The conference will commence on the morning of Friday 24th October and end in the late afternoon of Sunday 26th October. There will be the opportunity for a city tour on Monday 27th October.
The Conference's opening session will feature plenary addresses by:
TAN Chuanbao, Professor of the Faculty of Education and the founder director of the Centre for Citizenship and Moral Education (CCME) at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. He will speak on Happiness and Education in Changing China.
CV and Plenary Speech Abstract (download pdf) 
Moral Education for Real Happiness: Ethical Thinking on Education in China Today - Full Paper (download pdf)
and
LI Ping, Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, evaluation group expert of the National Social Science Foundation of Philosophy and Vice-chairman of the China National Association For Ethical Studies.
CV and Plenary Speech Abstract (download pdf)
Virtue or Norms: Problems and Solutions in Choosing Values for Moral Education - Full Paper (download pdf)
Much of the Conference will be dedicated to parallel sessions for individual paper presentations; there will also be a school visit, a poster presentation session and ample time for dialogue and networking. A detailed programme will be available in due course.
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Making Moral Education Work: Tradition and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific
9th Annual International Conference on Moral Education
of
The Asia-Pacific Network for Moral Education
24 – 27 October 2014,
Fudan University and Shanghai Normal University
Shanghai, China
All events take place in Guanghua Towers/Buildings at Fudan University,
unless otherwise stated
Conference Programme (pdf) | Schedule of Parallel Sessions (pdf) | Programme at-a-glance (pdf)
All Paper Abstracts (pdf) | All Poster Abstracts (pdf) | All Symposium Abstracts (pdf)
Thursday, 23 October 2014 | ||
| 14.00 - 18.00 | Arrival and Registration Fudan Qingyun Hotel & Crowne Plaza Shanghai Fudan Hotel. Registration also at Room 501 5/F, Guanghua West Main Building of Fudan University |
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| 15.00 - 17.30 | APNME Committee meeting and Conference Organising Committee meeting Room 501, 5/F, Guanghua West Main Building |
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| 18.00 - 19.00 | Welcome Reception (followed by self-arranged dinner, i.e. not included in the conference arrangements) Room 601, 6/F, Guanghua West Main Building |
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Friday, 24 October 2014 | ||
| 09.00 - 11.00 | Opening Ceremony, Welcome and Plenary Addresses Wuwenzheng Auditorium, Guanghua East sub-Building |
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| 11.00 | Group Photo In front of main entrance to Guanghua Towers |
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| 11.45 | Lunch and Networking Dan Yuan Restaurant, Fudan |
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| 12.45 | Buses leave for School Visit Outside Dan Yuan Restaurant |
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| 13:10 | Welcome at School Various schools |
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| 13.30 - 15.30 | School Visit, including introduction, sample lesson and discussion of class observed Classrooms in each school |
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| 15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee Break At each school |
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| 16.00 - 17.00 | Collective Reflections on the School Visit At each of the respective schools visited |
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| 18.30 - 21.00 | Welcome Dinner and Cultural Performances Ballroom, Crowne Plaza Shanghai Fudan |
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Saturday, 25 October 2014 | ||
| 08.30 - 10.00 | Parallel Session 1 Parallel Meeting Rooms, 2/F and 4/F, Guanghua East Main Building |
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| 10.00 - 10.30 | Coffee Break 2/F, Guanghua East Main Building |
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| 10.30 - 12.00 | Parallel Session 2 Parallel Meeting Rooms, 2/F and 4/F, Guanghua East Main Building |
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| 12.00 - 12.50 | Lunch and Networking Dan Yuan Restaurant, Fudan |
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| 13.00 | Buses leave for Shanghai Normal University | |
| 14.00 | Arrive at Shanghai Normal | |
| 14.30 – 16.30 | Parallel Session 3 Shanghai Normal University |
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| 16.30 - 17.00 | Coffee Break Shanghai Normal University |
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| 17.00 - 18.00 | APNME AGM and APNME Community Forum Shanghai Normal University |
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| 18.30 - 20.15 | Dinner Shanghai Normal University |
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| 20.15 | Buses leave to go back to Fudan | |
Sunday, 26 October 2014 | ||
| 09.00 - 10.30 | Parallel Session 4 Parallel Meeting Rooms, 2/F and 4/F, Guanghua East Main Building |
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| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break and Poster Presentations 1/F, Guanghua East sub-Building |
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| 11.00 - 12.30 | Parallel Session 5 Parallel Meeting Rooms, 2/F and 4/F, Guanghua East Main Building |
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| 12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch and Networking Dan Yuan Restaurant, Fudan |
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| 13.30 - 15.00 | Parallel Session 6 Parallel Meeting Rooms, 2/F and 4/F, Guanghua East Main Building |
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| 15.00 - 15.30 | Coffee Break and Poster Presentation 1/F, Guanghua East Main Building |
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| 15.30 - 16.30 | Closing Plenary and Reflections Room 101, 1/F, Guanghua East sub-Building |
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| 19.00 - 21.00 | Farewell Dinner* (optional extra) Crowne Plaza Shanghai Fudan |
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Monday, 27 October 2014 | ||
| Approx. 08.00 - 16.00 |
City Sightseeing Visit* (optional extra) One day trip around some of the main sights of Shanghai, including lunch |
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| Departure | ||
*NB – Optional extra items are not included in the conference registration fee and are subject to additional payment.
