Mary Hatakka

Conferences/Symposiums

16th November 2009:

UAE 4th APETAU (Association of Professors of English and Translation at Arab Universities) International Conference

Title of paper presented: English medium instruction issues in the UAE International Conference, Amman, Jordan, 14-16 November, 2009.
27th June 2009:

Ninth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations, Boston, USA

Title of paper presented: Individual Skills Development in an Integrated Engineering Design and Communication Course in a Middle Eastern Engineering College Virtual presentation, co-presenter Michael Merrifield.
27th January 2009:

14th Integated Skills’ Conference, Learning Communities: Implications for Students, Teachers and Educational Systems, The American University in Cairo, Egypt

Title of paper presented: Learning Research Skills through Action Research Projects
13th March 2008:

14th International TESOL Arabia Conference. Dubai, UAE

Title of paper presented: Research and Engineering Students: Teacher beliefs about context-based, situated learning.

15th January 2008:

Thirteenth Skills Conference on Integrating Skills; Literacies in Context. Implications for Students, Teachers and Educational Systems.

Title of paper presented: Project Management and Communications for Engineering Students - the student perspective
10th May 2007:

SEDA (Staff and Educational Development Association) Spring conference 2007: Exploring Enhancement in Further and Higher Education, in Glasgow, UK,

Title of paper presented: Project Management and Communications for Engineering Students
11th July 2006:

6th International Conference of Knowledge Management, Prato, Italy

Title of paper presented: Project Management Skills through Learning Cycles

11th July 2005:

12th International Conference on Learning, ‘Designs for Learning’, University of Granada, Spain

Title of paper presented:  Communication and Critical Thinking for Engineering Students: A Case Study of Learning Transferable Skills