Yale Bulletin and Calendar

February 25, 2000

Volume 28, Number 22

Educators will gather at Yale-hosted
conference on social studies teaching

Educators from throughout the region will gather in the Elm City Wednesday-Friday, March 8-10, for the 31st annual Northeast Regional Conference for the Social Studies convenes.

An estimated 2,500 teachers and school administrators are expected to attend the event, which Yale is hosting for the first time. The conference, titled "NERC 2000," will feature workshops, lectures and small group discussions designed to enhance the method of teaching and content of social studies curricula.

Although the program is mainly geared toward elementary through high school teachers, many sessions are also suitable for educators at the community college and undergraduate levels, according to Caryn Stedman, director of the Program in International Educational Resources (PIER) at Yale's Center for International and Area Studies, who is a co-chair of the conference.

"We have talks by the leading historians, economists, geographers, and thinkers along with workshops and clinics that showcase the best pedagogical practices," Stedman says.

The event will draw heavily on Yale's resources, from workshops led by faculty members to tours of the Yale University Art Gallery and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Featured speakers from Yale will include faculty members Paul Kennedy, Jonathan Spence and David B. Davis, and Law School student Jedediah Purdy.

Field trips are also planned to the New Haven Colony Historical Museum and Long Wharf Theater in New Haven; the replica of the slave ship Amistad at Mystic Seaport; and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum near Ledyard. Most of the conference activities will take place at The Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale.

Throughout the program, choral and instrumental groups from New Haven Public Schools will perform. Representatives from New England museums and service programs for educators will also be on hand, as will representatives of major suppliers of educational materials.

Information, registration forms and hotel reservation forms are available on the World Wide Web at www.yale.edu/nerc2000. For more information, call conference chairs Dan Gregg (860) 566-5223; John Stedman (203) 284-9205; or Caryn Stedman (203) 432-3429.

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