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May 28, 2009
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8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Adelphi University
Ruth S. Harley University Center
1 South Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530 |
Teachers will participate in interactive workshops. Workshop topics include:
- Interactive Global Education
Collaborative effort between nations to integrate peace and human rights education into schools
- Challenging Opression in our Schools
Get a Voice Project, Global Kids, and Peace Games present strategies to counteract oppression on various levels in our schools and communities and how to develop conflict resolution programs, and promote understanding, tolerance, and friendship
- Resources and Global Connections for Educators
Overview of the UN’s goals and how to make connections with peace education organizations and teachers from around the world, including presentations by the UN Cyberschoolbus, UNICEF, and UN Works
- Hunger Banquet and Exhibition on Homelessness
- Peace Poetry and Native American Medicine Wheel
- International Human Rights Organizations
Miracle Corners of the World and Rwandan genocide survivor and Sudanese refugees
- Critical literacy
Across the subject areas, including language arts, social studies, math, science, and the Education and Labor Collaborative
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Contact
For additional conference and application information, please contact:
Adelphi University
Ruth S. Ammon School of Education
p - 516.877.4066
Rita Verma
Assistant Professor
e - verma@adelphi.edu
Rob Linné
Associate Professor
e - linne@adelphi.edu
This page last modified on August 24, 2009.
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