Program Complet Final

The Fourth International Conference on
Adult Education
Adult Education in Universities. Local and
Regional Perspectives
27
th
- 30
th
of April 2014
Iai, Romnia

Agenda
Sunday 27
th
of April
Arrival and registration
Traian Hotel
1 Piata Unirii (Unirii Square), Iai, Romnia http://www.grandhoteltraian.ro/

Unirea Hotel
5 Piata Unirii (Unirii Square), Iai, Romnia http://www.hotelunirea.ro/

Akademos Hotel
Rapa Galbena, Iai, Romnia

Gaudeamus Hotel
12 Codrescu Street, Iai, Romnia
19:00 21:00
ROMTELECOM BUILDING, Lpuneanu Boulevard, no 14
Welcome reception

hosted by Prof. dr. Vasile IAN, Rector,
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai,
Languages: English and Romanian
All events will be open to the public.

1
st
Day: Monday 28
th
of April
08:30 - 09:30
ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IAI
Main Building, Carol I Boulevard, no 11
Registration
09:30 - 11:30
AULA MAGNA Mihai Eminescu
Opening Addresses:
Master of Ceremony: Prof. dr. Laureniu OITU, Conference Chairman
Prof. dr. Vasile IAN, Rector, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai,
Romnia
Prof. dr. James PAPPAS, Vice President of Oklahoma University,
Director of International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, USA
Prof. dr. Mircea DUMITRU, Rector, Bucharest University, Romnia
Prof. dr. Marilen PIRTEA, Rector, West University, Timioara, Romnia
Prof. dr. Marcel POP, Vice Rector, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-
Napoca, Romnia

Congratulatory Remarks:
Prof. dr. Ecaterina ANDRONESCU, President of the Education
Commission, Romanian Parliament
Prof. dr. Remus PRICOPIE, Minister of Education
His Grace Varlaam PLOIETEANU, Bishshop, Romanian Patriarchy
Ec. Gheorghe NICHITA, Mayor of Iasi City
Ing. dr. Cristian ADOMNIEI, President of Iasi County Hall, Former
Minister of Education
His Eminence TEOFAN, Metropolitan, Metropolitan of Moldova and
Bucovina
His Grace Petru GHERGHEL, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese,
Iai

Keynote Addresses:
Prof. dr John HENSCHKE, Chair, International Adult and Continuing
Education Hall of Fame 2014 Board of Directors
An international perspective on reorienting traditional higher education
institutions toward lifelong learning
Prof. dr. Heribert HINZEN, Director the Regional Office for South and
Southeast Asia, DVV International,
Quality Education and Lifelong Learning for All in the post-2015
development agenda: what role for Universities?
Dr. Hideki MARUYAMA, Senior researcher, National Institute for
Educational Policy Research (NIER), National Ministry of Education, Japan
Rights to Education for All Lifelong Learners in Globalization and
Localization.
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 - 13:00
SENATE HALL
Universities support in building
strong learning communities and
regions (PANEL)
Moderator:
Prof. dr. Ion ALBULESCU - Babes-Bolyai
University of Cluj-Napoca
Panelists:
Prof. dr. Ciprian-Marcel POP - Babes-
Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
Prof. dr. Dorina SLVSTRU -
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Conf. dr. Alina RUSU - Babes-Bolyai
Conf. dr. Vinceniu-Andrei VERE -
Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
Conf. dr. Ctlin GLAVA - Babes-Bolyai
Lect. dr. Nicoleta SLCUDEAN - Babes-
Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
FERDINAND HALL
Training and continuing professional
development of university academic staff
(PANEL)
Moderator:
Prof. dr. Lucian CIOLAN - Dean FPES,
University of Bucharest
Panelists:
Prof. dr. Carmen CRETU - Vice Rector
Prof. dr. Romita IUCU - Vice Rector University
of Bucharest
Prof. dr. Catalina ULRICH - Head of Educational
Sciences Department, FPES, University Of
Bucharest
13:00 - 13:45 Lunch in the HALL OF THE LOST STEPS
13:45 - 15:30
AULA MAGNA
Topic 1 - Adult Education
in Universities
Moderators:
Prof. Dr. Ion Albulescu
Prof. dr. Simona Sava
Prof. dr. Lucian CIolan
Rapporteur
Lect. dr. Mihaela Mitescu
SENATE HALL
Topic 2 - Strategies and
Programs for Adult
Education
Moderators:
Prof. dr. Otilia Dandara
Prof. dr. Mona Vintila
Conf. Dr. Catalina Ulrich
Rapporteur
Dr. Iliana Dumitrescu
FERDINAND HALL
Topic 3 - Teacher Professional
Training and Development
Moderators:
Prof. dr. Venera Cojocariu
Conf. dr. Catalin Glava
Dr. Mikhail Leontev
Rapporteur
Asist. drd. Gabriel Mares
16:00 16:30
Keynote addresses
SENATE HALL
Per Paludan HANSEN, President
of European Association for the
Education of Adults
Adult education in Europe
challenges and possibilities
FERDINAND HALL
Prof. dr. Andr SCHLFLI, Director of
the Swiss Federation for Adult Learning
SVEB,
International networks in adult
learning
16:30 17:45
AULA MAGNA
in Universities
Moderators:
Rapporteur
SENATE HALL
Programs for Adult
Education
Moderators:
Rapporteur
FERDINAND HALL
Topic 3 - Teacher
Professional Training and
Development
Moderators:
Dr. Mikhail Leontev
Rapporteur
17:45 - 19:00 Free time
19:00 21:00
MOTEL BUCIUM
oseaua Iai - Vaslui Km. 12
Dinner
hosted by Cristian ADOMNITEI, Former Minister of Education, President of Iasi
County Council
18.30 Transfer by bus from the hotel

2
nd
Day: Tuesday 29
th
of April
09:00 - 11:00
AULA MAGNA
in Universities
Moderators:
Rapporteur
SENATE HALL
Programs for Adult
Education
Moderators:
Rapporteur
FERDINAND HALL
Topic 3 - Teacher
Professional Training and
Development
Moderators:
Dr. Mikhail Leontev
Rapporteur
11:15 - 12:00
Keynote addresses
OLD AULA
Acad. Ioan Aurel POP, Rector of
Babe-Bolyai University of Cluj-
Napoca

Romanians in Europe between
the Byzantinne East and the Latin
West
Prof. dr. Chris DUKE, Professor at
RMIT University Melbourne
Global and Local: the challenges
facing societies and universities
and the need to connect and act
locally
FERDINAND HALL
Prof. dr. Sturla BJERKAKER,
Director/ Secretary General at the
Norwegian Association for Adult
Learning
Changing communities the study
circle for learning and democracy

Prof. dr. Fred M. SCHIED, Associate
Professor of Education and
Coordinator, Graduate Program in
Adult Education at The Pennsylvania
State University
Critical perspectives on the skills
debate: implications for adult
education
12:00 - 13:00
OLD AULA
Laws and normative acts on
school and education (PANEL)

Moderator:
Prof. dr. Carmen CREU - Vice
Rector Alexandru Ioan Cuza
University

Panelists:
Acad. Ioan Aurel POP - Rector of
Babe-Bolyai University of Cluj-
Napoca
Prof. dr. Romita IUCU - Vice Rector
Prof. dr. Constantin SCHIFIRNE -
National School of Political and
Administrative Studies, Bucharest
Prof. dr. Laureniu OITU -
SENATE HALL
Opening universities to the world
of practice (PANEL)

Moderator:
Prof. dr. Simona SAVA - West
University of Timisoara

Panelists:
Dr. Andr SCHLFLI - Director of the
Swiss Federation for Adult Learning
SVEB
Dr. John HENSCHKE - Chair,
International Adult and Continuing
Education Hall of Fame 2014 Board of
Directors
Dorothy LUCARDIE - Institute of Adult
Learning, Australia

13:45 - 16:00
OLD AULA
HOF PANEL - Adult Higher
Education: U.S. and Western
European Perspectives
Moderator:
Dr. James PAPPAS - Director of
IACEHOF, Vice President, University
Outreach, USA
Panelists:
Dr. Susan BARCINAS - North Carolina
State University
Dr. Grey EDWARDS - President of the
Commission of Military Education and
Training,
Dr. David GREBEL - Director of
Extended Education at Texas Christian
University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas
Dr. John HENSCHKE - Board of
Directors Chair of the IACEHOF
Dr. Clint MINER - President and CEO
of The National Graduate School
Dr. Ekkehard NUISSL VON REIN -
Director of the Adult Education Centre
in Hamburg
Dr. Andr SCHLFLI - Director of the
Swiss Federation for Adult Learning
SVEB
Dr. Todd WUESTEWALD - University
of Oklahoma
FERDINAND HALL
Universities Role in the
Education for Human Rights
(PANEL)
16:15 - 17:45
OLD AULA
Hall of Fame Symposium
2014 Inductees
Sturla BJERKAKER, Norway
Marjean BUCKNER, USA
Patricia CRANTON, USA
Chris DUKE, UK
John FIELD, UK
Dorothy LUCARDIE, Australia
Mihaly SARI, Hungary
Douglas SMITH, USA

Presentation of the volume
Spiru Haret, Laws and normative
acts on school and education
Presa Universitar Clujean, 2014
SENATE HALL
International Doctoral programs -
creating synergies (PANEL)

Moderator:
Prof. dr. hc. Ekkehard NUISSL VON
REIN, Director of the Adult Education
Centre in Hamburg
Panelists:
Prof. dr. Chris DUKE, Professor at RMIT
University Melbourne
Prof. dr. Romita IUCU, Vice Rector
Prof. dr. Balasz NEMETH, University of
Pcs, Hungary
17:45 - 19:00 Free time
19:00 21:00
IASI COUNTY HALL
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY
formal black tie attire
Reception hosted by the Mayor of Iai
Miniconcert EUTHERPE QUARTET

3
rd
Day: Wednesday 30
th
of April
09:00 - 11:00
AULA MAGNA
Topic 1 - Adult
Education in
Universities
Moderators:
Rapporteur
SENATE HALL
Topic 2 - Strategies
and Programs for Adult
Education
Moderators:
Rapporteur
FERDINAND HALL
Topic 3 - Technologies
and Adult Education
Moderators:
Prof. dr. Venera
Cojocariu
Dr. Mikhail Leontev
Rapporteur
11:30 - 12:30

Aula MAGNA Mihai Eminescu
Closing Conference
14:00 - 19:00
Social cultural activities: Excursions of 2 hours or more
according to the options expressed previously
Free time
Departures
19:00 21:00
BOLTA RECE RESTAURANT
Str. Rece, Nr. 10, Iasi, Romania
Traditional dinner
optional (each participant will cover the cost)

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
PhD I ng. Cristian ADOMNIEI, President of Iai County Hall, Former Minister of Education
Cristian Mihai Adomniei is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the
National Liberal Party (PNL), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of
Deputies for Iai County since 2004. In the Clin Popescu-Triceanu cabinet, he served
as Minister of Education from 2007 to 2008. He earned a degree in civil, industrial and
agricultural engineering from the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iai (UTI),
and one in railway, road and bridge engineering from there in 2004. That year, he
received a master's degree in construction from UTI, beginning a doctorate there in the
same field in 2005. Between 1999 and 2004, he held management and consulting
positions at four different construction firms in Iai.

PhD Prof. Ecaterina ANDRONESCU, President of the Education Commission, Romanian Parliament
President of Education Commission in the Romanian Parliament. She had been a
secretary of state at the Education Ministry since the preceding year, and at the autumn
1996 elections (which the PDSR lost), she gained a seat in the Chamber and left the
ministry. Until 2000, she was secretary of its committee on education, science and
youth, continuing as a member until 2008. Re-elected in 2000, she was appointed to
the incoming Nstase cabinet, serving until 2003. As minister, she took a number of
controversial decisions, including the reintroduction of a required examination for
entering university faculties; the resumption of a high school admission examination;
and a change in the method for correcting the baccalaureate.

PhD Prof. Sturla BJ ERKAKER, The Norwegian Association for Adult Learning
Graduated from the University of Oslo (several periods as young and as adult) in 1993
(sociology, social science, law and adult education). He is Director/ Secretary General at
the Norwegian Association for Adult Learning (1997 up to date). Previously he has
been: Principal/ Rector at the Nordic Folk Academy, a Nordic Centre for adult
continuing education, placed in Gothenburg, Sweden; General Secretary of Adult
Education Associations, director of Norwegian Popular University Press; Head of
information unit at the Norwegian Consumers Coop Association. He published books on
adult education and study circle methods. He also published articles and given
presentations and speeches for years on adult education. He has been a Board member and now treasurer of
the International Council for Adult Education (1999 2015), a Board member of the European Association
for the Education of Adults (2002 -2006), Head of the Norwegian Advisory Board for the EU Gruntvig
Programme (2000 2010), Board member of the Oslo City Walldorf Upper Secondary School (2010
2013).

PhD Prof. Chris DUKE, Centre for European Studies, RMIT, Australia
Chris Duke is a widely published internationally oriented British and Australian
higher, adult and non-formal education authority. Formally retired, he holds honorary
professorships in Australian and the UK universities. His work has included creating
and leading continuing education-lifelong learning operations at the universities of
Warwick, Auckland, RMIT, and the Australian National University, and serving as
President of the University of Western Sydney Nepean. Key international and
national NGOs leadership roles include with PASCAL, ICAE, ICUAE, ASPBAE,
NIACE, UALL and AAAE. He has consulted widely with IGOs including UNESCO
and UIL, OECD and EU. Recently he has assisted in the evaluation of Romanian
universities within the national HE development agenda.

PhD Prof. Mircea DUMI TRU, Bucharest University
Prof. PhD at the Faculty of Philosophy and Rector of the Bucharest of University,
Mircea Dumitru is a specialist in logical philosophy, language philosophy,
metaphysic, epistemology of mind philosophy, Mircea Dumitru has hold international
conferences at Jean Moulin Lyon 3, New York University, and Helsinki University.
He is the President of European Society for Analytic Philosophy, author and co-
author of several books and articles.

His Grace Petru GHERGHEL, Roman Catholic Diocese, Iai
Petru Gherghel is a Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the ninth and
current Bishop of Iai. A graduate of the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Iai, he
was ordained to the priesthood in Alba Iulia on June 29, 1965 by Bishop ron Mrton. He
then served at the parish in Barticeti until 1967, followed by a period in Rdui. On
December 1, 1970, he was named a professor at his alma mater, rising to director in March
1975. On February 21, 1978, Pope Paul VI named him apostolic administrator, with his
installation taking place on April 4. During the following twelve years, a number of
churches were built and parishes opened in the diocese, as well as a new seminary building;
nearly 150 priests were ordained, with some of them being sent abroad to study. On March 14, 1990, Pope
John Paul II raised Gherghel to the rank of bishop, with his consecration taking place on May 1 at the
seminary, officiated by Archbishop Angelo Sodano, a representative of the Pope.

Per Paludan HANSEN, European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA)
Elected 2013 in Leicester, UK. EAEA Board Member since 2008. Per has been active in
the field of adult education for 20 years. He is chairman of the board of the Danish Adult
Education Association (DAEA) and General Secretary of LOF, a nationwide study
association for adults. Since 2008, Per has been member of the executive board of EAEA
holding the position of vice president for the past two years. During his five years with
EAEA he has gained knowledge of several aspects of and conditions for adult education
(AE) in Europe and at the present he represents EAEA in the European Commission's
Transversal Working Group on Financing AE. Per is 48 years old and holds a master's
degree in political science (MSc) from University of Aarhus. Per is a team player and a strong networker and
his achievements at top level in the field of education policy covering a broad range of various interests and
levels create a solid basis for his position as president of EAEA. As president of EAEA, Per will strive to
contribute to lead adult education through the economic crisis aiming for a better consolidated, sustainable
and recognized platform. He will in co-operation with the board and EAEA's staff enhance dialogue and
exchange of experience between member organisations, identify and encourage new ideas and balance
various interests. He will together with the team support and secure development of the expertise collected in
the organisation of EAEA during the past years.

PhD Prof. J ohn A. HENSCHKE, Lindenwood University, USA
John A. Henschke, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor of Education and Chair of the
Andragogy Doctoral Emphasis Specialty, Instructional Leadership Doctoral Program,
Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, USA. He is the 2014 Board of Directors Chair of
the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame (IACEHOF). He is a
Visiting Professor of The Beijing Radio and Television University, Peoples Republic of
China (PRC); and, has been a Visiting Professor of the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,
Thailand. Henschke is a Board of Directors Member of the International Society of
Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE). He has been President of the: American Association for Adult and
Continuing Education (AAACE); and, Missouri, USA / Para, Brazil Partners of the Americas. He Chaired
the Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of AAACE. Dr. Henschke has Chaired 46
Completed Doctoral Dissertations and Served as a Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member on 41 Other
Completed Doctoral Dissertations at Lindenwood University, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and four

other Universities around the globe.John has been researching and testing his adult education (andragogical)
ideas for 44 years in the USA and 19 countries around the world since 1970 (e.g., Brazil, South Africa, West
African Republic of Mali, Thailand, Austria, Germany, Peoples Republic of China, Italy, Australia, Taiwan,
Italy, etc.). He has been honored and privileged to work with adult educators from 96 countries, made 408
presentations to conferences, published 178 book chapters and articles, and served as major advisor to more
than 200 master degree graduates in adult education.

PhD Prof. Heribert HI NZEN, Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education
Association IIZ/DVV
Heribert Hinzen studied at the Universities of Bonn and Heidelberg, Germany, gaining a
doctorate in comparative studies with a thesis on adult education in Tanzania. He has
been working with DVV International since 1977 in headquarters and offices in Sierra
Leone, Hungary, and now in Laos, the Regional Office for South and Southeast Asia. He
was Deputy and Director of the Institute in Bonn for almost 25 years. He is an Honorary
Professor at the University of Iasi, as well as the University of Pecs, which conferred an
Honorary Doctorate on him also. Currently he teaches at the Royal University of Phnom
Penh comparative studies of education, looking into non-formal education, lifelong
learning, skills training for youth and adults, especially in the Asian and European
regions. Earlier he was a Vice-President of the International Council for Adult Education as well as the
European Association for the Education of Adults, Member of the Reference Group of Experts on Higher
and EFA, and the UN Literacy Expert Group. He serves on several editorial boards, including Adult
Education and Development, which he edited for three decades. He is a member of the International Adult
and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, and an Associate of the PASCAL International Observatory. He
has written, edited, and published extensively on adult education, lifelong learning, cooperation and
development.

PhD Prof. Vasile IAN, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
Rector of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Professor at the Faculty of Economy
and Business Administration, Vasile Isan is preoccupied by the Efficiency of
investments in agriculture, Micro-economy, International economical relations,
International investments, International economy, International commercial trades etc.
April 2005 October 2006, Vasile Ian has been general director of the General
Direction for European Integration and Community Programs at the Ministry of
Education and Research handling the issues related to the reform of higher education
system in the context of the Bologna process. He is also member of the Group for
Social Dialogue of Iasi. He is author of 2 books, 6 university manuals, co-author of 4
books, author and co-author for more than 100 articles and studies in journals and
volumes. He presented more than 60 papers at prestigious national and international events on themes such
as: economical development, transition from project to market, economical efficiency and financing the
investments, entrepreneurial development, international trade, foreign investments. He developed several
research grants promoting the development of higher education are.

PhD Prof. Romita B. I UCU, University of Bucharest, Romania
Romita B. Iucu currently serves at the University of Bucharest as Vice Rector, president of
the Academicals Council of the University, and professor of educational sciences. He has
contributed at many levels, starting as the coordinator of teacher education programs in the
Centre for Open and Distance Education at the University of Bucharest. As deputy general
director in the Romanian Ministry of Education, Department for Continuing Learning and
Education, he projected and implemented the first National Strategy for Continuing
Learning and Education, an integrated document that included teachers education. From
2005 to 2007, Iucu served as the vice president of Romanias National Council for
Educational Reform and from 2007 to 2009 was nominated as member of the Romanias
Presidential Commission for Education and Research. In 2010, he was elected president of the European
Network on Teacher Education Policies. Iucu has published numerous papers in Romania and abroad in the
field of continuing learning and education related to teachers education. He has coordinated teams of
research in this field. He has written three books on the subject, and he was awarded the highest distinction
for education and sciences by Romanias president in 2004.

Hideki MARUYAMA, National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER), Japan
Dr. Hideki Maruyama is a senior researcher in the Department for International Research
and Co-operation, National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER), which
belongs to National Ministry of Education of Japan. He has conducted joint projects with
OECD and UNESCO for more than a decade and has been a member of OECD-PISA
Governing Board today. His research themes are migration and education, education gaps,
and education for sustainability. His latest publishing is "The Possibility of Non-Formal
Education: Toward Real Life Education (Shinhyoron, 2013)".

Gheorghe NI CHI TA, Iai City Hall
Gheorghe Nichita is a Romanian engineer and politician, who has served as the mayor of
Iai since 2003. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he was the interim mayor in
2003. Nichita was trained in Engineering at the Polytechnic University in Bucharest
(19761979), in Economics at the University of Iai (19821987), and in Hydrotechnics at
the "Gheorghe Asachi" University of Iai (19911995), and has been employed by the Iai
public administration since 1979. He was awarded a doctorate in Economics.

PhD Prof. Ekkehard NUI SSL VON REI N, German Institute for Adult Education
Prof., Dr. and Dr. honoris causa Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein studied sociology and
pedagogy. He was Manager of the Heidelberg Institute for Educational Research and
Director of the Adult Education Centre (Volkshochschule) in Hamburg. From 1991 until
2003 he lectured as a university professor on adult education at the Philipps-University in
Marburg. Since 1991 he has been Director of the German Institute for Adult Education
(DIE) in Bonn. In addition, he has held a chair in adult education at the University of
Duisburg-Essen since 2003 and has visiting professorships at the Universities of Torun
(Poland), Timisoara (Romania) and Florence (Italy). He has represented Germany at the
OECD, UNESCO, the European Conference on Lifelong Learning and the European Commission in
Brussels. In 1998, he was elected President of the European Research and Development Institutes of Adult
Education (ERDI); since 2003 he has been serving as Past-President. From 1998 to 2004 he was Vice-
President of the Leibniz Association. In 2006 he was elected member of the International Adult and
Continuing Education Hall of Fame. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Advisory Board for
Educational Research at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

PhD J ames P. PAPPAS, International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame
Vice President, University Outreach and Dean of the College of Liberal Studies,
Dean of the College of Liberal Studies, and Professor in the Department of
Educational Psychology and Liberal Studies at the University of Oklahoma (OU). In
addition, he has completed the Executive Business Management Program at Stanford
University and the Institute for Management of Lifelong Education at Harvard
University. Prior to coming to OU, Dr. Pappas served as Associate Dean of Liberal
Education, Associate Dean of Continuing Education, and Director of Academic
Counselling at the University of Utah. He has worked as a psychologist in the
Veterans Administration, a faculty member at Indiana University, and an assessment
officer with the Peace Corps. Dr. Pappas has served as an officer on numerous
community service and professional association boards, including the Association of Public and Land-Grant
Universities (APLU), Association of Continuing Higher Education (ACHE), University Professional and
Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), and Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs
(AGLSP). He has served as president of UPCEA and AGLSP and is currently executive vice president of
ACHE. Dr. Pappas has produced more than 100 professional presentations and articles in the fields of adult

education, counselling, administration and he has edited and co-edited monographs addressing economic
development, adult degree programs, and the nontraditional doctoral degree.
PhD Prof. Marilen PI RTEA, West University, Timioara
Prof PhD at the Faculty of Economy and Business Administration and Rector of Timisoara
University. He is a specialist of management financial accounting, capital markets,
Management of Regional Development author and co-author of several articles and books.
He is executive director of the Center for Research in Social Sciences (2C2S) from the
West University of Timisoara and member of prestigious scientific committees and
associations.

His Grace Varlaam PLOIETEANU, Romanian Patriarchy
Varlaam Ploieteanul is assistant bishop to the Patriarch and the Holy Sinod's
Secretary of the Romanian Orthodox Church. He is also teaching Patristics at
the Faculty of Orthodox theology Dumitru Stniloae, University Alexandru
Ioan Cuza of Iai. He has several responsibilities at the Romanian Patriarchy:
coordinator of the Theological Educational Sector, Vice President of the
Patristic Commission.

Acad. PhD Prof. I oan - Aurel POP, Babe-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ioan-Aurel Pop is the Rector of Babe-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca from 2012.
He has been a member of the Romanian Academy since 2010 and of the European
Academy of Science and Arts since March 2013 and has held visiting chairs and
fellowships at prestigious institutions in Austria, Italy, and the USA. Dr. Pop has been
director of several collective projects and member in many other projects of national
and international scientific research, as well as coordinator and organizer of several
international conferences and editorial projects. Since 1992, he has been the editor of
the ISI (Thomson Reuters) Transylvanian Review, promoting high-level research in
the field of education, specifically adult education. He has published more than 30
books as an author or editor, as well as numerous articles and essays and participated in several European
research projects. Dr. Pop has been Manager of the Romanian Cultural Centre in New York and Manager of
the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research in Venice. He became the youngest person
accepted among the members of the Romanian Academy in 2010, and in 1999 he was appointed
corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts in Paris and he was accepted as a
member of the European Academy of Science and Arts from Salzburg in 2013.

PhD Prof. Ciprian - Marcel POP, Babes Bolyai University Cluj Napoca
Vice Rector Babes Bolyai University Cluj Napoca. Areas of interest: non-traditional
education: distance education and part time, training, lifelong learning,
competitiveness-University Rankings. Professional experience and activities the
Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
Courses taught: Exhibitions, Fundamentals of Marketing, Strategic Marketing,
Marketing Policy.

PhD Prof. Remus PRI COPI E, Ministry of National Education
Ministry of National Education Minister, Romania, with a doctorate in Political
Science, granted by that institution and by the National School of Political Science and
Public Administration. He began working at the latter school in 1998, when he started
teaching there and eventually became a professor. He was dean from 2005 to 2007 and
from 2008 to March 2012, when he became rector. His government career, spent at the
Education Ministry, began in 1996, its first phase ending in 2003. During that time, his
posts included that of expert on higher education and on public relations, spokesman,
secretary general and adviser to the minister. Subsequently, his positions were as state
secretary for higher education (2007-2008) and adviser to the minister (2009), as well
as acting minister in May 2008.

PhD Prof. Fred M. SCHI ED, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Fred M. Schied is Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator, Graduate
Program in Adult Education at The Pennsylvania State University in the United
States. He received his B.A. in history from the University of Illinois-Chicago,
where he also did graduate work in nineteenth century European history. He
received his M.S. from DePaul University and his doctorate in adult education,
with a an emphsis in labor history, from Northern Illinois University. He has served
as an administrator of a large community college urban adult education program,
taught English-as-a-second-language, and worked as an educator in various
community development projects. Dr. Schieds research has addressed the question
of how learning in the workplace is conceptualized, who does the defining, and
whose interest is being served. In 1998 he was one of five Americans receiving the
Kellogg Foundation's Houle Emerging Scholar Award. His research has been published in academic journals
internationally. His book Learning in Social Context: Workers and Adult Education in Nineteenth Century
Chicago, received the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature from the American Association for
Adult and Continuing Education. His recent work has centered on learning in social movements.

PhD Prof. Constantin SCHI FI RNET, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest,
Romania
Constantin Schifirne is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Communication
and Public Relations, National University of Political and Administrative Studies in
Bucharest. He is a member of the International Sociological Association and the
European Sociological Association. As Director General of the Ministry of Culture,
he was Chairman for organizing International Symposium, ,,Through education for
democracy. Adult education in European integration organized by the Ministry of
Culture from Romania and the Council of Europe, Bucharest, 1991. In 1993 he
drafted the setting up of Romanian-Danish Institute for Adult Education. His
research focuses on theories of modernity, adult education, communication, and
Romanian sociological and philosophical thinking. He investigated the relationship
between age groups and he published studies and books on the subject. He is author
of book Changing Adults' Education and of many studies about adult education. He edited The Works of
Spiru Haret, Vol.IXI (introductory study and notes by Constantin Schifirne, foreword by Remus Pricopie)
Bucureti: Comunicare.ro, 20092010. He is author of the anthology Spiru Haret, Laws and Normative Acts
on School and Education (Presa Universitar Clujean, 2014) prepared on the occasion of The Fourth
International Conference on Adult Education, Iai, 2730 April 2014. Other his publications include:
Generation and Culture, Youth between Permanence and Renewal, Modern Civilization and ation,
Sociology, The Modern Genesis of the National Idea, C Rdulescu-Motru: His life and works, Vols. IIII,
Forms without Substance, a Romanian Brand, Modern Romanian Sociology, Romanian Philosophy in
Public Space. Modernity and Europeanisation.

PhD Andr SCHLFLI, Swiss Federation for Adult Education, SVEB, Zrich
Dr Andr Schlfli is the director of the Swiss Federation for Adult Learning
SVEB, which is the national umbrella organisation of the non-formal adult
learning sector in Switzerland. SVEB represents around 700 organisations and
experts. The federation has developed a national train-the-trainer system, the
quality label eduQua for adult education providers, a modular system in the field
of basic skills, and many other innovations in the field of adult learning. He is
working in research in a close relationship with the university of Zurich and
Basle. Andr Schlfli's main fields of activity are policy and professionalization
in adult learning. He has been an active member of international associations and
networks for over 25 years and was inducted into the IACE Hall of Fame as the
first Swiss member in 2011. He is member of the board of HOF. He is currently
vice-president of ICAE and member of the IACE steering committee.

His Eminence TEOFAN, Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina
Since 2008 Teofan Savu is archbishop of Iai and Metropolitan of Moldova and
Bucovina. Previously, between 2000 2008, he has been archbishop of Craiova and
Metropolitan of Oltenia. Between 1991 and 2000 he has been patriarchal vicar
bishop with the title Sinaitul. He took his PhD at the Theological Institute of "Saint
Serge", Paris (1986-1990), with the thesis "La divino - humanit du Christ et la
deification de l'homme dans l'oeuvre du Saint Maxime le Confesseur". Author of
articles and studies in journals from Romania and abroad in fields as: patristical
theology, orthodox spirituality, ecumenism, analysis of the current religious
phenomenon etc. He has been the coordinator of the journal for external relationships
of the Church "News Bulletin" (1997-2000). He created the publications: 'Cetatea
Crestina', 'Studii', 'Hristos in lumea tacerii'.

PhD Prof. Laureniu OITU, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai, Lifelong Learning Institute,
Romania
Laurentiu Soitu has created university and community programs to develop adult
education both as an academic discipline and a practical offering to the public in
need. For the first time in the Romanian Higher Education System, Soitu introduced
pioneering courses in adult education for license and masters degree levels at the
University of Iasi. He was also one of the initiators of the Management of Adult
Education program, a Europe-wide masters program. Soitu organized research
oriented to rural education institutions in Romania, referring to experiences from
the inter-war period, but also to the new learning contexts within the extended
Europe. To extend the services of his university to the public, including persons
with special needs, inmates, the elderly and other marginalized people, Soitu helped
create the Adults Education Regional Centre, funded though the Worldwide Bank.
Soitu has developed manuals of good practices for diversity education actions. He
also initiated in partnership with Danish foundation, a centre with specialized services for older people open
to public interaction with centre residents. One of his greatest contributions is his work with Iasis
International Conferences of Adult Education, held every four years, gathering participants from Europe,
Asia, the U.S. and many other countries. Durable learning partnerships and mutual relationships have been
formed from these gatherings, including professor and student exchanges.

PANEL

Adult Higher Education: U.S. and Western European Perspectives
Tuesday 29
th
of April 29
13:45- 16:00
OLD AULA Gheorghe Asachi

Moderator

Dr. James PAPPAS
Director of International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, Vice
President, University Outreach and Dean of the College of Liberal Studies, Dean
of the College of Liberal Studies, and Professor in the Department of Educational
Psychology and Liberal Studies at the University of Oklahoma (OU). In addition,
he has completed the Executive Business Management Program at Stanford
University and the Institute for Management of Lifelong Education at Harvard
University. Prior to coming to OU, Dr. Pappas served as Associate Dean of
Liberal Education, Associate Dean of Continuing Education, and Director of
Academic Counselling at the University of Utah. He has worked as a psychologist in the Veterans
Administration, a faculty member at Indiana University, and an assessment officer with the Peace Corps. Dr.
Pappas has served as an officer on numerous community service and professional association boards, including
the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), Association of Continuing Higher Education
(ACHE), University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), and Association of
Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP). He has served as president of UPCEA and AGLSP and is
currently executive vice president of ACHE. Dr. Pappas has produced more than 100 professional presentations
and articles in the fields of adult education, counselling, administration and he has edited and co-edited
monographs addressing economic development, adult degree programs, and the non-traditional doctoral degree.

Panelists

Dr. Susan BARCINAS
Associate Professor in the Leadership, Policy Studies, Adult and Higher Education Department at
North Carolina State University. She is the Program Coordinator for Adult Education and the
Director of the Department Chairs Institute and the Teaching and Learning Institute, hosted in
partnership with the North Carolina State Community College System. Her experience includes over
25 years in higher education, with work spanning both research and administration positions in student
affairs/student services, continuing education, and adult and higher education. Her research focuses
upon adult learning in post-secondary environments, in studying continuing education and outreach, and
university/community/workforce partnerships.

Dr. Grey EDWARDS
Has served as a distinguished practitioner in nearly every facet of the U.S. Army adult education
program, including in combat situations, during his more than 38 years of service for the troops.
Throughout his years as a military educator, Edwards has been concerned with raising the profile of
military educators within the civilian education community. From 2001 to 2006, he served as
president of the Commission of Military Education and Training. In 2007, he was elected as the
president of the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education (the only military educator
ever to serve in that capacity). He is a recipient of the 2009 Major General Kathryn Frost Award for
Innovation and Leadership in Adult Education. Grey Edwards is a strong proponent for military learners to have maximum
choices in adult education program opportunities, including delivery systems. His primary message to every American
soldier remains, Be all you can bethe true meaning of adult education.

Dr. David GREBEL
For the past sixteen years Grebel has served as the Director of Extended Education at Texas Christian
University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas. He has also served as the chair of the universitys Outreach and
Engagement Council. Grebel has made presentations at the National Outreach Scholarship Conference
and at both national and regional ACHE conferences. He has served as the primary investigator for a
Compassion Capital Fund capacity building grant supporting local non-profit organizations.

Dr. John HENSCHKE
Associate Professor of Education and Chair of the Andragogy Doctoral Emphasis Specialty,
Instructional Leadership Doctoral Program, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, USA.
He is the 2014 Board of Directors Chair of the International Adult and Continuing Education
Hall of Fame (IACEHOF). He is a Visiting Professor of The Beijing Radio and Television
University, Peoples Republic of China (PRC); and, has been a Visiting Professor of the
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Henschke is a Board of Directors Member
of the International Society of Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE). He has been
President of the: American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE);
and, Missouri, USA / Para, Brazil Partners of the Americas. He Chaired the Commission on
International Adult Education (CIAE) of AAACE. Dr. Henschke has Chaired 46 Completed
Doctoral Dissertations and Served as a Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member on 41 Other Completed Doctoral
Dissertations at Lindenwood University, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and four other Universities around the globe.
John has been researching and testing his adult education (andragogical) ideas for 44 years in the USA and 19 countries
around the world since 1970.

Dr. Clint MINER
President and CEO of The National Graduate School (NGS), a non-profit, regionally accredited
college that offers traditional and non-traditional bachelors, masters, and doctorate programs to
adult learners throughout the US and internationally. Previous to his tenure as NGS President
and CEO, he was the Global Education Director for the AO Foundation. AO is a non-profit
institution that offers education to trauma surgeons in over 85 countries. It is the largest
education and research foundation of its kind and conducted programs for over 28,000
participants each year. Clints research interests are in the areas of barriers to effective distance
education programs and teaching through electronic mediated instruction.

Dr. Ekkehard NUISSL VON REIN
He was Manager of the Heidelberg Institute for Educational Research and Director of the Adult
Education Centre (Volkshochschule) in Hamburg. From 1991 until 2003 he lectured as a university
professor on adult education at the Philipps-University in Marburg. Since 1991 he has been Director
of the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) in Bonn. In addition, he has held a chair in adult
education at the University of Duisburg-Essen since 2003 and has visiting professorships at the
Universities of Torun (Poland), Timisoara (Romania) and Florence (Italy). He has represented
Germany at the OECD, UNESCO, the European Conference on Lifelong Learning and the European Commission in
Brussels.

Dr. Andr SCHLFLI
Director of the Swiss Federation for Adult Learning SVEB, which is the national umbrella
organisation of the non-formal adult learning sector in Switzerland. SVEB represents around 700
organisations and experts. The federation has developed a national train-the-trainer system, the quality
label eduQua for adult education providers, a modular system in the field of basic skills, and many
other innovations in the field of adult learning. He is working in research in a close relationship with
the university of Zurich and Basle. Andr Schlfli's main fields of activity are policy and
professionalization in adult learning. He has been an active member of international associations and
networks for over 25 years and was inducted into the IACE Hall of Fame as the first Swiss member in 2011. He is member
of the board of HOF. He is currently vice-president of ICAE and member of the IACE steering committee.

Dr. Todd WUESTEWALD
Assistant Professor for the College of Liberal Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA, where he
provides graduate instruction to working adults in the fields of criminal justice and administrative
leadership. He received his Ph.D. in Occupational Education, Masters degrees in Public Administration
and Criminal Justice, and his Bachelors in English and Criminal Justice. Dr. Wuestewald is a former
Chief of Police and a 30-year law enforcement veteran. He has published on a variety of topics, including
police education and training, university-law enforcement educational partnerships, executive and
workforce development, police administration, practitioner researcher collaborations, and various
operational topics in policing. Professor Wuestewalds present research interests include collaborative management
approaches, organizational climate, and practitioner-researcher collaborations
PANEL
Training and continuing professional development of university academic staff
Monday 28
th
of April
11:45 - 13:00
FERDINAND ROOM

Moderator
Prof. dr. Lucian CIOLAN
Prof. dr. Lucian CIOLAN is professor and dean at Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences,
University of Bucharest (www.fpse.unibuc.ro). He is involved in academic activities and projects in
different areas, such as: public / educational policies, authentic learning, training and professional
development. He published a series of books, studies and articles, visible at national and international
level, among which we can mention: Towards a Culture of Quality Policymaking in Transition
Countries. The case of education (Open Society Institute / University of Bucharest Publishing House,
2006); Integrated learning (Polirom, 2008 in Romanian); School as it is (UNICEF, 2011, co-editor),
The role of impact evaluation in evidence-based HE policy making. The contribution of transparency
tools (co-autor, in print, Springer, 2014) etc. Together with an international group of policy specialists,
he is founding member and senior trainer of International Centre for Policy Advocacy (ICPA www.icpolicyadvocacy.org).
This organization aims to contribute to a better capacity in the countries and institutions interested in generating and
influencing public policies. Along with his academic activity, the professional background of Lucian Ciolan includes
participation in a variety of training and consultancy projects for public and private sectors, mainly donor-based (European
Commission, World Bank etc.), in countries like Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Albania, Kazakhstan, Moldova,
Romania etc.

Panelists
Prof. dr. Carmen CREU
Vice Rector and Professor PH.D. at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, Faculty of
Psychology and Educational Sciences; Research Expert of EU Commission, Brussels; Director of the
master program Policy and Management in Education; President of RO-Talent (Romanian Assoc. for
Talented People); member of European Council of High Ability. Fields of expertise: curriculum theory
and development, education policies and management; giftedness.

Prof. dr. Romita IUCU
Vice Rector at the University of Bucharest, president of the Academicals Council of the University,
and professor of educational sciences. He has contributed at many levels, starting as the coordinator
of teacher education programs in the Centre for Open and Distance Education at the University of
Bucharest. As deputy general director in the Romanian Ministry of Education, Department for
Continuing Learning and Education, he projected and implemented the first National Strategy for
Continuing Learning and Education, an integrated document that included teachers education. From
2005 to 2007, Iucu served as the vice president of Romanias National Council for Educational
Reform and from 2007 to 2009 was nominated as member of the Romanias Presidential
Commission for Education and Research.

Prof. dr. Catalina ULRICH
Professor at the University of Bucharest, Psychology and Education Sciences Faculty and the Head of
the Education Sciences Department. She teaches courses on Sociology of Education, Citizenship
Education, Team Dynamics, Socio-educational Interventions for Groups at Risk. She has directed
evaluation studies for educational and social services projects in Romania and Bulgaria and
coordinated impact evaluation for national programs in the field of education for disadvantaged
groups and teacher training, including e-learning and the use of mobile devices. Approaching mainly
qualitative methodology, she carried out individual research within international projects regarding
educational programs and policy analysis, multiethnic communities, multiple discrimination (SLO,
INTRAC, UNICEF, Open Society Institute, WB, IOM, OSF Soros, EFA, Wolfensohn Institute,
Bernard Van Leer Foundation, ISSA, UNESCO, CEDEFOP). She received a Fulbright Post Doc
Senior Award at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for Project-based Learning: A Multicase Research Project
with a Focus on Education for Diversity in U.S. Secondary Schools and Teacher-Education Programs (2011-2012). As a result
of her research she developed research projects on ubiquotous learning, interdisciplinary problem-based learning and project-
based learning.
PANEL
Universities support in building strong learning communities and regions
Monday 28
th of
April
11:45 - 13:00
SENATE ROOM

Moderator
Prof. dr. Ion ALBULESCU
Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Department of Educational Sciences. Dean of the Faculty of
Psychology and Educational Sciences. Areas of scientific interest: Doctrine pedagogical educational Alternative
History of Romanian pedagogy, didactics. Author of several acclaimed books and studies in the academic
community.

Panelists
Prof. dr. Ciprian - Marcel POP
Vice Rector Babes Bolyai University Cluj Napoca. Areas of interest: non-traditional education: distance
education and part time, training, lifelong learning, competitiveness-University Rankings. Professional
experience and activities the Department of Marketing, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
Courses taught: Exhibitions, Fundamentals of Marketing, Strategic Marketing, Marketing Policy.

Prof. dr. Dorina SLVSTRU
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. Areas of expertise: educational psychology,
psychology of learning, school violence, teaching psychology, techniques of expression and personal
development. She has published numerous books and studies in the areas of interest listed appreciated by
professionals and students.

Conf. dr. Mariana Momanu
Mariana Momanu has a PhD in Educational Sciences, belongs to the academical staff of the Faculty of
Psychology and Educational Sciences, headmaster of the Department of Educational Sciences at the Alexandru
Ioan Cuza University of Iai. Her research preoccupations are related to the history and philosophy of
education, contemporary education, intercultural education, education for democracy, educational partnership.
Author of several acclaimed books and studies concerning history of education and contemporary education.

Conf. dr. Alina RUSU
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (Babe-Bolyai University). She conducts
research and education in the fields of animal psychology, evolutionary psychology and animal assisted
therapy, as well as coordination and counseling students in promoting social services oriented community.
Now, she is a member of the board of College Student Academic Performance of Babe-Bolyai University.

Conf. dr. Vinceniu-Andrei VERE
General Director of the Center for Continuing Education, Distance Learning and part of the Babes-Bolyai
University, Cluj Napoca. Areas of interest: nontraditional education: distance education and part time, training,
lifelong learning. Professional experience and activities the Department of Management, Faculty of Economics
and Business Administration. Courses taught: Management, Organizational Management, Farm Management,
Management of Agricultural Markets, Strategies for accessing European funds for agribusiness.

Conf. dr. Ctlin GLAVA
Author of three books and coauthor of more than 20 studies in the literature, over 35 articles in ISI
Proceedings and BDI. Areas of scientific interest are: Educational applications of new technologies, skills
teacher development in contemporary teaching methodology, educational policies, educational marketing. In
the period 2008-2012, Director of Continuing Education CFCIDFR of Babe Bolyai University and from 2012
Director of Teacher Training of Babe Bolyai University.

Lect. dr. Nicoleta SLCUDEAN
Director of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning. Areas of responsibility: non-traditional education:
continuing education, lifelong learning. Professional experience and activities the Department of Management,
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. Courses taught: cultural studies, sociology, culture,
anthropology, literature, multimedia, eLearning, genres, creative writing.
PANEL

Opening universities to the world of practice
Monday 29
th
of April
12:00 - 13:00
SENATE ROOM

Moderator
With over 15 years experience in education, training, research and project & programme
management, Simona Sava works as a Professor of adult education at the West University of
Timisoara (since 1997), and is also the director of the Romanian Institute of Adult Education (IREA,
since 2000; since 2013- scientific director), providing teaching and training at BA and MA level,
research, project management (more than 30 RDI projects), being well know as Romanian specialist
in the field of adult education and lifelong learning.

Panelists

Dr. Andr Schlfli
Director of the Swiss Federation for Adult Learning SVEB, which is the national umbrella
organisation of the non-formal adult learning sector in Switzerland. SVEB represents around 700
organisations and experts. The federation has developed a national train-the-trainer system, the
quality label eduQua for adult education providers, a modular system in the field of basic skills,
and many other innovations in the field of adult learning. He is working in research in a close
relationship with the university of Zurich and Basle. Andr Schlfli's main fields of activity are
policy and professionalization in adult learning. He has been an active member of international
associations and networks for over 25 years and was inducted into the IACE Hall of Fame as the
first Swiss member in 2011. He is member of the board of HOF. He is currently vice-president of
ICAE and member of the IACE steering committee.

Dr. John Henschke
Associate Professor of Education and Chair of the Andragogy Doctoral Emphasis Specialty,
Instructional Leadership Doctoral Program, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, USA. He
is the 2014 Board of Directors Chair of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of
Fame (IACEHOF). He is a Visiting Professor of The Beijing Radio and Television University,
Peoples Republic of China (PRC); and, has been a Visiting Professor of the Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, Thailand. Henschke is a Board of Directors Member of the International
Society of Comparative Adult Education (ISCAE). He has been President of the: American
Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE); and, Missouri, USA / Para, Brazil
Partners of the Americas. He Chaired the Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE)
of AAACE. Dr. Henschke has Chaired 46 Completed Doctoral Dissertations and Served as a Doctoral Dissertation Committee
Member on 41 Other Completed Doctoral Dissertations at Lindenwood University, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and four
other Universities around the globe. John has been researching and testing his adult education (andragogical) ideas for 44
years in the USA and 19 countries around the world since 1970.

Dorothy Lucardie
Has extensive experience in adult education within the ACE community, in Vocational
Education and Training and the University sector. Her current focus is on informal learning,
workplace learning and flexible delivery, which emerges from a focus on the needs of learners,
the design of learning experiences that are accessible and relevant and the development of
innovative delivery methods.

PANEL
International Doctoral programs creating synergies
Tuesday 29
th
of April
16.15 17.45
SENATE ROOM

Moderator
Prof. dr. hc. Ekkehard NUISSL VON REIN
He was Manager of the Heidelberg Institute for Educational Research and Director of the
Adult Education Centre (Volkshochschule) in Hamburg. From 1991 until 2003 he lectured as
a university professor on adult education at the Philipps-University in Marburg. Since 1991 he
has been Director of the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) in Bonn. In addition, he
has held a chair in adult education at the University of Duisburg-Essen since 2003 and has
visiting professorships at the Universities of Torun (Poland), Timisoara (Romania) and Florence (Italy). He has
represented Germany at the OECD, UNESCO, the European Conference on Lifelong Learning and the European
Commission in Brussels.
Panelists
Prof. dr. Chris DUKE
Chris Duke is a widely published internationally oriented British and Australian higher, adult
and non-formal education authority. Formally retired, he holds honorary professorships in
Australian and the UK universities. His work has included creating and leading continuing
education-lifelong learning operations at the universities of Warwick, Auckland, RMIT, and the
Australian National University, and serving as President of the University of Western Sydney
Nepean. Key international and national NGOs leadership roles include with PASCAL, ICAE,
ICUAE, ASPBAE, NIACE, UALL and AAAE. He has consulted widely with IGOs including
UNESCO and UIL, OECD and EU. Recently he has assisted in the evaluation of Romanian universities within the
national HE development agenda.
Prof. dr. Romita IUCU
Vice Rector at the University of Bucharest, president of the Academicals Council of the
University, and professor of educational sciences. He has contributed at many levels, starting as
the coordinator of teacher education programs in the Centre for Open and Distance Education at
the University of Bucharest. As deputy general director in the Romanian Ministry of Education,
Department for Continuing Learning and Education, he projected and implemented the first
National Strategy for Continuing Learning and Education, an integrated document that included
teachers education. From 2005 to 2007, Iucu served as the vice president of Romanias National Council for
Educational Reform and from 2007 to 2009 was nominated as member of the Romanias Presidential Commission
for Education and Research.
Prof. dr. Balzs NMETH
Dr. Balzs Nmeth, (45) is a researcher on European adult and lifelong learning policy
development and comparative adult education. He is an associate professor and reader in
Adult Education at the University of Pcs. Dr. Nmeth is head of Institute of Adult
Education at the University of Pcs. Balzs Nmeth is a member of the Advisory Council
of PASCAL Observatory and a member of the Adult Education Committee of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is also a founding member of the Hungarian
Universities Lifelong Learning Network (MELLearN) and represents the University of Pcs in the
European Universities Continuing Education Network (EUCEN) and in the European Association for the
Education of Adults (EAEA). Further research topics of his are: Politics and Adult Education; Comparative
Adult Education; History of Institutionalisation and Movements of Modern European Adult Education
from 1850 to 1950.
PANEL
Laws and normative acts on school and education
Tuesday 29
th
of April
12:00 - 13:00
OLD AULA GHEORGHE ASACHI

Moderator
Prof. dr. Carmen CREU
Vice Rector and Professor PH.D. at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, Faculty of
Psychology and Educational Sciences; Research Expert of EU Commission, Brussels; Director of the master
program Policy and Management in Education; President of RO-Talent (Romanian Assoc. for Talented
People); member of European Council of High Ability. Fields of expertise: curriculum theory and
development, education policies and management; giftedness.

Panelists
Acad. Ioan Aurel POP
Rector of Babe-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca from 2012. He has been a member of the Romanian
Academy since 2010 and of the European Academy of Science and Arts since March 2013 and has held
visiting chairs and fellowships at prestigious institutions in Austria, Italy, and the USA. Dr. Pop has been
director of several collective projects and member in many other projects of national and international
scientific research, as well as coordinator and organizer of several international conferences and editorial
projects. Since 1992, he has been the editor of the ISI (Thomson Reuters) Transylvanian Review,
promoting high-level research in the field of education, specifically adult education.

Prof. dr . Romita IUCU
Serves at the University of Bucharest as Vice Rector, president of the Academicals Council of the
University, and professor of educational sciences. He has contributed at many levels, starting as the
coordinator of teacher education programs in the Centre for Open and Distance Education at the University
of Bucharest. As deputy general director in the Romanian Ministry of Education, Department for
Continuing Learning and Education, he projected and implemented the first National Strategy for
Continuing Learning and Education, an integrated document that included teachers education. From 2005
to 2007, Iucu served as the vice president of Romanias National Council for Educational Reform and from
2007 to 2009 was nominated as member of the Romanias Presidential Commission for Education and
Research.

Prof. dr. Constantin SCHIFIRNE
He is member of European Sociological Association and International Sociological Association. Dean and
Founder of the Political Sciences Department at Dimitrie Cantemir University in Bucharest. Between 1990
and 1994 he was part of the Government of Romania as General Director in Ministry of Culture,
Bucharest. Schifirne is Professor of Sociology at the National School of Administration and Political
Science of Bucharest, Romania. In 2007, he was awarded the Romanian Academy Prize for his work C.
Rdulescu-Motru. His Life and Activities. His scientific interests are sociology and anthropology,
Romanian philosophy and sociology, modernisation, sociology of age and generations, communication.
He has coordinated Ethnos' collection of Albatros Publishing House. He has republished 30 titles of Romanian works - a lot of
them for the first time since first edition.

Prof. dr. Laureniu OITU
Has created university and community programs to develop adult education both as an academic discipline
and a practical offering to the public in need. For the first time in the Romanian Higher Education System,
Soitu introduced pioneering courses in adult education for license and masters degree levels at the University
of Iasi. He was also one of the initiators of the Management of Adult Education program, a Europe-wide
masters program. Soitu organized research oriented to rural education institutions in Romania, referring to
experiences from the inter-war period, but also to the new learning contexts within the extended Europe. To
extend the services of his university to the public, including persons with special needs, inmates, the elderly
and other marginalized people, Soitu helped create the Adults Education Regional Centre, funded though the
Worldwide Bank. Soitu has developed manuals of good practices for diversity education actions. He also
initiated in partnership with Danish foundation, a centre with specialized services for older people open to public interaction with
centre residents. One of his greatest contributions is his work with Iasis International Conferences of Adult Education, held every
four years, gathering more than 200 participants from Europe, Asia, the U.S. and many other countries. Durable learning
partnerships and mutual relationships have been formed from these gatherings, including professor and student exchanges.
Papers overview
TOPIC 1: Adult Education in Universities
NR. AUTHORS AFFILIATION TITLE
1.
ALBULESCU

Ion,

ALBULESCUMirela
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
The University in the community. The universitys contribution to local and
regional development by providing educational services for adults
2.
AMBRSIO

Susana , Maria Helena
ARAJO e Sa, Ana Raquel
SIMESA
University of Aveiro, Portugal The role of universities in the development of plurilingual repertoires: the voices
of non-traditional adult students
3. ANGHEL Mirela University of Bucharest, Romania Elements of Personal Development in the University Milieu
4.
CIOLAN Lucian University of Bucharest, Romania Two perspectives, same reality? How authentic is learning for the students and
for their teachers
5.
DUKE Chris, HINZEN Heribert Centre for European Studies, RMIT,
AUSTRALIA, IIZ/DVV, Bonn, Germany
University engagement and the post-2015 agenda. What are the roles and
functions to support adult education and lifelong learning?
6.
HENSCHKE John A. Chair, Board of Directors [IACEHOF] An International Perspective on Reorienting Traditional Higher Education
Institutions toward Lifelong Learning
7. IFTENE Cristi Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania Educational systems autonomy. Facts and analysis
8.
ISHKOV Alexander Dmitrievich Moscow State University of Civil
Engineering, Russia
The features of self-organization of adults studying at a technical university
9.
IUSCA Dorina George Enescu University of Arts, Iasi,
Romania
Brain Hemisphericity and Music Performance Level in Undergraduate Music
Students and Philharmonic Musicians
10.
LUNGU Iuliana, MORARU Monica Ovidius University of Constana, Romania Student Perspective on the Instructional Process in Higher Education
11.
MANOLACHE

Anca Codrua
BEDRULE-GRIGORU

Maria

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania
Development of disabled employees from academic environment
12.
MARA Daniel Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania Higher education for people with disabilities - Romanian education experience
13.
MITESCU Mihaela George Enescu University of Arts, Iasi,
Romania
A socio-cultural perspective on understanding learning as experienced by
mature students at university
14.
NEDELCU Anca University of Bucharest, Romania Are we ready for international students? Our university as window and mirror

15.
NMETH Balzs University of Pcs, Hungary Research and Development of Adult Education through Higher Education
Institutions: A Challenge and Perspective for Better Adult Learning and
Education
16.
NICOLESCU Valentin Quintus,
Neaga Diana Elena
Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest,
Romania
Bringing the market in, letting the science out. Neoliberal educational reform in
Romania.
17.
NI Andreea Mihaela, GOGA
Cristina Ilie
University of Craiova, Romania Perception of employers from the South West Oltenia Region on the competences
acquired by students of social and humanistic specializations
18.
PAVEL Camelia, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai, Role of university in relationship building between individual and community
ICU Alina Romania
19.
POP Silvia Florina Nicolae Balcescu Secondary School, Baia
Mare, Romania
Cross-curricular teaching approaches favouring the active learning of
mechatronics at secondary level
20.
POSAN Liliana Moldova State University, Moldova

Adult education and some andragogical dimensions of higher education in
the Republic of Moldova
21.
PRISCARIU Anca University of Bucharest, Romania Approaches of quality assurance models on adult education provisions
22.
RATIU Lucia, CHIRICA Sofia, RUS
Claudia Lenuta
Romania
Participatory evaluation: An intended catalyst to learning within university
23.
RUS Claudia Lenua, CHIRIC
Sofia, RAIU Lucia, BBAN
Adriana
Babe-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
Learning organization and social responsibility in Romanian higher education
institutions
24.
RUSU
a
Alina Simona, BENCIC
b

Aurora , HODOR
b
Teodor Ioan

a
Romania

b
ANPCDEFP-Grundtvig Assistantship-
Progesti@, Valladolid, Spain
Service-learning programs for Romanian students an analysis of the
international programs and ideas of implementation
25.
SLCUDEAN Ileana Nicoleta,
VERE Vinceniu Andrei, POP
Ciprian Marcel
Romania
The Social and Cultural Dimension of Lifelong Learning in the European Union.
Study Case: Babes-Bolyai University
26.
SANDU

Ecaterina-Alina, Gheorghe
SOLOMON, Daniela MORAR, Al-
Shraah MUHAMMAD
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Considerations on implementation of a social accountability management system
model in higher education
27.
SAVA Simona, BORCA Claudia,
DANCIU Liliana
West University of Timisoara, Romania Models of Quality Assurance in Evaluation and Validation of Competencies, for
an Easier Access to Higher Education
28.
SCODA Andreea-Diana Institute of Educational Sciences, Bucharest,
Romania
Students level of satisfaction regarding their Pedagogy course training
29.
SERBANESCU Laura University of Bucharest, Romania Identification of the main directions in life-long training of the university
teaching professionals who teach Didactics of Speciality
30.
OITU Coniu Tiberiu Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania

Development of university continuing education programs within the TEMPUS
projects
31.
OITU Laureniu, UNGUREANU
Raluca, RUSU Carmen

Romania
European partnership for teacher training in Universities
32.
STAN Cornelia Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
The role of universities in promoting knowledge from various fields of scientific
research, through education programs for adults
33.
STAN Cristian Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
The Involvement of the Univerities in Adult Education Compulsion or
Necessity?
34.
STAN Liliana

Romania
Training of Specialists in the field of pedagogy a recurring challenge for the
university education of adults
35.
TOPALA Ioana Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania Attitudes towards Academic Learning and Learning Satisfaction in Adult
Students
36.
VRASMAS Traian Ovidius Constanta University, Adults with disabilities as students at the university
Romania
37.
ZAZGYVA

Ancua, Sndor- ZUH

Gyrgy, VOIDZAN Septimiu,
RUSSU Octav Marius, POP Tudor
Sorin

University of Medicine and Pharmacy of
Trgu Mure, Romania

Medical students view on troublesome aspects of bedside manner in a
multilingual area

38.
ZAZGYVA

Ancua, ZUH Sndor-
Gyrgy, VOIDZAN Septimiu,
GERGELY Istvn, POP Tudor Sorin

Trgu Mure, Romania

Opinions on medical education, options and career choices of 4
th
year medical
students

TOPIC 2: Strategies and Programs for Adult Education
1. BJERKAKER Sturla Norwegian Association for Adults Learning,
Norway
Changing Communities. The Study Circle for learning and democracy
2. BOSTAN Carmen-Gabriela Institute of Educational Sciences, Bucharest,
Romania
Emergencies in long life learning education
3. BURDUF Andreea

Bucharest University of Economic Studies,
Romania
Open minds develop open business
4. COLBU tefan Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania
Christian education between schooling, adult education and lifelong learning
5. CORDUBAN
a
Clin Gabriel,
DUMITRACU
a
Aurora Irina,
NICA
a
Rzvan Mircea ,GAFIUC
b

Petru Vasile
a
Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi",
Iai, Romania
b
AREAS, Suceava, Romania
Education through Volunteering: Involvement in a Community Project
6. COSMAN
a
Doina, PRVU
a
C. S.
Bogdan, LEOVEANU
a
Ionu-Horia
DIACONU
b
Ioan-Florin, COSMAN
Ioana
c
, PRISACARIU
d
Cristina

a
Iuliu Haieganu UMF, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
b
George Enescu Arts University, Iai,
Romania
c
Romania
d
Grigore T. Popa UMF, Iai
Is college education some unnecessary stress for poets?

7. CRUMPEI Irina Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania
Secondary Traumatic Stress and Irrational Beliefs in Medical Students
8. CUCO Constantin Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania
The role of arts in adult education
9. DANDARA Otilia Moldova State University,
Republic of Moldova
Education for career in the context of lifelong learning
10. DASCALU
a
Maria-Iuliana,
COMAN
b
POSTELNICU
a
Melania,
Roxana, NICHIFOR
a
Cosmin
a
Politehnica University of Bucharest,
b
Romania
Learning to Play a Musical Instrument in Adulthood Challenges and
Computer-mediated Solutions
11. DEVS ARBONA Anna, CHIREAC
Silvia-Maria
University of Valencia, Spain Language Learning Methodology for Adults: A Study of Linguistic Transfer
12. DRU Mircea Ctlin, SOPONARU
Camelia
Romania
Smoking cessation therapy: between risk perception and behavior change
13. DUMITRACU

Aurora Irina,
CORDUBAN

Clin Gabriel, NICA

Rzvan Mircea, HAPURNE

Tania
Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi", Iasi,
Romania
LEGO training. An educational program for vocational professions
14. DUMITRESCU Iliana Institute of Education Sciences,
Bucharest
Adult education, priority in educational policy of Spiru Haret
15. EKIZ Huseyin, SAATCIOGLU
Kerem Tolga
Suleyman Sah University Turkey Promoting Personal Development, Cultural Education and Freedom of Choice
in Vocational and Social Re-Integration Processes for Young People"
16. EMANDI Elena Maria tefan cel Mare University of Suceava,
Romania
Seniors in Commercials - A Semio-Stylistic Approach
17. EI Marius Stefan cel Mare University Suceava,
Romania

Pragmatic perspective about adult education: contexts, requirements and
conditionings in defining and explaining the educational culture
18. FLOREA Radu University of Bucharest, Romania Teaching methods in adult education
19. GABOR Erdei University of Debrecen, Hungary

Adult learning activities as the catalyst for creating learning region
20. GASPARIK Andrea Ildiko

University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tirgu
Mures, Romania
Relation of some communication parametres to patients education, gender and
age. Teaching to communicate effectively
21. GSPRIK Attila-Csaba
a
, VERESS
Elza-Emke
a
, GASPARIK Andrea
Ildiko
b

a
University of Arts, Trgu-Mure
b
University of Medicine and Pharmacy,Trgu-
Mure, Romania
Educating spectators: a lifelong learning program
22. GASPARIK, A.I.
a
, ABRAM, Z.
a
,
SEBESI
a
S. FRCA
b
D.
,

GASPARIK
c
, A.Cs.

a
University of Medicine and Pharmacy,Tirgu
Mures, Romania
b
University of Medicine and Pharmacy,
Oradea
c
University of Arts, Tirgu Mures
Shortages of doctor patient communication. Teaching patients to communicate
effectively.
23. GOIAN Cosmin

West University of Timioara, Romania Transnational Wellbeing Analysis of the Needs of Professionals and Learners
Engaged in Adult Education
24. HHIANU
a
Florentina,
MANASIA
b
Loredana

a
National Intelligence Academy Mihai
Viteazul, Bucharest,
b
University of Bucharest, Romania
Socio-emotional intelligence in military education
25. HOJBOT
a
Ana Maria, BUTNARU
a

Simona, ROTARU
b
Carmen,
TIA
a
Silviu
Romania
Facing conflicts and violence in schools - a proposal for a new occupation: the
mediation counsellor
26. IOSIFESCU Constantin Serban Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in
Pre-University Education, Bucharest,
Romania
The Foundation of Success in Adult Learning: Dilemmas and Concerns

27. IUCU B. Romi, University of Bucharest, Romania Authentic Learning in Adult Education
MARIN Elena
28. IUCU Oana University of Bucharest, Romania

The perspectives of adult education in the managerial assistance in Romania
29. JARCU Mihaela Universitatea tefan cel Mare Intercultural education important component of lifelong learning
30. JUCAN Dana Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
Specific strategies for a more efficient individual study
31. KARNER-HUTULEAC Adina Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania
Perfectionism and self-handicapping in adult education
32. LEOVEANU
a
Ionu-Horia, Cristina
Maria BORZAN
a
, Aurel
NIRESTEAN
b

a
Iuliu Haieganu UMF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
b
University School of Medicine, Targu Mure,
Romania
College education may well be some unnecessary stress for eminent poets
33. LUCARDIE Dorothy Federation University, Australia The impact of fun and enjoyment on adults learning
34. MANASIA

Loredana, PRVAN

Andrei


Challenging adult learning and work experience through metacognitive
reflection. A case study approach
35. MANEA Adriana Denisa Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania

Lifelong learning programs-an effective means of supporting continuing
education
36. MANOLESCU Marin, TLVAN
Magdalena Lucica, BOZON Alina
Carmen
University of Bucharest, Romania Evaluative strategies in adult education
37. MOCANU Mihaela, PANAITE Oana Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania
Junimeas Popular Prelections Elements of Non-formal
Adult Education in Romania
38. NEAGU Gabriela Research Institute for Quality of Life,
Romania
Determinant factors of participation in adult education
39. NECULAU Andreea
CHELARIU Adelina
Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iai,
Romania
Law Benchmarks Regarding Adult Education during Spiru Harets ministry
mandate. Achieving a Goal
40. NISTOR Gheorghia University of Bucharest, Romania New Educational Strategies regarding Quality of Life for Elderly People
41. OPREA Crengua Lcrmioara University of Bucharest, Romania Interactive and creative learning of the adults
42. OSOIAN Adriana Romanian Institute for Adult Education of
Timisoara, Romania

Memories, a bridge towards intergenerational learning!
43. PAPP Eniko Gabriela
a
, SZASZ
Simona
b
, BAKO Aliz Tunde
c

a
School Center for Inclusive Education Trgu
Mure
b
Trgu Mure
c
Unirea National College, Trgu Mure,
Romania
The Study of Pregnant Womens Kinetoprophylaxy Using Relaxation Methods
44. PACA Eugenia Maria George Enescu University of Arts, Iasi, Integration of the Roma population in and through Education. European
Romania Educational Experiences
45. PETROVICI Ruxandra

Romania
Global simulations in business french teaching and learning
46. PRVU
a
Bogdan C. S., Doina
COSMAN
a
, Mircea LZRESCU
b

a
Iuliu Haieganu UMF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
b
Victor Babe UMF, Timioara
Eminent poetry and (college) nurture run contrariwise
47. POPESCU

Lucian Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania
Spiru Haret and his concerns in setting the bases of physical and sportive
education within the national education system. Legislative and organizational
analysis
48. ROTARU Carmen VIA University College, Denmark The Triad: Grundtvig, Haret, Gusti Outdoor Education in the history of the
international pedagogy
49. RUGINOSU Alexandra Formare Studia, Iasi, Romania Organizing Adult Mentoring Activities at European Level
50. SLVSTRU Dorina Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania
Experiential learning and the pedagogy of interrogation in the education of
adults
51. SAMOILA Magda "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iai,
Romania
Semantic Relationships in Adult Education. Romanian Conceptualisations
52. SCHIED M. Fred The Pennsylvania State University, USA Critical Perspectives on the Skills Debate: Implications for Adult Education
53. OITU Daniela Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iai,
Romania
Being healthy means to be educated and acting accordingly
54. SOPONARU Camelia, DRU
Mircea Ctlin
Romania
Anteu effect in the intergenerrational tranmission of attachment styles and its
importance for adult education
55. SZABO Anamaria, NISTOR
Gheorghia
University of Bucharest, Romania Training Prison Staff on Issues of Young Prisoners Health Needs
56. TE-YUNG Chang National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Problems and Strategies for Improving the Non-Formal Learning Accreditation
System in Taiwan
57. TOMOZII
a,b
Simona Elena,
TOPAL
a,b
Ioana
a
Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
b
Why do we need to change the educational paradigms?
58. TURCULE Alina
TULBURE Cristina
Transilvania University, Brasov
The relation between the emotional intelligence of parents and children
59. UDREA Cristina Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
Romania
Pedagogical strategies for continuous training in the police system
60. ULRICH Ctlina,
VRSMA Ecaterina, STNGU
Mihaela
University of Bucharest, Romania Convergent and Divergent Ways of Professional Development: The Case of
RODACIE Practitioners
61. VINTIL Mona
ISTRAT Daliana

West University of Timioara,
Romania
Improving the Skills For True Wellbeing of Adult Educators and Learners
62. VRANCIU Livia, ARIONESEI
Gabriela, NEAMTU Daniela
Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava,
Romania
The Evolution of Adult Training Process in Suceava County during 2004-2013,
in the Tourism Field
63. YURIEVICH Chernyshev Alexander Moscow State University of Civil
Engineering, Russia
Practical training in MSUCE as one of the basic stages of continuing education
in construction

TOPIC 3A: Teacher Professional Training and Development
1.
ANDRONACHE
a
Daniel, BOCO
a

Muata, BOCO
a
Victor , MACRI
b

Cecilia
a
b
Bucharest Center of Educational
Resources, Romania
Attitude towards teaching profession
2. BUJOREAN Elena
Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava,
Romania
Violence Pertaining to Educational Institutions. Arguments for Formative Programs
for Teachers in Universities
3.
COJOCARIU Venera-Mihaela,
BOGHIAN Ioana
Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacu,
Romania
Teaching the Relevance of Game-Based Learning to Preschool and Primary
Teachers
4.
COJOCARIU Venera-Mihaela,
MARE Gabriel

Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacu,
Romania
A Study on the Primary School Teachers View upon the Essential Factors
determining the (Non)Involvement of the Family in the Education of Primary School
Students in Romania
5.
CRETU Carmen Mihaela, ROGOZ
Nicoleta
Romania
Teachers expectations regarding the accredited programs for professional
development provided by Universities
6.
CRISAN Claudia, ALBULESCU
Ion, COPACI Iulia
Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
The Relationship Between Test Anxiety and Teaching Style. Implications and
Consequences on Performance Self-Evaluation.
7. CRIU Roxana, MARIAN Andrei
Romania
The Influence of Students Perception of Pedagogical Content Knowledge on Self-
Efficacy in Self-Regulating Learning in Training of Future Teachers
8.
GLAVA Ctlin Cosmin, GLAVA
Adina Elena
Romania
Educational Policy in Romania. Principles and Functionality in Initial and
Continuing Teacher Training
9. HOBJIL Angelica
Romania
Challenges in continuing education of primary and preschool teachers in Romania:
teachers students parents communication
10. JEDER Daniela
Stefan cel Mare University Suceava,
Romania
Training teachers' ethical skills in license and master programs

11. LEONTEV Mikhail Georgievich
Moscow State University of Civil
Engineering, Russia
Features of training teachers in the context of modern Russian education
12. MARIN Elena University of Bucharest, Romania
Are todays general education teachers prepared to face inclusion in the
classroom?
13. MOTATAIANU Irina Teodora University of Bucharest, Romania The empathy and communication pride personality's dimensions of the teacher
14. MUSTE Delia
Romania
The attitude of primary school teachers on the need for
in-service training program
15. NICOLAE Marilena University of Bucharest, Romania
Taking action that matters: a dynamic approach to professional development and
teacher learning
16. PETROVICI Constantin
Romania
Professional and transversal competences of future teachers for preschool and
primary school education
17.
PETROVICI Constantin, MASARI
Gianina-Ana

Romania
Aligning the academic teacher training curriculum for preschool and primary
school education to the requirements of the RNCIS
18. PETROVICI Merima Carmen
Ministry of National Education, Bucharest,
Romania
Project experiences: primary teachers continuous training in the blended learning
system
19. PUCA Monica
National University of Political Studies and
Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
An evaluation of teachers training in Universities. Empowering the Universities to
increase the quality of teachers evaluation and training in lifelong learning system
20. RAFAILA Elena University of Bucharest, Romania The evolution of motivation for teaching career during the initial training
21. GAFIUC Petru Vasile
Regional Association for Adult Education,
Suceava, Romania
Educational Concepts for Social Inclusion on the Labor Market of Young People at
Risk

TOPIC 3 B: Technologies and Adult Education
1.
BEDRULE-GRIGORU
a
Maria
Viorica, RUSU
b
Mihaela - Loredana

Romania
Considerations about E-Learning Tools for Adult Education
2.
BERECHET Lucian Daniel;
ISTRIMSCHI Petru-Adrian
Romania
Education Reboot: Reinventing the University
3. CATALANO Horaiu
Romania
The Opportunity of Blended-Learning Training Programs in Adult Education-
Ascertaining study-
4.
DUMITRACHE
a
Anisoara,
ALMASAN
b
Beatrice
University of Bucharest, Romania Educative valences of using educational games in virtual classrooms
5.
FARHAD Shafiepour Motlagh,
MOJTABA Molla Ahmadi
Islamic Azad University, Mahallat, IRAN
Proposing a Model for examining factors influencing
On Perceived Supportive Virtual Teaching
6.
Georgsen Marianne, Vange
LVSTAD Charlotte
b

VIA University College, Denmark Use of blended learning in workplace learning
7. NICOLAE Marilena University of Bucharest, Romania
Taking action that matters: a dynamic approach to professional development and
teacher learning
8.
ONOFREI CHICU Smaranda,
ICU Alina, OITU Laureniu
Romania
Training for new technologies. Handwriting with new technologies
9. OPREA Crengua Lcrmioara University of Bucharest, Romania The Internet - a tool for interactive learning
10. PULE-CRINICEANU Laura
Romania
Integrating the Web 2.0 Technologies in Romanian Public Universities. Towards a
Blended Learning Model that addresses Troubled Student-Faculty Interaction
11.
RADU
a
Nicoleta, Ana Aurelia
CHIRVASE
a
, Narcisa BABEANU
b
,
Ovidiu POPA
b
, Renata
STEPONAVICIENE
c
, Fantxoa
HASTARAN
d

a
I.N.C.D.C.P. Bucharest, Romania,
b
USAMV Bucharest,
c
Kaunas Ragional Innovation Centre,
Lithuania.
d
AFMR Etcharry, France
Blending learning for bioentrepreneurs training in sustainable development
applications

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