[Announce] education and social action conference - Australia

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From:	Celina McEwen <celina.mcewen at uts.edu.au>

                               Conference
                    EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ACTION 2002
                          December 11-13, 2002
                      Centre for Popular Education
              University of Technology Sydney, City Campus


                 Call for Proposals for Special themes:

                           * Community Leadership
                * School - Community Learning Collaborations
       * Popular Education and Advocacy: Refugees and Asylum 
Seekers

PROPOSALS OUTLINE
Proposals should be received by August 16th, 2002. Proposals for 
papers
and workshops should include:

   *  a title

   *  names of authors with full contact details and brief narrative
     resume/s

   *  a summary of about 200 - 400 words.

See separate special themes about who to send proposals to


Community Leadership
Some Leading Questions

   * What is leadership?  Is it characterised by seniority or
     superiority? Do excellence and role modelling define it? Is
     leadership about management skills?
   * Who are community leaders? Is there a difference between 
individual
     leadership, group leadership, community leadership, political
     leadership, organisational leadership and 'social movement'
     leadership?
   * Is there a different perspective relating to fields of practice,
     sectors and agencies?
   * What do community leadership programs that inspire and 
support
     others to be actively involved in addressing local issues look
     like?
   * How to work with and support recognised and emerging 
community
     leaders?
   * How effective has community leadership been? How is 
community
     leadership developed?
   * Is there too much reliance on volunteer efforts?

Send proposals to
Rick Flowers
Email: Rick.Flowers at uts.edu.au


School - Community Learning Collaborations
Some Leading Questions

   * What are school - community learning collaborations and who is
     involved in them? What makes for a learning collaboration 
between
     schools and communities? What distinguishes them from other 
school
     community links? What are TAFE - community learning 
collaborations
     and who is involved in them? Who is involved in these
     collaborations and how do they contribute to learning processes?
     Who are the constituents of 'community'?
   * Productive Pedagogy and Finding Common Ground: How do 
you do it?
     How can school community learning collaborations contribute to 
more
     productive pedagogies in schools? In what ways can they 
effectively
     engage young people at risk? What challenges do workers face 
that
     make it difficult for effective learning to take place in
     collaborations?
   * How should we evaluate learning collaborations? What makes a 
school
     community learning collaboration successful? Is there a place for
     measuring qualitative outcomes as an evaluation tool? Should
     evaluations move beyond quantitative outcomes if learning is 
the
     objective? What are the different traditions of building school
     communities and how does this influence evaluation 
perspectives?

Send proposals to
Marie-Anne Maakrun
Email: Marie-Anne.Maakrun at uts.edu.au

Popular Education and Advocacy: Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Some Leading Questions
Popular education about  refugees and asylum seekers

   * What are the main things people need to know about  refugees 
and
     asylum seekers?
   * How have non-government organisations worked to educate the 
public
     about these issues?
   * What are some of the best ways to change peopleís negative 
views
     about refugees and asylum seekers?
   * What have been the most effective community based activities 
to
     support refugees and asylum seekers?

Advocacy

   * What are some recent examples of effective advocacy efforts 
on
     behalf of refugees and asylum seekers?
   * What is involved in developing an effective advocacy 
campaign?

The impact of temporary protection visa holders on service 
providers.

   * Who is helping refugees who are released into the community?
   * What support are they able to provide?
   * What is the impact on both non-government and government 
service
     organisations?
   * What are effective strategies to change government policies and
     improve the position of refugees?

Send proposals to
Andrew Chodkiewicz
Email: Andrew.Chodkiewicz at uts.edu.au


THE 'EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ACTION' CONFERENCE building 
on the tradition
of previous conferences organised by the Centre for Popular 
Education
will:

   * bring people engaged in different fields of social action and
     education together
   * be a forum where activists, workers, policy makers, artists and
     scholars alike are encouraged to participate
   * encourage research and enquiry to promote practice that helps
     people analyse and address social injustices
   * have workshops that are sufficiently long to have decent
     discussions or engage in hands-on activities
   * have plenty of music, theatre and dance; but more importantly 
there
     will be some opportunities for collaborative art-practice.

CONFERENCE THEMES

   * Community Leadership
   * School - Community Learning Collaborations
   * Facilitating Change for Healthy Environments
   * Art and Social Change
   * Popular Education and Advocacy: Refugees and Asylum 
Seekers
   * Celebrations for Change and Development


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  Registration Form

  Name

 Organisation

 Postal Address


 Phone Number
 Fax Number
 E-mail Address


 *******

 Registration Fees

 Regular Rate
 For those supported by large organisations and funding programs 
and
 others with income levels that enable you to choose to pay this fee
 rate. Your fee enables us to offer a lower rego fee to those less 
able
 to pay.

 Full conference  $295
 Day Rate   $100
 Wednesday    Thursday     Friday


 Concession Rate
 For freelance researchers, consultants, artists and community
 organisations with ëfragileí funding.

 Full conference  $160
 Day Rate   $50
 Wednesday    Thursday     Friday


 Fees include morning and afternoon tea. There are countless 
cheap
 restaurants around the university for lunch.

 Payment Options

 Cheque
 Please make all cheques payable to The Centre for Popular 
Education,
 UTS

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 (Mastercard, Visa etc)
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Please post, fax or e-mail your registration to
The Centre for Popular Education, UTS
PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007
Fax +61 2 9514 3939
E-mail cpe at uts.edu.au

For further information phone +61 2 9514 3843 or website
www.cpe.uts.edu.au





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