Teacher Education for Diversity Experts Meeting

Genoa, Italy

28-29 May 2009

Agenda

Goals:

1)  To discuss the research base on Teacher Education for Diversity and gaps in our knowledge, as well as strategies for building capacity

2) To consider synergies between the research base and strategies used by teachers addressing diversity in the classroom.

3) To discuss next steps for the TED project, including the preparation on the upcoming publication on “Effective Teacher Education for Diversity: Strategies and Challenges”.

28 May – Expert Session

9:30 – 10:00 Welcome

• Host: Massimiliano Costa Vice President  and Education Councilor of Regione Liguria – Guido Amoretti Dean of The Faculty of Educational Sciences University of Genoa, Italy
• Chair: Luisa Ribolzi, University of Genoa, Italy
   

10:00 – 10:30 Teacher Education for Diversity: Introduction to the project and goals for the meeting

• Tracey Burns, CERI/OECD

10:30 – 11:15 Context, concepts, and available research

• Challenges of diversity:Mikael Luciak, University of Vienna, Austria
• Diversity/Disparity (or when does diversity become a risk?): Maddalena Colombo, University Cattolica of Milan, Italy

11:15- 11:45 coffee break

11:45 – 12:30 Context, concepts, and available research (continued)

• Research base, existing strategies: Claire McGlynn, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Building research capacity: Pat Mahony, Roehampton University, England

12:30-14:00 Lunch

Chair: Andrea Torre, Centro Studi MEDI’, Genoa, Italy

14:00 – 15:45 Preparing teachers for diverse classrooms

• Initial and in-service education and training: Kristjan Ketill Stefánsson, University of Iceland – School of Education
• Recruiting and retaining diverse teachers: Sabine Severeins, RISBO, The Netherlands
• Training for teacher educators: Marilyn Cochran Smith, Boston College, United States

15:45 – 16:00 coffee break

16:00 – 18:00 Classroom practices for diversity

• Pedagogical tools: Geneva Gay, University of Washington, United States
• Using diversity as a strength: Anne Sliwka, University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Beyond the classroom to the school - Focus on graduation:  Bruce Garnett, Surrey School District, Canada;

Evening: Hosted dinner

29 May - Expert session, continued

Chair: Vanessa Shadoian-Gersing, OECD/CERI

9:00 – 10:45 Emerging key messages, Pending agenda

• Respondent: Anne Sliwka, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  

10:45- 11:15 coffee break

OPEN SESSION (general audience)

11:15 – 12:15 OECD work on teachers

• Teacher Education and Diversity – Tracey Burns, OECD/CERI
• TALIS (Teaching and Learning International Survey) - Ben Jensen, OECD
• Discussion

12:15 – 12:45 Centro Studi Medì-

• Maurizio Ambrosini, Scientific Director of Centro Studi Medì Genova and University of Milan, Italy

12:45 – 13:00 Close

• Massimiliano Costa Vice President  and Education Councillor of Regione Liguria