From: Marina Cunningham [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 7:41 AM Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State Montclair State University (USA) Kirovograd State Pedagogical University (Ukraine) Are pleased to announce a Call for Proposals For participation at the III International Conference, “Democracy and Education” To be held at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Kiev, Ukraine June 1-2, 2001 Proposals will be accepted in the following areas: 1. Democratization of higher education. 2. Critical thinking and democracy. 3. Democratization of the university curriculum. 4. Democratization of educational administration. 5. Democracy in the pre-school/primary/secondary classroom. 6. Faculty development programs in the sphere of democratization of education. 7. Civic development in a democratic society. 8. Community of Inquiry and the fostering of democracy. 9. The role of education in democratic societies. Guidelines for submitting proposals: Proposals can be submitted in English, Ukrainian or Russian. Send a 200– 400 word abstract by January 1, 2001 by email, mail or fax to: [log in to unmask] The mail address is: Dr. Marina Cunningham, Director Global Education Center Montclair State University Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Fax: (973)-655-7654 Following notification of acceptance, the selected speakers will be asked to submit the full text of their presentations (2,500 words maximum) for publication in the Conference Proceedings. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%