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The Faculty of Education of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) proudly presents the Distinguished Lecture of the Academy for Leadership in Teacher Education (ALiTE) International Webinar Series for Exemplary Scholarship on “Powerful Pedagogy Post Pandemics”, sponsored by the Tin Ka Ping Foundation. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings, Professor Emerita, School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, in mid-October 2022.

In this online lecture, Professor Ladson-Billings will discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education and the “opportunities” the pandemic presented for teachers and those who prepare them.

Members of the media are welcome to cover this online event. Details are as follows:

Date: October 11, 2022 (Tuesday)
Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am (HKT)
Speaker:                             
Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings
Professor Emerita
School of Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
USA
Language: English
Mode: ZOOM Webinar
Registration: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T_CpRtA3QRS7aDLkXXB-RA  

Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings is Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, and was a faculty affiliate in the Departments of Educational Policy Studies, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and Afro American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the Immediate Past President of the National Academy of Education and former President of the American Educational Research Association. She is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and Hagler Institute Fellow at Texas A&M University. Professor Ladson-Billings’ research examines the pedagogical practices of teachers who are successful with African American students. She also investigates critical race theory applications to education.

For more details, please visit: https://web.edu.hku.hk/event/detail-page/alite-international-webinar-professor-ladson-billings.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Emily Cheung, Senior Manager (Development and Communications), Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel.: 3917 4270 / E-mail: emchy@hku.hk).