Seminars & Events - 2010 Seminars and Events

Student Achievement in the Era of Global Economy: Unpacking Political Discourses on International Comparison and Teacher Quality

Dr. Kyunghwa Lee
Elementary & Social Studies Education
Thursday November 11, 2010
12:00 – 1:00 pm
G23 Aderhold Hall

Powerpoint Presentation by Dr. Lee

Are the results of international comparative studies, such as PISA and TIMSS, good Are the results of international comparative studies, such as PISA and TIMSS, good indicators of teacher quality in each nation as they are often used in political rhetoric? What do data of these international studies tell us about teacher quality and what are they missing? How do policy makers use these data and what is highlighted in their discussions? What insights into educational policy and teacher education can we gain from this analysis? In this interactive session I discuss a project exploring these questions. Doing so, I would like to invite the audience to a critical conversation around the meaning of quality education and its implications for our practice as educators and teacher educators.

Diversity Resistance: Implications for Individuals and Organizations

Dr. Kecia M. Thomas

Professor of Psychology
Sr. Advisor to the Dean
Franklin College of Arts & Sciences

Friday, October 8, 2010
12:00 – 1:00 pm
G23 Aderhold Hall

Dr. Thomas will discuss the topic of Diversity Resistance,
the topic of her latest edited volume, Diversity Resistance
in Organizations (2008) and will highlight the findings
of recent related research (Plaut, Thomas, & Goren, 2009) that examines the impact of White diversity ideology on minority worker engagement.

Co-Sponsored with RED, College of Arts and Sciences

EMPOWERED YOUTH PROGRAMS: CHARTING THE EDUCATIONAL AND

LIFE TRAJECTORY FOR ALL STUDENTS

DR. DERYL BAILEY & MS. LIYA ENDALE

Department of Counseling and Human Development Services

Monday September 27, 2010
12:00 – 1:00 pm, G23 Aderhold Hall

Organizations and communities are the sum of how their members think and behave. If we are to change the educational and life trajectory of ALL students, especially students of color and poor students, we must change the way adults think about, talk about, and behave with these students. We must also change the way students view themselves. Empowered Youth Programs (EYP) elevates its “talk to action” on behalf of ALL students in our schools and communities. The mission of EYP is to develop and nurture academic and social excellence in children and adolescents. Please join us!

Join colleagues in the COE in a shared reading of University of Delaware’s Dr. Cris Mayo’s article The Binds That Tie: Civility and Social Difference that appeared in Educational Theory in Spring 2002

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Save the Dates

Fall Celebration of Diversity: Focus on Diversity
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
3:00 – 4:30 PM., Aderhold Lawn

Spring 2010 Seminars

Spring 2010 SeminarsSave the Dates for the College of Education Dean’s Council on Diversity Spring 2010 Seminars

Join us as we build and expand our dialogue about diversity.

More details to follow.

Crash

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Room 601 Aderhold Hall
12:00 – 1:15 pm

Talmadge Guy
of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy

The award winning film “Crash” provides us many examples of the complexity of cultural analysis at the intersection of culture and power. Come join a discussion led by Dr. Talmadge Guy of selected scenes from the movie and explore the question of how can such media be used to facilitate learning about difference, power and privilege.

Queer Video Pericopes: Cinematic Pedagogical Tools
With
Dr. Bob Hill
Lifelong Education, Administration, and PolicyCinema is now “Out.” In the past few decades, film culture has been characterized by reconfigurations in the relations between sexual orientation, gender identity and representation. Independent queer filmmakers have contested identity, Otherness and have built portfolios of difference. Hegemonic trans-historical film canons have been de-centered and destabilized, as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and Queer discourses move from the margins to the center. For LGBTQ folks the shifting terrain has been a fulfillment of one of John Dewey’s notions of progressive education: to gain command of oneself so as to make positive social use of one’s powers and abilities (Dewey, 1994).

This lunchtime mini-salon will feature selected film pericopes1 that can be used as pedagogical tools. We will view 4 selections, each interspersed with an opportunity for participant discussion on the many ways (theoretical and aesthetic emphases) that it could be used in learning settings.

Monday, February 8, 2010
G23 Aderhold Hall
12:00 – 1:00 pm

Mary Michael PontzerWednesday, April 7, 2010

12:00-1:15pm

G23 Aderhold Hall

Preparing the Way HIV/AIDS, teachers & EducationHIV/AIDS is a global crisis. Without a vaccine or cure for HIV/AIDS, education remains the most important tool we possess to counter this virus’ stranglehold in the United States and abroad.

Ms. Mary Michael Pontzer will facilitate this seminar as weexplore educators’ knowledge and dispositions about HIV/AIDS and the need for teachers to receive specialized training that will enable them to properly attend to HIV/AIDS in the classroom.

“Drawing on Resources, Learning to Persevere”
With Dr. Meve Guadeloupe – WilliamsAfrican Americans are grossly underrepresented among doctorates in American society. The situation is exacerbated by lower-than-acceptable efforts from the nations’ top universities in producing African American doctorates and the prohibitive rate of attrition from doctoral programs. Join Dr. Meve Guadeloupe-Williams as she shares findings, implications, and recommendations for improving doctoral completion for African Americans.

Wednesday March 18, 2010
G23 Aderhold
3:00-4:00 pm

Playing With FIRE
(Foundation for Individual Rights in Education):
Fear and Loathing in Teacher EducationDr. Kathleen deMarrais and Dr. Brent Allison

On November 25, 2009, FIRE’s director sent a letter to President Robert Bruininks, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, expressing concern with the redesign of its teacher education programs emphasizing cultural competence for its future teachers. Join Kathleen deMarrais and Brent Allison as they share findings from Brent Allison as they share findings from from their study of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and this group’s impact on social justice and diversity in teacher education programs. They will discuss the history and funding sources of the group as well as its specific efforts targeted to teacher education programs.

Monday,
February 22, 2010
G23 Aderhold Hall
12 – 1 pm

Monday, February 8, 2010
G23 Aderhold Hall
12:00 – 1:00 pm

Dialoguing about Diversity in our TeachingJoin Dr. Anneliese Singh and Dr. Corey Johnson in a collaborative exploration of dialogue on issues of LGBTQ DVD diversity within our classrooms. During this 90minute seminar, the presenters will invite participants to share their experiences and participate in strategies that have the potential to generate genuine dialogue across differing experiences and beliefs.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
11:00 AM – 12:20 PM G5 Aderhold

“I Have a Dream”Please join Talmadge Guy and Laura Bierema for a viewing and discussion of Martin Luther King’s August 23, 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech. Video and discussion with Dr. Talmadge Guy and Dr. Laura Bierema Tuesday, January 12, 2010.