Education and has
university-wide international responsibilities.
Teaching and supervision interests include
pedagogical applications of ICT in learning,
educational leadership and gifted education.
Research activities focus on internationalisation.
Plenary Presentation: Linking academic and
support staff members in a team to improve
the quality of transnational pre-service teacher
education
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