Subject: 22nd Annual International Conference on Childhood Education and Issues

From: "International Childhood Education Symposium" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:22:26 -0600

This is a reminder that registration will be closing on March 15, 2014 for the Oxford Round Table's 22nd Annual International Conference on Childhood Education and Issues during the dates of July 27 - July 31, 2014 at Brasenose College in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. Brasenose College is one of the thirty-eight colleges that form the University of Oxford and was founded in 1509. We are pleased to invite you to become a member of this Round Table. Membership is limited to approximately thirty-five (35) interdisciplinary scholars who have a particular interest in this subject.

Twenty-two years ago, a highly successful Round Table was specifically designed to explore childhood education.  From this session several papers were selected that later formed the highly regarded book, The Education of Young Children: Research and Public Policy, Linton Atlantic Books. You are invited and encouraged to make a presentation and to provide a paper on a relevant aspect of the topic, however your participation as a member of the Round Table is not contingent upon presenting and you can serve on a panel or as a discussion leader. Papers presented at the Round Table may be subsequently submitted for publication in the Forum, a journal of the Oxford Round Table. Papers considered for publication in the Forum are evaluated by peer reviewers as to technical and substantive quality and for potential to make a significant contribution to new knowledge in the field. 

Should you accept this invitation you will be joined on the programme by Hugh Benjamin (MEd in Drama and Education, Newcastle University, D.Phil, York University) is former Deputy Director of Stantonbury School Campus in Milton Keynes.  Most recently he has been involved in the national initiatives concerning the introduction of Vocational Diplomas and the Specialist Schools movement. He has been involved in educational consultancy work in Poland, Czech. Republic, Belgium and India. Dr. Benjamin returns to the Oxford Round Table for his fourteenth year.

Members of the Oxford Round Table have access to an array of academic, cultural and social resources, including the Oxford Union Debating Society, colleges and halls of Oxford dating back to 1204, museums, theatres, bookstores, college chapels, river boating, literary pubs, political clubs and may, on recommendation, become official readers of the venerable Bodleian Library of the University, founded by Duke Humphrey circa 1440 and refounded by Sir Thomas Bodley 1602. A free afternoon and evening will be available on Tuesday for independent travel to London, Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Cambridge or many of the other cultural sights in England.

Topics of discussion will include:

Children’s Literature

·        The Culture of Literacy

·        Religion in Children’s Literature

·        Magical Worlds

·        Slam Poetry

·        African-American Children’s Literature

·        Children’s Literature Innovations

·        Fantasy and Dreams

Reading 1st

·        Using Assessment Date to Improve Comprehension

·        Energizing Instructional Methods with Reading and Writing Resources

·        Exploring Content Area Reading Strategies

·        Developing Reading Proficiency in K-3 Children

·        Utilizing Proven Strategies for English Language Learners

·        Screening and Diagnosis in Fluency Based on Assessments

Children’s Speech

·        Comprehension Instruction in the New Literary Age

·        Oral Language

·        The Teaching of a Second Language to Deaf Children

·        Improving Amplification Outcomes

·        Wordless Books

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Religion and the Public School

·        Assessing the Religious Influence on the Decline of Public Schools

·        Re-examining the Concept and Role of Public Schools in Society

·        The Extent and Methods of Government Funding of Parochial Schools

·        Emerging Concepts of the Free Exercise of Religion

·        Re-examining the Rationale for Separation of Church and State

Early Childhood Education

·        Early STEM Learning

·        Reading First

·        The Creative Child

·        Children’s Speech

·        At Risk Children

·        Preventive Health for Children

·        Planning the PreK-3 Programs

·        Technology and the Young Child

At Risk Children

·        Demographics of Federal and State Child Poverty

·        Government Financial Initiatives of Education Programs

·        Curricular Innovations

·        Addressing Educational Needs

·        Dynamics of Income Disparity among Households

·        Human Rights of the Child

·        Parental Prerogative and Abuse

·        Child Care and the Law

·        Education and Family Values

Early Childhood Literacy

·        Modern Literacy Strategies

·        Understanding the Pedagogy of Reading and Writing

·        Children’s Language Production

·        Reading Interventions and Outcomes

·        Effective Methods: Evidence from Research

·        Preparing for an Early Literacy Foundation

·        Connection Instruction and Assessment

·        Implementing National and State Standards for Early Literacy

·        National and State Strategies for Early Learning

·        Literacy Development from Birth

·        Literacy Skills: Speaking, Writing, Listening

The conference will run from Sunday night through Thursday morning.  We will have reception and dinners in the Olde Dining Hall on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday nights where the Oxford professors and students dine when university is in session.  Lunches are provided on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday along with tea/coffee/biscuit breaks during the meeting.  You can also reserve a room in the Oxford University dormitory at Brasnose College where students stay during term time.  More detailed information concerning the schedule of events and the registration fee can be found on our web site. 

In order to ensure that you are registered in a timely and accurate manner, we recommend that you register on our website at www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk. Should you be unable to attend, we would welcome your nomination of a colleague to attend in your place. We look forward to hearing from you.

Alternatively, we are also hosting a few other sessions in 2014 that may be of interest to you instead:

Health, Nursing, Aging and Nutrition, July 27 –July 31, 2014

Environment Sustainability and Climate Control, August 3 –August 7, 2014

Critical Public Issues, August 3 – August 7, 2014

Please direct all inquiries to:

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Coordinator

Oxford Round Table

6216 East Pacific Coast Highway, Box 230

Long Beach, California 90803

Fax:        866-244-8833

E-mail:        [email-masked]

Web Site:    www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk

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