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Thursday October 6, 2011 - Friday, October 7, 2011
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 W. 120 Street, New York, NY
Open to the Public
Throughout Latin America, projects to develop intercultural bilingual education began to emerge in the 1970s. Supported by diverse national and international institutions, countries undertook this agenda of educational change to recognize and respond to the diverse ethnicities and languages of their populations and to address the long-standing marginalization of indigenous communities. Please join us for this two-day conference to analyze the development, implementation and transformation of intercultural bilingual education across Latin America. Through presentations, panels and discussion, participants will trace the trajectory of concepts and policies shaping intercultural bilingual education, paying special attention to the ways in which these were adapted and appropriated at local, national and transnational levels.
In order to consider the educational and political dimensions of design, implementation and reform related to intercultural bilingual education in diverse settings across the region, panels with renowned academics and practitioners in the field have been formed around the following three themes:
· Intercultural bilingual education and social movements across Latin America;
· Social and political actors and the institutionalization of intercultural bilingual education;
· The role and impact of international cooperation on knowledge creation and the development of the academic field of intercultural bilingual education.
The conference will also host a professional development workshop for educators and researchers on “The Development of Educator Expertise in Bilingual and Intercultural Education in Latin America and the United States,” designed and facilitated by Aida Walqui (Teacher Professional Development Program, WestEd) and Viviana Galdames (Teacher Education Program, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago de Chile). Participants will explore comparative experiences in bilingual intercultural teacher professional development in Latin America and the United States, as well as experience and discuss practices for implementation. For registration for this workshop, please visit: http://ibeworkshop.eventbrite.com
The conference is free and open to the public, but registration through this site is required.
For more information about the conference, please visit: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/latino-ed/
Conference Supporters:
Program of Comparative and International Education, Teachers College
Department of International and Transcultural Studies, Teachers College
The Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University
The Latin American Faculty Working Group, Teachers College
The Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs, Teachers College
Columbia Global Centers, Columbia University
Where
525 W. 120th Street
New York,
10027
Organizer
Conference Program
THURSDAY
OCT 6th, 2011 Opening Dialogue: The Emergence of Policy and
Research in Intercultural and Bilingual Education 5 -7pm, Grace Dodge Hall
179, Teachers College 5:00 Welcome
Comments Regina
Cortina, Teachers College Columbia University 5:15 Widening
Gaps between Policy and Practice in Intercultural Education in Latin America Luis Enrique López, Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit 6:00 David
and Goliath: National Language/Literacy Policies and the Global Economy Shirley
Brice Heath, Stanford University 6:45 Questions
and discussion RECEPTION Welcome Reception for all Conference Participants 7-8pm, Grace Dodge Hall
177, Teachers College FRIDAY
OCT 7th, 2011 Registration 8:30-9:00 am - Grace Dodge Hall 179,
Teachers College CONFERENCE SESSIONS PANEL 1: International Cooperation, Knowledge
Creation and the Development of the Academic Field of Intercultural and
Bilingual Education 9:00-11:00 am, Grace
Dodge Hall 179, Teachers College Understanding the impact
of bilateral and multilateral aid is of increasing significance due to the
growing commitment of financial and technical assistance provided to indigenous
and marginalized communities in Latin America. For intercultural bilingual education, international
cooperation has had a notable impact on the professionalization of
intercultural education and the establishment of higher education
programs. This component of the
conference will focus on the decades of European and North American cooperation
in education across Latin America. Speakers and discussants will review and
assess the results of this technical assistance and the nature and experiences
of the interaction between donors and local governments and communities. 9:00 Civil
Society, the German Cooperation and the Education of Indigenous Communities in
Peru Regina
Cortina, Teachers College Columbia University 9:20 “Until I Became a Professional, I
was not consciously Indigenous”: One Young Woman’s Trajectory in Intercultural Bilingual
Education Nancy
Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania 9:40 Development
Aid, State Shifts, and Intercultural Bilingual Education Trajectories Bret Gustafson, Washington University in St. Louis 10:00 Comments
from Session Chair: Sylvia Schmelkes, Universidad Iberoamericana 10:15 Questions
and discussion PANEL 2:
Intercultural and Bilingual Education and Social Movements across Latin America 11:00am -1:00 pm, Grace
Dodge Hall 179, Teachers College This session of the
conference will discuss the political evolution of intercultural bilingual
education, considering the cooperation and tensions between diverse actors and
movements, including indigenous movements, teachers unions and political
parties. 11:00 Is
the Cultural Project of the Indigenous Movement in Crisis? Some Ethnographic
Remarks on the Tensions of Intercultural Bilingual Education in Ecuador Carmen Martinez, Facultad Latinoamericana de
Ciencias Sociales, Ecuador 11:20 Identity
Strategies of Quechua Students in the Universidad Mayor de San Simón, in
the Context of Decolonization of Bolivia. Monica Navarro, Université Catholique
de Louvain, Belgium 11:40 Identity in Intercultural Multilingual Peru: An Analysis of Political Discourse and School Practice Laura
Valdiviezo, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 12:00 Comments
from Session Chair: Bret Gustafson, Washington University in
St. Louis 12:15 Questions
and Discussion Lunch break, 1:15-2:30pm PANEL 3: Social
and Political Actors and the Institutionalization
of Intercultural Bilingual Education 2:30-4:30pm, Grace Dodge
Hall 179, Teachers College From discourse to policy
and implementation, the processes and institutions of intercultural bilingual
education have differed across the region. This session of the conference will consider case studies of
the institutionalization of intercultural bilingual education. It will analyze the interactions of
social and political actors, considering in particular the role of the state to
ensure quality education. 2:30 Indigenous
Teachers from Mexico: Challenges for their Professionalization Sylvia
Schmelkes, Universidad Iberoamericana 2:50 Exploring
the Links between Academia and Indigenous Movements in Latin America Luis Enrique Lopez, Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit 3 :10 Comments
from Session Chair: Pamela Calla, New York University 3:15 Questions
and Discussion