CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE 2010 WINNERS OF THE DR. JUDITH TORNEY-PURTA OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD IN CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION

Award Winner:
Heidi Biseth (Oslo University College). Title of the paper Citizenship Education in Scandinavian Multicultural Schools: A Comparative Study of Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions

Honorable Mentions:
Lisa Y. Faden (The University of Western Ontario). Title of the paper History Teachers Imagining the Nation: Narratives of Citizenship in Wartime Canada and the United States

Dierdre Williams (University of Maryland at College Park). Title of the paper Promoting Citizenship in a Postcolonial State: Secondary Teachers' Perceptions in Jamaica

PAST WINNERS:

2009 Award Winner
Oren Pizmony-Levy (Indiana University) Title of the paper A Multilevel Approach to the Study of Global Curricula Script: The Case of Environmental Education

2009 Honorable mention:
Laura Quaynor (Emory University). Title of the paper Reimagining Citizenship  Education in the Post-conflict Moment: A Case Study of a Liberian Classroom

2008 Award Winner:
Yongling Zhang (University of Minnesota) Title of the paper Civic Knowledge, Skill, and Attitude of Australian Students: A Multi-level Modeling Approach Comparing Immigrant and Non-immigrant Students.

Dear CANDE SIG members,

One of the most important questions this year is our SIG’s internal elections. As you may know, the SIG Chairperson is elected by all SIG members every 3 years. Due to recent changes in CIES membership, however, it might be a little confusing to decide who is considered a SIG member. I hope that all these problems will be resolved by or during the registration period for the 2012 conference (as I was promised by the Secretariat). I will try to keep all of you updated on this issue. In the meantime, I suggest that those individuals who have paid SIG membership fees at least once since 2009 be allowed to vote for SIG officers.

Although the CIES Bylaws (approved in 2010) do not specify the number of SIG officers, the Policies and Procedures for Development & Activities of CIES Special Interest Groups (REVISED IN 2005) states:

F.  CIES Election Regulations
SIG Chairs are requested to inform their membership and to abide by the Society’s policy on elections, to insure an equal and fair opportunity for all candidates standing for elections. (See CIES By-Laws). Chairpersons of SIGs must be CIES members. A Chairperson must be elected by the group. It is also recommended that the SIG either appoint or elect a Program Chair and/or Program Committee and a Secretary. 

Traditionally, Citizenship and Democratic Education SIG elected a Chairperson. Some SIGs also elect Program Chairs whose responsibilities are to organize the SIG’s program at annual CIES conferences. Frankly, I found it easier to coordinate the conference program myself but this was my personal choice.

As you know, my tenure as CANDE SIG Chair expires this year. I will be happy to continue my work until the 2012 conference in San Juan, but after April 22 we must have a new Chairperson. Therefore, I invite nominations (or self-nominations) of SIG members to serve as our next Chair for the time period of 2012-2015. Everyone can nominate a candidate, however, a candidate for chairmanship must be a SIG member. The deadline for nomination is October 16. This will allow us to conduct online elections (through any online data-collecting system) and to have the new SIG Chair by the time of the 2012 conference.

Thank you, once again for your ongoing support in our SIG and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

My very best,
Anatoli

The 2012 CIES Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 22-27.