2013 International Conference

Multi-cultural Classrooms

The Centre for Research in International Education is pleased to announce its Sixth Biennial Conference

The topic allows for a number of possible streams, including:

• Learner and teacher cultural perspectives and associated expectations - mismatch and reconciliation
• Using the cultural knowledge/experience of students to contribute to the international classroom
• Overcoming passive learning experiences and stimulating active participation
• Curriculum and assessment design to accommodate the international context
• Study skills advising
• Needs identification

Keynote speaker

Dr Geneva Gay, Professor in Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Washington.

Dr Gay teaches multicultural education and general curriculum theory. The many awards she has received include a Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Educational Research Association and she was the first recipient of the Multicultural Educator Award. She is a member of several US editorial review and advisory boards and consults internationally on multicultural education.