Conference Programme
Emcee: Mrs. Vanessa Vandevoort
11 February 2024 (Sunday) / WCCI REP: Sr. Merceditas & her team
Day 1
7:30 AM
• Arrival of Participants
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Hotel Check in by Matin Royeen
- Conference Registration by Sr Merceditas’s Ang & Team
- Giving over the items for the cultural bazaar by Sr Lydia Fernandez
3:00 - 05:00 PM
• Business Office: WCCI Board Meeting
CLOSING DAY 1
12 February 2024 (Monday) / Chair: Dr. Joyce Pittman
Day 2
7:30-8:30 AM
• Registration & distribution of conference kits by Sr. Merceditas Ang her team & Giving over the items for the cultural bazaar to Sr. Lydia
• Opening Ceremony
- AVP Interfaith prayer
8:30 9:30 AM
- Welcome Remarks by Ismail H. Mirici (Conference President) & Emerita Garon, (WCCI President)
- Acknowledgment of Participants
9:30-10:35 AM
KEYNOTE SPEECH
• Bandwidth Recovery: Cognitive Overload Due to Poverty, Racism, Social Marginalization and Life Stressors
Charlotte Royeen, PhD
Dean, Rush University, Chicago, USA
10:35 - 10:50 AM
• Question & Answer Session with the Keynote Speaker
10:50 - 11:00 AM
• Certificate of Appreciation to the Speaker by Emerita Garon & Ismail Mirici
• Group Photo (all participants) by Agnes Jenei
11:15 - 11:45 AM
• Networking among participants
- Visit WCCI Cultural Bazaar
Coordinator: Sr. Lydia & her Team
12:00 - 01:00 PM
• Lunch
01:30-4:00 PM
• CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room A (Chair: Sr. Merceditas Ang)
01:30 - 01:50 PM
• Dr. Flosy C. R. Dsouza, PhD
- Environmental Sustainability Awareness and Carbon Footprints of Pre Service Teachers
01:50 - 02:10 PM
• Dr. Estella G. Garcia,
M.A.N. RN, LPT
- Implementation of Outcome-Based Education
(OBE) Curriculum and the Future Skills of Nursing Graduates
02:10 - 02:30 PM
• Dr. Sis. Maria Rashmi A.C., PhD
- Fostering Character Formation and Value Education for Enhanced Personality Development
in Higher Educational Institutions: A case study of
Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University, India
ooo COFFEE BREAK ooo
ROOM A (CHAIR: AGNES JENEI)
03:00 - 03:20 PM
• Emolyn M. Iringan
- Practices on Ethno-mathematics in the Philippines
03:20 - 03:40 PM
• Inicia Bansig
- Technology-Enhanced Instruction in the Graduate School
03:40 - 04:00 PM
• Sándor Klein, Julianna Kiss
- Heart and Mind: Educating for the future in Hungary
04:00 - 05:00 PM
• Virtual Presentations (Chair: İsmail Hakkı Mirici)
ROOM B
(Chair: Sr. Lydia Fernandes, AC)
01:30 - 1:50 PM
• Dr. Zeena Lilly Pereira, Asst. Prof.
- Sustainability through Value Integration in Teacher Education Institutions: A Case Study of St Ann’s College of Education (Autonomous), Mangalore University, Karnataka
01:50 - 02:10 PM
• Dorothy D. Souza PhD, Assist. Prof.
- 21st Century Skills through Tinkering Labs
02:10 - 02:30 PM
• Jasnoor Kaur Grewal
- Education - Its Role in World Peace
oOo COFFEE BREAK oOo
Room B (Chair: Joyce Pittman)
03:00 - 03:20 PM
• Joyce Pittman, PhD
- A 5-year Global Teach Connection Action Oriented Study: An Explorative Analysis of
Teacher Needs for Developing Global Teaching Competencies
03:20 - 03:40 PM
• Joyce Mary Claris D’Sa, PhD
- The Influence of Technology on the Learning Behaviours of students of Generation Alpha in Bangalore Schools, Karnataka
03:40 - 04:00 PM
• Manisha Gangwar, PhD &
Ms. Chahat
- Mental Health and World Peace: Yoga as a Catalyst
04:00 - 05:00 PM
• Virtual Presentations (Chair: Ismail Hakki Mirici)
CLOSING DAY - 2
13 February 2024 (Tuesday)
Day 3
Plenary Room: (Chair: Matin Royeen)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
• KEYNOTE SPEECH
Reshaping Education for a Sustainable World
Maria Jose Souza, PhD
Professor, ISCTE, University of Lisbon
10:30 - 10:50 AM
• Question & Answer Session with the Keynote Speaker
• Certificate of Appreciation to the Speaker by Emmy Garon & Ismail Mirici
• Group Photo (all participants) by Julianna Kiss
10:50 - 04:00 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION
Room A (Chair: Agnes Jenei)
10:50 - 11:10 AM
• Allan Peejay M. Lappay, PhD
- Cultivating Care for Creation Along SPUP’S Environmental Core Values
11:10 AM - 13:30 PM
• Preeti Jain & Janoor Kaur
- Emotional Stability -Paramount for Global Peace
11:30 - 11:50 AM
• Marvita Gowdy, PhD & Joyce Pittman, PhD
- Integrating Water Pollution Awareness in School Curriculum for Global Competence: A Path to Saving Lives and the Planet
11:50 AM - 01:00 PM
• L U N C H
Room A (Chair: Dr. Marvita Gowdy)
01:00 - 01:20 PM
• Preeti Jain, Manager
• Jasnoor Kaur, student (Class XII)
- Emotional Stability - Paramount For Global Peace
01:20 - 01:40 PM
• Kavyashree K. B PhD, Assist. Prof.
- A Scoping Review of School-Based Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Activities in India
01:40 - 02:40 PM
Virtual Presentations (Chair: Ismail Hakki Mirici)
02:40 - 05:00 PM
• Networking among participants
* Visit WCCI Cultural Bazaar
Coordinator: Sr. Lydia & Her Team
CLOSING DAY - 3
ROOM B (Chair: Charlotte Royeen)
10:50 - 11:10 AM
• Lilian-Rita Akudolu, PhD, Adeline Nne Anyanwu, PhD &
Ngozi Elizabeth Ezenwosu, PhD
- Peace Education The Untapped Resource for Social Inclusion in Nigeria
11:10 - 11:30 AM
• Hope Amba Neji, PhD
Mary Ideba Anari & Agube, C. C.
- Effect of Web-Based Interactive Learning Model on Secondary School Students' Understanding and Retention of Difficult Chemistry Concepts in Ikom Education Zone, Cross River State, Nigeria
11:30 - 11:50 AM
• Martin Afen Olofu, PhD &
Paul Agbade Olofu, PhD
- Harnessing Education as a Tool for Peaceful Coexistence in Nigeria
11:50 AM - 01:00 PM
• L UN C H
01:00 - 01:20 PM
• Chinmay Jenei
- Virtual Reality in Soft Skills Development
01:40 - 02:40 PM
• Virtual Presentations (Chair: Ismail Hakki Mirici)
02:40 - 05:00 PM
• Networking among participants
• Visit WCCI Cultural Bazaar
Coordinator: Sr. Lydia & her Team
CLOSING DAY 3
14 February 2024 (Wednesday)
Day 4
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• Lisbon City tour
- National Palace Sintra
- Cabo De Roca (Entrance fee included with lunch)
Tour Coordinator: Allan Peejay Lappay
WCCI REP: Matin Royeen
CLOSING DAY 4
15 February 2024 (Thursday)
Day 5
PLENARY ROOM: Special Interest Groups' Sessions
Room A (Chair: Matin Royeen)
9:00-10:00 AM
• Special Interest Groups
- Global Citizenship Education
- Peace Education
- Environmental Education
- Education for Social Transformation
10:00 - 11:00 AM
• Brief Group Reposts (15 minutes per group)
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
• AVP on WCCI Activities
• AVP tribute to Estela Matriano
12:00 - 01:00 PM
• L U N C H
01:30 - 03:00 PM
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room A (Chair: Genevieve Kupang)
01:30 - 01:50 PM
• Cecilia Obi Nja, PhD
• Anne Ndidi Meremikwu, PhD
• Joy Joseph Obi
• Hope Amba Neji, PhD
• Mary Ideba Anari &
• Innocent Agiande
- The Effect of Virtual Reality Meditation on Science Education Students Academic Achievement
01:50 - 02:10 PM
• Prof. Bernedette U. Cornelius-Ukpepi PhD
• Cecilia O. Nja, PhD &
• Rita A. Ndifon, PhD
- Integration of Technology in Primary Education for Global Sustainability: A Case Study in Cross River State
02:10 - 02:30 PM
• Prof. Ifeanyichukwu Michael Abada PhD
• Clarence Odey Odey, PhD &
• Michael Obi Odey, PhD
- Federal Government-Asuu Dispute Over University Autonomy and Industrial Disharmony in Federal Universities in Nigeria, 2009-2023
oOo COFFEE BREAK oOo
03:00 - 05:00 PM
• Preparation for Cultural Presentation
Business Office: Meeting of WCCI Board
05:00 - 09:00 PM
• Gala Dinner & Presentations per country
• Group Resolution
• Distribution of Certificates of Participation
• Cultural Night Coordinators:
- Vanessa Garon-Vandevoort & Jeremy Morales
CLOSING DAY 5
16 February 2024 (Friday)
Day 6
9:00 AM
• Check-out from the Hotel
• Departure
CLOSING DAY 6
