(Name-mce) ListServ International Conference on Education, Diversity and Excellence in Sweden

[Ann-Christin Lövstedt]

Vilunda gymnasium
an upper secondary school in the community of Upplands Väsby 

Welcomes

educators, teachers, school leaders, researchers, school administrators, policy-makers, government officials and the public-at-large to an International Conference that explores education, diversity and excellence. 

Participants from the U.S., Australia, and Europe include: 

US

Stephen Krashen

Michael Apple

Lorraine Monroe

Yvonne Freeman

David Freeman

Anthony DeFazio

Amy Burrous

Harold Bretstein

Arieh Sherris



Australia



Jim Martin

David Rose

John Polias




Europe



Maurice Crul

Ruth Mulvad

Inger Lindberg

Margareta Holmegaard

Bodil Hedeboe

Mariana Sellgren



Conference themes include: 

. Connecting Literacy, Language and Content
. The Power of Reading
. Organization & Leadership
in Multicultural Schools


Conference Objectives
We have organized this conference in order to learn more about pedagogical methods, organizational design, and educational policy that will support the academic needs of linguistically and socially diverse populations. We'd like to be inspired and to inspire teachers and administrators to reflect on these needs at this conference and learn from the presenters and each other. Conference themes are:
. Second language acquisition and bilingual education 
. The importance of a child's first language (mother tongue) 
. Sheltered instruction and content-based language learning 
. Academic language and different genres of language 
. Creative solutions to organisational demands on multicultural schools
. Pathways to L2 academic success 
. Pathways to the academic success of under-served communities in general
. Instructional and administrative improvements for teachers, educational leaders, and school authorities
. Ethnic mentoring programs

General information about the conference
The initiative to organize this conference was taken in order to better meet the academic needs of growing numbers of language minority and Swedish underserved students in our schools through initiatives to improve instructional practice, school organization, and educational policy. 

Expected audience
We expect that the conference will attract educators, school leaders, school administrators, policy-makers and researchers. 

For more information and registration:

Web site:   www.conference07.info.se
E-mail:       conference07 at upplandsvasby.se
Telephone: Ann-Christin Lövstedt: +46 739 104048









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