I am forwarding the following call for papers at the request of Tara Tetrault. Please respond directly to Tara. Her e-mail address follows the abstract. > >Call for Papers > >World Archaeological Congress 2003 > >Session: > >Archaeology Education Worldwide > >Abstract: >Archaeologists need to build stronger bridges with professional >educators in order to ensure that our educational outreach is worthwhile. >In this proposed session, publicly active archaeologists and their >educational collaborators are invited to share their experiences and >perspectives, be it in local, regional, country, or international >educational programming. Contributions representing an international >selection of educationally-directed programs are desired for this session. > >Contributed presentations should reflect on (not just describe) the >archaeology education in terms of its purpose and context (i.e., How >does the undertaking meet the needs of the community? What are its >strengths >and weaknesses?). > >The preliminary list of participants/contributors to this session >includes representatives from the National Council for the Social Studies >(the largest body of professional pre-collegiate Social Studies educators >in >the US), archaeologists who collaborate with school educators, and >archaeologists developing commercial curriculum products. > >If interested, please contact Tara Tetrault ([log in to unmask]) Jeanne A. Ward, RPA President/Principal Investigator Applied Archaeology and History Associates, Inc. Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 224-3402 FAX (410) 224-3470 _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com