2nd Global Conference

Thursday 14th July - Saturday 16th July 2005
Mansfield College, Oxford

Conference Programme, Abstracts & Papers

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The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.

Final Conference Programme (v.1.4)

Thursday 14th July 2005
from 10.00
Registration

11.00
Welcome and Opening Words
Rob Fisher, Jones Irwin, Phil Fitzsimmons

11.15
Session 1: Creativity, Engagement and Education
Chair: Phil Fitzsimmons

Sharon Lee
Creative Engagement: Where Teaching and Learning Meet

Lefkothea Kartasidou
“Creativity in its Broadest Sense” and its Role in the Education of Children with Severe Disabilities – A Case Study

Deborah Whitford
Human Centred Education

12.45
Lunch

14.00
Session 2: Engagement with People, Process and Problematic Thought
Chair: Jones Irwin

Jennifer Bleazby
Reconstruction in Philosophy for Children

Gagik Galikyan
Philosophy and the Problem of the Pupils Socialization

Gilbert Burgh
From Socrates to Lipman: Making Philosophy Relevant

15.30
Tea

16.00
Session 3: Engagement and Inquiry
Chair: Maureen Mweru

Marina Santi and Rossella Giolo
The Portfolio of the Community of Philosophical Inquiry. A Proposal for a Qualitative Evaluation of Complex Thinking

Sarah Davey
Creative, Critical and Caring Engagements: Philosophy through Inquiry

Yinka Olusoga
A History of Personal and Social Education as a Reflection of Models of Childhood

Jones Irwin
On Deviant Youth - Larry Clark Vs Henry Giroux

18.00
Notices and Announcements

Wine Reception

 

Friday 15th July 2005
09.00
Session 4: Engagement, Language and Thinking
Chair: Jennifer Bleazby

Golge Seferoglu
Using Humanistic Theory for Promoting Creative Engagement in Language Classes

Pericles Tangas
Creative activities in the Greek EFL classroom

Francesca Hagadus-McHale
Multiple Intelligences: Creatively Engaging Middle School Students in the Foreign Language Classroom

10.30
Coffee

11.00
Session 5: Engagement and Intelligence
Chair: Sharon Lee

Lynda Baloche
Developing Cooperative Contexts for Creativity

Gurdial Kaur, Leng Sun Ee
SEED - Sparking Innovation and Enterprise through Exploration and Discovery

Beatriz Cerkez and Tonka Tacol
Creativity and Engagement in Visual Art Education: A Permanent Comparison between the Obtained and the Deserved

12.30
Lunch

14.00
Session 6: Engagement and Play
Chair: Beatriz Cerkez

Maureen Mweru
Sibling Teaching in the Context of Play

Daniel Shepherd
Embracing the Child at Play

Chad Miller
The Impact of Philosophy for Children in a High School English Class

15.30
Tea

16.00
Session 7: Workshop/Case Study

Helen Hong, Ng Lai Wah Connie, Gurdial Kaur
Interdisciplinary Curriculum Links in Teaching and Learning (ICR)

17.00
Sessions End

 

Saturday 16th July 2005
10.00
Session 8: Engagement with Space, Place and Case
Chair: Pericles Tangas

Susan Weinstein
Spending Time Writing Rhymes: Representations of Schooling, Writing, and the Teenage Experience in Rap

Roya Foroughi
A Virtual Character for Face to Face Interaction with Children in E-learning

11.00
Coffee

11.30
Session 9: Philosophy and Children
Chair: Gilbert Burgh

Valentina Martini
Narrating the Reasons Why

Marie-France Daniel
Learning Philosophical Dialogue in Preschool

12.45
Lunch

14.00
Session 10: Engagement with the Writing, Reading and Thinking Processes
Chair: Valentina Martini

Phil Fitzsimmons
Learning to Write Right Before School: The conditions of natural learning the lead to engagement with process, product and people

Stephanie Burdick
Deep Childhood: Perception as Educational Response

15.00
Tea

15.30
Development Meeting

16.00
Conference Close