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Writing
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Writing Process for School Community Development
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Writing
to Learn, Writing to Teach
Writing Process for School Community Development
National Conference 2005
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- 17th September 2005
Introduction
The Foundation for Educational Services
(FES), in co-operation with the Department Curriculum
Management at the Education Division, is organising
a two-day National conference from the 16 th to
the 17 th September 2005 at the Tumas Dingli Primary
School , Hal Warda Street , Attard . The theme
of the conference is ‘ Writing to Learn,
Writing to Teach: Writing Process for School Community
Development . The Conference will discuss the
key role of writing process in the personal and
academic development of teachers, parents and
children in the school community. This Conference
is being organised within the framework of the
Malta Writing Programme (MWP), which is part-financed
by the Department Curriculum Management and managed
by the FES .
The Conference is the culmination of four years
of growth of the Malta Writing Programme, in partnership
with the National Writing Programme, USA . Since
2001, the Malta Writing Programme has
• trained 982 teachers in intensive
Writing Institutes and professional development
sessions
• supported writing process teachers
in their classroom practice and to develop
into communities of writers
• achieved expertise transfer from
its American partner by training Maltese
writing process trainers to spearhead the
growth of the Programme
• supported writing application n
the home through family writing initiatives
that featured the participation of 228 families
in Malta and Gozo. |
Conference Aims:
The aims of the Conference
are to:
• Celebrate the achievements of
writing process teachers in Malta
• Strengthen the role of writing
process as a key literacy strategy in Malta
• Strengthen the community of teacher-writers
in Malta
• Provide a key conceptual and practical
learning experience for educators and education
stakeholders in Malta. |
Conference
Timetable
| 16-9-05 |
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3.45 p.m.
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Registration |
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| 4.15 p.m. |
Welcome and introductory speeches |
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| 4.35 p.m. |
Presentation - The Malta Writing Programme:
School Community Development through the Writing
Process |
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| 5.00 p.m. |
Main keynote speech by Prof. Richard Sterling,
Executive Director of the National Writing
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| 5.45 p.m. |
Show and Share: Celebrating Writing Process
Achievements in the Classroom and at Home.
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| 6.05 p.m. |
Break |
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| 6.20 p.m. |
Workshops |
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| 7.40 – 8.00 p.m. |
Questions and Closure |
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| 17-9-05 |
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| 9.00 a.m. |
Welcome |
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| 9.10 a.m. |
Keynote speech by Dr. Christine Johnston,
Director of the Center for the Development
of Learning, Rowan University , New Jersey
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| 10.00 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10.20 a.m. |
Workshops |
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| 11.30 a.m. |
Plenary: questions and discussion |
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| 12.15 – 12.30 p.m. |
Closure |
Application
Forms
For more information about
the conference please
visit the fts webpage on
http://www.fes.org.mt
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