International Conference.
Alternative
Education.
The Forest in Eduction. Eduction through the Forest.
24-25 May 2019
Place of conference: Forest Kindergarten Bajkowy Las, Krzyżula 8,
46-024 Łubniany, Poland
Primary Idea of the Conference
We invite to the first international conference about
alternative education. The focus of the first meeting will be the forest’s
role In education.
The conference will cover alternative pedagogy, specifically pedagogy of forest
and functioning of forest preschools in Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and
Scandinavian countries. The conference pertains to alternative schools and
preschools, which are in a general sense understood as educational institutions
which to a limited or full extent are trying to substitute generative doctrine
for the distributive-reproductive doctrines of education typical to traditional
schools.
The Conference will be a two-day meeting taking place outdoors in Fairytale
Forest in Lubniany near Opole in Poland. All proceedings will be held at the
Fairytale Forest; it will be the first-ever all-outdoor initiative of its kind
with international range organized in Poland. This is a unique gathering of
scholars, enthusiasts of forest education, beginners and experienced teachers
from many different educational centers working with "outdoor"
methods, as well as therapists and daily caregivers, but also of parents with
children of all ages.
The major aim of the conference oscillates around four issues:
- developmental perspective of alternative education in Poland and
around the world,
- education through the forest
- alternative pedagogy in the context of development of children with special
educational needs.
- other aspects related with problems and prevention in alternative education.
This conference is directed to pedagogues, psychologists, forest sociologists,
ecologists and everybody interested in alternative education.
Registration
Deadline for receipt of applications: until 15/04/2019
The date of the qualification of the papers and the detailed conference program will be announced: 20/04/2019.
Active participation - includes paper presentation, participation in workshops, coffee breaks, meals, publication. The cost is PLN 300.
Passive participation - includes participation in the conference as a listener, participation in workshops, coffee break, meals. Cost - PLN 200.
The conference fee does not include accommodation.
Scientific council of the conference:
Prof. dr hab. Bogusław Śliwerski
Prof. dr hab. Zenon Gajdzica
Prof. dr hab. Anna Nowak
dr hab. Elżbieta Górnikowska-Zwolak - prof. nadzwyczajna
dr hab. Ligia Tuszyńska - prof. nadzwyczajna
dr hab. Helena Ciążela - prof. nadzwyczajna
dr hab. Renata Michalak - prof. nadzwyczajna
Ks. dr. hab Ryszard Sadowski
Patronage
Contact
Dr Szymon Godawa edu.alternatywna@gmail.com
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
Wydział Etnologii i Nauk o Edukacji
ul. Bielska 62
43- 400 Cieszyn
Katarzyna Sowa edu.alternatywna@gmail.com
Leśne Przedszkole Bajkowy Las,
ul. Krzyżula 8, 46-024 Łubniany