October 22 - 23, 1998
Culture, Child Development, and Education
The Inn at Harvard
Conference Organizer
Rebecca New, University of New Hampshire
Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Thursday, October 22
The Harvard Crimson Room
5:30 p.m. Welcome: Patricia Albjerg Graham,
The Spencer Foundation
Keynote: Jerome Bruner,
New York University
Conference Focus: Rebecca New,
University of New Hampshire
Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
6:30 p.m. Reception and Dinner, The Atrium
Friday, October 23
Gutman Conference Center, Harvard University
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Session I
Implications Of Cultural Research For Young Children’s Development in North America
Chair: Catherine Snow
Panel: Sue Bredekamp, NAEYC
Susan Holloway, University of California, Berkeley
Lynn Kagan, Yale University
Sally Lubeck, University of Michigan
Diana Slaughter-Defoe, University of Pennsylvania
9:30 a.m. Large Group Discussion
10:00 a.m. Working Groups
11:30 a.m. Reconvene and Summarize
12:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch
1:00 p.m. Session II
Implications of Cultural Research for Young Children's Development Internationally
Chair: Rebecca New
Panel: Marianne Bloch, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cigdem Kagitcibasi, Koc University
Cassie Landers, UNICEF
Joe Tobin, University of Hawaii
Mary Eming Young, World Bank
1:30 p.m. Large Group Discussion
2:00 p.m. Working Groups
3:30 p.m. Reconvene and Summarize
4:00 p.m. Reflections and Closing Remarks Robert Le Vine, Harvard University
Adjourn