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Day 3 - Wednesday, August 13

by Jim Carrico — last modified 2008-06-17 21:09

Day 3 - Wednesday, August 13
1005 Main Theater

Alternative in Public - MCG Youth:
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild is a learner centered art program for public school students
9:00 to 10:00 		Education and the relationship with your ansectors (MIFS):
How to connect with your own history and tradition at school? How to research and respect the traditions of other people?
10:00 to 12:00
Amazing Educational DVDs:
There are some wonderful DVDs about Democratic Schools and programs. We will be offering a few, and we hope you will bring some yourself.
15:00 to 17:00
1001 Theater

Related Teaching and Philosophical Issues: Ken Jacobson:
A discussion on the relationship between the philosophy of democratic education and the reality of the educational experience.
10:00 to 12:00
The Movement of Japanese democratic education (Part 2):
We will introduce situations of some Japanese democratic schools and the movement.
13:00 to 14:30 		Discussion group about supporting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transexual Youth.Helen Hughes:
Alternative schools are often the safest place for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transexual young people. We will share ideas about how best to support them.
14:00 to 15:00

Teaching Digital Natives:
(Cara Elrod) How to teach students of the 21st Century.
15:30 to 17:00
1002 Meeting Room

Whole Brain Learning: Creative pathways of soul expresssion:
(Susan Bello) With or without artistic training, we can express our innate potentials through art-making.
9:00 to 10:30 		What's the place of architecture in schools?:
(Indira Dutt) How architecture effects learning
10:30 to 12:00
Democratic Pedagogy in Action: Community Comes with Responsibility:
(Paula L. Argentieri)What does democratic education look like at the University of California, Berkeley?
13:00 to 14:30 		FREE THE CHILDREN: BEING REAL:
(Bruce Scott) There are actions we can take, all by ourselves, in all relationships, especially with children, that do not require anything from anyone else.
14:30 to 15:30
1613 Meeting Room

Compassionate Communication, Language of Life (NVC):
(Darilyn Platt) Introduction to the process of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg
9:00 to 11:00 		Ripple Effects: From Democratic Schools to Democratic Societies:
(Adam Fletcher) How can democratic schools culture ripple into the larger world?
11:00 to 12:00
Democratic High Schools: Isaac Graves:
(Isaac Graves) I would like to have a meeting of those currently involved in democratic high schools.
13:00 to 14:30
Democratic mechanisms vs. Democratic culture:
(Adam Fletcher) Educators create schools with democratic systems that fit their visions for democratic education. But is democratic learning more than that?
15:00 to 16:30
Ballroom

Little Red School House:
(Linda Dixon and Mary Klausen) A simulation game, based on an old Victorian School House
9:00 to 12:00 		Little Red School House:
Reflection and questions about the simulation game
11:00 to 12:00
UBC Ropes Course:
In the forest - on campus see www.ubcropescourse.ca
13:00 to 17:00 		Announcements: Brenda Birch:
Announcements, additional workshops, and changes will be scheduled daily. If you miss this, locate all changes on the white board in the Ballroom.
17:00 to 17:30
Youth Keynote Panel Followed by: Sustainable Democracy:Mimsy Sadofsky:
How to Create a Stable Culture in a Democratic School
19:00 to 21:30 		Evening Dance:
with DJ Kelley Clarke, WH staff member superb.
21:00 to 21:30
Study Hall

JC/SC:
(Meghan and Dayla) Windsor House live School Council and Judicial Council
12:00 to 13:00
Other (See description)

Reschool Yourself - Self-education for grown-ups:
(Meet in Lobby of Forestry) How can one adult's pursuit of self-education and happiness inspire others do the same? Many grown-ups wish they had the self-assurance and knowledge that they would have gained through democratic education. Melia Dicker hopes to convince them that it's never too late to give yourself the education you never had. This school year, she'll return to her childhood classrooms in California and travel around the world pursuing learning and happiness. She will document the project through an online journal (www.reschoolyourself.com) and film. Come discuss how Reschool Yourself can reach the greatest number of other adults and inspire them to re-educate themselves intentionally.
11:00 to 12:00
Education and the relationship with your ansectors (MIFS):
Fieldtrip to Museum of Anthropology: meet in Ballroom How to connect with your own history and tradition at school? How to research and respect the traditions of other people?
13:00 to 16:00
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