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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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Pre-conference program
Tuesday, 7th
October, 2008
Meeting of the World Forum Foundation’s Global Leaders for Young
Children
(by invitation only, hosted by the World Forum Foundation)
Day 1 - Strasburg Room, Luxemburg Room and Zurich Room
Wednesday, 8th October, 2008
8:00 Shuttle bus from Hotel Mercure to the Europe Congress
Center (ECC)
8:00 – 17:00 Registration Desk
One Day
Parallel Skill-Building Seminars
(additional fee applies)
Program overview:
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9:00 – 10:30
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Parallel Workshop Sessions
(Participants choose one workshop to attend)
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Rome Room
Maastricht Room
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10:30 – 11:00
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Coffee break
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11:00 – 12:30
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Parallel Workshop Sessions continue
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Rome Room
Maastricht Room
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12:30 – 14:00
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Lunch
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14:00 – 15:30
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Parallel Workshop Sessions
(Participants choose one workshop to attend)
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Rome Room
Maastricht Room
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15:30 – 16:00
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Coffee break
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16:00 – 17:30
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Parallel Workshop Sessions continue
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Rome Room
Maastricht Room
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Rome Room
Strand 3: Socially Responsible Schools: Whole School
Approaches that Address Inclusion, Participation, Rights, and
Responsibilities of All
9:00-12:30 Inclusive Education: Developing Learning and
Participation in Schools
Lani Florian, University of Aberdeen
Presentation is available here
Strand 1: Socially Responsible Classrooms: Teachers
Fostering Democratic Practices in Young Children
14:00-17:30 Foundations of Democracy for Kindergarten and Primary
School Age Children
Sandra Baker, Center for Civic Education Consultant, United
States
Maastricht Room
Strand 2: Socially Responsive Societies: Standing up for
Young Children and Families
9:00-12:30 Taking the Mystery out of Advocacy/Policy -
What You Can Do to Make a Difference
Joan Lombardi, Coordinator, Global Leaders for Young Children,
United States
Sara Hommel, Wolfensohn Center at Brookings Institute, United States
Presentation is available here
14:00-17:30 Toward ECD Policy Planning in Your Country
Emily Vargas-Barón, Director, The Rise Institute, United States
Additional Meetings:
Meeting of the World Forum Foundation’s Global Leaders for Young
Children - (by invitation only, hosted by the World Forum
Foundation)
Day 2 – Strasburg Room, Luxemburg Room and Zurich Room
18:00 Shuttle bus from the Europe Congress Center (ECC) to
Hotel Mercure
Conference Program
Thursday, 9th October, 2008
8:00 Shuttle bus from Hotel Mercure to the Europe Congress
Center (ECC)
8:00 – 18:00 Registration Desk
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8:00 – 18:00
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Registration
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8:30 – 13:00
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Site visit to pre-school (included in the registration
fee, previous confirmation is required)
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9:00 – 16:45
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ISSA Council Meeting (by invitation only)
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Strasburg Room
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9:00 – 16:45
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UNICEF CEE/CIS ECD and Education Annual Regional Network
Meeting, 2008 (by invitation only)
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Bruxelles Room
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8:30 Bus will leave from the Europe
Congress Center to the pre-school, depending
on the traffic, it will meet with
participants between 8:45-9:00 in
front of Hotel Mercure
17:00 Transfer starts from the Europe Congress Center to the
venue of the Opening Reception
Please note that you need to take your passport or your
photo ID with you in order to enter to the Parliament Building.
19:30 – 21:00 Opening Reception at the Hungarian
Parliament
Address by Regina Sabaliauskiene, Conference Co-chair, ISSA
Board Member and Executive Director of the Center for Innovative
Education (Lithuania)
Address by Dr. Zoltán Szabó, Chair of the Education and
Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Parliament (Hungary)
21:15 Transfer starts from the Opening Reception to Europe
Congress Center and to Hotel Mercure
Friday, 10th October, 2008
8:00 Shuttle bus from Hotel Mercure to the Europe Congress
Center (ECC)
8:00 – 18:00 Registration / Information Desk
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9:00 – 11:00
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Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session I
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Copenhagen Room
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Address by Dr. Mark Ginsberg
Conference Co-chair, President of the ISSA Board, Executive
Director of the National Association for the Education of
Young Children (United States)
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Keynote I
Opening Remarks to the 9th Annual ISSA
Conference
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Maria Calivis
Regional Director, UNICEF
Regional Office CEE/CIS
(Switzerland)
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Address by Gergely Arató
State Secretary, Ministry of Education (Hungary
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Keynote II
Acquisition of Life skills - a Challenge for School
Curriculum
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Koke
Minister of Education, Ministry of Education and Science;
University of Latvia (Latvia)
Presentation is available here
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Keynote III
Rights, Respect and Responsibilities (RRR)
John Clark
Hampshire’s Deputy Director of Children Service’s, Rights
Respecting Schools (United Kingdom)
Presentation is available here
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11:00 – 11:30
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Coffee break
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11:30 – 13:00
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Concurrent Sessions I
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Concurrent Session I/1 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Emily Vargas-Barón, United States
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Nice Room
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Early Childhood Intervention, Special Education and
Inclusion:
A Focus on Belarus
Emily Vargas-Barón,
The RISE Institute, United States
Ulf Janson
Stockholm University, Sweden
Presentations are available here:
Part 1
Part 2
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Concurrent Session I/2 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Ian Massey, United Kingdom
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Copenhagen Room
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Rights, Respect, and Responsibilities (RRR)
Ian Massey
Hampshire Children Service, United Kingdom
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session I/3 - Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Tatjana Vonta, Slovenia
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Strasbourg Room
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Quality Assurance Systems in Australian Children’s
Services:
How They Work, What They Have Achieved?
Denise Taylor
Australian National Childcare
Accreditation Council, Australia
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Building a System for Mentoring Teachers in Their
Professional Development
Tatjana Vonta
Educational Research Institute, Slovenia
Presentation is available here
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Fourth Wave of Learning Organization: Implications for
Reconfiguration and Recalibration of Early Education
Pedagogies
Devesh Pandey
National Institute of Public Cooperation
and Child Development, India
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Constructing a Democratic Professionalism: a Study of
Video Narratives of ‘Actors of Change’ from the Seventies
until the Present
Jan Peeters
Ghent University, Belgium
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session I/4 - Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Peter Repisky, Slovakia
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Rome Room
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Democracy and Teaching Outcomes – An Impossible Dilemma
in our Classrooms?
Gerda Sula
Step by Step Center, Albania
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ECCE Futures: Democratically Appropriate Practice
Jennifer Sturley, Kaye Cederman, Des Carswell
Mary Immaculate College, University of
Limerick, Reflective Pedagogy & Early Childhood Studies,
Ireland
Presentation is available here
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Compasito – A Manual on Human Rights Education for
Children
Zsuzsanna Szelényi
European Youth Centre, Hungary
Council of Europe, European Youth Centre
Budapest, Hungary
Presentation is available here
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Democratic Practices in the Classroom and Beyond:
The Pakistani Experience
Mehnaz Aziz
Children’s Resources International,
Pakistan (Guarantee) Ltd., Pakistan
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Concurrent Session I/5 - Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Suzana Kirandziska, Macedonia
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Directors' Meeting Room
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Every voice counts
Ilil Keren
Izrael Valley Early Childhood Music
Center, Israel
Presentation is available here
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Promoting the Youngest Citizens
Mary A. Moran
Christian Children’s Fund, United States
Presentation is available here
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Empowerment of Pupils’ Participation
Brigitte Haider
European Parents Association (EPA),
Austria
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session I/6 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Jelena Vranjesevic, Serbia
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Amsterdam Room
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Education for Social Justice in the ISSA Network: A Case
Study
Jelena Vranjesevic
CIP-Center for Interactive Pedagogy
Linda E. Lee
Proactive Information Services Inc.,
Canada
and SbS Teams
Presentations are available here
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
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Concurrent Session I/7 - Discussion group
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Rose Hayley, The Netherlands
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Zurich Room
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The Contribution of Child Social and Financial Education
towards a More Sustainable, Democratic Society
Rose Hayley, Jeroo Billimoria, Melle
Brinkman
Aflatoun Child Savings International, The Netherlands
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session I/8 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Sara Hommel, United States
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Maastricht Room
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Scaling-up Early Child Development in the Developing
World
Sara Hommel
Early Child Development Initiative,
Wolfensohn Center for Development, United States
Richard Kohl
Scaling-up Project, Management Systems
International, United States
Presentation is available here
Jacques van der Gaag
University of Amsterdam and Distinguished
Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution, The Netherlands
Joan Lombardi
Research Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute,
United States
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Concurrent Session I/9 - Discussion group
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Hilary Parrish, United States
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Bruxelles Room
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Connecting Mathematics and Democratic Citizenship I
Hilary Parrish
Teaching Strategies, Inc., United States
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session I/10 - Discussion group
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Tesla Mellag, United States
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Rege II Room
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Zapatista Education: Mayan Rebels Teaching Democracy,
Dignity, and Justice
Bird Stasz, Tesla Mellag
Elon University, United States
Susan Beattie, Peter Brown
Schools for Chiapas, Mexico
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In Pursuit of Mindful Learning
Keith L. Pentz,
Kaplan Early Learning Company, United States
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13:00– 14:30
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Lunch
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14:30– 16:00
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Concurrent Sessions II
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Concurrent Session II/1 - Individual papers
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Chair: Kaye Cederman, Ireland
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Strasbourg Room
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Advocacy for women; with women: Is arranging child care
only women's problem?
Mine Gol-Guven
Bogazici University, Turkey
Presentation is available here
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Developing Concepts of Participation and Citizenship
with Early Years Students
Janet Kay, Caroline Bath
Sheffield Hallam University, United
Kingdom
Presentation is available here
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“The Brazilian Millennium Fund for Early Childhood:
a new look on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)
joint responsibility”
Alessandra Schneider
UNESCO Office Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Teacher Licensure Examinations: Placing a Highly
Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom
Reba Powers
McNeese State University, United States
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Concurrent Session II/2 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Eva Jespersen, Italy
Discussant:
Nurper Ulkuer, Early Childhood Development, UNICEF, United States
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Maastricht Room
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Scaling up ECD and enhancing quality: experiences from
other regions
Presentation is available here
Scaling up ECD; why it is so difficult, and how it can
succeed
Jacques van der Gaag,
United States
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Expansion and Quality in Early Childhood
Education: Lessons from Mexico and Chile
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Japan
Presentation is available here
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Going to Scale and Achieving Sustainability: Some Lessons
from Latin America
Emily Vargas-Baron
Director, The RISE Institute, United States
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session II/3 - Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Elmina Kazimzade, Azerbaijan
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Amsterdam Room
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Hidden Versus Official Curriculum in Romanian Primary
School: Gender Aspects
Doina Olga Stefanescu
Step by Step Bucuresti, Romania
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Divided Education, Divided Citizens?
Anca Nedelcu, Elmina Kazimzade, Maria
Golubeva
Network of Education Policy Centers
(NEPC), Azerbaijan
Presentation is available here
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Supporting Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood
Immersion Programs
Anne Soderman, Toko Oshio
Michigan State University, Department of
Family and Child Ecology, United States
Presentation is available here
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Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early
Childhood: A View from the Field in the U.S.
Mariajosé Romero
National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia
University, United States
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Concurrent Session II/4 - Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Zorica Trikic, Serbia
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Rome Room
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Getting ready for school: Experience of rural parents and children in Mongolia
Dari Jigjidsuren
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Presentation is available here
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Mapping of Partners' Initiatives in Roma
Philippe Testot-Ferry, Caroline Sykora
UNICEF, Switzerland
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session II/5 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Deborah Ziegler, United States
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Directors' meeting room
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
Implications for Policy, Practice and Advocacy Globally
Deborah Ziegler
Council for Exceptional Children, United
States
Presentation is available here
Natalia Sofiy
Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation,
Ukraine
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session II/6 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Joan Lombardi, United States
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Nice Room
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Young children and conflict: The role of ECD
Joan Lombardi
United States
Maysoun Chehab, Rana Ismail
Lebanon
Daniel Nzahabonimana
Presentation is available here
Rwanda
Caroline Milligan, Marion Flanagan
Northern Ireland
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session II/7 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Patrick Butler, United States
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Copenhagen Room
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Why Don’t They Cover Us? Getting Media to Focus on Early
Childhood
Patrick Butler
International Center for Journalists ,
United States
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Concurrent Session II/8 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Mimi Howard, United States
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Zurich Room
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Community Partnerships: How local communities ensure that
vulnerable children are ready for school and schools are
ready for children
Tony Berkley
W. K. Kellogg Foundation, United Staes
Mimi Howard
Education Commission of the States,
United States
Presentation is available here
Patrick Curtis
Walter R. McDonald and Associates, United
States
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session II/9 – Discussion group
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Hilary Parrish, United States
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Bruxelles Room
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Connecting Mathematics and Democratic Citizenship II
Hilary Parrish
Teaching Strategies, Inc., United States
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session II/10 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Karen W. Yarbrough, United States
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Rege II Room
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Birth to Five in Twenty-Five Years:
A Case Study of Early Childhood Advocacy Efforts in
Illinois
Karen W. Yarbrough, Brandy Jones Lawrence
Ounce of Prevention Fund, United States
Presentation is available here
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16:00- 16:30
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Coffee break
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16:30 – 18:00
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Plenary Session II
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Copenhagen Room
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Keynote IV
Making Transitions Work
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Ed.
D., Virginia and Leonard Marx
Professor of Early Childhood and Family Policy,
Co-Director of the National Center for Children and
Families, Associate Dean for Policy at Teachers College,
Columbia University and Professor Adjunct at Yale
University's Child Study Center (USA)
Presentation is available here
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Keynote V
Early Child Development: An Economist's View
Prof. Jacques van der Gaag
Professor of Development Economics, Faculty of Economics
and Business, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Presentation is available here
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18:15 Shuttle bus from the Europe Congress Center to Hotel
Mercure
19:00 Transfer starts from the Europe Congress Center to the
venue of the Conference Dinner
19:30 Transfer from Hotel Mercure to the venue of the
Conference Dinner
20:00 – 23:00 Conference Dinner – Buda Castle and the Royal
Palace, Baroque Court of the Budapest History Museum
Address: Budapest, 1st district, Szent
György tér 2.
22:30 Transfer starts to the Europe Congress Center and to
Hotel Mercure
Saturday, 11st October, 2008
8:00 Shuttle bus from Hotel Mercure to the Europe Congress
Center (ECC)
8:00 – 18:00 Registration Desk
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8:45 – 9:00
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Announcement and overview of the day
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Copenhagen Room
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9:00 – 10:30
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Plenary Session III
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Copenhagen Room
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Keynote VI
Children’s Rights
Prof. Jaap E. Doek
Former Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of
the Child (2001 - 2007) (The Netherlands)
Presentation is available here
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Keynote VII
Foundations of Democracy: Introducing Primary Students to
Fundamental Democratic Ideas and Principles
Dr. Charles N. Quigley
Executive Director, Center for Civic Education (United
States)
Presentation is available here
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10:30 – 11:00
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Coffee break
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11:00-12:30
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Concurrent Sessions III
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Concurrent Session III/1 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Cornelia Cincilei, Moldova
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Directors' meeting room
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Participation in School in Europe
Brigitte Haider
European Parents Association (EPA), Austria
Presentation is available here
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EFA-FTI in Moldova – A Great Opportunity for Change
Larisa Virtosu
UNICEF/UNESCO, Moldova
Lilia Jelamschi
ECCD, UNICEF, Moldova
Cornelia Cincilei
Step by Step Moldova, Moldova
Presentations are available here
Part 1
Part 2
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Helping Shape a Compassionate Lifestyle within a Culture
of Abundance
Wendy Sanders
College of the Desert, Early Childhood Education, United
States
Presentation is avaliable here
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Living Participation:
Considering the Politics of Participatory Reforms in
Brazil
Moira Wilkinson
UNICEF, United States
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Concurrent Session III/2 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Regina Sabaliauskiene, Lithuania
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Rome Room
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Realization of Children’s Rights to a Quality Education
in Lithuania
Regina Sabaliauskiene, Regina Rimkiene
Center for Innovative Education,
Lithuania
Presentation is avaliable here
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Early Learning and Developmental Standards in Armenia
Ruzanna Tsarukyan
Step by Step Program Foundation, Armenia
Presentation is avaliable here
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Concurrent Session III/3 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Ulviya Mikailova, Azerbaijan
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Strasbourg Room
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In a Democracy Everyone is “Included”
Narmandah Adiya
Mongolian Education Alliance, Step by Step Program, Mongolia
Shelley deFosset, Dari Jigjidsuren
University of North Carolina, United States
Presentation is avaliable here
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Developing Inclusive Education in Ukraine:
Reaching the Wider Community
Natalia Sofiy
Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation, Ukraine
Presentation is avaliable here
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Education for Children with Disabilities in Azerbaijan:
Barriers and Opportunities
Ulviya Mikayilova, Yusif Agayev, Almaz Akhmedova, Nigar
Aliyeva, Ramiz Behbudov, Ulkar Isazade, Elmina Kazimzade, Yulia Karimova
Center for Innovations in Education, Azerbaijan
Presentation is avaliable here
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Concurrent Session III/4 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Eva Deak, Hungary
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Copenhagen Room
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Democratic Problem Solving Methods
in an Alternative Secondary School
Eva Deak, Tibor Kertész
Partners Hungary Foundation, Hungary
Ágota Bíró
Politechnikum, Hungary
Presentation is avaliable here
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Recalibrating the Report Card no.8 analysis framework
on ECEC services of OECD countries for the new EU member
states
Marco Kools
UNICEF, Italy
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Concurrent Session III/5 – Individual papers
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Chair: Elaine Anderson, United States
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Nice Room
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Advocacy and Canadian Early Childhood Policies
Becky Kelley
Bow Valley College, Canada
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“7 is Too Late”: Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV)
– ECE Advocacy Campaign
Ayla Goksel, Derya Akalin
Mother Child Education Foundation, Turkey
Presentation is avaliable here
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Engaging Unheard Voices into Community Child Care
Decision Making
Elaine A. Anderson, Sally A. Koblinsky,
B. Braun
Family Science, University of Maryland, United States
Presentation is avaliable here
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Role of Civil Society and Corporate Sector in Ensuring
Quality Education for Young Children
Pranab Kumar Sarker
Save the Children, Bangladesh
Presentation is avaliable here
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Concurrent Session III/6 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Dawn Tankersley, Hungary
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Maastricht Room
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The democratic process in action in the Primary Years
Programme of the International Baccalaureate
Sandra Paton, Kirsten Loza
International Baccalaureate Organization, United Kingdom
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Transition to School in Views of Adults and Children
Milada Rabusicova
Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts,
Department of Educational Sciences, Czech Republic
Presentation is avaliable here
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Concurrent Session III/7 – Discussion group
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: David Royle, United Kingdom
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Amsterdam Room
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Lessons from the Civic Education Ukraine Project 2005-8
David Royle
International Education, Cambridge
Education, United Kingdom
Presentation is avaliable here
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Concurrent Session III/8 – Self-organised symposium
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Carmen Lica, Romania
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Rege II Room
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Diversifying Child Care services - Example from Romania
Carmen Lica, Cristiana Boca
Step by Step Bucuresti, Romania
Presentations are avaliable here
Part 1
Part 2
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Concurrent Session III/9 – Discussion group
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Diane Trister Dodge, United States
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Zurich Room
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Social/Emotional Development the Foundation for Building
a Democratic Society I.
Diane Trister Dodge
Teaching Strategies, Inc., United States
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session III/10 – Discussion group
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Hilary Parrish, United States
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Bruxelles Room
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Exploring Democracy through Investigative Studies I.
Hilary Parrish
Teaching Strategies, Inc., United States
Presentation is available here
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12:30 – 14:00
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Lunch
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14:00 – 15:30
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Plenary Session IV
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Copenhagen Room
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Keynote VIII
Education from the Perspective of Human Rights
Dr. Audrey Osler
Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights Education,
University of Leeds (United Kingdom)
Presentation is available here
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Keynote IX
Advocacy, communication, scaling up and influencing
policy: What works? How? and Why?
Dr. Jacqueline Hayden
Programme Manager, Social Inclusion and Respect for
Diversity ,
Bernard van Leer Foundation (The
Netherlands)
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15:30 - 16:00
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Coffee break
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16:00 - 17:30
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Concurrent Sessions IV
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Concurrent Session IV/1 – Individual papers
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Chair: Christina McDonald, Hungary
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Maastricht Room
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PIM BRAZIL: A Public Policy with a Multi-Sectoral
Approach to ECCD on Families and Children at Risk
Leila Almeida
Better Early Child Development Program
Programa Primeira Infância Melhor –
PIM Secretaria Estadual da Saúde, Brazil
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Missed Opportunities for Children?’ – An exploration of
the impact of new funding mechanisms for Early Childcare
Education and Care (ECEC) services in Ireland
Bernie O’Donoghue, Siobhan Bradley
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT),
Centre for Social and Educational Research (CSER), Ireland
Presentation is available here
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Developmental Plan of Introducing Conflict Resolution to
Lebanese Educational Programs
Heyam Lutfi ElZein
Lebanese American University- Beirut
Campus, Social sciences and Humanities, Lebanon
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Equal Access to Quality Education for Roma – EUMAP
Monitoring Reports
Christina McDonald
EUMAP Open Society Institute, Hungary
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session IV/2 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Ulf Janson, Sweden
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Nice Room
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Equality Through Participation and Togetherness
Ulf Janson
Stockholm University, Sweden
Irina Zinchenko
St. Petersburg Early Intervention
Institute, Russia
Presentation is available here
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Democracy Every Day
Eigil Kjaergaard, Martineniene Rima
Early Education Publisher, Norddjurs
Ungdomsskole, Denmark
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“Quality of alternative forms of preschool education in
Poland: Presentation of an evaluation – tools and effects”
Pre-school education in Poland
Monika Wozniak
Comenius Foundation for Child Development
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session IV/3 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Zsuzsa László, Hungary
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Strassbourg Room
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Developing the Democratic School Experiences of Children
in Russia
Nata Krylova
Democratic School Magazin, Russia
Presentation is available here
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Persona Doll Trainings in Hungary
Zsuzsa László
Ec-Pec Foundation, Hungary
Presentation is available here
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Participatory Identification and Involvement of Parents /
Caregivers / Communities in Issues to Enhance Development of
Democracy in Children
Hellen Ochieng
Uganda Orphans Rural Development
Programme, Uganda
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Continuous and Widespread ECD Programs, Schooling,
and Democracy
Lisa Long, Pablo Stansbery, Chole O 'Gara
Save the Children, USA
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session IV/4 – Self-organized symposium
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Emil Buzov, Bulgaria
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Rome Room
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Advocacy for equal access to quality education for Roma
students or how the “Roma educational inclusion through
school improvement” project can influence it?
Emil Buzov, Jenne van der Velde
Step by Step Program Foundation, Bulgaria
Presentations are available here
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
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Concurrent Session IV/5 – Individual papers
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Chair: Christine Chaille, United States
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Amsterdam Room
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Empowering Women and Nurturing Children: Hands to Hearts
International
Laura Peterson
Hands to Hearts International, United
States
Christine Chaille
Portland State University, United States
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Knowledge is Power: Designing a Child Development
Curriculum with the Potential to Transform the Lives of
Vulnerable Children and their Caregivers
Frank Mahler
Hands to Hearts International, United
States
Christine Chaille
Portland State University, United States
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Child Development Training as Empowerment: From
Orphanages in Southern India to other Vulnerable Populations
and other Cultures
Laura Peterson
Hands to Hearts International, United
States
Christine Chaille, Emil Serap
Portland State University, United States
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Concurrent Session IV/6 - Self-organized symposium
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Harriet Dichter, United States
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Rege II Room
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Walking on Many Legs: Unifying Advocates, Business
Leaders & State Government to Support Early Childhood
Systems
Harriet Dichter
Pennsylvania Departments of Education and
Public Welfare, United States
Margie Wallen
Ounce of Prevention Fund, United States
Susan Hibbard
Build Initiative, United States
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session IV/7 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Gerda Sula, Albania
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Copenhagen Room
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The Impact of Civic Education on Schools, Students, and
Communities
Tigran Tovmasyan
International Research and Exchanges
Board Armenia, Armenia
Presentation is available here
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Interdisciplinary Community-based Networks for Children
Anja Langness
Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany
Presentation is available here
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Developing the Quality of the International Network of
Community Schools: Creating a Tool
Csaba Lorinczi
ClobeEd Services, Hungary & Canada
Natalia Sofiy
Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation,
Ukraine
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session IV/8 – Discussion group
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Hilary Parrish, United States
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Bruxelles Room
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Exploring Democracy through Investigative Studies II.
Hilary Parrish
Teaching Strategies, Inc., United States
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session IV/9 - Discussion group
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Moderator: Diane Trister Dodge, United States
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Zurich Room
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Social/Emotional Development the Foundation for Building
a Democratic Society II.
Diane Trister Dodge
Teaching Strategies, Inc., United States
Presentation is available here
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18:00 Shuttle bus from the Europe Congress Center to Hotel
Mercure
19:00 - 19:30 Transfers from the Europe Congress Center to
evening programmes
19:30 Transfer from Hotel Mercure to evening programmes
20:00 – 22:00 Optional evening programmes
22:00 Transfers back the Europe Congress Center to Hotel
Mercure
Sunday, 12th October, 2008
8:00 Shuttle bus from the Europe Congress Center to Hotel
Mercure
8:00 – 15:00 Registration Desk
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9:00 – 9:45
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Poster Session and Organizational Showcase
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Foyer of ECC and Copenhagen Room
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P-1
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Social Partnership for Development of Culture of
Tolerance
in Schools and Communities
Sandra Kraukle, Zenija Berzina
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P-2
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Teaching and Learning for Responsible Citizenship:
A Practice of In – service Teacher Education within
Network of Step by Step Pre-schools and Primary Schools in
Slovenia
Damjana Jurman
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P-3
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Early Childhood Education & Care (ECEC) in Ireland:
Towards a Rights Based Policy Approach
Rachel Kiersey, Nóirín Hayes, Ann-Marie Halpenny, Siobhan
Bradley,
Bernie O’Donoghue
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P-4
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Psyhological conditions of introducing migrant children
to a new socio-cultural environment
Lioudmila Filippovna Obukhova, Ekaterina Evstratova
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P-5
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Research into new frameworks and support of laboratory
courses:
An evaluative study
Papaprokopiou Anastassia, Athina Kammenou
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P-6
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Changing the Attitudes of Parents towards Early Childhood
Education in Nepal
Nirmala Upreti, Vinita Bhargava
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P-7
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Intercultural context: strategies cooperative for
inclusion and learning process at Primary School
Cristina Sánchez Romero
UNED. Faculty of Education
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P-8
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Project Citizen: Best Practices and Success Stories,
South of Morocco
Adil Bentahar
Moroccan Center for Civic Education, Morocco
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9:45 – 10:15
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Coffee break
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10:15 – 11:45
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Concurrent sessions V
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Concurrent Session V/1 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Peter Repisky, Slovakia
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Rege II Room
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Social Interactions and Self Representation in Daily
School Experience
Catalina Ulrich
University of Bucharest, Faculty of
Psychology and Educational Sciences, Romania
Presentation is available here
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Art Across the Curriculum
Lydia Elaine Powers
McNeese State University, United States
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Interactive Exhibitions: Teaching Democracy to Children
Cristina Almada Martínez, Jorge Humberto
Loyola, Estefanía Torres,
Lorena García Reyes
Centro de Estudios Biblioteca y Museo
Vicente Fox Quesada A.C., Mexico
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Concurrent Session V/2 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Sonja Rutar, Slovenia
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Amsterdam Room
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Getting the System Right to Encourage Active Citizenship
Elizabeth McGrath
Early Years - the organisation for young
children, United Kingdom
Presentation is available here
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Learning to Live Together in Peace from Early Years: A
Project for Values Education
Elvira Sánchez-Igual
(AMEI-WAECE) World Association of Early
Childhood Educators, Spain
Presentation is available here
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Success of Child- Centered Strategies to Develop Values
and Competencies for Responsible Citizenship
Sonja Rutar
Pedagogical Institute, Developmentaly
Research Center of Pedagogical, Initiatives Step by Step,
Slovenia
Presentation is available here
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Children and Civic Society: Italian and Norwegian
Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic
Events Related to Life Transitions
William A. Corsaro
Department of Sociology, Indiana
University, USA
Berit O. Johannesen
Department of Psychology, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, Norway
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session V/3 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Hana Zylfiu-Haziri, Kosovo
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Nice Room
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Civil Society for Increased Education Participation
Hana Zylfiu-Haziri, Shala Jehona
Kosova Education Center, Kosovo
Presentation is available here
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Social Changes Are Lead by People
Vera Melis Paolillo
UNESCO, Brazil
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National Model for Preparing Child Care Personnel:
Child Development Associate (CDA)
Josue Cruz
Council for Professional Recognition,
United States
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session V/4 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Zenija Berzina, Latvia
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Bruxelles Room
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Providing Inclusive Approach in Civic Education:
Lessons from the Civic Education Ukraine Project 2005-8
Julia Naida, Natalia Sofiy
Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation,
Ukraine
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Democracy in Early Childhood Years: Why and How?
Mine Gol-Guven
Primary Education, Bogazici University
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Education for Democratic Citizenship among Students and
Teachers in Istria and Rijeka (Croatia)
Elvi Piršl, Marina Diković
Department of Italian Studies, Juraj
Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia
Ana Kola
“Our Children” Organisation - Opatija,
Croatia
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session V/5 – Individual papers
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Chair: Sasa Milic, Montenegro
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Strasbourg Room
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Creating Nurturing Outdoor Spaces for Children
Bonnie and Roger Neugebauer
World Forum Foundation, United States
Nancy Rosenow, John Rosenow
Arbor Day Foundation, USA
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Social Policies for Early Childhood Development: A
Framework for Comprehensive Policy Analysis and Response for
Practitioners
Christina Popivanova
UNICEF, Bulgaria
Presentation is available here
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"General Overview of ECD in Mozambique" –
The Context/Challenges Mozambique is Facing in this Area
Suzana Duarte
Associaçao Mwana, ECD Research & Training
Department, Mozambique
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session V/6 – Individual papers
Strand 1: Democratic Practices and Content in our
Classrooms
Chair: Mathias Urban, Germany
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Rome Room
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Democratic Society Through Scientific Literacy
Devrim Guven
Bogazici University, Turkey
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Creating Understandings across Differences:
Critical Questions, Systemic Professionalism, and the
Ethos of Inquiry in Early Childhood Research and Practice
Mathias Urban
Martin-Luther-University
Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
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Democratic Practices in Math Education for Six-year-olds
Teija Hiltunen
University of Turku, Finland
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session V/7 – Discussion Group
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Nazarkhudo Dastambuev, Tajikistan
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Maastricht Room
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Early Learning and Development Standrads in Tajikistan
Nazarkhudo Dastambuev, Marine Mkrtchyan
Open Society Institute, Tajikistan
Presentation is available here
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Best Practices in Diversity and Advocacy Worldwide-
What Can We Learn? How Can We Grow?
Kenneth J. Jaffe
International Child Resource Institute,
United States
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session V/8 – Discussion Group
Strand 2: Advocacy for Democratic Practices in ECE
Moderator: Amy Dawson, United States
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Copenhagen Room
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Matching the Message to the Messenger: New angles and new
voices make a powerful case for investing in children and
families
Amy Dawson
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, United
States
Presentation is available here
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Communication is the key of success
Dina Aidzhanova, Gulmira Myshbayeva, Olga
Kotorova
Community Foundation Step by Step,
Kazakhstan
Presentation is available here
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Concurrent Session V/9 – Discussion Group
Strand 1: Democratic practices and content in our
classrooms
Moderator: Diane Trister Dodge, United States
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Zurich Room
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Home School Connection: Modeling Democratic Ideas
Diane Trister Dodge, Hilary Parrish
Teaching Strategies, Inc., United States
Presentation is available here
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12:00 – 13:30
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Plenary Session V
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Copenhagen Room
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Keynote X
Promoting Quality Education through Civic Education: The
Experience of the Center for Civic Education
Dr. Richard A. Nuccio
Director, Citivas International Programs, Center for
Civic Education (United States)
Presentation is available here
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Keynote XI
Active Citizenship: Learning How to Learn, Learning How
to Lead -- Together
Dr. Judith L. Evans,
Director Emeritus, Consultative Group on Early Childhood
Care and Development (Canada)
Presentation is available here
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13:00 – 13:30
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Closing Session
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Copenhagen Room
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13:30 – 14:30
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Lunch
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14:45 Shuttle bus from the Europe Congress Center to Hotel
Mercure
15:00 Pick-up for sightseeing tour of Budapest from the
Europe Congress Center (for participants who registered)
15:00 Pick-up for sightseeing tour of Budapest from Hotel
Mercure (for participants who registered)
18:00 Sightseeing tour ends
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