2020 Conference

See the 2021 Conference information

The online conference was launched on JUNE 6, 2020

Peer-Reviewed Presentations, asynchronous

See also synchronous discussions

1. Emanuela Guarcello , University of Turin (Italy) and Marianna Capo, University of Naples (Italy). “Self-evaluation as crucial relational skill in Industry 4.0. A proposal of self-evaluation tool for the training of educational and care professionals.”

2. Leah Geer Zarchy, California State University-Sacramento (USA). “Creating positive educational relations with heritage speakers of ASL.”

3. Charlotta Hilli, Ãbo Akademi University (Finland), “Relationship building in distance education”

4. Eleni Karpouza, University of Ioannina (Greece), “Defining the teacher-student relationship in graduate education”

5. Merete Moe, Queen Maud University (College) (Norway). “Facilitating apparatus of good dialogues in leadership students process groups.”

6. Janbee Mopidevi (United Kingdom), “Transformative curriculum and relational pedagogy as a conceptual basis of Education for Sustainable Development: Cross-Cultural Insights from India and England.” See also text.

7. Johannes Rytzler, Malardalen University College (Sweden), “Education in the Sphere of Attention”

8. Maura Striano and Stefano Maltese, University of Naples Federico II (Italy). “Rethinking the category of educational relationship: a deweyan approach”

9. Clodie Tal, Levinsky College of education (Israel). “Repeated Narrative Writing (RNW) of emotionally loaded incidents as a tool used by teachers to cope with children's behavior problems.”

10. Clodie Tal, Levinsky College of Education (Israel). "Values, relationships, and participatory practice in early childhood education.”

11. Jill Tanis California State University, Sacramento (USA). "Action Based Learning Environments for Caring Micro Communities (ABLE-CMCs)." See also the website.

Synchronous Discussions

Note, all times are in Pacific Standard Time (PST)

1. June 6, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Conference welcome remarks. Sasha Sidorkin, California State University Sacramento

2. June 8, 09.00 AM - 10:30 AM. Relational ways of being and knowing- Ethical encounters with self and others. Theodora Papatheodorou, Norland College, Paulette Luff, Anglia Ruskin University. See the chat.

   1. • What do we know and value of what our students bring into the classroom, be it a preschool classroom or higher education classroom?

      • How do we shape a view of ourselves as students and teachers through others and the educational systems in which we learn and teach?

      • How our identities as students and teachers fit, or not, with current dominant and often conflicting educational philosophies, discourses and policies?

      • What pedagogical options and choices do we have to strengthen a seamless identity of knowing and being?

3. June 8, 1:00 -2:30 PM. How do indigenous students experience the relational discourses embedded within educational policies, pedagogies and testing regimes? Mere Berryman and Elizabeth Eley; University of Waikato, New Zealand

• • What do educators and policy-makers need to consider in navigating relation-centred education discourses while honoring students' cultural identities?

  • What "critical" questions need to be considered when considering the relation-centred educational experiences of students minoritized within an education system?

  • What is the impact of a disconnect between policy rhetoric and the experiences of indigenous students?