Saturday, 3/24/12
Sunday, 3/25/12
Opening Plenary 09:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m.
“Democratic Education in the Mainstream” plenary featuring Dra. Ana Helivia Quintero, Dr. Pedro Subirats, and Luis Gautier.
Tuesday, 3/27/12
Wednesday, 3/28/12
Panel anddialogue “Democratic Education is about Human Rights” featuring Jean Robert Cadet, Ana María Careaga, Ravi Karkara, Alicia Cabezudo moderated by Anna Grimaldi and Jaime Conde
Fishbowl Panel: The New Generation for Democratic Education,with Courtney Martin, Shilpa Jain, Natalia Rosado, Scott Nine, Khalif Williams, Isaac Graves and Chloe Duff
Centro de BellasArtes
Plenary
Plenary
Plenary
Session A
Session C
Session E
Session G
Room1:Proyecto País Panel: Puerto Rico’s Political Situation–Youth Forum with Sebastián Negrón, Natalia Rosado and others.
Room 1: Proyecto País
Room 1: Proyecto País Work sessionfor the Declaration of Puerto Rico
Room 1: Proyecto País Action Plan
Room 2:Human Rights and Academia
Room 2:Human Rights and Academia Panel, then dialogue: UNESCO Chairand Faculty of Education UPR - Río Piedras
UNESCO Chairand Faculty of EducationUPR - Río Piedras
Room3:Democratic Practices 20/20/20 thenDialogue: Student’s Rights and Responsibilities or how to engage students? Luz Santana ( Just One Chance: Teach Students to Formulate Their Own Question), AmmerahSaidi(Future Schools: How Critical Pedagogy, Digital Media and Community Interactions Transform Schools)
12:00 p.m.
Monday, 3/26/12
AndIan Cunningham (Young
Room 3: Democratic Practices 20/20/20 then Dialogue: The Student’s Rights and Responsibilities or how to engage students? Diego Negrón, Natalia Rosado, Katryn Strom, ManauvaskarHublall y Jonah Canner(Inquiry Based Learning and Possibilities for Empowerment)
Room 2:Human Rights and Academia 20/20/20 then Dialogue: Technological Literacy, Democracyandthe Brain, with: Olivia Loria, (Effect of Technology on the Brain: a collaborative talk ) and
Dr. RubénEdel Navarro(Technological Mediation in Democratic Education) Room 3: Democratic Practices 20/20/20 then Dialogue:How to get the community involved? Ofira Roll (An Educator left behind? Educators’ collaborative self inquiry in a child-centered environment)
Room 2:Human Rights and Academia Panel and dialogue: The Culture of Violence and Education Dr. César Rey
Room 3: Democratic Practices 20/20/20 then Dialogue: Project Based Learning Elda Guadalupe and Brendymar Cruz(Innovative Strategies in Teaching) and Arila Feurich, Mario Foster and Michaela Weiss (Learning in projects at schools)
Dr. Carmen Sanjurjo, Dr. Ellie BaldwinandDr. Jan Perry Evenstad (Issues in Multicultural Education Secondary Ed Class)
people managing their own learning)
Room4:Workshops Shilpa Jain
Room 5:Space, Art and Movement Hands-on creativity
Room 6: Media and Film
Room 4: Workshops Courtney Martin (Feminism and education) Room 5: Art and Movement Space Beatrice Rodríguez (Urban Education: hip hop )
Room 6: Media and Film Room 7: Gerard Aartsen (Towards an Integral Education)
Room 8: Open Spaces Room 9: Open Spaces Room 10: Open Spaces
Room 7: Dr. Carmen Sanjurjo Dra. Lorretta Chávez (Preparing Effective, Committed Teachers for Urban Schools Through Clinical Practice)
Room 8: Open Spaces Room 9: Open SpacesRoom 10: Open Spaces
and Sandra Macksound López and Lizzette Velázquez(Integration of Action Research Reflection as a core learning experience to prepare teachers as change agents for democratic schools) Room 4: Workshops Alicia Cabezudo (Teaching Democratic Education and Human Rights in Adverse Contexts: Dictatorships and Autocratic systems) Room 5: Art and Movement Space Francisca Ortiz (Yoga for children: an educational alternative) Room 6: Media and Film withCarol Blacks (Schooling the World- Documentary film)
Room 4: Workshops Jerry Mintz (New System of representation) Room 5: Art and Movement Space Olivia Loria (International Folk-dancing)
Room 6: Media and Film
Room 7: Open Spaces Room 8: Open Spaces Room 9: Open SpacesRoom 10: Open Spaces
Room 7: Ofir Germanic Choue Her (Incorporating Youth Development into Democratic Education) Room 8: Open Spaces Room 9: Open Spaces Room 10: Open Spaces
12:30 p.m. 01:00 p.m.
Registry at theJardín
01:30 p.m. 02:00
Hon. William Miranda Marín
Botánico y Cultural
Lunch and Cultural Show (Plena)
Plenary
Lunch and Cultural Show (Bomba)
Plenary
Lunch and Cultural Show (Calypso)
Plenary
Lunch and Cultural Show (Salsa)
Transportation to the Centro de BellasArtes, Caguas Plenary
Panel: Founders and Elders with Yaacov Hecht, Derry Hannam, AmuktaMahapatra, Ian Cunningham and Jerry Mintz Moderated by José Luis Díaz from CSIF Session B
p.m. 02:30 p.m. 03:00 p.m. 03:30 p.m.
04:00 p.m.
Room 1: Proyecto País The culture of violence, with Dr. César Rey
Room 2: Human Rights and Academia
Room 2:Human Rights and Academia Workshop, then dialogue: Popular Education, with Dr. Gabriel Cámaraand Santiago Rincón Gallardo
Dr. Nompumelelo(Promotion of indigenous languages in post apartheid South Africa: a reality or wishful thinking?) Elizabeth Baker(Listening as a Tool for Building Community) andSusana Elkin (Engaging children and building community at a parent cooperative school in Oaxaca, México)
Lou Zhi-Cheng(School Life with Differences: Three Aspects of Holistic Education School) and
Room 5: Art and Movement Space with Dra. Silvia Tafur Art and movement in teaching: communication beyond words
Welcome and Orientation
Room 3: Democratic Practices 20/20/20 then Dialogue: The life and characteristics of the democratic school, with EylemKorkmazandDr. MunireErden,( The characteristics of democratic schools: is it possible to reach a consensus?)
Room 4: Workshops Your wounds are your salvation Kirsten Olson
05:00 p.m.
Session D
Room 1: Proyecto País ‘El Nuevo Día’–Citizens’ Agenda and the Educational Constituent Assembly
Room 3: Democratic Practices 20/20/20 then Dialogue:Community Commitment and Education or how to engage the community? with
04:30 p.m.
Caguas Educadora: the construction of an education city in Puerto Rico with Hon. William Miranda Torres, Yaacov Hecht, Scott Nine
Meghan Carrico(Supporting learning for the individual, community, and the organization: Democratic public free school enters the 21st century)
Room 4: Workshops Room 5: Art and Movement Space Thomas Kellogg (Mentor Artists Playwrights Project
What Democratic Education can mean for the youth, communities and the World with César Rey, Justo Méndez and Alfredo Carrasquillo Transportation to the Jardín Botánicoy Cultural
Syndicates, Communities and Cooperatives Working Together to Create Real Change with Roberto Pagán, Emilio Nieves, Tito Figueroa and Mildred Santiago Session H All Rooms: Closing Dialogue andOpen Spaces
Session F Room 1: Proyecto País Work sessionfor the Declaration of Puerto Rico Room 2:Human Rights and Academia Workshop:Emerging Curricula Dr. Rosa María Santiago, Dr. Frances Figarella and Joan Figueroa (A look into curricular experiences that democratize)
Room 3: Democratic Practices Workshop: Special Needs with Dr. Edwin Vega Milán (Assistive Technology: Providing full participation for individuals with special needs)
Room 4: Workshops Jean Robert Cadet
Room 5: Art and Movement Space
Closing Ceremony
Room 6: Media and Film
(MAPP))
Room 6: Media and Film Room 7: Dr. Marcos Martínez Prof. Juan León Alicia Prof. AgustínCorchado (An emerging curriculum with innovative strategies for sociohumanist technological education under the Science, Tecnology, Engeneering and Matematic (STEM) approach) Room 8: Open Spaces Room 9: Open Spaces Room 10: Open Spaces
05:30 p.m. 06:00 p.m. 06:30 p.m. 07:00 p.m. 07:30 p.m. 08:00 p.m. 08:30 p.m. 10:30
IDEC Meeting Facilitated by the Youth Forum
Room 7: Pat Montgomery Sandra Hurst (Standing on the Shoulders…)
Room 8: Open Spaces Room 9: Open Spaces Room 10: Open Spaces IDEC Meeting Facilitated by the Youth Forum
IDEC Meeting Facilitated by the Youth Forum
Dinner
Dinner andFiesta Criolla
Dinner and Cultural Show
Dinner and Cultural Show
Dinner and Cultural Show GrandArtistic Closing Ceremony with our Youth
Transport to Accommodation Areas
Transport to Accommodation Areas
Transport to Accommodation Areas
Transport to Accommodation Areas
Transport to Accommodation Areas
Transport to Accommodation Areas
Transport to Accommodation Areas
Transport to Accommodation Areas
Transport to Accommodation Areas
Transport to Accommodation Areas
29 ‐ Thursday 9:30am
First Regional Gathering of the Americas and the Caribbean Discussion group among American and Caribbean countries with the purpose of promoting alternative, democratic education and the rights of children and youth. United from North to South, participating for the opportunity of constituting a collaborative region.
At the Criollo Center of Sciences and Mathematics (Centro Criollo de Ciencias y Matemáticas)
6:30pm Dinner 7:30pm Cultural activity 8:30 pm Transportation available to housing areas and IDEC Lounge. 10:30 pm Transportation available to housing areas. 29, 30 ‐‐ Thursday and Friday 8:30 am Touristic excursion Excursion options will be available to Caguas, Old San Juan and to the beach. These will not include meals. There will also be other touristic options for very reasonable prices. 31‐ Saturday Transportation to the airport Several alternatives will be available for transfer to the airport.