Sunday, August 28, 2011

Introductory lecture
Prof. Dr. Fritz Osterwalder, University of Berne

Monday, August 29, 2011

Section I: International Institutions, Processes, and Perspectives of Standardization for Education and Educational Systems

Prof. Dr. Thomas Popkewitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Standardization of Education Systems by Curriculum Reform (Paper and Discussion)

Dr. Klaus Dittrich, Hanyang University, Seoul: The Competitive Staging of National Educational Standardizations at World Exhibitions around 1900: France, Germany, Japan and the United States (Paper and Discussion)

Lic. phil. Markus Heinzer, University of Berne: OECD/CERI – Anatomy of an Important Player in International Educational Research and Policy Making (Paper and Discussion)

Section II: Forms and Processes Concerning National Standardization of Education Systems

Prof. Dr. Claudia Crotti, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, School for Teacher Education: Education and the Public. The Standardization of the Educational System by the General Public (Paper and Discussion)

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Prof. Dr. Marc Depaepe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: How Belgian was the Education System in Belgian Congo? (Paper and Discussion)

Prof. Dr. William Reese, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Uniformity and Particularity of American High School (Paper and Discussion)

M.A. Hajo Frölich, Freie Universität Berlin: Success through Deviation: The Introduction of a Nationally Standardized System of Universal Schooling during the Last Years of the Chinese Empire, 1898-1912 (Paper and Discussion)

Dr. Peter Voss, University of Luxembourg: Creating Local Teachers in a Standardized World: The Luxembourg Case 1840-1880 (Paper and Discussion)

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Section III: International Stimuli in National Contexts

Prof. Dr. David Labaree, Stanford University: Scientification of the American High School (Paper and Discussion)

Prof. Dr. Inés Dussel, Universidad de San Andrés Buenos Aires: How European was the Argentine Education System? (Paper and Discussion)

Dr. Philippe Bongrand, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin: Against the System, for the System. Importating Affirmative Action Policies in France, 1960s-1970s (Paper and Discussion)

Excursion

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Lic. phil. Michèle Hofmann, University of Berne: Reception of International School Hygiene Debates in Switzerland (Paper and Discussion)

Dr. Anne Rohstock, University of Luxembourg: Between Internationalization and Local Persistence. The Founding of a University in Luxembourg 1969-2003 (Paper and Discussion)

Section IV: National Stimuli in International Contexts

Prof. Dr. Marcelo Caruso, University of Münster: International Standardization by Nationally Developed Method (Paper and Discussion)

Prof. Dr. Leah Gordon, Stanford University: The Struggle with the Racial Issue in the American Education System and its Effect on International Debates about Equality in Education (Paper and Discussion)

Friday, September 2, 2011

Dr. Rebekka Horlacher, University of Zurich/Zurich University of Teacher Education: Standardization as a Result of models? The Example of Pestalozzi (Paper and Discussion)

Concluding lecture
Prof. Dr. Daniel Tröhler, University of Luxembourg