Previous Congresses

 

The HUM 665 Research Group of the University of Almería, together with the Area of Research and Diagnostic Methods in Education of this University, year after year has organized courses, seminars and congresses devoted to the subject of /intercultural education/ and the challenges it have to face.

Since the 1997/98 academic course to the 2000/01 course, the Area of Research and Diagnostic Methods in Education of the University of Almería has carried out four courses of intercultural education with a high number of attendants (students, teachers, professional of education, NGO’s members, immigrant associations’ members, etc.).

The 2001/02 academic course, the HUM 665 Research Group and the Research Area, in view of the high interest and high number of attendants, organize the “First Working days of Intercultural Education” with a participation of more than 320 persons. In 2002/03, the Second edition dedicated to /Citizenship, mediation and intercultural communication /drew 350 attendants. The Third edition, in November 2003, devoted to the subject /Education of Teachers/ had more than 350 participants. In November of 2004, the Fourth edition debated the /Educative quality of an intercultural school/. The following year, the Fifth Working Days dealt with /Interculturality and genre/.

In November 2006, the Working Days became International Congress due to origin, quality, high number of speakers and attendants, and the subjects presented and the manner they were analyzed and debated; the subject of the congress was /Living together and the intercultural mediation/. In 2007, the congress was centered on /Education for citizenship, democracy, and participation.