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IAIE
The International Association for Intercultural Education was created in 1984 by a group of educators from various European nations. For more than two decades, the IAIE has brought together, into a network, professional educators interested in diversity and equity issues in education.
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IAIE seeks to: |
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examine the implications of the societal contexts of education and the relationship between society, nation state and the international contexts and the situation of individuals, groups and minorities within them; |
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contribute to the development and implementation of intercultural education and issues of education in multicultural societies; |
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promote the exchange of information, knowledge, and materials about all relevant issues concerning education in multicultural societies amongst teachers, teacher trainers, and professionals working in curriculum development, research and educational policy; |
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initiate, react and respond to activities in the field of education of international and national organizations. |
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IAIE members include academics, policy makers, educators in the non-profit field, as well as teachers in schools. Their interests are broad with expertise in pedagogy, philosophy, anthropology, law, policy making, social sciences, the teaching profession, etc.
The IAIE regularly organizes international educational conferences and also publishes, through Routledge Publishing, the widely respected refereed journal Intercultural Education. The journal appears five times annually. Previous IAIE conferences have been held in Sweden, Belgium, Australia, Italy, the Netherlands and Bosnia (in Sept. 2007) |
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IASCE
Since 1979 members of the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (IASCE, iasce.net) have been in the forefront
of the evolvement of cooperative learning.
IASCE members are an international body of researchers and practitioners who: |
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study the effectiveness of specific cooperative learning strategies and methods; |
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explore the application of strategies and methods to various content areas; |
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seek ways to combine strategies and methods to promote more general educational goals; |
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develop cooperative learning for staff development and school organization; |
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refine teacher education for cooperative learning; |
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apply cooperative social and academic skills to intercultural education. |
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| They are widely published and regularly contribute to the IASCE newsletter. IASCE has supported the publication of books that mark progress in the field, such as Professional Development for Cooperative Learning -Issues and Approaches (1998), and the more recent Teaching Cooperative Learning: the Challenge for Teacher Education (2004). Previous conferences co-hosted by IASCE have been held in Europe, Australia, North America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. |
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UNIVERSITY OF TORINO, School of Education
The School of Education, with a current enrolment of over 6000 students, offers degrees and courses both in Turin and Savigliano (a town in the province of Cuneo). A third university seat will soon be ready to answer the educational demand of students from the province of Verbania.
The degrees offered by the School of Education are in the following fields: |
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teacher education (preparing teachers for kindergarten and primary school); |
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informal education (preparing educational experts for intercultural education, adult education, special education, etc. projects and institutions); |
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professional education (preparing educational experts to work in vocational training, educational project construction, and work-related counselling); |
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distance education; |
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arts, music, the performing arts, media and museums. |
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| The School of Education faculty includes educators, sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, literature, science and mathematics scholars, as well as scholars in the fields of arts, music, drama, museums |
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CESEDI
Ce.Se.Di. (Centro Servizi Didattici; Teaching Services Centre), established 25 years ago, is a service of the Education Department of the Province of Turin. In collaboration with various public institutions, local authorities and associations, it provides teachers and students with a range of thematically organized educational and training opportunities. It also develops instruments for teacher |
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| planning and facilities to support schools' self-governance. Among these is a specialized Documentation Centre (library, newspaper library, and teaching materials). There are different thematic divisions that include: art and entertainment, cross-culturalism/legal issue/rights education, 20th-century history, teaching methodologies, curriculum counselling, sciences and geography. The Centre's teaching methodology division supports the teacher's role by promoting the adoption of innovative instruments and methods, from cooperative learning to peer education. It has actively promoted and helped to launch a project which, through the educational training of teachers and their ensuing involvement as doers/trainers, has been disseminated in the Turin area. As a result, a community of practice and learning has been created that develops educational programmes that place the student at the centre of the learning process. |
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