Subject: CONF.- Multicultural Educ. in Central Asia, SF Kazakhstan, May 20-22
From: Galina Kuznetsova (gkuznets@soros.kz)
Date: Thu Mar 30 2000 - 02:57:31 EST
CONFERENCE- Multicultural Education in Central Asia, SF Kazakhstan, May 20-22
On May 20-22 the Soros Foundation Kazakhstan, in the framework of the
National Education Project and with the financial support of the East-East
Network Program, is hosting an International Conference "Multicultural
Education: Policy, Planning, Sharing".
The goals of the conference are:
- to strengthen the role and position of NGOs in solving problems of
multicultural education;
- to develop NGOs' projects solving problems of multicultural education;
- to create and develop regional initiatives aiming to solve problems of
multicultural education mentioned above;
- to involve government authorities into open dialog with the
non-governmental institutions in the field of multicultural education;
- to share experience in this field.
Participants from NIS and Eastern Europe countries are welcomed, but the
participants from Western countries are supposed to take responsibility for
their travel expenses.
The participants can be:
- representatives of education authorities (Ministries of Education,
Regional Departments of Education, Teachers' Training Institutes);
- representatives of educational institutions (state and private schools,
non-school educational institutions), cultural centers, educational NGOs,
etc.;
- scholars in the field of multicultural education.
In the case of an applicant's approval by the organizers, all expenses
connected with the conference (travel, accommodation and meals) will be
covered by the Soros Foundation.
Issues for Discussion at the Conference
1. Different approaches to the problems of multicultural education: social
approach; approach from the position of human rights; multicultural
approach; approach from the position of nationality.
2. Ways of solving national minorities' problems: minorities' integration;
solving problems of education on the school level; solving problems of
education on the system level.
3. Identifying main strategic directions of activity: multicultural
education (programs giving knowledge on history, culture, and basic
information on ethnic groups living together in the society whose
attention is focused on the value of cultural diversity); intercultural
education (programs for children studying in the same school or class,
aimed to assist the development of mutual understanding and respect);
education for minorities (programs giving knowledge of the language,
culture and history for minorities' children, strengthening their
self-respect and self-consciousness, bilingual programs, programs for
teaching in the mother tongue of minorities).
Those who are interested in the conference are encouraged to send their
application forms and theses of the reports to Galina Kuznetsova, 117-20,
Furmanova St., 480091 Almaty, Kazakhstan. E-mail gkuznets@soros.kz
The deadline for the applications is April 20, 2000. After April 25, the
applicants will be informed about their participation in the conference.
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