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15.30
Drammen, Union Scene, the conference will also be streamed.
An overall goal related to quality in higher education is to create a culture for internationalisation where mobility and collaboration are integrated parts of study programs. The education of ECEC-teachers shall promote intercultural dialogue and interpersonal understanding.
By crossing borders and building bridges we want to gain valuable and extended knowledge and experience about diverse pedagogical traditions and values, pedagogical philosophy, ECEC/kindergarten-pedagogy and didactics.
Programme
Wednesday April 19th 2023
09.00
Welcome
Kristin Danielsen Wolf, vice-dean for Early childhood Education Program and Marianne Olsen Santana, Faculty of humanity, sports and educational science, University of South-Eastern Norway
09.04
Superiors and ethical perspectives
Introduction by Solveig Nordtømme og Hilde Therese Løvig-Larsen, Faculty of humanity, sports and educational science, University of South-Eastern Norway
- Norwegian ambitions for student mobility in higher education – why and how, from Lene Krogh Baldersheim, Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse - HK dir)
- Playful actions and resistance - children’s contribution to democratic relations, from Professor Emerita Berit Bae
- Build Bridges but Beware of the Sharks: An Outsider's Perspective on Nordic Childhoods and Early Education, from Professor Emerita Judith Wagner, Whittier College USA
- The danger of getting lost in translation from Jon Kaurel, senior advisor, Utdanningsforbundet, Norway
10.20 - break
10.35
Perspectives from the field of kindergarten/ECEC
Introduction by Marita Skakstad Hatland og Rut Berle, Faculty of humanity, sports and educational science, University of South-Eastern Norway
- A SENSE OVER TIME. Educational services in Bassa Reggiana, identity of a project for children from Alexia Salati kindergarten in Italia
- Presentation from Katrine Gundersen, Nystrand Kindergarten i Porsgrunn, Norway
- "Practice in Nicaragua: Perspectives, diversity and communication" from Siri Lærum and Marlene Gravdahl Reek, Strømsø Barnehage, Drammen
11.20 - break for lunch
12.20
Perspectives from students at education for ECEC-teachers
Introduction by Janne Ekholdt Hilleren og Maria Heiland
- Presentation from four students from ECEC-teacher education at USN, campus Vestfold, with experiences from exchange to kindergartens in Italia 2022
- Film-presentation from students from ECEC-teacher education at USN, campus Porsgrunn, with experiences from exchange to kindergartens at Pestalozzi-Fröbel Haus in Berlin, Germany 2023
- Presentation from two students from ECEC-teacher education at USN, campus Notodden and Drammen, with experiences from exchange to kindergartens in Denmark 2023
- Presentation from a student and teacher, Ann Christin Ferrari at Outdoor education program at USN, campus Vestfold
13.20 - break
13.40
Perspectives from researchers and teachers in higher education for ECEC-teachers
Introduction by Therese Breen og Kjerstin Jensen
- Outdoor Education & learning as a new perspective for Italian ECEC teachers: research, professional training and space redesign from Michela Schenetti, PhD, Bologna University, Italy
- Presentation from Hr. Jochen Knopp, principal at Pestalozzi Fröbel Haus, Berlin, Germany
- Presentation from Solveig Nordtømme and Hilde Therese Løvig-Larsen, University of South-Eastern Norway
14.30 - break
14.50
Exploration and reflection over today’s perspectives
Kristin Danielsen Wolf leading the dialogue with colleagues and participants from the day: senior adviser Jon Kaurel, professor Alison Clark, professor Judith Wagner, PhD Terese Wilhelmsen, et al.
15.20
Ending & greetings from ECEC-teacher education at USN
Rut Berle and Kristin Danielsen Wolf, USN
The programme is subject to changes.