Europe, democratic citizenship and education

The 2006 ICCS Conference was held from July 5th to July 9th in Otepää [near Tartu], Estonia as guests of the university of Tartu, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia and the Estonia RE Teacher Trainers Organisation. Our host was Pille Valk.

Keynotes

• Dr. Pille Valk - Tartu University
  The Estonian context in relation to the theme
• Prof. Dr. Lønning - Vice-President Norweigen Parliament (2001-2005) - Theological and anthropological aspects of democratic citizenship
• Dr. Ivana Noble - Ecumenical Institute, Protestant Theological Faculty, Prague - Churches in post-socialist contries and democratic citizenship
• Prof. Dr. Siebren Miedema - Free University of Amsterdam - Democratic Citizenship and Religious Education: Challenges and Perspectives for Schools

Workshops

• Paul Hopkins - Sheffield Hallam University / Freelance - The 3 C's: Creativity, Communication and Collaboration. How web 2.0 technologies promote EDC within the teaching of RE.
• Pille Valk - Tartu University - The contextual approach to religious education - the Estonian experience
• Sturla Sagberg, Juda Luodelampi, Valentin Koshuharov Religious Education and Christian Theologies
• Martin Rogers and Paul Hopkins - The Science and Religion in schools' project
• Sofiko Lobzhanidze, Dana Hanesova - Current developments in education and religious education in Georgia and the Slovak republic

Pille's Poem

This download is a poem by David W.Lankshear used on the Sunday worship and requested by a number of people. If you wish to use this for anything other than personal use please contact David.

Conference CD-ROM

A CD-ROM containing all the materials from the conference is now available. This includes the keynotes, some of the workshops and some supporting materials. To order a copy of this CD-ROM please contact us.