Comparative and International Education Society (West)
Annual Conference,
September 29 - October 1st, 2005
LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER
At CIES Stanford, delegates stretched beyond “good versus
evil” “you’re “either with us or against us” dichotomies.
Voices were raised, Powerpoints hummed and nasty dichotomies
went over the fence. But, at the beginning, middle and end
of the day, it all boiled down to “learning to live together.”
Vancouver is one of the most diverse, multicultural and
vibrant cities on earth. If you haven’t been there lately
your life is not complete. People there know heaps about
“living together” and, fortunately, UNESCO also realizes
the importance of the task. In its 1996 Report (Learning:
The Treasure Within), UNESCO identified Learning to Live
Together as one of four pillars of life.
Throughout the last decade much educational discourse has
been captured by (sometimes dodgy) claims about globalization,
knowledge-based economies, human capital formation, benchmarking
and best practices. There has been little debate concerning
UNESCO’s fourth pillar – Learning to Live Together.
Join us at the flower-besotted drop-dead gorgeous University
of British Columbia, September 30th to October 1st, 2005.
As usual with CIES, there will be individual-paper and panel-presentations.
We’ll accept e-mail submissions. Hence:
Individual Papers: Your name, your email address,
the paper title and an abstract not to exceed 200 words.
Panels: The name and email address of the organizer,
the panel title, a 200 word overview of the panel, authors
names and paper titles for individual panelists.
Throughout the last decade much educational discourse has been captured by (sometimes dodgy) claims about globalization, knowledge-based economies, human capital formation, benchmarking, best practices and “excellence.” There has been little debate concerning UNESCO’s fourth pillar - Learning to Live Together.
Held at the flower-besotted drop-dead gorgeous University of British Columbia, September 29th to October 1st, 2005.
- More than 80 great papers
- Numerous stimulating panels
- Distinguished Keynote speakers
- Amnesty film session
- International delegates from the four corners
- Welcoming university campus and postmodern host city
Conference Abstracts
Conference Chairs:
Rober Boshier; Hans Schuetz
