CONFERENCE> Education and Social Justice, San Francisco in June

Dear Service-learning colleagues,

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Date: 13-15 June 2003

Location: San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel, California,
U.S.A.

Deadline for Early Registration: 1 May 2003

Website: http://antioppressiveeducation.org

DESCRIPTION

This small, collegial event will explore the innovations as
well as the tensions that characterize current movements
toward social justice in teacher education. By gathering a
diverse group of educators who share commitments and
priorities, this conference will offer rare opportunities to
exchange ideas, develop resources, build networks, and
explore possibilities for new directions in teacher
education. Dozens of workshops with presenters from around
the world will model and examine innovative ways to teach,
learn, and learn to teach. Topics include innovations in
teacher education; curriculum revision in various content
areas; perspectives on difference, oppression, justice,
resistance; teaching in times of war; and much more. The
tentative program is now online.

Featured Panels Include:

"Preparing Teachers for Anti-Oppressive Education:
International Movements" Argentina * Australia * Brasil *
Canada * England * Pakistan

"Reforming Teacher Certification in California: Problems,
Paradoxes, and Possibilities" Linda Darling-Hammond * Jeannie
Oakes * Eric Rofes

"Teacher Education in Times of War: Why Our Work Matters"
Herbert Kohl * Margo Okazawa-Rey * Richard Ruiz * Mara Sapon-
Shevin

Saturday Evening Spokenword Performance by A Mic and Dim
Lights Alumni Poets

REGISTRATION

All educators, researchers, and educational leaders and
advocates throughout the United States and the world and from
all levels and disciplines are invited to register. A special
invitation is extended to teacher educators, school teachers,
and teachers in training. The Early Registration Fee is
U.S.$100.00 and needs to be received by May 1st. Please go
online to register.

Participants are responsible for their own transportation,
lodging, and meals. The conference hotel is offering a
generously reduced rate for participants. After
preregistering, participants will receive a letter that
confirms their registration and provides more information on
travel and lodging.

The conference hotel is located five minutes south of the San
Francisco International Airport and is easily accessible to
destinations throughout the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area.
In addition to the many local cultural and historical
resources, participants are encouraged to take advantage of
two events taking place before, during, and after the
conference weekend: The San Francisco Black Film Festival and
the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film
Festival.


ORGANIZER

The International Conference on Education and Social Justice
is organized by the Center for Anti-Oppressive Education
(CAOE). For more information on the Conference and the
Center, please visit our website at
http://antioppressiveeducation.org or contact the Director of
CAOE, Dr. Kevin Kumashiro, via e-mail at
kumashiro@antioppressiveeducation.org.

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