Conference Speakers
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Dr. Eva Krugly-Smolska (Queen's University) |
| Queen's University Eva Krugly-Smolska has an undergraduate degree in biology and was a high school teacher of science and French as a second language for fifteen years. During that time she completed a Master's degree in comparative education and later her doctorate in sociology of education, both with a focus on science. She has taught science education methods courses at the B.Ed. level and courses on cultural issues and comparative education at the graduate level. She has served as the president of the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada 1995-1997 and is former editor of its journal, Canadian and International Education. She was a member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO's sciences sectoral commission. Her research interests reflect her graduate studies and focus on comparative science education, which includes multicultural science education, and investigations of the interrelationships of science and culture, in which areas she has published. She is also interested in multiculturalism and multilingualism more broadly and was co-editor of a publication on multicultural education for teachers sponsored by the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers. Dr. Krugly-Smolska has published in many refereed journals, including the International Journal of Science Education, Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, and Canadian and International Education. She was a section co-editor of the journal Science Education. | |
| Presentation: Learning as crossing cultural borders: Implications for multicultural/multilingual classrooms | |
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Dr. Olivia Lynch |
| In more than 30 years of professional practice, Dr. Olivia Lynch has developed a multifaceted portfolio of experience in the field of education. She is a consultant, providing services and support on a number of initiatives and programs in schools, districts, educational organizations and with the Federal Department of Education. Dr. Lynch is Adjunct Professor of Educational Leadership at Patten University in Oakland, California. In recent years, she served as Director of Practice for Education Trust West, Director of Professional Learning at the School Redesign Network at Stanford University, local Superintendent in the Bronx, and Director of Bronx New Century High Schools, an initiative that produced fifty new small high schools and served as a model for school generations throughout New York City. Earlier in her career she was the founding principal of a public elementary school and later of a middle school both in New York City. Dr. Lynch received her B.A. from New York University, her M.A. from Adelphi University and her Doctor of Education from Mills College. Her research focuses on educational leadership, urban education, and curriculum development for English Language Learners. | |
| Presentation:Understanding and Success on Standardized Exams: Considerations for Teachers and Teacher Examinations Additional Material:Spanish cognates |
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Fidencio Briceno Chel (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia) |
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Prof. Silvia Núñez-García (Center for Research on North America (CISAN), UNAM) |
| Professor Silvia Núñez García is the Director of the Center for Research on North America (CISAN-UNAM), at the National Autonomuos University of Mexico, where she also holds the position as researcher of U.S.-Mexico relations since 1989. She teaches U.S. and Canadian Studies at the School of Social and Political Sciences at UNAM and has also been a Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University and Michigan State University among other international institutions. She was awarded a Fellowship from The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 1999. Her field of expertise is social structure and social problems in North America. She is the author of several publications that includes: "Género y Programas de Combate a la Pobreza en México: ¿Reconocimiento al Capital Social?", published by U.N.-ECLAC, the essay "Cultura Política", in Rafael Fernández de Castro y Hazel Blackmore (coords.), in ¿Qué es Estados Unidos?, Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, D.F., 2008; she has coedited the book Critical Issues in the New US-Mexico Relations: Stumbling Blocks and Constructive Paths, México, D.F., CISAN-CLACS, and must recently she published in Spain the chapter "Estados Unidos" (El 'noble salvaje' en el entramado legal y el imaginario político estadounidense), in Los Amerindios en la Narrativa Occidental, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 2010. | |
| Presentation:Human Capital and Gender: The Unavoidable Assignment inU.S.-Mexico Relation | |
Dr. Beatriz Calvo (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social ) |
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| Obtuvo su doctorado en sociología en la Universidad Iberoamericana. Desde 1974 es investigadora del Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS). Estuvo comisionada en la Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), a través de un convenio interinstitucional CIESAS/UACJ. Entre 1996 y 1998, fungió como coordinadora de la zona norte de la Coordinación de Investigación y Desarrollo Académico de la Secretaría de Educación y Cultura del estado de Chihuahua. Fue profesora invitada por la Queensland University of Technology en Brisbane, Australia y ha participado en el Visiting Fellows Programme del Instituto Internacional de Planeamiento de la Educación de la UNESCO en París, Francia. Es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (desde 1988), miembro fundadora del Consejo Mexicano de Investigación Educativa (1993) y consejera técnica del Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación, en el grupo "evaluación de escuelas", desde su fundación en el 2002 hasta diciembre del 2006. | |
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Law-Related Education |
| The Law-Related Education (LRE) Department of the State Bar serves as a catalyst to advance law related and civic education programs throughout the state by curriculum development, educator training, and grant administration. Working with the legal community, public and private school districts, universities, and Regional Educational Service Centers, the department administers numerous programs designed to improve the administration of justice and promote civic education and participation. | |
| Presentation:Teaching Concepts of Democracy to Elementary Students & Teaching Secondary Students the Principles of Democracy. |