CIRECoST 1 Program

 

CIRECoST 1 · Official Conference Program 2026 (English)

CIRECoST 1 · 2026

1st International Conference on Research in Education and Cognition in Science and Technology
Hammamet (Tunisia) · May 1-3, 2026
May 01-03, 2026 Hammamet · Conference Center

📘 Pre-conference · Hands-on Workshops

Friday, May 01, 2026
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM📋 Welcome and Registration
Participant check-in
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM🎮 Interactive Participatory Workshop – Phase 1 (Room César 1)
Facilitated by Samia Chelbi – Innovation Architect and Talent Catalyst in Creative Technologies & AI-DigiArtLivingLab-DALL
TeensVerse & Gamified Pedagogy: Designing immersive learning for the development of transversal skills.
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM☕ Coffee Break
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM🎮 Interactive Participatory Workshop – Phase 2
Continued with Samia Chelbi
Deep dive: designing gamified scenarios and immersive implementation.
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM✈️ Bridging Disciplines in Engineering Education
Led by Dr. Sélima BEN NACEUR – IPEI El Manar · LIM Laboratory, University of Carthage
Modeling and Control of Flying Vehicles: An interdisciplinary approach integrating Mathematics, Control Systems, Mechanics, AI and Embedded Systems.

🌟 Day 1 · Keynotes & Parallel Sessions

Saturday, May 02, 2026
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM🎫 Registration
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM🎤 Opening Ceremony
Welcome addresses by Conference Co-chairs: Prof. Rahim KOUKI & Prof. Abdelmajid NACEUR
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM📡 Keynote Lecture 1 (César Amphitheater)
Foued OMRI – Dr.-Ing., co-founder & CEO of Prenigma, co-founder & CTO of Predapp
« An AI Tutor for STEM Education from Secondary to University Level: Design and Didactic Foundations »
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM☕ Coffee Break
11:00 AM – 12:45 PM📂 Working Groups (Parallel Sessions 1)
Rooms César 3, 4, 6, 7
WG1 – Room César 3: Interdisciplinary projects and practices in education
Scientific Chairs: Dr. Abdellatif Messaoudi, Dr. Dalenda Jeddi, Dr. Ali Selmi
  • 11:00-11:30 AM: EXPLORATORY STUDY OF "IN-ACTION CONNECTIONS" IN TEACHING NEWTON'S SECOND LAW IN FINAL SCIENTIFIC CLASS IN BENIN – AHODEGNON ZEPHYRIN MAGLOIRE DOGNON
  • 11:30 AM-12:00 PM: TEACHING THE CONCEPT OF ENERGY IN TUNISIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL: CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN EXPLORATORY PHASE FOR SERIOUS GAME DESIGN – MUSTAPHA ZAIED, ABDELMAJID NACEUR
  • 12:00-12:45 PM: Discussions
WG2 – Room César 4: Artificial intelligence as a teaching support or object
Scientific Chairs: Pr. Tharwa Najjar, Dr. Thouraya Gouasmia, Dr. Zied Trabelsi
  • 11:00-11:30 AM: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN TEACHING PROGRAMMING, FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY: STATE OF THE ART, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES – HAFAOUA SOUIHLI & RAHIM KOUKI
  • 11:30 AM-12:00 PM: TEACHERS' AI LITERACY BEYOND ADOPTION: DIMENSIONS, MEASURES AND TRAINING (SYSTEMATIC REVIEW) – ZIED TRABELSI & ABDELMAJID NACEUR
  • 12:00-12:30 PM: GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC TRAINING: MUTATION OF THE CREATIVE GESTURE AND PEDAGOGICAL RECONFIGURATIONS – ZERZERI MERIAM
  • 12:30-12:45 PM: Discussions
WG4/WG3 – Room César 6: Social impact & development of transversal skills
Scientific Chairs: Pr. Ghazi Chakroun, Pr. Ouerchfeni Riadh, Dr. Mustapha Zaied
  • 11:00-11:30 AM: IMPACT OF EMOTIONALLY ORIENTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON LEARNERS' COMPREHENSION AND MOTIVATION – NAJLA ISMAIL & ABDELMAJID NACEUR
  • 11:30 AM-12:00 PM: INSTITUTIONS, INCLUSION AND SUSTAINABILITY: INSTITUTIONAL PEDAGOGY AS A CRITICAL FRAMEWORK FOR INTELLIGENCES IN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTS – AÏMA BEN BRAHIM
  • 12:00-12:30 PM: THE TRAINING TWO-WAY APPROACH: TOWARDS A NEW HUMAN-CENTRED MODEL OF RECIPROCAL LEARNING BETWEEN HUMANS AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS – SAHAR HACHAICHI & ABDELMAJID NACEUR
  • 12:30-12:45 PM: Discussions
WG5 – Room César 7: Interdisciplinary research and ethics of intelligence in education
Scientific Chairs: Pr. Youssef Ben Othmen, Dr. Walid Soltani
  • 11:00-11:30 AM: ANIMATION CINEMA AND CHILD EDUCATION IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – YOUNES BEN HAJRIA
  • 11:30 AM-12:00 PM: CONTINUITY AND PROOF IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL CHALLENGES – ALI SELMI, GUILLAUME JOUVE, RAHIM KOUKI
  • 12:00-12:30 PM: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE MATHEMATICS TEACHING: THEORETICAL AND DIDACTIC PERSPECTIVES – WALID SOLTANI, FAÏZA CHELLOUGUI
  • 12:30-12:45 PM: Discussions
12:45 PM – 2:30 PM🍽️ Lunch Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM📖 Keynote Lecture 2 (César Amphitheater)
Prof. André TRICOT – Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University of Montpellier Paul Valéry, Epsylon Lab
« Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI »
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM☕ Coffee Break
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM📂 Working Groups (Parallel Sessions 2)
Rooms César 3, 4, 6, 7
WG1 – Room César 3: Interdisciplinary projects
  • 4:30-5:00 PM: CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION IN TUNISIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CURRICULAR ANALYSIS TESTING INTERDISCIPLINARITY – SIRINE MAGHREBI, HEDIA HANNACHI, KAOUTHAR LAMOUCHI-CHEBBI
  • 5:00-5:30 PM: DEVELOPING FUNCTIONAL THINKING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL: ANALYSIS OF A CLASSROOM EXPERIMENT FROM AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE – SAMIA OUESLATI, RAHIM KOUKI
  • 5:30-6:00 PM: Discussions
WG2 – Room César 4: AI as teaching support
  • 4:30-5:00 PM: AI MEDIATION, PROFESSIONAL REFLEXIVITY AND WELL-BEING OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS – SONIA DHAOUADI
  • 5:00-5:30 PM: CRITICAL MEDIATION BY TUNISIAN ENGLISH INSPECTORS DURING AI-ASSISTED PEDAGOGICAL DESIGN – LAMA ATOUI
  • 5:30-6:00 PM: Discussions
WG4/WG3 – Room César 6: Social impact & skills
  • 4:30-5:00 PM: THE IRRUPTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN FRENCH LANGUAGE TEACHING: EXPERIENCE REPORT – HAJER LAHMAR, ANISSA BELKHODJA
  • 5:00-5:30 PM: PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC POPULARIZATION THROUGH CHALLENGE-BASED INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING IN PREPARATORY STEM EDUCATION – ALI BESKRI
  • 5:30-6:00 PM: Discussions
WG5 – Room César 7: Ethics and interdisciplinarity
  • 4:30-5:00 PM: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE SERVICE OF EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS – Mohamed El Bechir Hicheri
  • 5:00-5:30 PM: AI IN EDUCATION: BETWEEN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY – LOUEI BOUOUNI
  • 5:30-6:00 PM: Discussions
9:00 PM – 10:30 PM🎶 Musical Evening (César Amphitheater)
Orchestra of the Higher Institute of Music of Tunis · Special concert.

🏁 Day 2 · Plenaries & Closing

Sunday, May 03, 2026
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM🤖 Keynote Lecture 3 (César Amphitheater)
Prof. Sadok Ben Yahia – Full Professor at the University of Southern Denmark
« Perception and Integration of Agentic AI in Today's Education »
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM🧠 Keynote Lecture 4 (César Amphitheater)
Prof. Ghazi CHAKROUN – Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of Sfax
« Interdisciplinarity between Cognitive Ethology and Intelligence Development through Different Forms of Expression for Autopoietic Learning in Preschool »
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM☕ Coffee Break
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM📌 Working Groups (Parallel Sessions 3)
Rooms César 4, 6, 7
WG2 – Room César 4: AI as teaching support or object
  • 11:30-11:50 AM: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND RESHAPING DIDACTIC PRACTICES – SAMEH BRADAI
  • 11:50 AM-12:10 PM: FROM TRUST TO CRITIQUE: STUDENTS' ENGAGEMENT WITH GENERATIVE AI IN MATHEMATICAL PROOF – AHMD ABBASSI
  • 12:10-12:30 PM: Discussions & group synthesis
WG4/WG3 – Room César 6: Social impact & transversal skills
  • 11:30-11:50 AM: EFFECT OF CRT COGNITIVE REMEDIATION ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AND SELF-ESTEEM OF TUNISIAN STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISORDERS – HAIFA SKHIRI & ABDELMAJID NACEUR
  • 11:50 AM-12:10 PM: INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND SCIENTIFIC TRAINING: DEMARCATION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND NON-SCIENCE FOR BETTER SCIENCE EDUCATION – SONIA KEBAÏLI
  • 12:10-12:30 PM: Discussions
WG5 – Room César 7: Ethics of intelligence in education
  • 11:30-11:50 AM: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A TECHNICAL BASIS FOR A PEDAGOGY CONSTITUTIVE OF CREATIVITY: ISSUES, ETHICS AND EXPLORATION – WAFA BAHRI
  • 11:50 AM-12:10 PM: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT THE HEART OF HIGHER EDUCATION: BIBLIOMETRIC TRENDS AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS – KHOULOUD OTHMANI, THARWA NAJAR
  • 12:10-12:30 PM: Discussions & final synthesis
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM📝 Working Groups Synthesis & Conference Closing (César Amphitheater)
Summary of recommendations, official closing and future perspectives.
1:15 PM🍽️ Closing Lunch

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