2013 International Conference-Accepted Sessions

Following is a preliminary list of sessions, workshops and poster presentations that have been accepted for Education for Democracy and the Arab World, the 2013 International Social Studies Conference in the Kingdom of Morocco. This list is subject to change. A finalized program, including rooms and times will be available prior to the conference.

Perceptions of Geography Students on Global Issues [1]

Global Awareness [2], Higher Education [3]

Survey given to university geography students at Western Kentucky University (US) and Minia University (Egypt)showed significant differences in student perceptions of global issues in five categories.

Presenters:
S. Kay Gandy, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; Edress Sultan Saleh, Minia University, Minia,
Malagasy Perspectives about NonEuropean Immigrants [4]

Global Awareness [2], Higher Education [3]

This study explores the experiential perceptions of a Malagasy immigrant and the challenges he and others, e.g., North Africans, faced as nonEuropean immigrants in French schooling systems.

Presenters:
Lisa Winstead, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, California
Folktales using Binary Opposites and Holistic Perspectives to teach Democracy [5]

Democracy Education [6], Middle Level-Jr. High School [7]

Explore a method of using folktales from around the world to teach democracy by emphasizing binary opposites, holistic perspectives, and focusing on the characters and events of the story

Presenters:
Renard Harris, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Strengthening Democracy Education through Ethical Reasoning [8]

Democracy Education [6], Higher Education [3]

A university curriculum to help students negotiate conflicting ethical concerns in personal, professional, and civiic life is presented, and attendees consider how ethical decision making can strengthen democracy education.

Presenters:
Fletcher Linder, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Lee Sternberger, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
The Possibilities and Limits of Inquiry-Based Curriculum in Civics Classes in Arab High Schools in Israel [9]

Democracy Education [6], Secondary Level-High School [10]

In this ethnographic study I examined the perspectives and understandings of civic teachers, policy makers, community members, about the implementation of community-based curriculum in one Arab city in Israel.

Presenters:
Najwan Saada, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, Michigan
The possibilities and limits of education for democracy in schools [11]

Democracy Education [6], Secondary Level-High School [10]

This paper discusses the challenges and dilemmas of democratizing schools from a practical and philosophical perspectives.It suggests a possible balance between the demands and needs of students, teachers, and society.

Presenters:
Najwan Saada, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824, Michigan
Building Global Citizens - International Service Learning [12]

Global Awareness [2], Secondary Level-High School [10]

This International Studies Programme combines character education and service learning in a unique global classroom. West Island College Students travel around the world learning about sustainable development through service learning.

Presenters:
Claire Allen, West Island College, Calgary, Alberta
The Rule of Law: Foundation for Democratic Citizenship [13]

Democracy Education [6], Middle Level-Jr. High School [7]

Teaching students that the rule of law is the foundation for all democratic ideals will ensure an engaged citizenry that values equity, social justice and opportunity for all people.

Presenters:
H. Timothy Isaacs, Center for Teaching the Rule of Law, Salem, Virginia; G. Michael Pace, Center for Teaching the Rule of Law, Salem, Virginia
Understanding Ethiopia: A Pilot Study abroad Project [14]

Global Awareness [2], Higher Education [3]

In 2012, 15 students spent two months on a State Department-funded study abroad project in Ethiopia learning about history, cultures and language. The presentation will describe this experience with educators.

Presenters:
Akbarali Thobhani, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Promoting Democracy Education and Global Awareness through Classroom Simulations [15]

Democracy Education [6], Secondary Level-High School [10]

Learn how simulations promote democracy education. Participants will role-play countries in a simulation of the UN Democracy Fund, debating how to best promote grassroots democracy initiatives in the Near East.

Presenters:
Katherine Field, Woodstock Academy, Woodstock, CT
Linking the World/Teaching Global History as Mystery [16]

Global Awareness [2], Secondary Level-High School [10]

Global history taught as a basic building block promoting tolerance, understanding, & diminishing ethnocentrism, among nations and cultures by presenting original sources and issues as 'mysteries' solved through shared discovery.

Presenters:
Jack Zevin, Queens College, Flushing, NY; Iris Zevin, Queens College, Flushing, NY, David Gerwin, Queens College, Flushing, NY
Teaching Global Understanding at the Elementary age Through Cultural Immersion [17]

Global Awareness [2], PreK-Elementary [18]

In the Elementary classroom it is important to immerse the children in the global community. I will show how to teach the importance of respect and understanding for other cultures.

Presenters:
Bruce Hadd, Morey Public School Academy, Shepherd, MI
How to Maintain Curriculum Currency in a Constantly Changing World? [19]

Keeping Current [20], Middle Level-Jr. High School [7]

Integrating traditional literature, social media, online collaborative and content-curating tools allows teachers to meet the challenges of currency and student engagement in examining today’s democracy movements in MENA.

Presenters:
DENISE ALTOBELLO, TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, NEW ORLEANS, LA; JENNY VELASQUEZ, TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, NEW ORLEANS, LA
Teaching global awareness: learning strategies that work [21]

Global Awareness [2], Higher Education [3]

The purpose of this hands-on session is to discuss learning strategies that help students become active participants in their own learning in the classroom and beyond.

Presenters:
Miriam Ben-Yoseph, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois; Zaya Khananu, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Democracy Alive in Classrooms: Kids Voting USA and Citizenship Counts [22]

Democracy Education [6], PreK-Elementary [18]

Both programs lead students through interactive, real world curricula, culminating with ballots cast at the actual polls (Kids Voting), or an official naturalization ceremony on their campus(Citizenship Counts).

Presenters:
Syd Golston, Phoenix Union High School District, Phoenix, Arizona
Conversation About Democracy in Morocco & the U.S. [23]

Democracy Education [6], Higher Education [3]

A Moroccan secondary teacher who recently spent five months in the U.S. shares his knowledge/experiences with democracy in both countries and converses with the audience based on their comments/questions.

Presenters:
Mustapha Imouri, ESL teacher, Moulay Rachid High School, Aguelmous, ; William Wilen, Emeritus Professor, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Developing Children’s Social and Cultural Understandings: The Moroccan Medina [24]

Global Awareness [2], PreK-Elementary [18]

Through modeling a narrative approach to studying the Moroccan Medina and examining research on engaging pedagogies, participants will understand how intercultural and global understandings are demonstrated through problem-solving experiences.

Presenters:
Margit McGuire, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington; Bronwyn Cole, University of Western Sydney, Bankstown, New South Wales; Kathy Morabet, Rabat International School, Rabat,
"Oh Say Can You See" Or Hear Citizenship and Patriotism [25]

Civic Literacy [26], Secondary Level-High School [10]

"Oh Say Can you See . . . " or hear citizenship in action? Come and engage in classroom-read/tested activities in which citizenship is discussed through reactions to music.

Presenters:
Kristy Brugar, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Women's Global Voices in the Arab Spring [27]

Secondary Level-High School [10], Teaching about Democracy and the Arab World [28]

This paper seeks to explain and analyze how Arab women, across the globe, are using social media to participate in the Arab Spring and the possible benefits from their participation.

Presenters:
Caitlin Miles, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Connectedness: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Literacy [29]

Global Awareness [2], Secondary Level-High School [10]

Presenters will share an innovative curricular approach to global education, which crosses interdisciplinary boundaries, democratizes conversation through social media, and requires students to move from awareness to action.

Presenters:
Michael-Ann Cerniglia, Sewickley Academy, Sewickley, Pennsylvania; Joan Cucinotta, Sewickley Academy, Sewickley, Pennsylvania; Ron Kinser, Sewickley Academy, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Venturing Forth with Unsure Footing: Why Social Studies Teacher Education Students Should Have Access to Overseas Experiences. [30]

Global Awareness [2], Higher Education [3]

While teacher education programs struggle to broaden students’ world view, abroad experiences may hold a key to increasing global awareness through concentrated contact with dissimilar peoples, lifestyles and ideas.

Presenters:
Karen Burgard, Ph.D., Franklin College, Franklin, IN; Michael Boucher, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
The hijab in public schools in the United States [31]

Democracy Education [6], Secondary Level-High School [10]

In the United States, the number of students who wear the hijab (religious headscarf) is increasing. The poster presentation will explore religious pluralism and civil rights in public schools.

Presenters:
Julie Anne Taylor, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan
Islamophobia in the Western Media [32]

Civic Literacy [26], Middle Level-Jr. High School [7]

We will compare and contrast the reporting of the watershed events such as 9/11, The Arab Spring, and the Conflict in Syria in western media with Al Jazeera's reporting.

Presenters:
Jeffrey Nichols, The Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Night in TunisiaArab Jazz, Innovation & Democracy [33]

Secondary Level-High School [10], Teaching about Democracy and the Arab World [28]

This session uses jazz music to convey the elements of democracy in an Arab context. Participants join a Socratic circle to discuss Tunisia as a blueprint for modern society.

Presenters:
Scott Allen, Boulder Public Schools, Boulder, Colorado
Beyond the Media: How Communicating Across Cultures Challenged Students’ Stereotypes [34]

Middle Level-Jr. High School [7], Teaching about Democracy and the Arab World [28]

This poster chronicles the experiences of a rural, American class trying to understand current events in the Arab world and how communicating across cultures challenged stereotypes fostered by media coverage.

Presenters:
Jennice McCafferty-Wright, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Ryan Knowles, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Measuring the Civic Values of Education Policymakers and Policy Shapers [35]

Democracy Education [6], Higher Education [3]

This research proposes a measure for the civic values of those with the strongest impact on civic education— policymakers and the teachers whose ideologies daily shape their students’ education.

Presenters:
Jennice McCafferty-Wright, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Ryan Knowles, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Ethnocentrism: Awareness of Our Biases in Cross-Cultural Interactions [36]

Global Awareness [2], Secondary Level-High School [10]

A lesson is presented examining personal cultural biases that hinder positive cross-cultural interactions in a global community.

Presenters:
Scott Wright, Columbia Public Schools, Columbia, MO
Re-envisioning Civics Education: Empowering Youth to Participate in the Legal-Landscape [37]

Democracy Education [6], Secondary Level-High School [10]

What does civic participation look like in the 21st century? How can we empower students to solve problems and advance democracy? Participants explore Law and Justice, an inquiry-based curriculum.

Presenters:
Eliza Fabillar, Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, MA; Jessica Juliuson, Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, MA
Democracy Education via Social-Media: Thomas Jefferson's Boisterous Sea of Liberty [38]

Democracy Education [6], Secondary Level-High School [10]

Participants will explore a digital platform for the exchange of resources, teacher-derived activities, and expert historical content to elaborate on the ideals of self-government and individual rights for classroom use

Presenters:
Christine Baron, Boston University, Boston, MA; Gary Sandling, Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello), Charlottesville, VA
Inquiry-Based Approaches to Teaching Social Studies Curriculum to Pre-Service Teachers. [39]

Civic Literacy [26], Higher Education [3]

Students studying to become social studies teachers can develop content area knowledge, disciplinary literacy and teaching methods through inquiry-based approaches in their curriculum and methods coursework within schools of education.

Presenters:
Amber Pabon, Long Island University Brooklyn & CUNY Graduate Center, New York, New York
Teaching Arab Culture through Film [40]

Middle Level-Jr. High School [7], Teaching about Democracy and the Arab World [28]

This session will review the experience teaching Arab culture at a public high school in Portland, OR, discuss opportunities and challenges, offer best practices, and share curriculum and lesson plans.

Presenters:
Elisheva Cohen, Portland State University, portland, Oregon
The Electoral Process: Image Making Meaning [41]

Middle Level-Jr. High School [7], Teaching about Democracy and the Arab World [28]

Participants will be guided through 3 lesson plans integrating the electoral processes of Jordan, The United Arab Emirates, Israel and Iraq with representational art making for students ages 10-13.

Presenters:
Lauren Walling, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, New York
Women’s Equity [42]

Secondary Level-High School [10], Teaching about Democracy and the Arab World [28]

This presentation will examine • Equal Rights• Suffrage Reproductive Rights• Marriage & Divorce Rights• Parental and Custody Rights, • Property Rights, • Employment and Income Rights, •

Presenters:
Ayisha Benham, West Contra Costa Unified School District- Hercules High School, Hercules, California
Time for a New Literacy: Ecological [43]

Global Awareness [2], Secondary Level-High School [10]

What if we engage students by allowing them to deconstruct modernist truths, such as growth, democracy, and consumerism, by providing experiences whereby they can think critically about how we live?

Presenters:
Matt Henderson, St. John's-Ravenscourt School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
The effect of Arab spring in political reform in Jordan [44]

Global Awareness [2], Supervisory-Administrative [45]

Arab spring have effects on all Arab countries with variation in scope and density. So My paper will shed light on the effects of Arab spring on Jordan politics.

Presenters:
Abdelmahdi Alsoudi, Jordan university, Amman, amman
Recognizing Pluralism: Teaching Arab Nationalisms and Modernities through Primary Sources [46]

Global Awareness [2], Secondary Level-High School [10]

This lecture will present a curriculum examining twentieth century political ideologies in the Middle East. This will contextualize the Arab Spring and address regional cultural and political pluralism.

Presenters:
Daniel Osborn, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
The Problem with Hoodia: Fostering Global Learning through Professional Development [47]

Global Awareness [2], Supervisory-Administrative [45]

This interactive presentation demonstrates professional development strategies for fostering global awareness using cooperative learning, problem-solving, case-study analysis and simulation.

Presenters:
Sarah Mathews, Florida International University, Miami, FL; Hilary Landorf, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Using multimedia to help students raise global awareness [48]

Global Awareness [2], Secondary Level-High School [10]

This interactive presentation demonstrates effective secondary instruction for fostering global awareness using methods that incorporate multimedia strategies and facilitate learning through research, writing, advocacy, and intercultural/international service-learning.

Presenters:
Sarah Mathews, Florida International University, Miami, FL; Hilary Landorf, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Reinforcing 21st Century Civic Skills: Visual Analysis for Informed Citizenship [49]

Civic Literacy [26], Secondary Level-High School [10]

Students passively consume visuals around them every day. This session introduces a model of visual analysis to help students become critical thinkers as learners and citizens.

Presenters:
John Broome, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Using the built environment to "do history" locally and globally. [50]

Global Awareness [2], Middle Level-Jr. High School [7]

The session takes participants on a virtual field study designed for university preservice teachers, demonstrating how to create both local and global field studies for their students.

Presenters:
Charles White, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Religious Tolerance in US Education: Examining Social Studies Standards [51]

Secondary Level-High School [10], Teaching about Democracy and the Arab World [28]

This presentation examines coverage in state social studies standards and Common Social Studies Standards of religious education and what implications this may have for students' misconceptions of the Arab World.

Presenters:
Nancy Patterson, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio; Chris Dyer, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Understanding the Effect of Stereotypes on Arab-Muslim Students in American Universities [52]

Global Awareness [2], Higher Education [3]

To understand the effects of stereotypes on Arab-Muslim students living in the U.S., related implications, and how schools can dismantle stereotypes of Arab-Muslim cultures while broadening American students’ cultural awareness.

Presenters:
Adil Bentahar, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; Adil Bentahar, , ,