Educating For Sustainable Happiness
A Symposium on Exploring Values, Crossing Cultures, Using Technology, and Forging Global Partnerships in Support of a 21stCentury Education
With a special focus on the Kingdom of Bhutan
August 9 -12th, 2012 Ashburnham, Massachusetts
The Bhutan Canada Foundation and Cushing Academy will host a symposium to explore the question, “What does education in the 21stcentury look like?” In particular, what are the ideas, best practices, and pedagogy that will most effectively lead to the development of sustainable happiness amongst students? Through collaboration, discussions, current issue debate, and the presentation of case studies we aim to focus on four key areas: Values, Identity & Leadership; Experiential Education & Cross Cultural Learning Expeditions; Global Partnerships in Education; Technology as an Essential Instructional Tool.
Keynote speakers include:
· Patrick Bassett, President, National Association of Independent Schools
· Ron Canuel, CEO Canadian Education Association
· Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
· Honourable Thakur S. Powdyel, Minister for Education, Bhutan
· James Tracy, Headmaster, Cushing Academy
· Tony Wagner, Author of “Creating Innovators”
To find out more about the conference or to register please visit: www.educatingforhappiness.org