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Dr. Borja Manzano Vázquez

Lecturer at the University of Granada (Spain)

Dr. Borja Manzano Vázquez (PhD) is a university lecturer in applied linguistics at the Department of English and German Philology, University of Granada (Spain). His research interests are learner and teacher autonomy in language education, pedagogy for autonomy, bilingual education, and foreign language teacher education. He has published papers and book chapters on these topics in journals like Estudios de Lingüística Inglesa Aplicada, Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, International Journal of English Studies, Jahrbuch Deutsch also Fremdsprache, and Porta Linguarum, and books published by Peter Lang and
Routledge.

Presentation Title: Rethinking teacher education in the face of the new challenges of education

Prof. Dr. Mirjana Lenček

Prof. Dr. Mirjana Lenček is a Full professor with tenure, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb. She is Head of the Speech and Language Pathology Studies. Speech and language pathologist. Her especially interested in education of pupils with dyslexia. Published more than 70 articles in science journals. She is also co-author of the test for pre-reading and pre-writing skills.

Dr. Liat Biberman-Shalev

Dr. Liat Biberman-Shalev holds a Ph.D. in sociology of education. She headed the Department of Education at Levinsky College of Education. At present, she is a senior lecturer and researcher in the Research Authority at the college. Her research interests are integrating the idea of global education into teacher preparation.

Assistant Prof. Dr. Hümeyra Genç

Assistant Professor. Dr. Hümeyra Genç took her BA degree in the ELT program at Uludağ University, her MSc degree in Telecommunication for Multimedia and Internet-based Instruction at Johns Hopkins University, and her PhD degree in English Language Education at Yeditepe University. She has worked as an EFL instructor, a teacher trainer, a language level coordinator, and a testing coordinator at various institutions. Dr. Genç is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the English Translation and Interpreting Department at Üsküdar University in Turkey.

Prof. Dr. Μaria S. Poulou

Prof. Dr. Μaria S. Poulou, is an Associate professor in the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, at the University of Patras, Greece. She has published over 100 articles and book chapters on classroom management, emotional and behavioral difficulties, teachers’ professional development and promoting mental health at schools. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the British Psychological Society (BPS), and the British Educational Research Association (BERA). She is a coordinator of European and International programs, a member of editorial board, and grant recipient of Salzburg scholar, International School Psychology Research Initiative, and Fulbright.

>Prof. Dr. Hiroaki Watanabe

Prof. Dr. Hiroaki Watanabe is a professor at the Institute of Liberal Arts at Kyushu Institute of Technology in Fukuoka, Japan, and has investigated fluency, discourse analysis, e-learning, and educational policies of English. Acquired a Ph.D. in near eastern studies from the University of Arizona, he has memberships in five scholarly associations.