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Harvard
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Program at a Glance
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5:00 - 6:00 Registration (Campus Center 9thfloor) 6:00 - 6:30 Welcoming Ceremony George Urch: Opening Remarks 6:30 - 8:00 Keynote Address: Heidi Ross, CIES President 8:00 - 10:00 Reception (hosted by CICE, TC Columbia) |
8:00 - 9:00 Registration (Campus Center 9th floor) 9:00 - 10:30 Concurrent Sessions I 10:30 - 10:45 Break (Rm 917) Poster & Alternative Presentations (On-going through-out the day) 10:45 - 12:15 Concurrent Sessions II 12:15 - 1:15 Lunch (10th floor) 1:15 - 2:45 Concurrent Sessions III 2:45 - 3:00 Break (Rm 917) 3:00 - 4:30 Concurrent Sessions IV 4:30 - 6:00 Closing Discussion |
Concurrent Session Schedule
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Concurrent Sessions 1: 9:00 - 10:30 |
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1.1 Education, Identity and the
Ordering of Knowledge |
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Moderator: William deJong-Lambert Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: None 1. Objectivity and Utopia: Lysenkoism as a facet of Soviet Cultural Imperialism William deJong-Lambert (Teachers College, Columbia University) WRL4@columbia.edu 2. From Black Panthers to Shas: The educational system in Israel and its relations to processes of cultural hybridity in the Israeli society Tali Yariv-Mashal (Teachers College, Columbia University) TYM3@columbia.edu 3. From the melting pot to cultural hybridity: the changing needs of refugees in American classrooms Jacqueline Mosselson (Teachers College, Columbia University) Jm823@columbia.edu 4. Distance Education and its use by Native Societies David E. Kahn (Greenwich University) Tughollow@BigPlanet.com |
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1.2 Education from a Global
Perspective: Bridging SE Asia and Asia America in the
Classroom |
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Moderator: James A. Hafner Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: OHP 1. Reformulating Area Studies in Higher Education and K-12 Schools James A. Hafner (University of Massachusetts) hafner@geo.umass.edu 2. Framing the Curriculum through Experiential Learning Sally Habana-Hafner, (University of Massachusetts) srhabana@educ.umass.edu 3. Assessing Effectiveness for Multicultural Professional Development Raymond Young (University of Massachusetts) ryyoung@educ.umass.edu 4. Global Perspectives in Foundations of Education Diane G. Gal (Queens College) ddg8@columbia.edu |
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1.3 Where does Learning Opportunity
meet Teacher Education Reform in Developing Countries? |
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Moderator: Kristin Rosekrans Presentation Format: Pre-organized Panel Audio / Visual: PP 1. Is El Salvador Expanding Learning Opportunity Through Teacher Education Reform? Kristin Rosekrans (Harvard University) Rosekrkr@gse.harvard.edu 2. The Course is in the Mail… Tracy Reines (Harvard University) Tracy_Reines@gse.harvard.edu 3. Can We Ensure Quality in the Classroom Through Reforms in Teacher Education? Case Studies from South Asia Harpreet Singh (Harvard University) Harpreet_singh@gse.harvard.edu 4. Cuba's Post Revolutionary Recruitment and Training of Teachers Robyn Dowling (Harvard University) Dowlinro@gse.harvard.edu
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1.4 Intercultural Education in
Comparative Perspective |
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Moderator: Anna Hahn Presentation Format: Panel Presentation and Slide Presentation Audio / Visual: PP, OHP and SP 1. International education: Bridging the distance between divergent conceptualizations through discourse analysis Anna Hahn (Teachers College, Columbia University) amh45@columbia.edu 2. The Japanese Government's Education Reform: Transcultural Competence Mie Shigemitsu (Teachers College, Columbia University) ms715@columbia.edu Elizabeth Meddeb, co-presenter (Teachers College, Columbia University) ejm22@columbia.edu 3. Reflections on Bilingual Intercultural Education and the Multiple Complexities of a Teacher Training Program in the Highlands of Guatemala (slide presentation) Philippe F. Hemmert (Teachers College, Columbia University) pfh23@columbia.edu 4. Political Correctness and Language Sensitivity in the International Domain Thomas L. Bernard (Smith College) |
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1.5 Education in Comparative
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Moderator: Albert Motivans Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: PP and OHP 1. What is Asked Of and What is Offered to Teachers: An International Perspective Albert Motivans (UNESCO Institute for Statistics) a.motivans@unesco.org 2. The Role of Schools in Promoting Excellence and Equity Yanhong Zhang (UNESCO Institute for Statistics) y.zhang@unesco.org 3. The Private Sector Serving the Educational Needs of the Poor: A case study from the Philippines Charisse Gulosino (University of Massachusetts) cgulosin@educ.umass.edu. 4. The Effects of Single Parenthood and Family Policy on Student Science Achievement Across 14 European Countries Gillian Hampden-Thompson (Penn State University) gmh140@psu.edu |
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Concurrent Session 2: 10:45 - 12:15 |
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2.1 Community Participation |
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Moderator: Jenny Jacobs Presentation Format: Pre-organized Panel Audio / Visual: PP and OHP 1. The Effects of Decentralization on Local Community Participation in Schools Jenny Jacobs (Harvard University) jacobsje@gse.harvard.edu 2. Participatory Curriculum Development in Tibet Katherine Shields (Harvard University) Katherine_Shilds@gse.harvard.edu 3. Community Involvement--Children's Role Alexia M. Muchisu (Harvard University) muchisal@gse.harvard.edu 4. Communities and their role in shaping the schooling opportunities of children in rural China Peggy Kong (Harvard University) kongpe@gse.harvard.edu |
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2.2 Teaching, BE-ing, Doing:
Women's Studies as a Nexus of Global and Local Education |
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Moderator: Alexandrina Descamps Presentation Format: Roundtable Panel Audio / Visual: OHP Teaching, Being, Doing: Women's Studies as a Nexus of Global and Local Education 1. Alexandrina Descamps (University of Massachusetts) afd@wost.umass.ed |
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2.3 Globalization Up Close and
Practical |
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Moderator: Arlene Kowal Presentation Format: Participatory Teacher-lead Activities Audio / Visual: TV, VCR, and OHP 1. Globalization Up Close and Practical 1. Arlene Kowal (Northampton Public Schools) arlnkoala@aol.com 2. Dual Language Programs in the Global Picture Odette L. Guillen Lopez (Teachers College, Columbia University) olg2@columbia.edu |
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2.4 Situating Language and Literacy in
a Changing Economic Context |
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Moderator: Frances Vavrus Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: PP and OHP 1. Whose English? Re-imaging Educational Language Policy in Tanzania from a Local Perspective Frances Vavrus (Teachers College, Columbia University) fv84@columbia.edu 2. Livelihoods and Learning Lisa Deyo (University of Massachusetts) lisa_deyo@yahoolcom Joanie Cohen-Mitchell, co-presenter (University of Massachusetts) joanie@educ.umass.edu 3. The Ethnography of Literacy Shaher Bann Vagh (Harvard University) vaghsh@gse.harvard.edu 4. Education and equity Anju Saigal (Harvard University) saigalan@gse.harvard.edu |
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2.5
Conflict Zones, Emerging Perspectives and Alternative
Strategies |
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Moderator: Bonnie B. Mullinix Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: PP and OHP 1. Developing Perspective: Gathering and Exploring Models Emerging from the Developing World Bonnie B. Mullinix (Monmouth University) bmullini@monmouth.edu 2. Adapting to change--new strategies to improve pedagogical practices: A case study of Afghan refugee schools in Pakistan Tatiana Garakani (Teachers College, Columbia University) tg124@columbia.edu 3. Whose Side Are You On? An Alternative Evaluation Approach from the Third World Mohamed I. Elgadi (University of Massachusetts) Mohamed@educ.umass.edu
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Concurrent Session III: 1:15 - 2:45 |
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3.1 Education for All and
Globalizations: Challenges and Opportunities |
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Moderator: Tamo Chattopadhay Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: PP and OHP 1. Education for All and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities Tamo Chattopadhay (Teachers College, Columbia University) tamoghna@att.net 2. Creating a Global Consciousness with American Students: Education for World Citizenry Tonya Homan (Teachers College, Columbia University) tsh30@columbia.edu 3. The Evolution of Education for All: From Jomtien to Dakar in a Decade of Globalization Andria K. Wisler (Teachers College, Columbia University) akw31@columbia.edu 4. Mexico's Public Education Redefined? The Impact of Globalization at the Local Level Rocío Rivas (Teachers College, Columbia University) rr348@columbia.edu |
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3.2 Tying the Loose Strands:
Environment, Culture, and Education |
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Moderator: Alberto Arenas Presentation Format: Pre-organized Panel Audio / Visual: PP and OHP 1. Artesian Wells, Skeptic Parents, and Environmental Protection: Making the Curriculum Relevant in Daily Life Alberto Arenas (University of Massachusetts) arenas@educ.umass.edu 2. Reasons for Environmental Education Program Ineffectiveness in Madagascar Michael J. Simsik (University of Massachusetts) simsik@educ.umass.edu 3. Towards a New Form of Environmental Education: A Discussion of the Gaia Dialogues. Mark Demoranville (University of Massachusetts) mdemoran@educ.umass.edu 4. Learning from Third World Countries about Cross-Boundary Journeys of Holistic Educators: From Holistic Worldview to Integrative learning and Integral Being Yihong Fan (University of Massachusetts) fanyihong@yahoo.com |
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3.3 Perspectives and Challenges on
Education in Globalized Southeast Asia |
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Moderator: Sally Habana-Hafner Presentation Format: Pre-organized Panel Audio / Visual: OHP 1. Impact of Globalization at the Grassroots: A case from Laos Mainus Sultan (University of Massachusetts) sultan@educ.umass.edu 2. Bilingual Education in the Philippines: A colonial legacy or global advantage? Andrew Habana Hafner (University of Massachusetts) awhafner@educ.umass.edu 3. Discourse on Multicultural Education: Narratives from Thai Rural Women Pan Sariyant (University of Massachusetts) span@educ.umass.edu 4. Alternative Learning Modes in Vietnam: Crucial to Educational Reform? Duong Van Thanh (University of Massachusetts) duongvt@yahoo.com |
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3.4 Contemporary Educational Reforms
in Africa |
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Moderator: Dave Bell Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: OHP and Posterboard 1. Emerging trends in management, leadership and administration in tertiary education in South Africa. A case study of community transformation through education and transformative community education Dave Bell (University of Massachusetts) davidibell@mediaone.net 2. The Quality Dilemma in Higher Education: The Prospects for University Institutional Review in Egypt in comparison with the Experiences in the UK and the USA Rasha Saad Sharaf (University of Pittsburgh) rsharaf@pitt.edu 3. The Merits and Demerits of Web-based Deliver of Distance Learning in South Africa in Comparison with Traditional Distance Education R. Kavena Shalyefu (Pennsylvania State University) rks160@psu.edu 4. The Role of Education in South Africa's Transition to Democracy: The State and Civil Society Robert Krech (University of Toronto) jrbodesj@hotmail.com |
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3.5 Socio-emotional Well-being, and
Alternative Development Models |
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Moderator: Friedrich W. Affolter Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: OHP 1. Development Policies for Socio-Emotional Enablement Friedrich W. Affolter (University of Massachusetts) fritz@educ.umass.edu 2. Exploring the Meaning of Learning Societies Vachel Miller (University of Massachusetts) vmiller@educ.umass.edu 3. Faith-based NGO's: An Analysis of Their Emerging Role in Education and Development Julia Berger (University of Toronto) juliaberger@bigfoot.com |
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Concurrent Session IV: 3:00- 4:30 |
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4.1 Changes in Educational
Governance--Towards Increased Participation or Increased
Responsibility |
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Moderator: Suzanne Grant-Lewis Presentation Format: Pre-organized Panel Audio / Visual: PP 1. Whose participation? Re-imagining school governance in South Africa Suzanne Grant-Lewis (Harvard University) Sue_Grant_Lewis@harvard.edu Jordan Naidoo, co-presenter (Harvard University) naidoojo@gse.harvard.edu Everard Webe, co-presenter (Harvard University) weberke@gse.harvard.edu 2. Decentralization, Equity and Diversity--An Analysis of Educational Governance Reforms in Mexico Ernesto Trevino (Harvard University) treviner@gse.harvard.edu |
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4.2 Basic Education in Malawi and
Senegal: Reform, Initiatives, and Challenges |
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Moderator: Mbarou Gassama Presentation Format: Pre-organized Audio / Visual: None Basic Education in Malawi and Senegal: Reform, Initiatives, and Challenges 1. Mbarou Gassama (University of Massachusetts) mgassama@educ.umass.edu |
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4.3 Education and Social
Transformation |
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Moderator: Adriana Abdenur Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: None 1. Can Affinity Trump Authority? The Legitimization of Southern Development Knowledge and Its Implications for Education Transfer Adriana Abdenur (Princeton University) aabdenur@princeton.edu 2. Gypsy Studies: a transformative educational approach Teresa Sorde-Marti (Universitat de Barcelona-Researcher/Harvard University) sordemts@gse.harvard.edu Victoria Miquel-Marti, co-presenter (Gypsy Studies Center) 3. Post-colonial Perspectives on Reform and Teacher Education: North and South David R. Hemphill (San Francisco State University) hemphill@sfsu.edu Liliana Olmos, co-presenter (University of Córdoba, Argentina) liliolmos@fulbrightweb.org 4. The Story Behind the Success and Failure of Education Reform in "Post-Colonial" Countries: The Cases of Sri Lanka and Pakistan Fazilat Thaver (University of Toronto) fthaver@yahoo |
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4.4 Multiculturalism, Teacher
Education, and Respect for Difference |
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Moderator: David McCurry Presentation Format: Panel Presentation and Roundtable Audio / Visual: None 1. Global Education David McCurry (Monmouth University) dmccurry@monmouth.edu 2. Responding to 9/11: Saudi Arabia, The U.S., and Cross-Cultural Constructivism? Chris Amirault (Brown University) Chris_Amirault@Brown.edu 3. The Role of Historically Black Institutions on International Education: Some Dilemmas and Implications on Multicultural Perspectives P. Masila Mutisya (North Carolina Central University) pmmutisya@wpo.nccu.edu 4. Dealing with Globalization in Developing Countries: Educational Reform in the Sultanate of Oman Hamood Al-Harthi (University of Pittsburgh) hamood99@hotmail.com
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4.5 The Search for Money:
Grant-making, Charity, and Outsourcing |
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Moderator: Gita Steiner-Khamsi Presentation Format: Panel Presentation Audio / Visual: OHP and Blackboard 1. The Indigenization of Grant-making for Education in Mongolia Anh T. Nguyen (Teachers College, Columbia University) atn&@columbia.edu 2. Use of outsourcing and subcontracting to implement educational services in Sub-Sahara Africa: The example on non-formal education in Senegal Bjorn Harald Nordtweit (University of Maryland) bnordtveit@aol.com. 3. Philanthropy in education: what it can and cannot do Natalia Kovalyove (University of Massachusetts) nvk@educ.umass.com. |
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Poster & Alternative Presentation
Sessions (10:30-10:45, 2:45 -3:00
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on-going |
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1. Kumarian Press, Inc. (Kumarian Press, West Hartford, Connecticut) 2. Music for Social Change Tom Neilson (University of Massachusetts) 2. See and Tell: The FotoDialogo Pictures (Gender and Education) Flavia S. Ramos (George Washington University) framos@gwu.edu 3. Ethnic Bias in Assessment: Oral Reading Fluency & Prediction of Reading Comprehension in Black and White Students James E. Callahan III (University of Massachusetts) Khephra_Kabara@hotmail.com 4. Global Horizons Consortium 5. Study Abroad: Transformative Education Kelly O'Brien (University of Massachusetts) kbob@sover.net 6. WID & GAD: Whose Reality, and Through Whose Eyes? Karen Marie Lennon (University of Massachusetts), kmlennon@educ.umass.edu |