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Keynote Addresses
These presentations
will offer key insights to understanding the general panorama of
indigenous, bilingual, intercultural education and will serve as
points of reference en the pedagogical workshops. The themes will
include:
- Comparative
analysis of the educational situation of indigenous people of
the hemisphere
- The challenge
of globalization en the development of indigenous, bilingual,
education en the Americas
- The child
and the development of bilingualism
General
Forums
The general
forums will permit participation of national and international specialists
covering topics that are convergent with the objectives of the event.
Following presentations by the panel is a period of analysis and
debate among a larger group of invited specialists.
Symposia
The symposia
are opportunities for participants and specialists to exchange and
interact en small groups over selected themes of common interest.
The symposia
and the forums will take up the following themes:
- Achievements
and obstacles of indigenous bilingual, intercultural, education
from a technical and pedagogical perspective
- Indigenous
bilingual intercultural education and social support
- Analysis
of indigenous language rights
- Indigenous,
bilingual, intercultural education as State policy and its management
- Historical
overview of educational reform en Latin America
- The cost
benefit of indigenous, bilingual, intercultural education to the
State
- The intercultural
curriculum and the non-indigenous student
- Research
on the benefits and the impact of bilingual education
- The need
for exchange and collaboration between the indigenous education
actors of the Americas to establish channels of solidarity.
Pedagogical
Workshops
The pedagogical
workshops are activities for interaction and learning. Indigenous,
bilingual, intercultural education will be presented through various
themes and modalities. These will include: model classrooms, methods
training workshops, description of projects and pedagogical clinics.
- Methods Training
Workshops: two hour activities where participants learn new methods
and strategies interactively.
- Model Classrooms:
one hour activities where participants become informed of various
forms of interaction between teachers and students (with students
or video).
- Project Descriptions:
one hour activities where participants become familiarized with
successful projects' methodologies, contexts, organization, materials
and results.
- Pedagogical
Clinics: one hour activities that will be facilitated by a specialist,
but where participants will present specific cases which they
propose for discussion and analysis.
Workshop speakers
will present on the following topics:
- Application
of bilingual, intercultural methods
- Experiences
on the application of techniques and methods with bilingual in-service
teachers
- Production
and elaboration of traditional and non-traditional education materials
- The use of
technology en education
- Innovative
research based on indigenous bilingual education
- Innovative
modalities of indigenous bilingual education throughout grade
levels
- Integration
of culture en the intercultural education curriculum
- Evaluation
and results of bilingual education programs and their students
- Indigenous,
bilingual, intercultural education and literacy development
- Parent and
community participation en indigenous, bilingual, intercultural
education programs
- Revitalization
of indigenous languages through bilingual education
- Second language
learning and the content areas
- Use of the
various bilingual education models and their contexts
- Bilingual
education teachers as researchers of their own practice
Indigenous
Parliament of America
The Indigenous
Parliament of America will hold its meeting concurrent with the
rest of the Fair and will address the topic of indigenous bilingual
education from the legislative financial perspective. It is hoped
that conclusions will point toward concrete commitments that support
the educational development of indigenous people en the hemisphere.
Presentation
of Proposal to the Indigenous Parliament
Conclusions
of the work sessions of the proposal to the Indigenous Parliament
will be presented to the general assembly for review on the final
morning and will be presented later that day to the Indigenous Parliament
of America.
Exposition
of Educational Materials
Traditional
and non-traditional educational materials will be available for
display and sale during the Fair. Educational programs as well as
distributors of educational materials are invited to participate.
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