Program

Friday, November 1, 2013

Simultaneous Translation Provided

8:00-8:45	Registration
8:45-9:15	Opening Address
9:15-10:00	Keynote Address	Dr. Ismail Serageldin (Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina)
10:00-11:15	Session I Moderator	Trends in Educational Research I Dr. Jarjoura Hardan, Dean of Doctoral College, USJ
	Dr. Abed El Latif Kidai	Trends in Research and Formation in the Education Department in Rabat, Morocco (Arabic presentation)
	Dr. Maguy Chataoui	Contributions of Master and Ph.D. Programs in the development of Arabic language didactics in Arab Universities (Arabic presentation)
	Dr. Suzanne Abou Rjeily Mrs. Josette Haddad Dr. Yvette El Gharib	Encadrement de mémoires et de thèses à la FS de l’éducation/USJ: quels dispositifs? quels effets? (French presentation)
11:15-11:45	Coffee break

11:45-13:30	Session II Moderator	Models of International Programs and Practices Mrs. Dakmara-Ana GEORGESCO, Program Specialist, UNESCO office, Beirut
	Dr. Jari Lavonen	PhD Education in Educational Sciences in Finland: Systematic Development of the Programmes
	Dr. Joseph Jabbra	PhD Programs in the United States of America
	Dr. Ramzi Salamé	PhD Programs in Education in Canadian Universities
	Dr. Theodore Hanf	PhD Programs in Germany
13:30-14:45	Lunch Break

14:45-16:00	Session III Moderator	Graduate Students Testimonials I Dr. Murad Jurdak, Professor of Math Education, AUB
	Ms. Fatima Awada	Reconsidering Quality of Theses/ Projects in terms of Innovative Topic Choice: A case study of a university in Lebanon
	Ms. Samar Kassar Ms. Sahar Chaer	Understanding the Graduate Journey
	Ms. Mira Alameddine	The Making of a Good PhD Program

Saturday, November 2, 2013

9:00-9:45	Keynote Address	Dr. Helen Abadzi (Senior Education Specialist)
9:45-10:45	Session IV Moderator	Trends in Educational Research II Dr. Zalpha Ayoubi, Dean, Faculty of Education, Lebanese University
	Dr. Reda Hachem	The State of Educational Research in the Masters and PhD Programs in Ain Shams University (Arabic presentation)
	Dr. Adnan El Amine	The Sociology of Educational Research in Masters and Ph.D. programs (Arabic presentation)
10:45-11:15	Coffee break

11:15-12:30	Session V Moderator	Documentation, Archiving and Databases Mrs. Salwa Sanioura Baasiri, General Director, Hariri Foundation
	Dr. Reima Al-Jarf	Arabic Education Electronic Databases: Current Status and Future Perspectives (Arabic presentation)
	Mrs. Rita Maalouf	Developing the culture of documentation and research in the field of education (Arabic presentation)
	Mrs. Randa Al-Chidiac	Anti-Plagiarism Strategies

12:30-13:45	Session VI Moderator	Graduate Students Testimonials II Dr. Diane Nauffal, President, LAES
	Ms. Nadia Hashem Hassan	Program Testimonial from Cairo University (Arabic presentation)
	Mr. Ali Abdulla Abunawas	Testimonial from Jordan University (Arabic presentation)
	Mr. Samer Ghamroun	Testimonial from Ecole normale supérieure in Cachan, France (Arabic presentation)
	Ms. Lara Badre	Testimonial from the University of Paris Descartes (Paris V)
13:45-14:15	Closing Ceremony
14:15	Lunch