Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h3G6PtU02127; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 02:25:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 02:25:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <005701c303e0$df0d1500$c20677d8@MCORLEY> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1108] Conference on Anti-bias Education: Practice, Research, and Theory X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 4018 Lines: 73 Conference Announcement Anti-bias Education: Practice, Research, and Theory June 6-8, 2003, Evanston, Illinois A Conference Sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, The Alan B. Slifka Foundation, and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Practitioners in the field of anti-bias education (and the related fields of multicultural education, social justice education, coexistence education, democracy education, intergroup relations programs, and diversity training) often know less than would be desirable about the techniques that are most effective and why they are effective. The academics who study these processes rarely have opportunities to interact with anti-bias education practitioners. Both groups would benefit from an exchange of state-of-the-art ideas and approaches to anti-bias education. The primary goal of this conference is to bring together practitioners and academics to enhance the anti-bias education efforts of both groups by: (1) expanding the theoretical and research skills of the anti-bias practitioners, and (2) providing intergroup relations researchers with information on best practices in the field. Another goal of the conference is to bring together practitioners so they can learn from one another. Many practitioners, even those responsible for conducting large-scale programs, are unaware of the existence of related programs in other areas of the country, and they rarely know about programs that use different approaches or are oriented toward different audiences. We expect the conference to lead to coalition building among practitioners and between practitioners and academics with shared interests. We believe that all programs can be strengthened by shared information on effective and ineffective techniques, ways of evaluating programs, and an examination of psychological processes underlying successful programs. A third conference goal is to improve future communications between practitioners and academics to facilitate the exchange of information on new techniques, provide opportunities for research and assistance with evaluation, and other related matters. The conference will be organized around symposia that bring practitioners and researchers together to discuss their programs and the research conducted on them. There will be two keynote speakers: Dr. James A. Banks (Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington), and Margot Stern Strom (Executive Director and President of the Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation). There will also be a plenary session on creating new communication opportunities. Two half-day workshops will also be presented on Friday, one on evaluating anti-bias programs and the other on training the trainers. The symposia topics include: Early childhood interventions, middle school programs, high school programs, programs in higher educational settings, programs on hate crimes/bullying, training pre-service teachers, anti-bias programs in Germany, community involvement in anti-bias education programs, psychological processes underlying anti-bias education programs, international views on prejudice reduction, new directions in intergroup relations theory, coexistence programs in Israel, the challenge of multi-setting research, and new directions in intergroup relations programs. Videos designed as intervention tools will also be shown. The conference co-chairs are Dr. Jack Dovidio (Provost of Colgate University) and Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann (Director of Training and Resources for the Anti-Defamation League) Conference site: Hilton Hotel, Evanston, Illinois. For reservations call: 1-847-475-6400. Registration fee: $200, which includes the conference, two continental breakfasts, two lunches, and a reception. To register contact: Mat Bloom, The American Jewish Committee, 55 E. Monroe St., Suite 2930, Chicago, IL 60603; 312/251-8800; Fax: 312/251-8815; bloomm@ajc.org * * * * * * * * -Mary Ann Corley NIFL-Povracelit List Moderator
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