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ITEP Global Education Forum Exploring Issues in International Education
The International Training and Education Program (ITEP) Global Education Forum (GEF)聽has two aims. First, it focuses on identifying the most pressing issues in education globally, as reported by renowned experts from academia, public policy, government, and the non-profit sector across the globe. Second, it examines whether and how undergraduate and graduate student education and training should change in order to prepare students to address these issues.
The GEF defines education broadly-including formal, informal, and experiential settings in schools and outside the classroom. It centers on traditional educational topics such as access, equity, and achievement, and also on education as it relates to such global concerns as public health, extremism, and the environment.
3rd Annual Charles Tesconi Lecture
"Education in Authoritarian Times"
Featuring Dr.
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Global Education Forum Events
Spring 2024 Events
Monday, April 1, 2024
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. ET
3rd Annual Charles Tesconi Lecture
"Education in Authoritarian Times"
Featuring Dr. , professor and co-director,聽Center for International Education聽at George Mason University
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Saturday, February 10, 2024
9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
2024 Annual Student Research Conference of the Washington Consortium for Comparative and International Education
Where: 小蓝视频's聽Spring Valley Building
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Fall 2023 Events
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Alternative Pathways: Online Discussion with Recent ITEPers Abroad
Please join current and alumna of ITEP: Beck Waghorne, Maddy Crawford, and Julia Bouchelle who will share their experiences abroad and answer questions current ITEPers have about career paths and opportunities in the field.
Where: Online, advance registration required
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Spring 2023 Events
Spring 2023聽Global Education Forum
"Learning to Teach Controversial Issues in Divided Societies" with Dr. Judith Pace
February 9, 2023
The 2nd Annual Charles Tesconi Lecture [A Virtual Event]
Dr. Judith Pace, a teacher education professor in the School of Education at the University of San Francisco, gave聽a virtual talk, "Learning to Teach Controversial Issues in Divided Societies."
Dr. Pace聽utilizes聽project-based learning, case studies, and elements of practice-based teaching in courses such as Learning and Teaching, Curriculum Currents and Controversies, Curriculum Development and Design, and Teaching Controversies.
She has studied classroom authority relationships and academic engagement, teaching for democratic citizenship in government classes, social studies under high-stakes accountability, and teacher preparation for teaching controversial issues (Source: USFCA). Read her full bio at the University of San Francisco .
***A video recording of this event is not available.
Other events:
- April 3, 2023: Book Launch and Talk for Dr.听Elizabeth A. Worden鈥檚 New Book,聽Citizenship Education in a Divided Society: Lessons from Curricula and Practice in Northern Ireland
- April 21 and 22, 2023: Annual ITEP Gathering;聽In-Person Reception and Panel Discussion:聽Friday Evening (4/21)聽from 6-9pm;聽Online Sessions:聽Saturday (4/22)聽from 9am-12pm
Fall 2022 Events
Fall 2022 Global Education Forum
"Critical Approaches to Education Research: A Conversation on Engaging with Adolescent Girls in the U.S. and Zimbabwe"
November 14, 2022
[A Virtual Event]
Keynote Address聽by聽Sabrina J. Curtis, Ph.D.,聽Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies professor at the George Washington University,聽and Ellen Chigwanda,聽Project Manager and Advocacy Advisor for CARE USA.
Moderator: Jisun Jeong, Ph.D.
The video recording of this discussion can be viewed here.
Advancing Education in Muslim Societies:
Implications for Policy, Pedagogy, Training, and Development
November 11-13, 2022
[Virtual and In-person at 小蓝视频]
Explore education systems and practices in Muslim societies and the Muslim diaspora with scholars across fields and disciplines who will share their聽research on education and its implications for global societies by attending this聽6th聽annual symposium.
Keynote Address, "Universities in Muslim Societies: A Call For Resistance and Responsibility" by Nuraan Davids, Ph.D. /聽Watch .
Dr.听Davids is Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Davids presented the keynote address: 鈥淯niversities in Muslim Societies: A Call for Resistance and Responsibility.鈥 In her address, she argues that 鈥渁 university is at risk when it fails to see itself as a place of argumentation, resistance, and responsibility. For universities in Muslim societies, this risk is compounded when one considers the ethico-religious responsibilities placed on what it means to be educated.鈥 Dr. Davids argues 鈥渇or a preparedness to being reflectively open to new considerations and fusions of knowledge; a pedagogy of resistance and dissent that could enhance intellectualism; and a responsiveness to broader social malaises as a fulfillment of education as a human responsibility.鈥