Dec 23 2009
International Association of Intercultural Education Conference 2009
INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION: Paideia, Polity, Demoi
Athens, June 22nd – 26th, 2009
Organized by the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE) & the Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (IMEPO)
**********CONFERENCE AIM***********
The conference was organized in response to the critical need to explore the many ways that intercultural education (paideia) can contribute to defining and shaping the role of migrant populations (demoi) as active participants in contemporary multicultural societies (polities).
***********THE MAIN CONFERENCE**********
June 24, 25, 26
The main conference was organized in six strands:
Strand 1: Intercultural, Multicultural Education and Diversity: Theoretical perspectives on connections and divergences
Strand 2: Intercultural Learning in Multicultural Contexts: dynamic approaches and practical applications
Strand 3: Intercultural Education and its Relationship to Globalization, Citizenship, Human Rights and Social Justice Issues
Strand 4: Cooperative Learning for Intercultural Education: Theory and Practice (IASCE Strand)
Strand 5: Looking at various types of diversity: Gender issues, Anti-Semitism, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religion and Belief diversity through an intercultural lens.
Strand 6: Spanish-language and Greek-language presentations on Intercultural Education
LTE’s Richard gave two papers at this event as follows:
Fay, R., Katsarska, M. and De Stefani, M. (2009). Computer-mediated intercultural communication: Changing trajectories of developing communicative competence. http://www.silktech-global.com/cd.zip
Fay, R., Ntavaliagkou, M. and Lytra, V. (2009). Teaching English in multicultural classrooms (in Greece): Mapping the paradigm possibilities for TESOL practitioners.