Conference Location:
Conference Objective:
To build a solid foundation for the appreciation of the diverse cultures represented in our public schools and our community by ensuring that these cultures appropriately influence learning, instruction and inquiry. To move towards a more multi-cultural approach to education by infusing and/or integrating more multicultural content into the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Social Studies at all grade levels. To help participants identify and create educational climates to calibrate cultural differences.
Conference Date:
March 26, 1999 from 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and March 27, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Program Organizers
Registration:
3:00 - 3:30 P.M. |
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3:30 - 4:00 |
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4:00 - 5:45 |
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Conceptual Framework on Diversity: A Critical Conscious Approach to Cultural Awareness (Conscientzacao) |
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Dr. Masila Mutisya will provide, Overview of
Diversity |
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Workshop: Group Discussion and Exercises. |
Session Description: This session will include discussion on conceptual aspects that are critical in conceptualizing diversity awareness. The participants will be exposed to a specific approach/method to dialogue on diversity. This method involves thematic approach to discussion and critical thinking, derived from Paulo Freire method on on literacy. The method includes: Naming, Reflection and Taking Action on thematic issues involving problem-solving. The session will set the tone for the overall workshop, and the participants should leave with enhanced knowledge on the effective ways to approach difficult cultural issues, as well as develop a conceptual framework and dialogue on diversity. |
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Dr. Masila Mutisya, Associate Professor, School of Education at FSU will lead session one. Multicultural Training Manuals produced by Dr. Mutisya. |
6:30 - 8:30 |
Session Two: |
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African American Family/Children Identity and Socialization: Implications in the Classroom. |
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Dr.Comfort Okpala, Adjunct Professor, Department of Education FSU |
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The session will include discussion on issues relating to newly arrived African immigrants or children descended from African born parents and the children's socialization and the implications in the classroom |
Zimbabwe Education Outreach |
David Morrica and Eric Farmer will talk about their experiences with students in Zimbabwe and show their multimedia documentary on children who overcame intense poverty to acquire their education. The documentary features a number of students who tell in their own words, what education means to them. |
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Ms. Valerie Knight, Staff Development Director, Halifax County Schools and an appointed teacher from Halifax County Schools |
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This session will include a discussion on a specific approach to the actions and response to diversity as it relates to African American children. Teachers who are presenting will discuss and share specific approaches that they have taken to respond to specific educational aspects facing African American children in Halifax county. |
8:00 A.M. - 8:30 A.M. Registration/Coffee
8:30 - 10:15 A.M. |
Session Three |
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Bi-Racial, Multiracial and The New Immigrants in Middle and Secondary Schools |
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Dr. Ruth Woods, Associate Professor, School of Education and Dr. Geraldine Munn-Campbell, Assistant Professor Elementary Education FSU |
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The first part of this session will include a talk on and discussion about issues facing the identity and socialization of Native American families and implications in the classroom. |
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Short Break |
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Simona Farcas, Master in Social Work (MSW) student at UNC-Chapel Hill who is from Romania will talk about the "Educational System in Romania". Bogdan T. Leja, Director Outreach Programs, UCIS-UNC-CH, will talk about identity issues relating to European and specifically Polish students. |
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Diversity and issues relating to students identity and socialization in the classroom. A comparative of the European and American educational approaches |
10:15 - 10:30 A.M. Coffee Break
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Session Four |
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Dr. Enid Jones, (at podium) Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Dr. Fanny Arguello, Associate Professor, Department of English and Foreign Languages FSU will lead discussion on issues facing West Indian children from the Caribbean and Hispanic students in our K-12 classrooms. |
11:45 - 12:45 |
Young-Sook Jung, former teacher in Korea, and Insil Chang. Both spekaers are Doctoral Students at UNC-CH School of Education, Curriculum and Instruction. They will present on Korean educational system and a parents perspective on their children who are students in American schools. They will be joined by Mingh Courtney, ESL teacher in Cumberland County Schools, who will talk about and offer suggestion on how teachers can become more responive to students from foreign countries. |
12:45 - 1:00 P.M. |
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