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PROGRAM
Day 1 – Friday April 19, 2002
8:30 – 9:00 AM: Registration
9:00 – 9:15 AM: Welcome remarks, Dr. Nabeel Haidar, VPAA, LAU
9:15 – 10:00 AM: Keynote speech
Educating for Democracy, Diversity and Dissent.
Professor Betty A. Reardon, Teachers College, Columbia University
10:00 –11:30 AM: Panel I – History and Citizenship
- Education and Citizenship: The Persistent Strive for the Utopian
State.
Dr. Mayada Tawachi, Balamand University
- Building Collective Memory for the Lebanese Youngsters: The Experience
of the New History Curriculum and Textbook in Lebanon.
Professor Antoine Messarra, Lebanese University
- A Common Lebanese National History Book: Myth or Reality?
Mr. Elie Samia, LAU
Chair: Dr. Walid Moubarak, LAU
11:30 AM -12:00 PM: Brunch
12:00 - 2:00 PM: Panel II – Civic Education Curriculum
- The New Lebanese Civic Education Curriculum and Texts.
Mrs. Hiba Nashabi Shawaf, The Makassed Schools
- Civic Education for Better Citizenship: A School’s Perspective.
Fr. Dr. Simon Faddoul, St. Joseph School, Cornet Chahwan
- Civic Education in the Lebanese English Language Curriculum.
Dr. Kassim Shaaban, AUB
- Civic Awareness and Skill Building Initiatives at International
College.
Ms. Mishka Moujabber-Mourani, International College
Chair: Dr. Irma Ghosn, LAU
Day 2 – Saturday April 20, 2002
8:30 9:00 AM: Registration
9:00 – 10:30 AM: Panel III – Perspectives on Civic Education
Curriculum
- Racial and Ethnic Identities in Lebanese School Textbooks: A Preliminary
Survey.
Dr. Mark Perry, LAU
- Political Socialization of Jordanian Women.
Ms. Norma Nehmeh, Teachers College
- Citizens, Nations, Militaries.
Dr. Ayse Altinay, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
Chair: TBA
10:30 - 11:00 AM: Coffee Break (accompanied by video “It is Possible
to Live in Peace”)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Panel IV – Practical Approaches
- Teaching Peacable Social Skills to Children.
Dr. Huda Ayyash Abdo, Partnership in Education: One Year Pilot, Partnership
in Education
- It is Possible to Live in Peace: European Youth Academy.
Dr. Werner Wintersteiner, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Chair: Dr. Eugene Sensenig-Dabbous, Diversity Center, Salzbourg/Beirut
Open discussion and Closing remarks
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