CIES Special Interest Group

CALL FOR PAPERS – IKA-SIG
CIES Annual Conference 2011

Dear Colleagues,

Greetings from the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Indigenous Knowledge Special Interest Group (IKA_SIG). The Call for proposals for the 55th annual CIES conference is out and it will be hosted by the McGill Faculty of Education in Montreal from May 1st to 5th 2011. The proposal deadline is approaching: the early submission deadline is 11:59pm EST on Sunday, October 17, 2010 (strongly encouraged) and the final submission deadline is 11:59pm EST on Sunday, November 14, 2010.

The IKA-SIG is pleased to host highlighted sessions at CIES 2011 conference. The IKA_SIG invites individual paper and panel proposals for presentations that engage with the conference theme – “Education is that which Liberates” – and the idea that “liberation is a process as well as a goal in education.” Submissions are welcomed that engage in critical research, case studies, and philosophical inquiry on: transformative education and culturally relevant pedagogy / culture sensitive pedagogy and curricular development; indigenous student empowerment; participatory engagement and agency; emancipatory education and social change. Education that liberates can be perceived as one in which its pedagogies are so integrated with one another that they actively reflect culture-specific knowledge, behaviors, attitudes, and skills and which complement the basic learning requirements common to all schooling. A culture-sensitive model engages and incorporates the best ideas and practices from all types of teaching, but at the same time it would ensure that the cultural context of teaching and learning would be pivotal.

Please note that group panel proposals (of up to 4 individual presentations) will be considered, but given the SIG’s limited number of sessions, we encourage SIG members interested in a pre-arranged group panel to submit their proposal directly to the general pool. Proposals that are not accepted for the IKA-SIG will be reviewed for inclusion in the conference’s general pool. For more details about this conference theme and about the role of the IKA-SIG, please check the CIES SIG website.

Please refer to the conference’s general call for papers for proposal guidelines and access to the online proposal submission system.

http://cies2011.mcgill.ca/CIES_2011_Montreal/Call_For_Papers.html