ISSA Call for Papers

03/19/2008

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
Ellen Key

The International Step by Step Association (ISSA), an innovative network of early childhood education and development professionals and organizations, welcomes proposals and interested participants from around the globe to the interdisciplinary conference, Active Citizenship: Democratic Practices in Education in Budapest, Hungary on October 9 - 12, 2008. This, the 9th Annual ISSA conference, is organized in partnership with the World Forum Foundation. It will provide a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas and experiences regarding how the promotion and practices of democracy, both in teaching practice and through advocacy, can affect the quality of children’s lives and those of the societies everywhere. Professionals and all stakeholders involved in and caring for quality and access to early childhood education and development (ECED) from the classroom to the policy level are invited to join us to explore this topic in Budapest, Hungary, one of Europe’s most beautiful capitals.

Papers are invited on the following strands:

Teaching and learning democracy from the early years: democratic practices and content in our classrooms
The goal of this strand will be to share knowledge end engage participants in discussion about principles, concepts, guidelines, and techniques that teachers, school administrators, policymakers, and the entire community can use to develop innovative educational programs that will prepare even the youngest students to become effective citizens in a global context.
Advocacy for equal access to quality education and care for every child: from local to international initiatives
The goal of this strand will be to gain knowledge of shared efforts on a broad range of levels of advocacy involving different sectors (NGOs, businesses, families, government, multinational organizations, etc.) working together to promote specific policy and practical objectives concerning access to early childhood education and development resources.

For details of the conference and submission of papers, please refer to the Conference website: www.diamond-congress.hu/issa2008

For more information on the conference, please contact Eva Izsak: [email protected]

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