REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 21 JUNE
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Final date for Registrations is 21 June 2013.
SPECIAL TERTIARY STUDENT PRICE: $50/half-day, $75/ full day
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Monday 8 July
10-1030am - Conference Opening: Christopher Gleeson SJ
1030-12pm – Keynote 1: Prof. Terence J. Lovat, Emeritus Professor, The University of Newcastle
Values & Religion: Siblings in Imaginative Education?
12-1pm – Lunch
1-2.30pm: Keynote 2: Jo Fageant, Oxford Diocesan RE Advisor
RE: Realising Potential
2.30-345pm: Workshop Options
A. Tom Brennen (Concordia College)
A Third Way: Jesus and Paul as teachers of critical and creative thinking
B. Dr Nahid Afrose Kabir (International Centre for Muslim and non Muslim Understanding)
Nurturing an Understanding of Muslims in Australia
C. Dr Nigel Fancourt, Oxford
Approaches to Assessment & Testing in RE
3.45-4pm: Afternoon Tea
4-5.30pm: Saara Sabbagh, Founding Director, Benevolence Australia
Nurturing ethics in an unethical world
5.30-7pm: Conference Reception: Kerry Packer Civic Gallery
7pm: Free Evening
Tuesday 9 July
9-1030am: Keynote 4: Dr Nigel Fancourt, Department of Education, Oxford
A pedagogy for thought, dialogue and values: genuine possibility or naive dream?
1030-11am: Morning Tea
11-12.15pm: Workshop Options
A. Dominique Jacqueline (Education Officer – Curriculum, Lutheran Education QLD)
Critical & Creative Thinking: Doorways to Deeper Understanding in RE
B. Berise Heasly & Dr Ian Ling (Victoria University)
‘Bricolage: Towards an Architecture for Teaching Virtues, Values and Ethics’
C. Jo Fageant (Oxford Diocesan RE Advisor)
Exploring Cultural and Religious Diversity through Dialogue
1215-1pm: Lunch
1-2.30pm: Keynote 5: Rev Richard Browning, Chaplain & Director of Community, Radford College
Beyond good intentions: nurturing a collective ethical intelligence
2.30-3.45pm: Keynote 6: Dr Rod Pattenden, Chair of The Blake Prize for Religious Art
Visual Literacy: Building a Critical, Ethical and Empathetic Imagination
3.45-4pm: Afternoon Tea
4-5.30pm: Self-Organised Conversations
An opportunity to start an informal conversation and share ideas with other delegates…
7-10pm: Conference Dinner at Regattas
Wednesday 10 July
9-10.30am: Keynote 6: Dr Leigh Burrows, School of Education, Flinders University
All are welcome: embracing all the parts of ourselves and our students through mindfulness
1030-11am: Morning Tea
11-12pm: Student Community of Inquiry facilitated by Terry McDevitt, Westminster School
CoE: ‘The measure of all service is not our motives or intentions but the dignity, autonomy and power that grows in the other we seek to serve.’
12.30pm: Conference Concludes
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CONFERENCE VENUE
We are delighted to be able to hold the 9th International DAN Conference in the Bradley Forum within The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre. This superbly designed building is located at the City West Campus of the The University of South Australia. UNiSA developed the Hawke Centre as a cornerstone of its commitment to engage with the community. Projecting a message to Think, Connect, Act, the Centre challenges Australians to consider ideas and develop solutions for a sustainable 21st Century society.
DAN gratefully acknowledges the support of the Hawke Centre in making the Bradley Forum and the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery available for our Conference.
Location/Access:
Bradley Forum, UniSA City West campus, Hawke Building level 5, 50-55 North Terrace, Adelaide
Trams running between South Terrace and North Terrace are free at all times.
Parking close to the Campus may be found on Hindley Street or at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Other car parks are show on the linked map. Street parking is limited.
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CONTACT the Conference Convenor: DAN Executive Officer, Belinda Hill
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