FW: Teaching the Conflicts conference at Bard

Peter Smagorinsky (psmagorinsky who-is-at ou.edu)
Fri, 23 Jan 1998 00:51:44

>From: Teresa Vilardi[SMTP:vilardi who-is-at bard.edu]
>Subject: Teaching the Conflicts conference at Bard
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>I am writing, at Gerry Graff's suggestion, to tell you about a conference
>sponsored by the Institute for Writing and Thinking at Bard College. The
>two-day conference--March 20-21, 1998--was inspired by Graff's Beyond the
>Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education
>but seeks to extend our thinking about what it means "to teach the
>conflicts." Our audience is secondary and college teachers who want to
>explore ways to address the intellectual, social, and cultural conflicts
>engendered by canonical as well as innovtive texts. The conference is
>organized around ten experiential workshops, led by faculty
>associates of the Institute for Writing and Thinking. The workshops
>present "case" studies of teaching practices that reconsider how to bring
>conflicts about the importance and significance of texts (including our
>own written texts) into the classroom.
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>In addition to the workshops, the conference includes two plenary sessions
>and Gerald Graff's keynote address. Gloria Chun, Director of Multi-ethnic
>and cultural studies at Bard College, Lisa Delpit, author of Other
>People's Children, and film maker Judy Richardson are the other featured
>speakers.
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>Gerry suggested that the National Center on English Learning and
>Achievement might be in touch with secondary and college teachers who
>would find the conference appealing. I am sending flyers to you; please
>forward or post as seems suitable. If you have questions about the
>conference please send me a message here or call me at: (914-758-7432) or
>Institute Director, Paul Connolly at 914-758-7431.
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>Cordially,
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>Teresa Vilardi
>Associate Director
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>Teresa Vilardi
>Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking
>Bard College
>Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504
>(914) 758-7432; vilardi who-is-at bard.edu
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