Thursday 13th October |
9:00 am |
Opening of the conference – Eeva Hujala at location University of Tampere, Virta building |
Session A |
9:10 am |
Analysis of a Leadership Phenomenon in Aserbaijani Early Childhood Education, Ulviya Mikayilova, Centre for Innovations in Education |
9:30 am |
Early Childhood Education and Strategic Leadership, PhD Candidate Marja-Liisa Akselin, University of Tampere, Finland |
9:50 am |
Perspectives on Adult Roles in Greek Day-care Settings: Who are the leaders? PhD Candidate Eleni Katsiada, Sheffield Hallam University |
10:10 am |
Discussion |
10:40 am |
Refreshment break |
Session B |
11:00 am |
Leadership in English Children´s Centres, EdD Candidate Jonathan Wainwright, Sheffield Hallam University |
11:20 am |
How does a New Organizational Structure define Leadership? PhD Leena Halttunen, University of Jyväskylä |
11:40 am |
Leadership Identities of Directors in Early Childhood Education and Care Institutions, Prof Kari Hoas Moen and Assistant Prof Per Tore Granrusten, Queen Maud University College |
12:00 am |
Discussion |
12:30 pm |
Lunch break |
Session C |
1:30 pm |
Superior’s Pedagogical Support in Distributed Organization of Early Childhood Education, MEd Ulla Soukainen, City of Turku |
1:50 pm |
Shared Leadership: Dimensions of Commitment and Teacher Management – The Trinidad and Tobago Experience, PhD Carol A. Logie, University of the West Indies |
2:10 pm |
Distributed Leadership in Early Childhood Education, PhD Candidate Johanna Heikka by Cotutelle at University of Tampere and Macquarie University |
2:30 pm |
Discussion |
3:00 pm |
Coffee/tea break |
Session D |
3:20 pm |
Leadership Role in the Determination of Preschool Teachers Professional Competence, PhD Candidate Tiina Peterson |
3:40 pm |
Leadership for Pedagogical Quality in Child Care, Prof Eeva Hujala & PhD Candidate Elina Fonsen, Tampere University |
4:00 pm |
Deepening our understandings: Moving from social construction to assessing intention, impact and effectiveness of early childhood leadership, Prof Manjula Waniganayake, Institute of Early Childhood, Macquarie University, Australia |
4:20 pm |
Discussion |
4:40 pm |
Conclusions |
5:00 pm |
End of the presentation day |
7:00 pm |
Evening gathering at the restaurant Tammerin Puisto, Sokos Hotel Tammer |