Religion & Education invites manuscripts addressing the Fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1963 ruling of the companion cases of School Districts of Abington Township v. Schempp and Murray v. Curlett (Abington). Abington, when combined with the Court’s 1962 judgment in Engel v. Vitale, has had significant impact on its First Amendment jurisprudence relating to […]
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Conveners: Zvi Bekerman – Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Education, The Melton Centre Miriam Ben Peretz – University of Haifa, Department of Education David Zisenwine – Tel Aviv University, The Kelman Center Modern education systems function to build social cohesion through homogenization, whether in decentralized and varied school systems as in the USA or
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Additional Conference sessions will be available online on a special YouTube playlist dedicated to the 2011 Conference The Diversity and Neuroscience Session featured Bud Horrell, David Hogue, Rodger Nishioka, Claire Smith, and Kathy Winings.
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REA Conference attendees may purchase institutional copies of the Eric Kandel documentary In Search of Memory with a 20% discount. The documentary was previewed during the Annual Meeting/Conference. Attendees who wish to take advantage of this offer, or have questions about the Icarus film collection in general should contact Meredith Miller, Icarus Films, 32
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Mary Gordon addressed the REA Nov 5th. In addition Roots of Empathy listed the event on their website. Gordon and the organization recently received the Manning Innovation Award of Distinction
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Dean Blevins gave his conference address Friday Nov 4th. Attached is a copy of his conference address. Brain Matters Creativity Dr. Blevins address will be available through the association journal Religious Education
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David Hogue addressed the conference November 4th. Attached is a copy of the his Power Point in PDF format (thanks to Dr. Hogue for sharing this information). REA – Brain Matters, Practicing Religion, Forming the Faithful In addition Dr. Hogue offered the following resources for future reading Schore, A. N.
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There is some great digital outreach happening while we’re here in Toronto. Check out Daniel Harper’s blog, for instance, where he shares what he’s learning in various sessions. Follow us on twitter (hash tag for this meeting #rea2011). Our speaker last evening was Barbara Bradley Hagerty, the religion correspondent for NPR Radio. She talked about
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As the mastermind behind this year’s REA Program, Dean Blevins introduced the theme “Brain Matters: Neuroscience and Creativity” with interdisciplinary reflection and humor. Dean reviewed David Hogue’s presentation with “Father Guido’s Quiz,” a video clip of carton characters singing a song identifying the parts of the brain and invited us to explore new horizons of neuroscience and the implications for
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Mary Gordon (http://www.rootsofempathy.org/en/who-we-are/mary.html), founder of Roots of Empathy, speaks on the intersection of neuroscience and educating for violence reduction. She especially focuses on brain development in the child. Share your thoughts below.
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