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| International Step by Step Association - Electronic Newsletter Fall/Winter 2007 |
Events and Opportunities for Professional DevelopmentKinderwelten Anti-Bias Conference, 30 November, Berlin, GermanyProject Kinderwelten would like to share with you the experiences of three years of making and walking the anti-bias road together with the teams of 30 day-care centres in Germany, nearly 3000 children and their families, as well as representatives from the 14 providing organisations. Glenda MacNaughton, CEIEC, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Louise Derman-Sparks, one of the founders of the Anti-Bias-Approach from California, USA, will join the walk on 30 November to talk about recent developments in their fields, challenges, and successes. Please register at the website of Kinderwelten (www.kinderwelten.net). Click on the news link for conference information and registration. Conference languages are German and English. INA gGmbH an der Freiein Universität Berlin/Institut für den Situationsansatz Europe Conference Equal Opportunities for All: Citizenship and Human Capital in a Diverse Europe, 28-29 November 2007, The Hague, The NetherlandsThis conference is organised by the Netherlands Association of Municipalities and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. Themes of the conference are among others: citizenship and social cohesion, housing, labour market and migrant enterprise, neighbourhoods, education,
child care, youth policies and political and social participation. These themes will be discussed in parallel sessions. See for more information and updates: www.vngequal.eu. Second International Conference on Early Childhood EducationCITO, the Netherlands-based testing and assessment company, invites you to attend their conference Education of the Youngest: A Blessing or a Curse?, which will take place in Arnhem, The Netherlands, 6-7 March, 2008. The conference will explore the theme of the importance of preschool development (0-3) and the impact of early childhood education on later education. For more information about the conference, visit the conference website at http://www.cito.com/com_about/conference/eind_fr.htm. |