Ninth Round Rome

Conference History – May 2026

Ninth Round History

The 9th World Conference on Education and Teaching – ETCONF – is an annual event. Our 2026 edition took place between the 15 – 17 of May, 2026 in one of the most spectacular cities in the world – Rome, Italy.

Highlighted Speakers

Name		Affliation	Article title
	Prof. Dr. Kyungbin Kwon	Indiana University, the United States	Embodied Approaches to Teaching Biology in Elementary Classrooms
	Prof. Dr. Hanae Ait Hattani	Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco	The Role of AI In Developing EFL Learners’ Autonomy: Opportunity or Obstacle?
	Prof. Dr. Cristiane Oliveira	UNITAU, Brazil	From Clinical Expertise to Pedagogical Practice: Rethinking Continuing Professional Development in Medical Education
	Prof. Dr. Vigdis Vangsnes	Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway	The Purposes and Challenges When Using Modelling as A Trigger of Rehearsing in Teacher Education
	Prof. Dr. Luana Zanotto	Federal University of Goiás, Brazil – Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil – School of Human Kinetics – University of Lisbon, Portugal	Investigating Physical Education Teachers Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Early Childhood Education
	Dr. Terence Hicks	East Tennessee State University, the United States	Prince Edward County School Closing: A Compilation of Research Studies
	Dr. Jiabei Zhang	Western Michigan University, the United States	The Effectiveness of a Federally Funded Fully Online Interdisciplinary Training Program for Preparing Adapted Physical Education Teachers and Positive Behavioral Intervention Specialists
	Dr. Dustin Quirk	Red Deer Polytechnic, Canada	Transforming Assessments in The Generative AI Age
	Dr. Hinekura Smith	University of Queensland, Australia	Cloaked in Our Love: Indigenous Women’s Traditional Garment Making as Cultural Pedagogy
	Dr. Yi Huang	Coppin State University, the United States	Stackable Credentials for Career Advancement
	Dr. Anne-Marie Sassenberg	University of Southern Queensland, Australia	Effects of GenAI on Student Engagement and Student Behavioural Intentions in Higher Education
	Dr. Soon Lee	Kennesaw State University, the United States	Development of Automated Discourse Analysis System (ADAS) for Middle & High School Science Classroom Discourse Feedback
	Dr. Agnieszka Nymś-Górna	Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland	Understanding Contemporary Competencies: Views of Humanities and Social Studies Students in Central Europe
	Dr. Abrar Omar	Misr University for Science and Technology, Egypt	Enhancing EFL Grammatical Competence of Health Science Technology Students through Online Instruction: A Quasi-Experimental Study
	Dr. Madhavi Avadhani	Community College of Baltimore County, the United States	Active Learning Through Celebration: A New Approach to STEM Engagement
	Dr. Hongmei Ma	Community College of Baltimore County, the United States	Reframing Traditional Biology Labs: A Lab-Before-Lecture Model to Prime Conceptual Understanding
	Dr. Seynabou Seye	Ministry of Education, Senegal	Artificial Intelligence in The Senegalese Education System: Opportunities, Challenges, And Strategic Governance
	Dr. Thushangi Pathiraja	Community College of Baltimore County, the United States	Gamification in Action: A Kahoot-Based Approach to Co-Curricular Engagement
	Dr. Anisa Subashi	ASCAL (Quality Assurance Agency in Higher Education), Albania – Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Information Technology and Innovation, Luarasi University, Tirana, Albania	Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning environment: The affiliation of student commitment with overall outcome
	Dr. Gladys Matandiko	University of Zambia	The Preventive System in Contemporary Education: A Phenomenological Perspective
	Dr. Marlo Ransdell	Florida State University, the United States	Applied Mathematics for Student Designers
	Dr. Prabathbuddhika Kanduboda	Ritsumeikan University, Japan	Fostering Collaborative Skills Via University Group Works
	Dr. Jurgita Jurkevičienė	Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania	Exploring the Potential of the Photovoice Method in Teaching Sustainable Development in Higher Education
	Dr. Mary Fargher	University College London, the United Kingdom	Place Shapers: Digital maps as curriculum artefacts in geographical education
	MSC. Alketa Karameta	ZVA Tirane, Albania	From Definition To Structure: Reconceptualizing Competence In Subject Curriculum Design
	MSC. Markéta Kronovetrová Fingerová	Charles University, Czech Republic	The Concept of Composition Instruction in the Žofková–Tožička Textbook within the European Context of Interwar Reform Pedagogy
	MSC. Barbara Lesničar	Institute Of Education, Slovenia	Reframing English Language Curricula in Slovenia: An Action-Oriented and Plurilingual Approach
	Mr. Khalid Fethi	High Up Academy For English and Leadership, Morocco	Flend Approach: Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Leadership Intelligence
	Mr. Tejash Kumar Singh	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Beyond the Lecture Hall: AI Companions as Emotional Support Tools and Their Implications for Student Well-Being and Pedagogy in Singapore’s Higher Education
	Mr. Rizky Junior Ully	Monash University, Australia	Exploring the Role of Digital Learning in Developing English Writing Skills among Hearing-Impaired Students in Indonesia
	Mr. Kraus K. Mulaya	Université Panafricaine Connectée (UNIPAC) – Conceptual Framework under Development / Independent Researcher, Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Ethical AI-Driven Leadership for Strategic Decision-Making in Public-Sector Education: Adoption Pathways in Low-Resource and Complex Organizational Environments — A Case Study of The Democratic Republic of The Congo \| Libraries, Information Centers, and Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Era: Strategic Pathways for Advancing Distance Education in Complex Public-Sector Environments — A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	Mrs. Odinakhon Mukhamedova	Naruto University of Education, Japan	Implementation of Career Guidance Methodology in Higher Education Institution in Uzbekistan
	Mrs. Alice Acwanyo	African Capacity Building Foundation, Kenya	Innovative Approaches to Designing Digital Learning Ecosystems for Public Sector Capacity Development: Lessons from a Pan-African Initiative
	Mrs. Christy Jean Kotze	University of South Africa	I Am, Because We Are: Novice Teacher Mentoring Support Needs from An Ubuntu Perspective
	Mrs. Ayşe Mine Onan	Yıldız Technical University, Turkey – Faculty of Education Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey	A Conceptual and Theoretical Overview of Well-Being among Teachers
	Mrs. Nadia Iftikhar	Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Spain Exeed College	Learning/ Teaching Methodologies and Assessment- Technology-Enabled Assessment
	Ms. Nicole Porcaro	Montgomery College, the United States	Collaborative Online International Learning: Connecting Chilean and American University Students Through COIL
	Ms. Maria Carola Leone	Italian Ministry of Education, Italy	Arabic and Adaptive Assessment with AI: An Italian Model of Personalized Certification for Foreign Language and SEN Students