LC04 Draft Program - 1 June 2004
The Eleventh International Literacy and Education Research Network Conference on Learning
Centro De Convenciones Pedagogicas De Cojimar
(Cojimar Pedagogical Convention Centre)
Havana, Cuba, Sunday 27 - Wednesday 30 June 2004
Saturday 26th June
3:00-5:00pm
REGISTRATION (it is not obligatory to register on this day - the opportunity to do so is offered for the convenience of delegates)
Sunday 27th June
7:30-8:30
8:30-9:30
9:30-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:00
12:00-1:00
1:00-2:30
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REGISTRATION & Arrival Coffee - CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT WILL BE OPEN FROM 7:30 AM
OPENING CEREMONY
Chairs:Olga Lidia Hernandez, Researcher, Institute of Philosophy, Cuba and Prof Mary Kalantzis, Innovation Research Professor at RMIT University, Australia
- Performance [15mins]
- Dr Francisco Fereira Baiz, Cuban Vice Minister of Education [30mins]
PLENARY SESSION - ONE
- Dr Hector Valdez, Director of the Central Institute of Pedagogical Sciences
- Prof Michael Apple, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
MORNING TEA
PLENARY SESSION - TWO
- Dr Francisco Lacayo, UNESCO Presentative in Cuba
- Prof Fernando Guzman, Rector of The INSTEC, University of CITMA, Cuidad le La Habana
LUNCH
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS and COLLOQUIA
1:00-1:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 1A
GROUP 1
1:30-2:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 1B
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Ian Stafford, Lecturer, Dept of Applied Human Sciences,
University of Durham, United Kingdom
Coach Education in Sport and the Rehabilitation of Young
Offenders
Dr. Christy Jackson Carroll and Dr Angie Howard,
Arkansas State University, USA
No Child Left Behind: Inclusion
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Data Projector
Data Projector
Sunday27 June
2:00-2:30 (30min sessions) GROUP 1C
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
Hsi-Chi Hsiao, National Changhua University of
Education, Taiwan
A Practical Arts Program for Disadvantaged Students in
Taiwan
Data Projector
1
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Dr Roy A. Weaver, Dean, Teachers College and Prof
Jerome D. Ulman, Professor of Special Education,
Teachers College, Ball State University, USA
The Global Digital Divide: Access, Meaning, and
Empowerment
Berenice Nyland, RMIT University, and Chris Nyland,
Monash University, Australia
Reggio Emilia in China: The Use of a Social Justice
Approach to Early Learning to Prepare Children for a
Multicultural Global Adoption Market
Dr Jerry Traughber Smartt, Professor, Division of
Religion & Humanities, Friends University and
Dr Rosalind Scudder, Department of Communicative
Disorders and Sciences, Wichita State University, USA
Second Language Acquisition & Self-Repair Behavior
Overhead Projector Data Projector
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Overhead Projector Data Projector
Annette Seitz, Institute For Learning, USA
Literacy Coaches: Closing the Gap Between Training and
Use
Julian Kunnie, Director, Africana Studies, The University of
Arizona, USA
The Praxis of Authentic Transformative Learning: Resisting
Capitalistic Culture and for Collective Benefit Overhead
Dr Elinor Brown, Assistant Professor, University of
Kentucky, USA
Service Learning: A Tool to Broaden the Cross- Cultural
Sensitivity of Teacher Candidates
Projector, TV/VCR
TV/VCR, Data Projector, Overhead Projector
Sheila Narsee, Senior Lecturer, Department of English &
Communication, Durban Institute of Technology, South
Africa
Navigating Unchartered Waters: Peace within Hearts, Hands
and Minds
Dr Swee Eng Audrey Lim and Mei Lee Ng, Hong Kong
Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Experiences of Hong Kong Preschoolers' English
Language/Literacy Development
Overhead Projector, Data Projector, TV/VCR
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Dr Joan Cutting, The University of Edinburgh, United
Kingdom
Understanding Interaction In Multicultural In-service MA
TESOL Tutorials
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Overhead Projector
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Monica Hendricks, Rhodes University, South Africa
English Literacy and Social Justice in School
Overhead Projector
Dr. Loshini Naidoo, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Effects of the Social Justice Coursework and School
Professional Experience on Students’ Understanding and
Perceptions of Social Justice as the Key to Effective
Educational Change Overhead Projector
Dr Margaret M. Harrigan, Superintendent-in-Residence,
School of Education, DePaul University, USA
The Principal as Instructional Leader in Elevating and
Advancing the Achievement of Students from Low-Income
Minority Families as Evidenced in Selected Chicago
Elementary and High Public Schools
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Prof William W. Wilen, Professor of Education,
Department of Teaching, Leadership and Curriculum
Studies, Kent State University, USA
Using Discussion Strategies to Actively Involve Students in
the EFL Classroom
Dr Matthew Hirshberg, University of Canterbury, New
Zealand
Educating Future Citizens for a More Just, Humane and
Peaceful World
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Dr. Eileen N. Ariza, Associate Professor of TESOL,
Department of Teacher Education, Dr Susanne Lapp ,
Florida Atlantic University and Diane Pett, ESL/Spanish
Teacher, Foreign Language Department Ilion Central
School, USA
Teaching Content to Students of English: Materials and
Strategies
Overhead Projector
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Dr Thea K. Dunn, Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Dr Michael W. Smith, Saint Anselm College, USA
Education, Teacher Education, University of WisconsinStatistics Don't Bleed: Teaching Sociology of Terrorism and
River Falls, USA
Genocide through Multimedia Technologies and Service
Teaching Mathematics in the Spirit of Education Reform:
Learning
Influences of a Technology-based Preservice Teacher
Development Initiative
1:00-2:00 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 1D
Roger H. Nubern, Oak Hall, USA
Silent Film Synthesis: The Sight of Sound
Venicia Smith, University of the Western Cape, South
Africa
English as a an Academic Language: An Investigation into
Challenges Faced by Second Language Speakers of
English Students at UWC
2:00-2:30 (30min sessions) GROUP 1C cont.
Dr Amos Abu, Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, Peace Foundation International PFI and Ehis Abebe Abu,
Founder/President, Peace Foundation International PFI, Nigeria
Facing the Challenge of Education Reform in Africa: PFI's Method of Introducing Peace & Human Rights Education In
Africa's School Curriculum
Cecilia Silva, Research Centre for Higher Education,
Tohoku University, Japan
Problem Posing Approach in Foreign Language Learning:
From Words to Collaborative Dialogue
Dr Janelle Young, Australian Catholic University,
Australia
Prevention rather than Intervention: Translating research
into Educational Practice in the Early Years
Overhead Projector, Slide projector
Overhead Projector
2
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Prof Maureen Dooley, Eastern Shore Community College, USA
SPARK Plus: A Bi-lingual Family Learning Program which uses the Environment to Level the Educational Playing Field.
Data Projector
Chiu-Ching Chen and Ching-Yuan Chang, Department
of Education Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan
Normal University, Taiwan
The Experimental Study of Implementing Teaching
Strategies of Critical Thinking in Social Science
Data Projector
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Dr. Medhat H. Rahim, Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, Dave Cristopher Bopp, Korah Collegiate &
Vocational School, Jennifer Anne Bopp, Algoma District School Board, Canada
Shape Transforms through Dissection - Motion- Operations (DMO) in 2D & 3D Euclidean Spaces: Hands-on Activities &
Computer Animation
Sylvia Read, Utah State University, USA
Young Children as Researchers: A Close Look at the
Process
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Overhead Projector Data Projector
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Dr. Christy J. Carroll, and Gloria Cobbs, Arkansas State University, USA
Learning Styles and their Effect on Mid-level Students' Abilities
Aralynn McMane, World Association of Newspapers,
France and Roxana Morduchowicz, Ministry of
Education, Argentina
The Role of Newspapers in Education for Learning in the
Information Era
Data Projector
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
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Dr Susan N. Fleming, Goddard College and Nancy Letts, HHP Group, USA
Insiders and Outsiders: Understanding the Implicit Curriculum
Jesus Castellon, Bilingual Mathematics Teacher,
Advanced Language and Academic Studies and Gregory
Cramer, (ALAS)High School, Milwaukee Public Schools,
USA
Creating a Small High School for “Language Minority”
Students: The Story of ALAS
TV/VCR
Overhead Projector Data Projector, TV/VCR
2:30-4:00
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PAPERS, WORKSHOPS and COLLOQUIA
2:30-3:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 2A
GROUP 2
3:00-3:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 2B
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Dr Boots Y. Pascual, Pomona College, USA
Technology, Natural Linguistic Environment and Adult L2
Acquisition: A Hypothetical Simulation and Empirical
Assessment of Tagalog
Shen Chen, The University of Newcastle, Australia
The Cultural Interaction in On-line ESL Teaching and
Learning
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Data Projector
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
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Dr Roy Corden, Reader in Language and Literature in
Education, Faculty of Education, Nottingham Trent
University and Dr Nicola Spice, Teacher Researcher,
Faculty of Education, The Nottingham Trent University,
United Kingdom
Developing Reflective Writers in Primary Schools:
Findings from Partnership Research
Sunday27 June
3:30-4:00 (30min sessions) GROUP 2C
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
Asst Prof Carrie J. Boden, Dept of English, Friends
University, USA
Fostering Learner Self-Direction to Prepare Students for
Lifelong Learning
Data Projector
George Hunt, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dialogue and Creativity in Literacy Classrooms
TV/VCR, Tape Recorder, Overhead Projector
Dr Denise Matthews and Dr Jaime Gomez Eastern
Connecticut State University, USA
Who's Teaching Whom?: Challenges for Media Educators
Teaching Technologically Savvy Students
TV/VCR Data Projector
Data Projector TV/VCR
3
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Michael Newman, CUNY & Research Institute for the
Study of Language in Urban Society, Queens College, USA
Samplin' Ideologies: Ideological Expression and Conflict in
a Rap Genre
Amy C. Bradshaw, University of Oklahoma, USA
Developing Instructional Materials that Communicate:
Connecting Visual Literacy, Cognition, and Culture
Heather Lotherington, York University, Canada
From Goldilocks to Dreadlocks: Transliteracies in the
Elementary School
Data Projector
Data Projector
Dr. A. Tina Wagle, Empire State College, USA
Puerto Rican Bilingual Free Space
Jenifer Onstott, Instructor, Modern Languages,
Literatures and Cultures, Pitzer College, USA
Language and Community: Becoming Engaged Citizens
Through Synthesizing Second Language Theory and
Experiential Learning
Data Projector
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Prof Sue Clegg, Head of Research, Learning and Teaching
Institute, Dr Karen Smith, Research Assistant, Learning
and Teaching Institute and Dr Malcolm Todd, Senior
Lecturer in Sociology, School of Social Science and Law,
Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Fostering Autonomy Through Work-Based Experiences:
Challenges for University Educators and Students
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
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Joanna Tapper, University of Melbourne, Australia
Employers' Interests: Providing Project Work Placements
for Humanities Students
Overhead Projector
Prof Richard G. Bagnall, Head of School, School of
Vocational, Technology & Arts Education, Griffith
University, Australia
The Ethics of Lifelong Learning
Overhead Projector
Dr Neomy Storch, Senior Lecturer, Language & Learning
Skills Unit, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Addressing the Academic Language needs of
(Post)Graduate ESL Students: An Evaluation of Three
Different Programs
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Michael Hoechsmann, McGill University, Canada
Youth, Cultural Production and the Internet: The Canadian
Experience
Overhead Projector, Slide projector
Mardiana Abu Bakar, Centre for Research in Pedagogy
and Practice, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Of Habitus, Discourses, Subjectivities and Curriculum-inuse: Constructions of Identities in Two Secondary Schools
Overhead Projector
Claire Acevedo, Catholic Education Office, Melbourne,
Australia
Building New Learning Communities in the Middle Years
of Schooling (Yrs 5-9): A ‘second generation’ response to
the call to create a new co-operative, multi-partner
professional development strategy on Middle Years School
Innovation
Overhead Projector Data Projector
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Prof Geoffrey Walford, Professor of Education Policy,
Department of Educational Studies, University of Oxford,
United Kingdom
Learning and the Local Community: Is Community
Involvement always a Good Thing?
Alan J. Singer, Professor Secondary Education, Curriculum
and Teaching, Hofstra University, USA
A Scary Thought - What If Our Schools Are Working?:
Possibilities For Teachers Who Are Committed To
Promoting Social And Personal Transformation for their
students
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Carol Severino, Associate Professor, Department of
Rhetoric and Prof Mary Trachsel, Associate Professor,
Department of Rhetoric, University of Iowa, USA
Starting a Writing Fellows Program: Learning to Cross
Disciplines and Pedagogies
Jennifer Miller and Linda Lipkin, Boston Public Schools,
USA
Collaborative Coaching and Learning: Literacy Coaches and
Professional Development
Dr Joseph Kretovics,College of Education, Western
Michigan University, Dr William Armaline, Center for
Innovative and Transformative Education, Bowling Green
State University, Dr Kathy Farber, Partnerships for
Community Action, Dr Chris Fox, College of Education,
The University of Toledo and
Dr Svetlana Betyukova, Urban Affairs Institute, USA
A Comprehensive Approach to School Restructuring to
Improve Achievement for all Students: Results from the
Field
Pete Sorensen, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Collaborative Practice in Initial Teacher Education: the
Use of Paired Subject Placements in the School Practicum
Overhead Projector
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Overhead Projector
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Christy Irene Ellsperman, Susquehanna University, USA
'A Buyer’s Market:’ The Implications of the Student-asConsumer Metaphor and the Commercialization and
Renovation of American Universities
Margaret A. Mendoza, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of
English, New Mexico State University, USA
The Ferry Serves Both Shores of the River: Expanding
Access and Literacies in Higher Education
Overhead Projector
4
Nicole Avard and Michelle Nicholson, Singleton High
School, Australia
A Multiliteracies Focused Curriculum in an Australian
Comprehensive High School, Framed by the Quality
Teaching NSW Public Schools Model as a Catalyst
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2:30-4:00 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 2D
3:30-4:00 (30min sessions) GROUP 2C cont.
Dr. Jaime Canfux Gutierrez, IPLAC, Cuba, Marcia B. Krawll and Dr. Rongo H. Wetere, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, New
Zealand
Learning Literacy en Masse: A Multi-Media Approach
Dr. Myra Weiger, Kean University, USA
Connecting with Self, the Past,and Others: There is No Independent Mode of Existence
Glenda Kupczyk-Romanczuk, Senior Lecturer, School of
Education, University of New England, Australia
How Do We Define ‘Environment’?
Dr Sioux McKenna, Acting Director, Centre for Higher
Education Development, Durban Institute of
Technology,South Africa
Developing the Academic Student Identity: Tensions
between Academic, Social and African Identities
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Cheryl J. Sutter, Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education and Maggie Nolan Donovan, First Grade
Teacher, Dennis Yarmouth Regional School District, USA
That's Not Fair: Teaching and Learning Racial Justice with Young Children
Overhead Projector, TV/VCR, Tape Recorder
Mohamad Ibrani Shahrimin, Mohd. Sharani Ahmad
and Zainal Abidin Madon, University Putra of Malaysia,
Malaysia
A Case Study of Collaborative Interactions of Preschool
Children: A Sociocultural Perspective on Australian and
Malaysian children
TV/VCR, Overhead Projector
2:30-4:00 COLLOQUIUM (90 min sessions) GROUP 2E
Room 15
Dr. Virginia Lea, Sonoma State University, Babatunde Lea, Educultural Foundation, Elena Featherston, New Ways To Learn, and Dr Jean Ishibashi, San Francisco State University,
USA
Something's Got To Give: Transforming the Role of Whiteness in Learning Communities Data Projector
3:00-4:00
AFTERNOON TEA [Afternoon tea will be available for the hour and delegates can help themselves]
4:00-5:00
PAPERS and WORKSHOPS
4:00-4:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 3A
4:30-5:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 3B
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Dr James A. Rabbitt, Saint Xavier University, USA
Program and Policy Innovation in Administrator Preparation Programs in the United
States
Brenda Boudreau, McKendree College, USA
Charting New Territories: Empowering College Students to Become Global Thinkers
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GROUP 3
Sunday27 June
Data Projector
Overhead Projector
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Paul Denley and Sue Martin, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Cognitive Styles and Teaching and Learning: ~ Ignoring Gravity?
Dr M. Jayne Fleener, Associate Dean, College of Education, University of Oklahoma and
Clydia Forehand, Graduate student, Music Department, Tulsa (Oklahoma) Public Schools,
USA
The Cult of Efficiency and Death of Creativity: Lifelong Learning as a Myth of Modern
Education
Data Projector
Data Projector
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Dr Sharon Broughton, Tertiary Access Coordinator, Student Equity Services, Griffith
University, Australia
Delayed Learning: Adults Seeking Higher Education
Michael Ogier, Teacher, Education Queensland, The University of Queensland, Australia
Curriculum Mapping, Teacher Retention and Continuity of Practice in Rural Queensland
Schools
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
Chrissie Boughey, Director, Academic Development Centre, Rhodes University, South
Africa
Resisting Pedagogy: Students' Response to 'Critical Literacy' at a Historically Black
South African University
Dr Steven Shaw, Department of Education Technology, Concordia University, Canada
How Applicable Are North American Web Design Standards Across Cultures: A Comparison of
Preferences of North American Users, Arab Users, and Designers Producing Content for Arab
Audiences
Data Projector
Overhead Projector
5
Room # TBA
Paul Throssell, University of Tasmania, Australia
Don’t Let an Old Person Get Inside You! "Agelessness," a Lifelong Experience of
Being Alive
Pat Hill, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
What Do Students Really Want From Higher Education?: But Will It Get Me More Marks?
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
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Marsha Barber, Ryerson University, Canada
Cross-cultural Education in Cambodia
Rosonna Tite, Memorial University, Canada
Violence Prevention: The School and Its Community
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Judith Byrne, New Arrivals Teacher, Western English Language School (WELS),
DEET, Australia
A S.E.A Change: From The Sudan to Egypt to Australia
Juan Pablo Jiménez, University of Massachusetts, USA
Literacy Demands In People In A Post-Industrial, Knowledge-Based Economy: A Latino
Woman (Re)Designing Her Social Future Through Text(S) In A Computer And Family Literacy
Class
Overhead Projector
4:00-5:00 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 3D
Room # TBA
Lorraine Sushames, Lecturer, Faculty of Indigenous Research & Education, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Development of the AlaN Profiles
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr. Alireza Ebrahimi. State University of New York, USA
Visual Learning System: Generic Goal-Driven Problem Solving with Plan and Sub-plan
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Room # TBA
Jim Coppoc, Graduate Student, English Department, Iowa State University, USA
Slam Poetry: Getting Students Excited
TV/VCR
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5:.00-6:30
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5:.00-6:30
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Dr Suneetha S. de Silva, Rocky Mountain College Billings, USA
Reciprocal Mentoring for Empowerment and Maximizing Cross Cultural Competencies in Early Childhood Care-givers
ROUND TABLE SESSIONS 1 & 2
ROUND TABLE SESSIONS - 1
Sunday27 June
Topic - Communications, Technology and Learning
ROUND TABLE SESSIONS - 2
Topic - Environment and Learning
6
Monday 28th June
8:00
8:30-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30
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CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:00 AM
PLENARY SESSION - THREE
- Michelle Knobel, Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA
- Prof Colin Lankshear, Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Ballarat
- Dr Consuello Viciedo, President de EDUPAZ
- Dr Angel Villarini, Puerto Rico University
MORNING TEA
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, GARDEN SESSIONS and COLLOQUIA
GROUP 4
11:00-11:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 4A
11:30-12:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 4B
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Dr Joseph Christopher Schaub, College of Notre Dame
of Maryland, USA
A Production-based Approach to Media Literacy
Ronald Abram and Karl Sandin, Denison University,
USADenison University, USA
Practicing the Self: Reflections on a Learning Community
at Denison University
Dr Barbara Prashing, Director, Department of Training &
Research, Creative Learning Company, New Zealand
Learning Style Diversity in the Classroom: Everyone Can
Learn, if we Just Knew How to Teach Them
Data Projector Slide Projector
Data Projector
Mike McManus, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Dr
Malcolm Todd, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School of
Social Science and Law, Sheffield Hallam University,
United Kingdom
Inquiry-based Learning and Study Support: An
Investigation of its Use in a First Year Undergraduate
Social Science Programme
Eleri Bowen, School of Technology and Dr Trevor Price,
Senior Lecturer, School of Technology, University of
Glamorgan United Kingdom
Using Electronic Attendance Registers to Aid Adult Learner
Success
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Monday 28 June
12:00-12:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 4C
Dr K. Nicola Williams, Graduate School of Education,
George Mason University, USA
"If you can't stand any Love and Attention, Don't Come
Here":How Students and Teachers talk about Life in
Classrooms Centered upon Cultural Teaching Missions and
Practices
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr. Jim Greenlaw, Associate Professor, School of
Education, St. Francis Xavier University,
Canada
Literacy Curriculum Reform in Bhutan: Headmasters
Discuss the Challenges they Face
Data Projector
Yeong-Mahn You, Assistant Professor, College of
Education, Hanyang University, Korea and Juyun Kim,
The University of British Columbia, Canada
From Learning About to Learning to Be: Digital literacy as
Emancipatory Action for the Next Generation in the Digital
Time
Dr Frank D. Aquila, Cleveland State University,
Dr Ronald Moss and Dr Wayne Carter, Cleveland
Municipal School District, USA
Alternative Schools: The Search For An Educational Future
Overhead Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Katherine Muir, College of Education, University of
Wyoming, USA
Lights, Camera, Action: Social Justice Educators Teaching
Science
Overhead Projector
Ermien van Pletzen, University of Cape Town, South
Africa
A Body of Reading: First-year ESL Students’ Negotiation
of Texts in an Interdisciplinary Medical Course in a South
African Institution of Higher Education
Dr Lea Ramsdell, Towson University, USA
Reciprocity: The Heart of Service-Learning
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Dr Valia Spiliotopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada
Self-Directed Learning of Academic Writing amongst
Graduate Students
Overhead Projector
Kimberly Bunts-Anderson, Macquarie University,
Australia
Differences Between Teachers’ Experiences and Beliefs: In
and Out-of-class Interaction in Second Language Learning
Relations to Practice
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
7
Margaret Dizon, Charles Darwin University, Australia
"Don't be Shame, be Game" - Improving Literacy and
Numeracy of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Mature-Aged
Australians through Computer Use
Data Projector
Room # TBA
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Prof Alison Jones, Associate Professor, School of
Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Love Me! Teach Me! Cross-Cultural Literacy in University
Classrooms
Dr. David A. Foltz, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
USA
Language and Identity: Spanish Heritage Speech Closes
Doors To Some Work Opportunities in the US
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Dr Gillian M. Humphreys, Assistant Professor in English,
Department of English, Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hong Kong and Mary Spratt, United Kingdom
Varying Motivation towards Putonghua, English and a
Third Language among Hong Kong Tertiary Students
Tahir Wood, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Higher Education and the "General Intellect"
Overhead Projector
Dr Jerry W. Bradford, College Misericordia and Dr Tim
Hobbs, University of Scranton, USA
Preparing Elementary Educators for Math Literacy
Overhead Projector
Dr Paul Thompson, Lecturer, School of Education,
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Progression in Spoken English
Tape Recorder
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
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Sharifah Khadijah Aihaddad, Faculty of Accountancy,
Sandra Liliana Pucci, Univeristy of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Syed Musa Alhabshi,
and Sharon H. Ulanoff, California State University, Los
University Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), Mahfudzah
Angeles, USA
Mohamed, University Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
The Evolution of the Spanish print environment in one Los
Study on the Effect of Limited-English-Proficient on
Angeles community
Academic Performance in Accounting Education
Teresa Jan Young, Philander Smith College and the
Barbara Evans, Swinburne University of Technology,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
Australia
Developing Emotional and Interpersonal Intelligence in the Two Cases in Innovative Australian Business Teaching:
Classroom: The Use of Oral History and Personal Narrative Keeping it ‘Real’
11:00-12:00 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 4D
Kate Tindle, Dr Juliana Taymans and Rachel Lander, George Washington University, USA
Glimpses of Critical Literacy: Urban Adolescents and Preservice Teachers
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Dr Kerry Kautzman, Alfred University, USA
Facilitating Second Language Acquisition through Service
Learning
Ruth Tepper, Teachers College, USA
Embodied Artists: Engagement of the Body When Making
Art
12:00-12:30 (30min sessions) GROUP 4C cont.
Don Adams, Lecturer, School of Education, University of
Newcastle, Australia
Informing the Dimensions of Lifelong Learning through
Vocational Education and Training in Australian Secondary
Schools
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Ellen L. Smith, Instructor, Department of Educational Foundations, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, USA
Service Learning: From Middle Class Volunteerism to Critical Analysis
Data Projector
Theodoric Manley Jr, DePaul University, USA
Putting the Learning in Service Learning: From Soup
Kitchen Models of Service Learning to the Black Metropolis
Model
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Jaskiran Dhillon and Katerina Zacharia, Education, Culture, and Society, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Struggles for Access: Expanding Notions of Literacy for Youth in Community-Based Settings
TV/VCR
Mohamad Ibrani Shahrimin, Mohd. Sharani Ahmad and
Zainal Abidin Madon, University Putra of Malaysia,
Malaysia
Social Interaction and Early Childhood Educational
Computer Environment: A Case Study
Overhead Projector, TV/VCR
Room # TBA
Dr Celina Valentina Echols, Department of Educational Leadership and Technology, The College of Education &
Human Development and Dr Elinor Brown, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, USA
Teacher Education in Cyberspace: Broadening Cross-cultural Awareness via Technology
Po Wah Chan, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong
Kong
A Collaborative Experience Among Family, School and
Institute on Promoting Children's Education in Hong Kong
Context
Overhead Projector
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GARDEN
Room # TBA
11:00-12:00 GARDEN SESSION in GROUP 4
with Plenary Speaker 11:00-12:30 COLLOQUIUM (90 min session) GROUP 4E
James Seguin, Robert Morris University, Tony Buba, Robert Morris University, Ray Henderson, Braddock Field Historical Society, Rachel Bobrow, Robert Morris University,
Andrew Seguin, Columbia University, USA
Transforming Students through Documentary Film, Video and Photography Projects
Overhead Projector TV/VCR Slide Projector
12:30-1:30
LUNCH
1:30-3:00
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS and GARDEN SESSIONS
GROUP 5
1:30-2:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 5A
2:00-2:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 5B
Monday 28 June
2:30-3:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 5C
Room # TBA
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Room # TBA
Dr Sonali Laxmi Shah, Research Fellow, School of
Sociology & Social Policy, University of Nottingham,
United Kingdom
Disabled and Successful: Education in the Life Stories of
Disabled High-Achievers
Tinus van Rooy, University of South Africa, South Africa
Establishing Learning Organisation through a more
Educative Approach to Education
Dr. Susan Crichton, University of Calgary, Canada
Distributed Learning: Expanding Literacy Options
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Dr. Karimah AdisaThomas, SFSU, USA
Assessing Preservice Teacher Knowledge and Perceptions
of Diversity and Theories: A Longitidual Study 2003-04
Eleni Makris, Northeastern Illinois University, USA
Prospective Teacher's Role in Understanding Children's
Disabilities
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Maria Leilani-Carter, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, New
Zealand
Curriculum Redesigned in the Performing Arts - Te Tohu
Maruata
John Edwards, Univerisity of Portsmouth, United
Kingdom
Evaluating Trainee Teachers: What can pupils tell us
Overhead Projector Tape Recorder, Data Projector
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
Silvia Bernice Fajardo Flores, Project Coordinator &
Lecturer, Centre for the Production of Educational
Resources, University of Colima, Mexico, Kathy Lynch,
Senior Lecturer and Julie Fisher, Associate Professor,
School of Information Management & Systems, Information
Technology, Monash University, Australia
Multimedia Applications: Engaging the Learner
Reinhold Steinbeck, Director International Programs,
Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning, Stanford
University, USA
Evaluating Cross-Cultural Distance Learning: The Stanford
Initiative on Distance Learning - Offering International
Security Courses to the Russian Regions
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
C. Vincent Samarco, Saginaw Valley State University,
USA
Teaching Diversity in the Technologically-Enhanced
Creative Writing Classroom
Mya Poe, MIT, USA
Race and American Literacy Testing: Using Socially
Situated Research to Understand Student Performance on
Large Scale Literacy Tests
Data Projector
Data Projector
Prof Vítor Reia-Baptista, University of Algarve, Portugal
Media Literacy and Media Pedagogy
James Garraway, Academic Developer, Education
Development, Peninsula Technikon, South Africa
Academic Curriculum Knowledge Production at the
Work/Academic Interface’
Data Projector
9
Tim Lindgren, Boston College, USA
Place Literacy as Multimodal Design: Place-Based Writing
Pedagogy in a Networked World
Data Projector
Dr. Mahzan Arshad, University Malaya, Malaysia
Investigating Literacy Involvement of Young Children in
Malaysia
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr Judy A. Leavell, Associate Professor, Dept of
Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University-San
Marcos, USA
Becoming a Fluent Spanish Reader: Accelerating Second
Language Acquisition
Christine A Rogers, Doctorate Student, Department of
Sociology, University of Essex. United Kingdom
Experiencing 'special' Education: Parenting Children with
Learning Difficulties
Dr Daisy F. Tey, Dean, Far Eastern University, Philippines
Student Portfolio Development: Challenges & Promises
Vivienne Harding, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Keeping Pace with the Changing Workplace: Reengineering the University, Adjusting the Curriculum, and
Creating New Learning Paths
Eva Yuk-ching LAI, The Hong Kong Institute of Education,
Hong Kong
A Pilot Study of Integrating Disabled Children into Hong
Kong Mainstream Kindergartens: Perceptions of Teachers
and Parents of Mainstream Kindergartens without Integrated
Programme
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Homer (Tony) Stavely, Keene State College, USA
Overboard in an Ocean of Data: Literacy in a Mediated
World
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Prof Jock Collins, University of Technology Sydney and
Dr Carol Reid, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Education and Ethnic Youth Crime in Australia: Schooling
for a Cosmopolitan Metropolis
Dr Frederick Ebbeck, University of South Australia,
Australia
The Importance of Culture in the Creative Process
Overhead Projector
Dr Nathan Berg, Green Professor of Economics, School of
Social Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Systematic Inconsistencies in the Measurement of
Race/Ethnicity in an Education Context
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Peter Harkness, Swinburne University of Technology,
Dr Rebecca Blevins Faery, MIT, USA
Australia
E-Writing and the Composition Classroom
Western Economics is Toxic: Can we learn from the
Cubans?
Mario E. Castaneda, Pepperdine University, USA
Dr. Robert J. Andrews, Georgian Court University, USA
Reflective Discourse on Race and Culture, Reconfiguring
Leadership Program: Implementing a Curricular-based
America’s Ethnic Dynamic: The Impact of Latinos
High School Leadership Program. A Case Study
Outnumbering
Assoc Prof Arnetha F. Ball, School of Education, Stanford Alison Meyric Hughes, Programme Director, Department
University and
of Arts Policy & Management, City University, United
Dr Adrienne Dixson, Assist Prof of Middle Grades &
Kingdom
Social Studies Education, Department of Curriculum and
Music Education in the United Kingdom
Instruction, North Carolina State University, USA
Carriers of the Torch: Addressing the Global Challenge of
Preparing Teachers for Diversity
1:30-2:30 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 5D
Dr Consuella Lewis, Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh and Dr Sharon Bailey,
President, International Black Women’s Congress (IBWC), USA
A Salon--Global Challenges: Race, Class and Education in the New Millennium
Dr Mayra C. Daniel, Northern Illinois University, USA
Revolutionizing Teachers’ First Year on the Job
Dr. Willie Pearson and Dr. Cheryl Leggon,
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Race, Equity, and Opportunity in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics in the United States
Dr. Magda Lewis and Valerie Ashford, Queen's University,
Canada
The Politics of Adult Literacy: National Interest or Personal
Failure?
2:30-3:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 5C cont.
Dr Paul E. Green, University of California, RIverside, USA
Education Versus Schooling in Cuba
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Dr. Robin Millar and Les Klassen, Centre for Education and Work, Canada
Multi-media and Professional Development for Adult Literacy Workers Facilitating Learning and Literacy: Developing a
Bilingual DVD
Data Projector
Michael Chalk, Preston/ Reservoir Adult Community
Education, Australia
Researching English at the Beach: Does Theme-Based
Language Learning Work Online?
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Prof Susan Cherup, Hope College, USA
Integrating Technology into Teacher Education
Dr. Katherine Richardson Bruna, Iowa State University,
USA
Got "Academic Language"?: Observing the Cultural
Dialogue of English Learner Literacy in California's
Professional Development Institutes
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Overhead Projector Data Projector
10
Room # TBA
Dr Laine Gurley, Twp.HS Dist 214, USA
Concept Mapping: Learn How to Learn
Dr Francis Timothy Walsh, Teachers College, Columbia
University, USA
The “Job Filter”: A Critical Agent of Change in Teaching
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
David Andrew Grant, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A Truly Shared Experience: Adapting Boal's 'Rainbow of Desire' to Engage Young Audiences in Curricular Drama
TV/VCR
Dr Hun Ping Rebecca Chueng, Hong Kong Institute of
Education, Hong Kong
Learning Academic Concepts through a Movement Activity
Programme in a Hong Kong Kindergarten
TV/VCR
Room # TBA
GARDEN
3:00-4:00
Dr Julie Faulkner, RMIT University, Australia
It's Not Just Fun and Games, Teaching You Know: Engagement, Learning and Classroom Practice
Dr Pippa Stein and Dr Denise Newfield, School of
Literature and Language Study, University of the
Witwatersrand, South Africa
Multimodal Pedagogies and Inside/Outside School
Knowledges in South African Classrooms
1:30-2:30 GARDEN SESSION in GROUP 5
with Plenary Speaker AFTERNOON TEA [Afternoon tea will be available for the hour and delegates can help themselves]
3:00-4:30
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, GARDEN SESSIONS and COLLOQUIA
GROUP 6
3:00-3:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 6A
3:30-4:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 6B
Monday 28 June
4:00-4:30 (30min sessions) GROUP 6C
Room # TBA
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Prof Don Collins, Prof Heather Coleman and Assoc Prof
Jackie Sieppert, Faculty of Social Work, University of
Calgary, Canada
Evaluation Of University-Level Teaching: What The
Research Tells Us
Dr Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade, Director, Institute for
Democracy, Education & Access, UCLA, USA
Critical Media Literacy and Urban Youth
Prof Anita Seugnet Blignaut, Professor in e-learning,
Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Evidence of Faculty Participation in Online Classrooms
Data Projector
Data Projector
Dr Anne Reynolds, Associate Professor, Instructional
Leadership and Academic Curriculum, University of
Oklahoma, Dr M. Jayne Fleener, Associate Dean, College
of Education, University of Oklahoma and Grayson H.
Whetley Florida State University, USA
The Making of Intelligence: Poststructural Perspectives of
Learning
Assoc Prof Jackie Sieppert, Faculty of Social Work,
University of Calgary, Canada
Using Portfolios to Enhance Critical Thinking in PostSecondary Education
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Ioannis Agaliotis and Dr Lefkothea Kartasidou,
Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of
Macedonia, Greece
A Cross Thematic Curriculum Framework and its
Contribution to the Education of Children with Profound
Mental Retardation: A Preliminary Study
Overhead Projector
Data Projector
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr. Consuelo Stebbins, Assistant Dean, College of Arts
and Sciences, University of Central Florida and Frankie
Dovel-Morris, ESOL Instructor, Department of Adult and
Migrant Education, Albemarle County Public Schools, USA
Developing Literacy Skills by Connecting With Your
Community Teaching Literacy Skills through E Mail
Prof Nicola Yelland, Professor of Education, Hong Kong
Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Rethinking Numeracy in the Information Age: Creating
Contexts for Problem Posing and Problem Solving across
the Curriculum
Data Projector
Data Projector
11
Dr Mike Clear and Dr Frank Hutchinson, University of
Western Sydney, Australia
The Politics of Disability and Peace: Learning Developments
in the University
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Lynette French, Engineers Australia/ Bright P-12 College,
Australia
EngQuest: Encouraging Student Interest in Technology,
Science and Engineering
Julie Martello, Adjunct lecturer; Doctoral Student, School
of Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Connecting Literacies:Multimodal and Critical Literacies
through Drama in the Early Years of School
Data Projector, TV/VCR
TV/VCR, Overhead Projector
Dr Olusegun Sogunro, Central Connecticut State
University, USA
No Adult Left Behind: Implications of Enhancing
Andragogical Practices in Adult Education
David Adrian Kay, David Kay Training and Development,
Australia
Creating Workplace Learning Communities in PNG
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
TV/VCR, Overhead Projector
David Rose, University of Sydney and Sharon Lesley
Galleguilos, Koori Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
Teaching Adult Academic Literacy to Aboriginal Students at
the Koori Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
Overhead Projector TV/VCR
Elizabeth Marshall, University of Maryland, USA
Transforming Fairy Tales: Representations of girlhood in
Francesca Lia Block's "Wolf"
Lucia Vardanega, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Building Bridges Across Cultures; Making Written
Communication Culturally Relevant
James Elmborg, The University of Iowa, USA
Literacies Large and Small: The Case of Information
Literacy
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Kate Hawkey, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Assessing Online Discussions Working 'Along the Grain' of
Current Technology and Educational Culture
Wai Man Leung, School of Early Childhood Education,
The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Enhancing Children's Project Work in a Kindergarten with
ICT in Hong Kong
Katrina Thorpe, Koori Centre, University of Sydney,
Australia
Indigenous Philosophies and Transformative Pedagogies in
University Curricula
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Dr Kenneth Tunnell, Professor, Department of Criminal
Justice, Eastern Kentucky University, USA
Education and Economics in Southern Appalachia
Lori A. Norton-Meier, Iowa State University, USA
Reading, Writing, and Laughing N’Sync: An Ethnographic
Study of Life in an Internet Chat Room with Adolescents as
they Explore Popular Culture, Literacy, Power, and being
Female
Dr Patrick Brown-Beckford, Greater Burlington
Multicultural Resource Center, USA
The Educational Value of a Community Multicultural
Resource Center
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Veda Pendleton McClain, Arkansas State University, USA
Stories That Empower, Stories That Transform Examining
the Lived Experiences of Classroom Stories
Room # TBA
Eric Blancaflor Claravall, Redwood City School District,
Dr Fannie Haughton, Spelman College, USA
USA, Mary Jane Louise Bolunia and
Building a Community of Teachers to Develop an Afro
Maria Teresa de Guzman, University of the Philippines
Latin American Curriculum
Manila, Philippines
Teaching Interactive Reading and Writing: An
Ethnographic Analysis
3:00-4:00 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 6D
Dr Leo R. Sandy, Professor of Education, Department of Education, and Dr Scott Meyer, Department of Social Work,
Plymouth State University, USA
Beyond Patriotism in the New Millennium: Creating a New Vision for Education
Room # TBA
Janne Morton, Language and Learning Skills Unit, The
University of Melbourne, Australia
The Visual and the Verbal in the Assessment of Design
Overhead Projector
4:00-4:30 (30min sessions) GROUP 6C cont.
Prof Marjory Ebbeck, University of South Australia,
Australia
Mentoring in the Arts: Supporting Teachers to become
Researchers
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Janette Vervoorn and Rita van Haren, Youth and Family Services, ACT Department of Education, Australia
MyRead: Strategies for Teaching Reading in the Middle Years
Stella Lam, IED, Hong Kong
The Creative Music Curriculum for Pre-Primary School
Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr Roberto Bahruth, Boise State University, USA
Critical Literacy versus Reading Programs in the United States: Schooling as a Form of Control
Dr Norbert Pachler and Caroline Daly, Institute of
Education, University of London, United Kingdom
Professional Teacher Learning in Virtual Environments:
Myth or Reality?
Room # TBA
Dr. Lennie Scott-Webber, Ryerson University, Canada
Physical Environments Impact Learning and How We Share Knowledge
Data Projector
Val Williams, Deputy Team Leader, Ethnic Minority
Achievement Service, Portsmouth Local Education Authority
and John Edwards, Univerisity of Portsmouth, United
Kingdom
Overhead Projector
12
Room # TBA
Dr. Barbara Hardaway, Gallaudet University, USA
A Deaf Community's Tribute to Langston Hughes of the Harlem Renaissance
Anatoliy Medvedev, Director, Independent Pre-school
Education Center, Uzbekistan
Methods of Implementation and Adaptation of Modern
Technologies in Elementary Education in Young
Independent Republic
TV/VCR
Overhead Projector
GARDEN
3:00-4:30
Room # TBA
3:00-4:00 GARDEN SESSION GROUP 6
with Plenary Speaker COLLOQUIUM (90 min session) GROUP 6E
Prof. Rebecca J. Alm, Director, Distance Learning, Kathleen M. Heideman, Developer, MCAD Distance Learning, Dr Patricia Briggs, Nathaniel Stern, Adjunct Professor, MCAD
Distance Learning, Justin Heideman, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, USA
Learning Art Online:Critique, Interaction and Interface
Data Projector
4:30-5:30
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
GROUP 7
PAPERS and WORKSHOPS
4:30-5:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 7A
5:00-5:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 7B
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Anita Hernandez, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Quality Professional Development for Teachers of Second Language Learners
Claire Allam and Prof Michael Hattaway, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Teaching Shakespeare through film-making at the University of Sheffield
Prof. Jerry Wellington, University of Wellington, New Zealand
Has Ict Come Of Age? Recurring Debates On The Role Of Ict In Education
Dr Terry Brown, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-River
Falls, USA
Using Film to Internationalize the Post-secondary Undergraduate Curriculum
Data Projector TV/VCR
Monday 28 June
TV/VCR
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Kathleen Offenholley, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of
Mathematics, Brookdale Community College, USA
Cooperation and Communication in Online Mathematics Courses
Paul A. Howard-Jones, Jennifer Bomford, University of Bristol,and Richard Joiner,
University of Bath, United Kingdom
Computer-mediated Problem-solving in Social and Scientific Contexts
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
Dr. Joan M Lescinski, President and Professor of English, President's Office, Saint
Mary-of-the-Woods College, USA
Gladly Would They Learn, and Gladly Teach: Distance Learning for Adult Prospective
Teachers
Jane Perry, RMIT University, Australia
The Power of Context: Exploring the Dynamics of Change in a Chinese Educational Reform
Project
Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Kathy Morris, Sonoma State University, USA
“Chocolate & Peppermints,” “Science Journal,” and lots of “Goodies” but not enough
Time to Talk: Elementary Teachers’ Opportunities for Learning through School-based
Professional Development
Dr Ilona Leki, Professor, Department of English, University of Tennessee, USA
Moving Inside: Socioacademic Relationships and Institutional Literacy Demands in the
Transformation of Social and Literate Identities
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Mary Jae Paul, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Instructional Development as "Community" Programming:Using Activity Theory to
Examine Departmental Culture
Jacqueline Darvin, Nassau BOCES, USA
Are We Being Taught to Punch the Clock?: Politics and Situated Literacy in One Vocational
High School
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Dr Giselle Martins dos Santos Ferreira, The Open University, United Kingdom
Theory, Practice and the In-between: Some thoughts Concerning Music, Technology
and Education
Dr Marta I. Cruz-Janzen, Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University and Dr Marilyn J.
Taylor, Dean of Education, University of Alaska Southeast and Joslyn K Owens, Denver Pulic
Schools, USA
Impact of Multicultural Curriculum, Content, and Instruction: Assessment of a Preservice
Program Through Teacher Candidates' Eyes
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
13
Room # TBA
Dr Theresa Rogers, University of British Columbia, Canada
Things Thicker Than Words: Integrating Multi-Media Into Curriculum For Struggling
Youth
Prof. Nancy Nelson, Louisiana State University, USA
Literacy: Beyond the Commonplaces
4:30-5:30WORKSHOPS GROUP 7C
Room # TBA
Monday 28 June
Prof Terrence Ross, Visiting Artist, Communications Department, Adelphi University, USA
Media Empowerment via the Best and the Worst: A Dialectic Approach to Teaching Media Literacy to our Children
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Jean Sutton, Aspen Research, USA
Lecture Maker: Effective and Efficient Knowledge Transfer Via Online Multimedia Delivery
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Jeanne A. Cameron and Cornelia B. Rea, Tompkins Cortland Community College, USA
Contested Aims of Assessment in the U.S. Context: Capitalist Accountability or Critical Pedagogy
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Lila Pine, Program Director, School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Canada
From a Pedagogy of Discovery to a Pedagogy of Invention
Data Projector
Room # TBA
5:30-6:30
Room # TBA
Lynn Sheinkin and Prof Christina Pratt, Social Work Program, Faculty in Social Sciences, Dominican College and City University of New York, USA
Gender Equity in Schools
ROUND TABLE SESSIONS 3 & 4
ROUND TABLE SESSION - 3
Topic - Society, Culture and Learning
Monday 28 June
Prof Pippa Stein, School of Language & Literature Studies, University of Witwatersand, South Africa
5:30-6:30
Room # TBA
Denise Newfield
ROUND TABLE SESSION - 4
Topic - Popular and Participatory Education – Convenor- Mario Bello (ICCP)
14
Tuesday 29th June
7:45
8:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-12:30
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT WILL BE OPEN FROM 7:30 AM
Meet at Conference Venue for Transfer to Local Schools
Buses will depart for School Visits
MORNING TEA
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, GARDEN SESSIONS and COLLOQUIA
GROUP 8
11:00-11:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 8A
11:30-12:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 8B
Tuesday 29 June
12:00-12:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 8C
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Tamara M. Johnson, Director, Environmental Assistance
Office, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Education Through Diversity: A South African Experience
Harold Beck, City of Melbourne, Australia
City Experience: Engaging Students: Innovative City
Classroom Programs in the City of Melbourne
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
Dr. Karen Chantrey Wood, Course Director, Faculty of
Education, University of Central England, United Kingdom
Learning to Teach - Learning to Value: An Example of
Citizenship Education in Initial Teacher Training
Ernest O'Neil, New Horizons for Primary Schools,
Jamaica
Technology in Support of Literacy and Numeracy in
Jamaican Primary Schools
Qing Li and Kelly Edmonds, University of Calgary,
Canada
At-Risk Learners, Technology, and Mathematics: The
Effects and the Guidelines for Design
Data Projector
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Margaret Durham, Head Teacher, Business Services,
Northern Sydney Institute, TAFENSW and
Ray Durham, School of International Business, University
of NewSouth Wales, Australia
AusAID/TAFEGLOBAL Vocational Training in the
Kingdom of Tonga: Some Observations and Case Studies
Paul Kalfadellis, Monash University, Australia
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching Cross-cultural
Communication and Management
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Overhead Projector
Keisha Ferguson, The University of Michigan, USA
Appraising Validity Log Data
Data Projector
Dr Barry Lex McDonald, Victoria University of
Wellington, New Zealand
Effective In-Service Training: Empowering Teachers To
Change
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Dr Judy A. Leavell, Associate Professor, Dept of
Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University-San
Marcos and Elizabeth L. Woodward, Librarian, The
Woodlands High School, USA
Student On-line Research: Changes From High School to
University
Dr Lesley Ljungdahl, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of
Education, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Cultural Encounters in the People's Republic of China:
Learning Beyond the Classroom
Meg Morgan, English Department, UNC Charlotte, USA
International Technical Communication: New Questions for
a New Time
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Cecilia Jacobs, Faculty Language Co-ordinator, Faculty
of Engineering, Peninsula Technikon, South Africa
Creating Discursive Spaces: The Integration of Academic
Literacies within Subject Areas
Doris Pui wah Cheng, Hong Kong Institute of Education,
Hong Kong
Novice and Expert-a Matter of Teaching Experience?
Professional I of Teachers
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
15
Jessica Pérez-Monforti, Mercer University, USA
Valley of Indecision: Using Experimental Research to
Choose Introduction to American Government Textbooks
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Trevor Tyson, Swinburne University of Technology,
Australia
Stepping Stones for a Care-ful Approach to Groupwork
Overhead Projector
Medhat Endrawes, College of Law & Business, University
of Western Sydney, Australia
The Relationship Between the Self and the Students’
Performance: A Culture Perspective
Overhead Projector
Ros Ollin, Principal Lecturer, School of Education &
Prefessional Development, University of Huddersfield,
United Kingdom
Silence, Meanings and Learning: Teachers' Constructs of
Silence and a Different Discourse of Practice in Teaching
and Learning
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Sharon Lesley Galleguilos, Koori Centre, University of
Sydney, Australia
Career Development for Indigenous Students in Australian
Universities: Personal and Professional Resilience for the
Future
Tsunehiko Nawano, Swinburne University of Technology,
Australia
The Evolution of Wa (Group Harmony) in Japanese
Society and the Nature of Work: Crisis or Transformation
in a Globalised Economy: Implications for Educators and
Management Practitioners
Dr Orna Lavi Steiner, Ort Braude Academic College,
Israel
e-Learning in High Education
John Matthew Gordon, University of East Anglia, United
Kingdom
Multimodality and Learning with Poetry
Julie Gerstman, Swinburne University of Tecnology,
Australia
Applying a Complex Adaptive System and Weak Signals to
Economics Teaching
Kevin Boyle, Elon University, USA
Poetic Literacy: Creating Lifelong Learners and Writers
Dr Vicki Crowley, University of South Australia
Bodies, Embodiment and Gender Binaries: Intersex and the
Question of Education
TV/VCR
James E. Seitz, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Only Connect: Building Bridges between Secondary and
Post-Secondary Literacy Learning
11:00-12:00 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 8D
Room # TBA
Prof Kim H. Song, Assistant Professor, College of Education and Jacklyn Lewis-Harris, Director , College of
Education, University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA
Multicultural Education Techniques: Social Studies Methods Course
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Dr Ove Sandell, Associate Professor, Department of Health
and Social Services, University College of Oestfold, Norway
Learning as Acquisition or Learning as Participation?:
Introduction and Background
12:00-12:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 8C cont.
Dr. David Agnew, Associate Professor, College of
Agriculture and Dr Mark McJunkin, Arkansas State
University, USA
The Evolution of Agricultural Literacy Impact on the
Environment and Student Learning
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr Bernie Oliver, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Eileen Oliver, Elizabeth City State University, USA and Lex
Bowden, Victoria Point State School and Caroline Hull, Warrigal Road State School, Australia
The Paradox of Learning: Hey it’s the Environment Stupid
Miguel M. Licona, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Deconstructing Oppressor Ideology in Teacher Preparation
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Prof Christina Pratt, Social Work Program, Faculty in Social Sciences, Dominican College and City University of New
York, USA
Creating Environments for Gender Equity: A School Based Model for Transformation
Room # TBA
Katrin Rabanus, Founder, Lernstation Hasenschule, Oelbergkinder e.V, Germany
Reading from the Scratch with Fingers: Success Warranted in 70 hours: An International Reading Method by Show of
Hands
Dr Keith Gilbert, Deakin University, Australia
Extending Academic Discourse in the University Context:
Listening to Student’s other Lives
Data Projector
Data Projector
Panagiotes S Anastasiades, Assistant Professor,
Department of Education, University of Crete. Greece
From the Conventional Classroom to the New Hybrid
Learning Environment: Steps and Methodology
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Maggie McPherson and Miguel Baptista Nunes, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Developing Innovation in eLearning
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Bronwyn T. Williams, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Louisville and
Amy A. Zenger, University of New Hampshire, USA
Written on the Screen: Representations of Literacy in Popular Culture
Data Projector, TV/VCR
Mohamad Ibrani Shahrimin, Mohd. Sharani Ahmad and
Zainal Abidin Madon, University Putra of Malaysia,
Malaysia
Collaboratively-enabled Software Program as An Assistive
Technology in Early Childhood Classroom: A Pilot Study
Overhead Projector, TV/VCR, Data Projector
16
GARDEN
Room # TBA
11:30-12:30 GARDEN SESSION in GROUP 8
with Plenary Speaker - TBA
11:00-12:30 COLLOQUIUM (90 min session) GROUP 8E
Dr. Anthony Rigazio-Digilio, Dr. Carol Carter-Lowery, Dr. Penelope Lisi, Dr. Helen Abadiano, Dr. Olusegun Sogunro Central Connecticut State University
and Cecile Walden, Sam Sharpe Teachers’ College, Montego Bay, Jamaica, WI, USA
Internationalizing Leadership Education in the Caribbean: Critical Reflection on Central Connecticut State University's Experience in Jamaica: International, Global, Multicultural and
Cross-cultural Education
Overhead Projector TV/VCR
12:30-1:30
LUNCH
1:30-3:00
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, GARDEN SESSIONS and COLLOQUIA
GROUP 9
1:30-2:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 9A
2:00-2:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 9B
Tuesday 29 June
2:30-3:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 9C
Room # TBA
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Assoc Prof John Carroll, School of Communication,
Charles Sturt University, Australia
Digital Natives and Virtual Literacy: Process Drama and
On-Line Learning
Dr. Mhairi (Vi) Maeers, Director of the Centre for
Academic Technologies, Faculty of Education, University
of Regina, Canada
The I-TeacherEd Project: An Action Research Project on
the Integration of Technology into a Teacher Education
Program
Dr Roberta Devlin-Scherer, Seton Hall University, USA
Eportfolios: Preservice Teacher Uses: Eportfolios in Practice
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Room # TBA
Marlene Brooks, Research Officer, Distance Learning
Division, Centre for Continuing Education, University of
Regina, Canada
Action Research for Technology Enhanced Learning:
Faculty and Learner Experiences and Perspectives
Overhead Projector
Marina Stefania Giannakaki, NRDC, Institute of
Education, University of London, United Kingdom
Using Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods to
Examine Teachers’ Attitudes to Educational Change: The
Case of the Skills for Life Strategy for Improving Adult
Literacy and Numeracy Skills in England
Dr. Robert H. Beach and Dr. Ronald A. Lindahl, Alabama
State University, USA
Leading Planned Change in Schools
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Anne Wilks, RMIT University, Australia
Thinkers and Doers: The Impact of Different Approaches
to Teaching
Overhead Projector
Barbara Chancellor, RMIT University, Australia
Transforming School Playgrounds to Sites of Learning:
Training Teachers in the Importance of Outdoor Play for
Optimal Child Development
Prof Alan Reid, University of South Australia, Australia
Rethinking the Official Curriculum
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Dr. John M. Peters, University of Tennessee, USA
Action Research: A Model and Examples
Overhead Projector
Dr. Michael Kehler, Assistant Professor and Christopher
Greig, Faculty of Education, University of Western
Ontario, Canada
The Literate Selves: Reading or Misreading the Textuality
of High School Boys
Overhead Projector
17
Dr Gwen Sands, Principal, Primary Campus, Pomona State
School, Australia
Achieving Sustainable Outcomes Through Organisational
Learning: A System Approach to Building School Capacity
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Dr. Barbara Cozza, Associate Professor, Education
Department, University of Scranton and
Dr. John R. Williams, Superintendent of Schools,
Scranton School District, USA
Educational Leadership and Management: How to Create
Institutional change through School-University Partnership
- A Professional Development Model
Dr Tim Hobbs, University of Scranton, Dr Otar
Gerzmava, National Health Management Center, Ysonde
Gomez-Hobbs, University of Scranton,
Dr Debra Eville-Lo, University of Scranton, USA
The Georgian-American Exchange: A Model for Promoting
Inclusive Education in Post-soviet Society
W.G.Jones, Waikato School of Management, University of
Waikato, New Zealand
Learning and ‘Unlearning’ in a Turbulent Educational
Environment: Insights from a Collaborative Team-Based
Management Development Project
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Josh Geller and Dr Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller,
University of Oregon, USA
Influence of Case-Based Instruction on Pre-Service
Teachers’ Decision-Making Skills
Room # TBA
Dr Veronica Brady, Honorary Senior Research Fellow,
Department of English, Communications and Cultural
Studies, University of Western Australia, Australia
Ou Sont Les Nieges D’Antan
1:30-2:30 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 9D
Peter Burkholder, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA
The Internet Colleague Finder Database (ICFDb)
Room # TBA
Prof. Cedric Cullingford, Head of Research, Research,
School of Education & Professional Development,
University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Learning or Being Taught?: Children’s Minds and
Educational Policy
Dr Sikivu Hutchinson, Women’s Leadership Project. USA
Speaking Truth to Power: Feminist Pedagogy and Youth
Advocacy in South Los Angeles
Harriett Romo, The University of Texas at San Antonio,
USA
Early Literacy Learning among Mexican Origin Children:
The Social Construction of Meaning in PreSchool
Classrooms
Delia Poey, Florida State University, USA
Coyotes in the Classroom: Incorporating Latino Literature in
College Curricula
2:30-3:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 9C cont.
Dr. Jace Hargis, and Dr Gordon Rakita University of
North Florida, USA
The More We Change, the More We Remain the Same: A
Synchronous/Asynchronous discourse on Teaching, Learning
and Technology Models
Data Projector
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr Felicity Jane Rash, Reader, School of Modern Languages and Dr. Kirsteen Anderson, Queen Mary, University of
London, United Kingdom
Thinking Writing in the Humanities
Overhead Projector
Jeanine Leane, Academic Coordinator, Ngwawal Centre,
University of Canberra, Australia
Teaching Aboriginal Values Indigenous Worldviews: My
Values /Your Problems
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Wayne Prescott, Teacher, Business Department, Litchfield High School, USA
Around the World without Leaving the Classroom
Dr. Joan B. Parris, University of North Alabama, USA
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: “My E-Mentor
Told Me So!”
Data Projector
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr. Patricia E. Gillie, New Trier Township High School District 203 and
Dr. Janine Steffen, Hampshire High School, USA
Reading Strategies for Second Language Learners: Academic Reading
Dr Marilyn J. Taylor, Dean of Education, University of
Alaska Southeast/Juneau and
Dr Marta Cruz-Jansen, Center for Teacher Education,
Florida Atlantic University, USA
Hitting the Ground Running: Why Introductory Teacher
Education Courses should deal with Multiculturalism
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Julee A. Russell and Kay Kringlie, Valley City State University, USA
Digital Video: Assessment in Language in Literature
Slavka Tzanova, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Internet-based Performance Support System with
Educational Elements
Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Olevia Susan Frusher, Northeastern State University andMichael Wayne Jackson, Oklahoma City University, USA
Identity Origins of Indigenous People: Learning in the Cultural Environment: Integration of Research-Based Course
Content with a Field Trip to Historic Mound Builder Cultures in the southern United States
TV/VCR, Data Projector
18
Denice Goodrich Liley, Boise State University, USA
Living in the Moment: Workshop Approach to End of Life
Education: Linking University Students, Families, and
Communities
Room # TBA
GARDEN
David Brandstein, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Modeling and Embracing Successful Diversity Strategies in Higher Education: Recruiting and Retaining Indigenous and
Other Underrepresented Students
2:00-3:00 GARDEN SESSION in GROUP 9
with Plenary Speaker - TBA
1:30-3:00 COLLOQUIUM (90 min session) GROUP 9E
Dr Maxine Ruvinsky, Assistant Professor of Journalism,
School of Journalism, University College of the Cariboo,
Canada
Media Convergence and the Canadian Journalism School:
Social Conscience in the Age of Information
Tuesday 29 June
Room # TBA
Prof George Bieger, Professor of Education, Professional Studies in Education Department, Dennis Ausel, Dr Monte Tidwell, Dr Alphonse Novels, Associate Dean, College of
Humanities & Social Sciences, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Learning About Other Cultures: Preparing Teachers for a Multicultural World
3:00-3:30
AFTERNOON TEA
3:30-5:30
PLENARY SESSION - FOUR
- Prof Kris Guiterrez, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
- Dr Nidia Gonzales, Institute of Philosophy, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Cuba
- Prof Luis Salas, Environmental Education Specialist, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
CONFERENCE DINNER at 8:00pm
19
Tuesday 29 June
Wednesday 30th June
9:00-10:30
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT WILL BE OPEN FROM 8:30am
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, GARDEN SESSIONS and COLLOQUIA
GROUP 10
9:00-9:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 10A
9:30-10:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 10B
Wednesday 30 June
10:00-10:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 10C
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Prof Nicola Yelland, Hong Kong Institute of Education,
Hong Kong, Assoc Prof. Susan Hill, University of South
Australia and Gerry Mulhearn, Dept of Education and
Community Services, Australia
Children of the New Millennium
Dr Andrea Bartlett, Associate Professor, Department of
Curriculum Studies, University of Hawai’I at Manoa USA
Using Electronic Portfolios to Prepare Preservice Teachers to
Implement Technology: An Update
Rayfield A. Waller, Barry University, USA
Reinventing the Word: Post-Literacy America, and the
Misconceptions of ‘Knowledge Economy’ Pedagogy
Data Projector
Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Victor Thiessen, Dalhousie University, USA
Can School-based Access to Information and Computer
Technology (ICT) Diminish Gender and Social Class
Digital Divides?
Lois Breedlove, Central Washington University, USA
Empowerment Pedagogy: Using Media-making to Empower
Students of Marginalized Groups
Dr Anna M. Quirk, IPSE inc., USA
Meaning and The Good Life: Reconfiguring the Role of
Education in Indigenous Cultural Contexts
Data Projector
Data Projector
Dr Debra Eville-Lo, University of Scranton, Gloria
Beltran-Perez MA, UNIVA, Mexico, Dr Tim Hobbs and
Ching Lo, University of Scranton, USA
Crossing Borders: Preparing Teachers for a HispanicAmerican Future
Diane Hui, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Education,
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St
Louis, USA
The Role of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) in
Teacher Learning Discourse
Dr. Annabelle L. Nelson, Fielding Graduate Institute, The
WHEEL Council, Inc., USA
Multicultural Model of HIV Prevention for Youth
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Lily Dyson, University of Victoria, Canada
Learning to Teach and Teaching Teachers: Consonance
and Dissonance between Pre-service and In-service
Teachers about Practicum
Ana Luisa Matias, Departamento de Psicologia e Ciências
da Educação, Instituto Politécnico da Guarda - Escola,
Portugal
College students writing Problems
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Dr Fiona J. Doloughan, University of Surrey, United
Kingdom
Reading Images, Telling Tales: Meaning-making and the
Culture of Narrativity
Barbara Ann Matthews, Senior Lecturer, Centre for
Language & Languages, Auckland College of Education,
New Zealand
The Construction of Identity: The Influence of Picture Books
and Story Telling: An Examination of the Influence of Oral
and Written Texts on the Development of Identity
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Dr Rima D Apple, School of Human Ecology & the
Women's Studies Program, University of Wisconsin, USA
Liberation or Domesticity?: The Struggle over Women’s
Education in the 20th Century
Dr Fethi Mansouri, Senior Lecturer, School of Social &
International Studies, Deakin University, Australia
Race, Identity and Education Achievements of ArabAustralian Students
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Dahlina Daut Mohmud, Cranfield University, UK
The KaryaNet; Malaysia’s EBook Portal: The
Development of Knowledge Online
Room # TBA
Dahlina Daut Mohmud, Cranfield University, UK
The KaryaNet; Malaysia’s EBook Portal: The
Development of Knowledge Online
Dr Bonita B. Barger, College of Business, Tennessee
Technologies University, USA
The Group Communication Processes and a Leadership
Library
David Needham, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, The
Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Breaking out from the Straitjacket; an Appreciation of the Art
of Teaching in a Business Classroom within a ScientificallyBased Teaching Environment
20
Marnetta Shetler-Bradford, Hanover Family Pracitce and
Ysonde Gomez-Hobbs, University of Scranton, USA
Challenges and Strategies of Health Education for NonLiterate Populations
Dr Orest Cap, University of Manitoba, USA
Quest for Quality Teacher Preparation:The Manitoba
Experience
Room # TBA
9:00-10:00 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 10D
10-10:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 10C cont.
Dr Mark McJunkin and Dr. David Agnew, Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, Arkansas State University, USA
Food Land and People: Resource for Agricultural and Environmental Education
Dr Fay Smith, Lecturer, School of Education,
Communication and Language Sciences, United Kingdom
Differences in Interaction within Primary Lessons: Subject
Area and Gender Comparisons
Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
James (Rusty) Henderson, Darlington County School District, USA
Digital Portfolios: The Great Motivator
Dr. Elizabeth Ann Murphy, Assistant Professor, Faculty of
Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Issues in Broadband-Supported Learning: Synchronous
Communication, Accessibility, Independence
Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Mana Forbes, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, New Zealand
Fresh Approach to Teacher Education: Ancestral Value Systems
Dr Simon Adetona Akindes, UW-Parkside, USA
Electronic Portfolios Exploring the Frontier Between
Learning, Critical Thinking and Self-promotion
Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Prof Andrew Jakubowicz, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Using Multimedia to address issues of Cultural Difference: The Making Multicultural Australia Website
Data Projector
Ray Cafolla, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Developing Web-based Applications: The Macromedia
Approach
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Julie Woodlock, Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE, Australia
Shaping New Practices
Dr. Stephanie Evans, California State University, Los
Angeles, USA
“African American Dialects and Schooling: A Review of
Vernacular Black English
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
GARDEN
9:00-10:00 GARDEN SESSION in GROUP 10
with Plenary Speaker - TBA
9:00-10:30 COLLOQUIUM (90 min session) GROUP 10E
Room # TBA
Chrisanne LaHue, Valeri Kershaw, Nicole Saab, Trish Harder, Kristin Waters, Denver Public Schools, USA
Implementing Denver Public School’s Literacy Studio Course at Morey Middle School: Education Reform in Action
10:00-11:00
MORNING TEA [Morning tea will be available for the hour and delegates can help themselves during sessions]
10:30-12:00
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS and COLLOQUIA
10:30-11:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 11A
11:00-11:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 11B
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Barbara Lynn Smith, Doctoral Student, St. Thomas
University, USA
The Role of Popular Education in Educational Reform
Dr Thomas Grant Griffiths, Senior Research Associate,
School of Education, University of Newcastle, Australia
Educating 'Good Socialist Citizens' in the post-Soviet,
Capitalist World-system: Reporting on a Survey of Cuban
youth in the Special Period
Joe Perry, Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies, Wollutuka,
University of Newcastle, Australia
Learning through Indigenous Identity
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Data Projector
GROUP 11
Data Projector
21
Wednesday 30 June
11:30-12:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 11C
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Gail A. Cueto, Associate Professor of Education,
Department of Teacher Education, Central Connecticut
State University, USA
Working with diverse Student Populations: Examining
Teacher Candidates' Multicultural Efficacy
Barbara Sinclair, University of Nottingham, United
Kingdom
Designing e-Learning to Support Teacher Autonomy:
The Teacher as Independent Learner
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Data Projector, Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Dr.Darra Pace and Dr.Diane Schwartz, School of
Education and Allied Human Services, Hofstra University,
USA
Redesigning Teacher Preparation for a Changing World:
Moving from a Segregated to an Inclusive Model of
Schooling
Arda Culpan, RMIT University, Australia
Information Communication Technology in Visual Art
Education: Attributes and Limitations of Information
Communication Technology in the Context of Visual Art
Education
Overhead Projector, Data Projector
Lyn Alderman, University of Newcastle, Australia
Dumbing It Down: Where do standards fit?
Data Projector
Roland Cheo Kim San, Monash University, Australia
How Published Ranking Knowledge Affects Educational
Institutions' Efficiency: An Empirical Study of Singapore
Secondary Schools
Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Dr. Paul D. Boin, University of Windsor, Canada
Towards 21st Century Media Literacy and Development:
The Information Quality Continuum (IQC) as a Conceptual
Tool for an Informed and Democratic Society
Qinjuan (Jane) Zhang, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous
Tertiary Education, Australia
Education for Personal Transformation: A Reflection on
Teaching Indigenous Students
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Hans Smits, Faculty of Education, University of Calgary,
Canada
Listening to Students, Learning about Teaching
Dr Deslea Konza, Faculty of Education, University of
Wollongong, Australia
Understanding and Teaching Students with Asperger's
Syndrome as Individuals
Elizabeth N. Cooper, Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Canada
Anti-Racist Teacher Education: Relationship, Responsibility, Reverance, Respect, Developing Critical Student
Leadership
Robert Barr, William Parrett and Scott Willison, Boise
State University, USA
Defining Achievement for the Nation’s Impoverished Youth:
Proven Educational Programs and Practices for Effectively
Teaching the Children of Poverty
Dr Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller and Josh Geller, University
of Oregon, USA
How to Leave No Child Behind: Universal Design for
Instruction and Assessment
11:30-12:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 11C cont.
Dr Marketta Laurila, Tennessee Technological University,
USA
On-Line Language Testing: Challenges and Opportunities
Data Projector
Data Projector
Prof Ruth Needleman, Division of Labor Studies, Indiana University Northwest, Charlie Brooks, United Steelworkers
of America, USA
Building Learning Communities for Social Action: Swingshift College, A Model for Social Justice Education and
Citizenship
Dr Thomas Hergert, St. Cloud State University, USA
Multi-camera Vide
o in an Action Research Project on Teaching Critical Literacy
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
James G. Coe, Taylor University, USA
Investigating the Environment of Conation from the
Perspective of the Autonomous Learner
Ben Bishin, University of Miami, USA
Representation in Real Time: Subconstituency Politics
and Issue Positioning in Senate Campaigns
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
10:30-11:30 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 11D
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Ian McGrath, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Designing e-learning in Support of Teacher Autonomy:
Towards Self-directed Professional Development
Overhead Projector
TV/VCR
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Nancy A. Chicola, Barbara J. Smith and Rosemary Leibowitz, Buffalo State College, USA
Using Visual Arts to Enhance Children's Understanding of Social Studies
Dr Paula Boxie, Miami University, USA
Integrating Technology in a Reading Methods Course
Data Projector
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Beverly Bickel, University of Maryland and David Truscello, Community College of Baltimore County, USA
Beyond “Brown vs. Board” and the Blockade: Dialogue across Social Knowledge Networks
Dr Liz Todd, Director of Educational Psychology, School of
Education Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle
University, United Kingdom
Extended Schools: Benefits, Barriers and Outcomes
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Prof Patrick M. Scanlon, Professor, Department of Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Student Internet Plagiarism: An Overview of the Problem and a Discussion of Solutions
Data Projector
Dr. Christa de Kleine, College of Notre Dame, USA
Enhancing Teacher Education Programs Through International
Online Collaboration
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Shelley Wyant, Bard College, USA
A Workshop in the Artistry of Education
22
12:00-1:30
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
GROUP 12
PAPERS, WORKSHOPS and COLLOQUIA
12:00-12:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 12A
12:30-1:00 (30 min sessions) GROUP 12B
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN
SESSION
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Julio Cammarota, The University of Arizona and
Augustine Romero, Tucson Unified School District,
USA
A Critically Compassionate Intellectualism for Latina/o
Students: Raising Voices Above the Din of Oppression
Asst Prof Carmen L. Robertson, First Nations University
of Canada, Canada
The Reel Norval Morrisseau: What does the National Film
Board of Canada’s Paradox of Norval Morrisseau Teach
Us?
Dr. Roberta J. Herter, California Polytechnic State
University, Camelia Ortiz, Rosaria Aronie and Tino
Aleman, Mary Buren School, USA
A Literacy Casebook: One School's Approach to Teacher
Professional Development
TV/VCR, Data Projector
TV/VCR
Data Projector
Cheri Williams, Indigenous Academic Support Lecturer,
School of Australian Indigenous Knowledge Systems,
Charles Darwin University, Australia
Improving Cultural Safety Through Institutional Change:
A Challenge for Indigenous Academics in the Northern
Territory of Australia.
Dr Regine Hampel, The Open University, United Kingdom
New Online learning Spaces: Task Design for Language
Learning
Dr Chima Uko Igwe, Chair, Education Division, Philander
Smith College, USA
Information Technology As The Greatest Empowerment Tool
Ever
Data Projector
Wednesday 30 June
1:00-1:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 12C
CUBAN & LATIN AMERICAN SESSION
Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr. Ramlee Mustapha and Dr. Subahan Mohd
Meerah, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
The Impact of Globalization on Curriculum: Needs
Analysis for New Curriculum for Science Education in
Malaysia
Overhead Projector
Dr Gido Mapunda, Lecturer in Management, School of
International Business, UNISA, Australia
'O' Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), Capacity Building and the Role of
Education in Personal and Social Transformation in
Developing Countries: An Argument for a Grounded
Theory Model?
Dr. Wayne Nesbit and Dr. David Philpott, Memorial
Univerity of Newfoundland, Canada
FAS/E Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Canada's Aboriginal
Communities: Implications for Education and Learning
Overhead Projector
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Erin A. Mikulec, Purdue University, USA
Reading in Spanish and English: A Comparative Miscue
Analysis of First and Foreign Languages
Overhead Projector
Dr Rahat Naqvi, Second Language Institute, University of
Ottawa, Canada
The Role of Family in the Construction of Literacy
Practices
Overhead Projector
Dr Judith Y. Singer, Professor Early Childhood Education,
Teaching and Learning, Long Island University, USA
Using Intercollegiate Response Groups to Help Teacher
Education Students Bridge Differences of Race, Ethnicity,
Sexual Orientation: Exploring Multiple Literacies
Overhead Projector
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Room # TBA
Morris T. Liang and Shengyung Huang, National
Dr Heather Ryan, Assistant Professor, Department Head,
Changhua U. of Education, Taiwan
Department of Educational Psychology, University of
Relationships between Student's Learning Strategy and
Regina, Canada
Learning Satisfaction in Vocational Industrial High
Avoiding Social Isolation in On-line Courses
School in Taiwan
David Jay Steiner, Curriculum and Social Inquiry,
National-Louis University, USA
Media Making as a Tool of Conscientizacao in the
Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
12:00-1:00 WORKSHOPS (60 min sessions) GROUP 12D
Diem Nguyen, Jennifer Lindsey, Caryn Park, Chris Ward and Anne Reece, University of Washington, USA
Critical Perspectives on Teacher and Learner Identity Formation in the Context of Globalization
23
Dr. Cima Sedigh, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education,
Sacred Heart University, USA
Teacher Preparation and the Nomadic Life Stye of the
"Bakhtiari Tribe" of Iran
Slide Projector, Overhead Projector
Dr Irina Mitina, Teachers Training University, Russia
Universal Set of Cultures and the Educational Policy
1:00-1:30 (30 min sessions) GROUP 12C cont.
Prof John Duffy, Department of English, University of Notre
Dame, USA
"Primitives" and Pencils: The Social Construct of Preliteracy
Room # TBA
Dr Ali Borjian, San Francisco State University, USA
A New Approach in Meeting the Needs of Latinos in American Schools: Students’ Views on Attending a Redesigned
Small High School
Dr Margaret Lindley, University of Tasmania, Australia
Black and White Armbands: The War Over Australian History
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Denny Taylor and Bobbie Kabuto, Hofstra University, USA
Paradigms, Metatheories and the Politics of Teaching Young Children to Read
Dr Wan Ng, School of Educational Studies, La Trobe
University, Australia
Web-based Technologies for Learning
Overhead Projector Data Projector
Data Projector
Room # TBA
Dr. Valerie Kinloch, Mary E. Sefranek and Mary Alexandra Rojas, Doctoral Student, Teachers College, Columbia
University, USA
When Push Comes To Shove: Disturbing the Word in Urban Literacy Classrooms
Room # TBA
John Nkemnji and Dr Joseph Guenther, Assistant Professor, School of Education, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences,
University of Wisconsin, USA
Technology for Sustainable Development and Health Literacy in Developing Nations
1:30-2:30
LUNCH
2:30-4:00
PLENARY SESSION - FIVE
- Maribel Galves, Chile
- Dr Carlos Ruiz
- Raul Pizzaro, UNESCO, Regional Office for Latin American and the Caribbean
AFTERNOON TEA
Jackie Seidel, University of New Brunswick Saint John,
Canada
Ecological Urgencies: Meditations on Language and Time
Overhead Projector
4:00-4:15
4:15-6:00
CONCLUDING DISCUSSION AND CLOSING CEREMONY
- Minister of Education [2]
- Closing Performance
24
Dr Heike Deckert-Peaceman, Pädagogische Hochschule
Ludwigsburg/Stuttgart,Germany
Doing Age and the Ritual Celebration of Children’s Birthdays:
The Relationship between Social Construction and Leiblichkeit
and its Meaning for Cultural Learning
Wednesday 30 June