Programma EEF 2005
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Program EEF 2005
All meetings will take place at Sydneshaugen Skole, University of Bergen. The meetings will be held in the languages denoted. Furthermore translations can be arranged, please contact the reception desk.
Friday 20th of May
11.00 <> Aud. A
Opening plenary - From Word to Action
* Introduction to EEF,
* Examples from what is happening of alternative initiatives regarding education in Europe
* Practical information
o Organizer: EEF
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
13.00
Demonstration
Place: Torgallmenningen
15.00 <> Aud. A
National testing and accountability in Norway
In 2004 and 2005 thousands of pupils boycotted the national standardized tests in Norway. How to resitst? We give you the answer.
o Organizer: Elevaksjonen, Norway
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: Pupils and teachers
15.00 <> Aud. D Neoliberale Angriffe auf die Bildungssysteme/ Neoliberal attacs on the education system
This is a workshop to discuss the privatisation of the education system. We are a youth- magazine who for the past four years have been issued by students and pupils.
Neoliberale angriffe auf die bildungssysteme - unter diesem titel möchten wir einen workshops veranstalten. Wir möchten mit euch studenten/innen und schüler/innen über die privatisierung im bildungsbereich diskuttieren. Wir sind eine jugendzeitschrift, die seit 4 jahren von studenten,schülern und azubis herausgebracht wird.
o Organizer: Youngstruggle - die jugendzeitschrift, Germany
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
15.00 <> S304A
Free space for free education - On utopian ideas on another education
This workshop shall be an open space for our ideas on a better education. Imagine: How do you want education to be? What is possible, and what not? What will bring us further to a better society, a better life for everybody? In most european countries we spend so much life time in education institutions,studying and working. And if we analyze and criticize our situation, we spend even more time looking at it from an outward and inward perspective. That is necessary and it already happens in many workshops during the EEF. Here we want to have a time for dreaming and reflecting those dreams of the future. Come and bring your own ideas or others texts with you.
o Organizer: Ragni and Dominique, Germany
o Language: English, German
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
16.30 <> Aud. A Kritisk pedagogikk på universitetet? / Critical pedagogy at the University? Hvilken plass har pedagogikk på universitetet? Oppfordrer undervisninga til kritisk tenkning eller til passiv reproduksjon av kunnskap? Forskning og undervisning, hva gir mest status? Det blir en kort presentasjon av Paulo Freire og hans teorier om en kritisk pedagogikk av
Kariane Westrheim som er tilknytta Institutt for Utdanning og helse, UiB. I tillegg vil kommende viserektor for undervisning Berit Rokne Hanestad sitte i panelet, samt Guro Ljone fra ROSSO.
What is the place of pedagogy at the University? Do the teaching encourage critical thinking, or passiv reproduction at the University? Research and teaching, what has the highest status? Short presentation about Paulo Freire and his theory, followed by a discussion.
o Organizer: ROSSO (Radikale og Sosialistiske Studenters Organisasjon), Norway
o Language: Norwegian
o Primarily to be directed towards: Students and Professors
16.30 <> Aud. D
En sosialistisk utdanning / a socialist education
Innledning og diskusjon om en sosialistisk utdanning, spesielt med tanke på grunnskole og videregående opplæring.
o Organizer: Hordaland Sosialistisk Ungdom
o Language: Norwegian
o Primarily to be directed towards: pupils
16.30 <> S304A
Education for sustainability
Fully participatory session on education for sustainability: How are European education systems and curricula equipping learners to understand and avert impending worldwide economic, social and environmental crises?
o Organizer: Voice international, U.K.
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
16.30 <> Aud. K
Fornorsking på ny / norwegianising again
Om de svekkede rettighetene til opplæring i morsmål for minoritetsspråklige barn.
About the weakening rights for learning the mother tongue for children speaking minority languages.
o Organizer: Skolenes Landsforbund and Fagforbundet, avd. skole, Norway
o Language: Norwegian
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
18.30 <> Aud. A
Granito de arena - documentary about the democratic teachers' movement in Mexico, and their 25-year struggle to defend public education.
For over 20 years, global economic forces have been dismantling public education in Mexico, but always in the constant shadow of popular resistance. Granito de Arena is the story of that resistance - the story of hundreds of thousands of public schoolteachers whose grassroots, non-violent movement took Mexico by surprise, and who have endured brutal repression in their 25-year struggle to defend public education.
o Organizer: EEF
o Language: Spanish, English subtitles
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
18.30 <> Aud.E Når grunnlaget for lik rett til utdanning er truet / When the foundation for equal right to education is threatened:
- Ny samskipnadslov. Hva har vi, og hva kan vi forvente oss?
- Lånekassen. Hva vil skje med den?
o Organizer: NSU-Bergen, Norway
o Language: Norwegian
o Primarily to be directed towards: Students
18.30 <> Aud. D
Religion in education - learning or evangelizing
We would like to discuss how teaching religion is handled in different European countries. There are a lot of different legacies on this subject, and we would like to hear different opinions and experiences with the different systems. For instance, both Norway and the UK have a governmental protestant church, but different systems. Germany and the Netherlands are divided between protestants and catholics, how do they solve that problem? In Italy, France and Spain there are great catholic majorities. In Norway, the teaching of religion is quite evangelizing. The Norwegian KRL-subject is exported to other countries, but how do they do it in other European countries? Is it information about religion, i.e. is religion a personal matter, or is it evangelizing?
o Organizer: Bergen religionskritiske Studentforening, Norway
o Language: English, German
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
18.30 <> S304A
Student fights for cultural rights
How the students fight for the presence of their cultural rights in education.
o Organizer: Cepc from Països Catalans, Ikasle Abertzaleak from Euskal Herria and
Agir from Galiza
o Language: English, Spanish
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
18.30 <> Aud. K
European socialist student meeting
This is a round-table discussion for European socialist students to exchange ideas and to discuss how we can work together to promote a different and liberating education.
o Organizer: ROSSO (Radikale og Sosialistiske Studenters Organisasjon), Norway
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
Saturday 21st of May:
10.00 <> Aud.D
EU Constitution and Education
The education system in Europe will be in danger of privatization if this constitution becomes a reality.
o Organizer: Pædagogstuderendes Landssammenslutning, Denmark
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
10.00 <> S304A
Minorized languages - the situation for state-less languages in education
This workshop is to present some cases, and to discuss the different situations and realities of state-less languages in education.
o Organizer: Cepc from Països Catalans, Ikasle Abertzaleak from Euskal Herria and
Agir from Galiza
o Language: English, Spanish
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
10.00 <> S304B Labour in the globalization era: more flexibility, less rights. Post-graduates: what will they expect after university?
o Organizer: Monica Bacis, Italy
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
10.00 <> Grupperom P Radikal student organisering i Norge / Radical student organising in Norway Ved lærestedene i Tromsø, Bergen og Oslo eksisterer det radikale studentorganisasjoner. Noen har valgt å jobbe i NSU og innenfor det studentparlamentariske system og noen har valgt å jobbe utenomparlamentarisk. På dette rundebordsmøtet vil en representant fra de ulike organisasjonene fortelle hvordan organisasjonen jobber og hva de jobber med. Deretter vil man diskutere hvordan man kan styrke den organiserte venstresiden ved lærestedene og hvordan man kan bedre samarbeidet mellom organisasjonene.
Kort innledning fra representant fra: Sosialistisk studentlag (Tromsø) De radikale (Oslo) Rød
Front (Oslo) Radikal liste (Bergen) og ROSSO, (Bergen).
o Organizer: ROSSO (Radikale og Sosialistiske Studenters Organisasjon), Norway
o Language: Norwegian
o Primarily to be directed towards: Students
12.00 <> Aud. A
Kvalitetsreformen - hva gjør vi nå? / The quality reform - what do we do now? Høsten 2003 ble den såkalte Kvalitetsreformen innført ved alle høyere utdanningsinstitusjoner i Norge. Debatten i forkant var minimal. Reformen innebar en dramatisk endring av utdanningssystemet, og er det norske bidraget i Bolognaprosessen. To år etter har konsekvensene av reformen blitt tydelig, og flere kritiske røster har meldt seg. Reformen var
et sentralt valgkamptema under rektorvalget ved UiB, og ser også ut til å bli det ved UiO. Ved UiO har også en professor i musikk har sagt opp stillingen sin i protest mot denne reformen. Hvorfor øker protestene mot denne reformen? Er det ønskelig, og mulig, å få endret hele, eller deler, av denne reformen? Hva kan og bør vi gjøre framover? I panelet stiller blant annet Kristian Gundersen, Professor i biologi og rektorkandidat ved UiO, Knut Kjeldstadli, Professor i historie, UiO, og sitter i attacs fagråd, Rannveig Kaldager, student og aktiv i ROSSO.
The so-called quality reform was implemented in Norwegian higher education autumn 2003, with hardly any debate. The reform involved drastic changes of the education system, and is the Norwegian contribution to the Bologna Process. Today the consequences of the reform have become clearer, and more critical voices are coming forward. Why are the protests against this reform increasing? What can we do about the reform?
o Organizer: EEF
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
12.00 <> Aud. D
Local Implementation of the Lisboa-strategy in Norwegian education. How does the
European Union effect the Norwegian educational system?
Description of the latest educational reforms in Norway in the perspective of the EU project and the Lisboa-strategy. Both primary, secondary and higher education will be focused. We will also take a look at the new EU constitution. Will the recent developments in the European Union and increased trade in services threaten the Norwegian public educational system?
o Organizer: Bergen Nei til EU, Norway
o Language: Norwegian, English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
12.00 <> Aud. E
INSIEME in Europa per la cultura / TOGETHER in Europe for education
Is it possible for student and teachers to continue with determination and enthusiasm the establishment of a new alternative union, which faces the future and proposes common actions?
Fesal - e (federazione europea del sindacalismo alternativo dell’educazione) dal forum europeo dell’educazione di Berlino 2003 a Bergen 2005. Due anni di passione e di impegno per la scuola, la cultura e la libertà. È possibile per
studenti e docenti proseguire con determinazione ed entusiasmo nella costruzione di una alternativa sindacale? Confronto sul futuro e proposte d’azioni comuni.
o Organizer: L’Altrascuola Unicobas, Italy, CGT, Spain, Sud education, France, SISA, Switserland
o Language: English, Italian, French
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
12.00 <> S304A
Little languages
What are the consequences of the English invasion in higher education for small languages in
Europe?
o Organizer: Cepc from Països Catalans, Ikasle Abertzaleak from Euskal Herria and
Agir from Galiza
o Language: English, Spanish
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
12.00 <> S304B The Italian reform of the Educational system: debates and forms of mobilization This is a contribution to everybody that is actively involved in struggle against educational reforms.
Organizer:
o Organizer: Angelo Verpelli, Italy
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
12.00 <> Grupperom P
Education during capitalism - a source for self-fulfilment or alienation? An ideological critisism of education under capitalism. An introduction by Susan Lyden followed by discussion.
o Organizer: International Socialists, Norway
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: Students and pupils
14.30
Tour to Fløyen
Meet in the reception area
15.00 <> Aud. A Bologna Plenary: What kind of education for what kind of society? The Bologna process are experiments in higher education and research transformation of unprecedented scope. What effects will it have on education? We will explore this from three different angles:
Social: What are the social implications of the Bologna process? What will be the social functions of the education institutions, and what kinds of knowledge will they generate?
Economic: Are public and free Universities a possibility in todays economic system? How is the Bologna Process related to GATS - the General Agreement on Trade in Services?
Internationalisation of education: To what extent can co-operation co-exist with competition?
In the panel: Vanja Ivosevic, chairperson ESIB, Birgit Undem, Fritt Akademia, student, Norway, and Professor Heinz Sünker, Professor of education at Wuppertal University, Germany
o Organizer: EEF
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
15.00 <> Aud. D How does the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) affect education? How is the link between GATS and commersialisation? Introduction by Knut Kjeldstadli, attac.
o Organizer: Attac, Bergen og Hordaland, Norway
o Working language: English
o Discussion language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
15.00 <> S304A
Nation culture vesus globalization - How different cultural realities are being folklorized
o Organizer: Cepc from Països Catalans, Ikasle Abertzaleak from Euskal Herria and
Agir from Galiza
o Language: English/Spanish
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
17.00 <> Aud. D Die Situation der immigranten in Westeuropa / The situation of the West-European immigrants
We will here give a presentation about the immigrants situation in Western-Europe. The new laws in Western Europe concerning immigrants are an attack on their rights. We will discuss the consequences of this policy, and what we can do to stop this development.
o Organizer: Youngstruggle - die jugendzeitschrift, Germany
o Language: English/German
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
17.00 <> Aud. E
Globales Lernen / Global learning
We will here discuss the strategies behind Global learning, and discuss strategies for learning for the future.
o Organizer:
o Language: English/German
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
17.00 <> S304A
Self-determination in education
This workshop is about the fight in the classrooms for self-determination for Euskal Herria
(Basque country).
o Organizer: Ikasle Abertzaleak, Euskal Herria
o Language: English/Spanish
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
17.00 <> S304B
Precarious labour and trade unionism in education.
The school system has always hired casual workers as teaching staff or non-teaching staff. Sometimes these workers have been able to organize in order to improve their situation, but in the recent years, the school system has used more and more precarious labour. Besides, the mainstream trade unions have a neglecting attitude towards these workers, advising them to go for competitive exams in order to be recruited as civil servants.
o Organizer: Sud Education, France.
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards:
17.00 <> Grupperom P
En bedre skole - men hvordan? / A better school - but how?
o Organizer: Skolenes Landsforbund, Norway
o Language: Norwegian
o Primarily to be directed towards:
19.00
Rock'n Riot
Party. Concert by Norwegian band HGH.
Organizer: EEF
Place: Teknikerkroa, Nordnes
Sunday 22nd of May:
11.00 <> Aud. D
Education in a socialist society
Introduction about a visionary view on how education can be organized during socialism.
o Organizer: International Socialists, Norway
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: Students and pupils
11.00 <> Aud. E The Erasmus Student Network and the quality of the study exchange programmes This meeting is about how Erasmus Student Newtwork international is working for enhancing the study experience of the exchange students. The evaluation programme of ESN will also be presented.
o Organizer: Erasmus Student Network, International
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
11.00 <> Grupperom P
Public University Watch
In February some Europeans students had a meeting in Barcelona and decided to create a public university watch where all the students in Europe could exchange information and work together for a public university.
o Organizer: Plataforma Mobilitzadora en Defensa de la Universitat Pública, Catalunya
o Language: English/Spanish
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
11.00 <> Aud. K
Chance or Risk of the Bologna-Process - How to bring about the change from teaching to learning
The Bologna-process shows chances and risks? The question has to be raised, if it will foster the change from teaching to learning. The workshop will give occasion to exchange experience between students of different nationalities.
o Organizer: Johannes Wildt, Germany
o Language: English/German
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
13.00 <> Aud. A
Closing Plenary - presentations of synthesis and proposals from different seminars and workshops.
o Organizer: EEF
o Language: English
o Primarily to be directed towards: All
