Projects

Projects and events supported by the School of Education Global Education Committee

2011-2012

EVENTS

November 2, 2011, 1:00 PM, Room 220, TEB

Lecture, by Dr. Kalwant Bhopal, School of Education,University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK "Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils in schools: working towards inclusion and ‘good practice’

2010-2011

EVENTS

April 14-16, 2011, Seminar and Lecture, time and place TBA.

Lecture by Professor Kenneth Peterson, University of Linköping(Sweden), Ulf Olsson, University of Stockholm (Sweden), and John Kaysjer, Aaborg University (Denmark) entitled. "Changes in Teacher Education in Sweden and the Bologna Process in the EU."

Seminar, Govermentality and Education.

April, 2011, Lecture, date, time and place TBA.

Lecture by Professor Wu Zongjie, Zhejiang University School of International Studies entitled, “Research towards Authenticity: Narratives and Interpretations in Chinese Traditional Historiography and Educational Research.”

November 12, 2010, Visiting Scholars Lecture and Reception, 4:15-6pm. Wisconsin Ideas Room, Education Building.

5-5:30pm: Lecture by Professor Amy Stambach.

November 3, 2010, Lecture and Reception, 4:30-6pm. 267 Teacher Education.

4:30-5:30pm: Lecture by Professor Audrey Osler, Founder and Director of Leeds University’s Center for Citizenship and Human Rights Education (CCHRE) entitled, “Human Rights, Citizenship and Schooling: Re-thinking Democratic Narratives."

5:30-6pm: Reception in 220 Teacher Education.

PROJECTS

Chinese Education and Exchange Program: A collaborative instructional project with specialists of foreign language education in China who will visit UW-Madison in the summer. The project consists of creating new online instructional materials to teach intermediate and advanced Chinese in the U.S. and adapt teacher education in the U.S. and abroad to the new concept.

"Island of Light: Taiwan Films at UW-Madison during the 2011 Wisconsin Film Festival."

Time/Date/Location: TBA

Turkish University Collaboration Project: This project consists of creating a video-based instructional module for special education graduate students in Turkey in collaboration with professors from Turkish universities

Transporting Innovation Internationally: An Empirical Analysis of RtI in Canadian School Districts.

2009-2010

EVENTS

November 12, 2009, International Scholars' reception and presentation, 4:15-6 pm. 13th floor Educational Sciences

4:15-5 pm: Presentation by Emeritus Professor Fran Schrag," The U.S. Educational System: An Overview."

5-6 pm: Reception

December, 7, 2010, Lecture, Teacher Education Building, 225 North Mills, Room 220.

Lecture by Rosa Nidia Buenfil Burgo, Professor at the Department of Educational Resarch, Center of Research and Advanced Studies, Mexico City, Visiting professor at the Universidad de Buenos Aires: Reform, Sometimes Change, and Eventually Improvements. The Traveling and Resignification of Reforms.

The Global University: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives.

For more information and a complete list of speakers visit: http://gshe.global.wisc.edu/globaluniversity/

March 15-16, 2010, Conference, Great Lakes Regional Conference Center, Madison.

2010 Wisconsin Council for Social Studies and International Education Annual Conference, "Today's Student, Tomorrow's Global Citizen." Keynote speakers: Craig Kielburger and Robert J. Norrell.

For more information http://education.wisc.edu/elpa/conferences/iec

April 12-13, 2010, Lecture and Think Tank, University of Wisconsin Occupational Therapy program, Madison.

A Good Life for Everyone? A two-day interdisciplinary occupational and social justice event.

For more information: http://www.education.wisc.edu/kinesiology/ot/welcome/kronenberg.aspx

June 28-29, 2010, Workshop, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Nonviolent Civic Action Around the World: A workshop for professional educators.

For more information and registration: http://global.wisc.edu/peace/

PROJECTS

Travel funds for a visiting artist and representative of UW-Madison in China, Tom Loeser, working to attract interest and applicants to the Madison wood/furniture design program not offered in China. During this trip organized by a UW graduate student, Loeser will lead a multi-day workshop and give lectures.

2008-2009

EVENTS

September 22, 2008, International Scholars' reception and lecture, 4:30-6:30, 13th floor Educational Sciences.  Emeritus Professor Fran Schrag, "The U.S. Educational System: An Overview"

January 30, 2009, Lecture, 8:00 AM -  9:30 AM The Pyle Center

Adam Gamoran, Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "More Inclusion than Diversion: Expansion, Differentiation, and Market Structure in Higher Education" (WISCAPE 2009 Ideas and Universities video seminars)

February 9, 2009, Lecture, 8:00 AM -  9:30 AM, The Pyle Center

Ivar Bleiklie, Professor Institute for Adminstration and Organizational Studies, University of Bergen, "Organization and Governance of Universities" (WISCAPE 2009 Ideas and Universities video seminars)

March 2, 2009, Lecture, 8:00 AM -  9:30 AM, The Pyle Center

Gerald LeTendre, Professor Department of Educational Policy Studies, Pennsylvania State University, "Cross-national Trends in Teacher Work Roles and Working Conditions" (WISCAPE 2009 Ideas and Universities video seminars)

March 16-17, 2009, Conference, Madison Marriott West Hotel

2009 Wisconsin Council for Social Studies and International Education Annual Conference, "Global Challenges and Changes." Keynote talks: Brian Steidle, "Witness to Genocide in Darfur" and Jeremi Suri, "Kissinger and the Transformation of Society since WWII."

April, 2009  Visit from Krishna Kumar, National Council of Educational Research and Training, India.

May 8, 2009, Education for All in Africa? Social Inclusions and Exclusions in International Education Reform. 8:15 am – 5:00PM, Room 212 Educational Sciences Building, 1025 West Johnson.

2008-2009

The First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning community, Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives – Panama Program www.omai.wisc.edu/firstwave/firstwaveinfo.asp (Robert Howell and Willie Ney)

Three Deans Exchange Program (UW-Madison, University of Melbourne, University of London International Institute of Education) – faculty travel and lodging (Diana Hess)

Taipei Exchange Program involving 14 students and 3 faculty from Dance, May 2009 (Jin-Wen Yu)

International Literacy Project – visiting Rutgers University faculty visit (Catherine Compton-Lilly)

International Symposium on Occupational Justice – faculty travel (Elizabeth Larson)

Cultural Exchange with Tokyo, Japan – Cross-cultural issues in art and printmaking  (John Hitchcock)

“Rendevoused” art and film exhibit involving student exchange, University of Venice, faculty travel (Tom Jones)

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