The 9th Annual 2010 Region 6-Texas NAME Conference
Friday, March 26, 2010 - Saturday, March 27, 2010
University of North Texas
Gateway Center
801 N Texas Blvd Denton
Denton, TX 76201
USA
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Join
us for our annual member conference as we explore the latest trends in multicultural education. The Texas chapter of the National Association of Multicultural Education is
committed to the development and implementation of the goals and objectives set
forth by the National Association of Multicultural Education. It is our vision
that all students have full and fair participation in a just society by learning
the intrinsic value of their own self-worth and learning to value and respect
diversity. We will work actively to promote the basic tenets of democracy,
cultural pluralism, and equity for all by educating all stakeholders (educators,
students, policy-makers, parents, and community members) about the goals and
meanings of multicultural education; recruitment of new stakeholders at all
levels; implementing instructional strategies and curriculum that encourage
equal participation, appreciation of diversity, and social action from all
students; advocating the adoption of educational materials that accurately
reflect the contributions and perspectives of all members of society and are
free from bias; and by engaging each other in on-going professional
dialogue.
Theme:
Multicultural Education: Honoring the Past to
Build a Future in Schools, Communities, Health and Professional Development
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Geneva Gay
Geneva Gay is Professor of Education at the University of Washington-Seattle
where she teaches multicultural education and general curriculum theory. She is
the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award, presented by the Committee on
the Role and Status of Minorities in Educational Research and Development of the
American Educational Research Association; the first Multicultural Educator
Award presented by the National Association of Multicultural Education; the 2004
W.E.B. Du Bois Distinguished Lecturer Award presented by the Special Interest
Group on Research Focus on Black Education of the American Educational Research
Association; and the 2006 Mary Anne Raywid Award for Distinguished Scholarship
in the Field of Education, presented by the Society of Professors of Education.
She is nationally and internationally known for her scholarship in multicultural
education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, staff development,
classroom instruction, and intersections of culture, race, ethnicity, teaching,
and learning.
Publications
Dr. Gay's writings include numerous articles and book chapters, including A Synthesis of Scholarship in
Multicultural Education; the co-editorship of Expressively Black: The
Cultural Basis of Ethnic Identity (Praeger, 1987); author of At the
Essence of Learning: Multicultural Education (Kappa Delta Pi, 1994), and
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Practice, & Research
(Teachers College Press, 2000); and editor of Becoming Multicultural
Educators: Personal Journey Toward Professional Agency (Jossey-Bass, 2003).
Culturally Responsive Teaching received the 2001 Outstanding Writing
Award from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).
She also is a member of the authorship team of the Scott Foresman New Elementary
Social Studies Series. Her professional service includes membership on several
national editorial review and advisory boards. International consultations on
multicultural education have taken her to Canada, Brazil, Taiwan, Finland,
Japan, England, Scotland, and Australia.
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