Making Sense of Education for Diversities?
5.10.2012 (9.30-5pm, room: 2, address: SILTAVUORENPENGER 1 PSY, http://tiny.cc/zfvadw)
A one-day Conference organized by the Education for Diversities Research Group (E4D)
Department of Teacher Education (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Many different fields deal with diversities in education, using different polysemic concepts: multicultural education, intercultural education, global education, international education, etc. This one-day conference proposes to discuss the following questions: What does the label “Education for diversities” mean? Who does it refer to? What does the plural form of the word signal? What consequences does it have for education and teacher education? What competences does it require?
Guest speakers:
* Martine Abdallah-Pretceille, University of Paris 3 & Paris 8, France
* Vanessa de Oliveira, University of Oulu, Finland
* Tania Ogay, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
* Maria Kromidas, William Paterson University, USA
* Anahy Gajardo, University of Geneva & Global Education, Switzerland
* Anne Lavanchy, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland & University of Edinburg, Scotland
Chair: Fred Dervin
Organising committee (Department of Teacher Education):
Aminkeng Atabong, Tuija Itkonen, Kaisa Kuoppala, Katri Kuukka & Heidi Layne
Registration before 20.9.2012 at https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/35568/lomake.html
There is no conference fee but coffee and lunch will be at own expense.
Questions and information should be directed at: e4d-conference@helsinki.fi
Partners:
The French Institute of Helsinki (Ranskan Instituutti)
Embassy of Switzerland, Helsinki
Preliminary programme
9.30 Introduction (Prof. Fred Dervin)
9.45 Education for diversities at the University of Helsinki (Adj. Prof. Mirja Talib)
10.00 Prof. Martine Abdallah-Pretceille (Sorbonne University, Paris): Proposals for the ‘intercultural’ in education
10.30 Can this work in Finnish education? Questions from the members of the organizing committee to Martine Abdallah-Pretceille
10.45 Short break
11.00 Prof. Vanessa de Oliveira (University of Oulu, Finland): A postcolonial approach to Education for diversities
11.30 Discussion between Anne Lavanchy, Anahy Gajardo (Switzerland) and Vanessa Andreotti
11.45 Lunch
13.00 Prof. Tania Ogay (Switzerland): Afraid of “culture” ? Try “diversities” ! Why we need “culture” in order to understand education
13.30 Prof. Maria Kromidas (William Paterson University, USA): Towards Critical Cosmopolitanism in Education?
14.00-14.15 Discussion between Prof. Ogay and Prof. Kromidas
14.30 Comments from invited guests: Education for Diversities in Teacher education today
15.00 Coffee break
15.20 Discussion between the audience and the guests
16.20 Conclusions (Prof. Fred Dervin)
The one-day conference is followed by a presentation of two collected volumes edited by Fred Dervin, Anahy Gajardo and Anne Lavanchy on interculturality.
About our guest speakers:
* Martine Abdallah-Pretceille, University of Paris 3 & Paris 8, France
* Vanessa de Oliveira, University of Oulu, Finland
* Tania Ogay, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
* Maria Kromidas, William Paterson University, USA
* Anahy Gajardo, University of Geneva & Global Education, Switzerland
* Anne Lavanchy, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland & University of Edinburg, Scotland
* Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki, Finland
