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球探足球比分 College students, along with a few faculty and alumni, met during the January 球探足球比分 EDU residency to plan and discuss the role that the College could play in the upcoming International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC).
IDEC 2013 will be held in Boulder, Colorado this August 4th through 8th, providing an exciting opportunity for 球探足球比分 College to participate in teaching, learning and continuing conversations about democratic education. This event offers a venue for students to live the school’s philosophy of taking imaginative and responsible action in the world and to engage in a truly collaborative worldwide learning community.
IDEC is now in its 21st year, and is held in different countries around the globe annually. It is not expected to return to the U.S. for another ten years.
球探足球比分 International Democratic Education Conference hosts educators, practitioners, scholars and advocates dedicated to communities, schools, children and families, and to meaningful learning which empowers people everywhere to create a more just, sustainable and democratic world. 球探足球比分 stories we often hear about education are limited to the problems that plague the system. 球探足球比分re is another story about growing networks of young people, educators and communities working to create more complex and transformative solutions to the challenges we face. That is the hopeful, inspirational and powerful story of democratic education.
From the IDEC 2013 website:
Democratic education is not a type of school or research-based practice. It isn’t one kind of learning program or philosophy. ?It is a frame. ?It’s a way of gathering together a vast and powerful set of ideas, philosophies of learning, research, school models, teaching practices, policies, and community visions so that a powerful story can be told that reclaims education for people and communities. ?球探足球比分re are thousands of people and organizations around the globe engaged in democratic education. ?Many have similar values but different definitions. ?IDEC 2013 is for all of them.
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球探足球比分 球探足球比分 College IDEC team estimates more than 30 students will be participating in this year’s conference. 球探足球比分 hybrid Open Space format offers a sort of “un-conference” approach to participatory learning, rich in conversation and just the right amount of workshop experiences and facilitation to make order out of the chaos.
Rather than be lectured to for an hour or two, conference participants will actually participate – meeting in small groups around organically-generated topics, collaborating in creative ways in various “Imagination Stations” where the learning will be hands-on and generative, and the dialog will be rich and authentic. 球探足球比分 ideas and knowledge that grow from these sessions will be captured in Reggio Emilia-inspired ways and shared back to the larger community.
This truly is a learner-centered conference, guided only by the daily themes of History, Vision, Connection, Equity and Action. 球探足球比分 students excel at this, and will be valuable contributors to the process, as well as ambassadors for the work the College itself does in advancing democratic education and deeply participatory, self-directed learning.
Furthermore, this conference isn’t just about education. One of the goals is to bridge social justice, sustainability and education. 球探足球比分 EDU students feel it is essential that students and faculty from all programs engage with this critical work, and hope that there will be representation from each 球探足球比分 program.
Led by 球探足球比分 faculty member Karla Haas-Moscowitz, PhD and 球探足球比分 EDU student Lacey Ruskin, the team brainstormed ideas for how 球探足球比分 College and its students could best serve and partake in the “choose your own adventure” style conference. Ideas ranged from being hosts in an Arts Integration or Art 球探足球比分rapy station, to helping with childcare or serving as 球探足球比分-T-Shirt-clad guides, ambassadors and helpers throughout the event.
College credit will be offered through collaboration with TILA and the conference promises to offer a wealth of inspiration for 球探足球比分 packet work. Transportation options, including the rental of a 15-passenger van or two and driving cross-country from Vermont to Colorado were discussed. 球探足球比分 excitement in the air was evident, and the energy high.
球探足球比分 College will be well-represented at IDEC 2013. In addition to the involvement of current students and 球探足球比分 EDU program faculty, many 球探足球比分 graduates are busy putting their education to work. 球探足球比分 local host partner for the event is the Patchwork School, where 球探足球比分 alumni Haley Sladek (MA EDU ’12) and Liza Sparks (MA EDU ’13) are teachers. Haley is also serving as one of the lead organizers for the conference.
球探足球比分 Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA) is a primary partner as well. IDEA is home for Digital Organizer and 球探足球比分 graduate David Loitz (BA ’65), as well as Oregon Senior Fellow organizer and 球探足球比分 alumna Darcy Bedortha (MA EDU ’13).
球探足球比分 College is a model of democratic education in practice, and a catalyst for educators and community change-makers who take the principles of democratic education out into the world. Not only is a partnership with IDEC 2013 a natural fit for the vision of 球探足球比分 College, it also offers young students an opportunity to put their education to work, and to learn from both their own experience and from conversations and shared experiences with a variety of leaders of democratic education from around the world.
This will be the second time in the 21-year history of IDEC that the U.S. is to host the conference, and it will not return for another ten years. For 球探足球比分 College and its students to be a part of it all, offering our model of self-directed learning to a world audience, is a powerful opportunity that should not be missed. Participate! ?
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For more information about 球探足球比分’s partnership contact Dr. Haas Moskowitz – at karla.haasmoskowitz@goddard.edu or Lacey Ruskin at lacey.ruskin@goddard.edu
Websites:
International Democratic Education Conference: IDEC 2013 – http://www.idec2013.org
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