Event where EVR is present
October 2008: AFS 60th Anniversary Conference, ‘Moving Beyond Mobility’, Berlin.
Intercultural Understanding Across the Years: A Longitudinal Evaluation of the Enduring Effects of Participation in the Multicultural Educational Programmes of CISV International.
Presentation of results of study of participants from the first 40years of CISV by Jennifer Watson
March 2009
ESRC Festival of Social Science, London March 2009: Learning by Doing: Intercultural Communicative Competence and Global Citizenship from a Young Age
Presentation by Kiran Hingorani and Jennifer Watson
University of Modena, Seminar: Research on Peace Education in Multilingual and Intercultural Contexts: The CISV Case. Presentations by Jennifer Watson (CISV and its Enduring Effects), Caecilia van Peski (The Concept of Global Citizenship) and Dr Claudio Baraldi with members of his research team (Dialogue in CISV Intercultural Programmes).
May 2009: NAFSA, Los Angeles
Measuring Intercultural Sensitivity in International Service Learning – An Evaluation of the Impact of CISV’s International Short Term Service Programme.
Presentation of results of research undertaken by Tamara Thorpe MA during an IPP.
September 2009: Paper received
CISV Village as an Intercultural Educator and a Provider of Experiential Learning – Effects of Village Experience on 12-13 year old Finnish Pupils towards Activeness at School, Interest in English, Social and Mental Development, Internationalization and Immigrant Attitudes
Summary of Master’s thesis prepared by Kiti Paasovaara, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
October 2009:
Start of major projects –
Project 1. An evaluation of the use and impact of educational materials in CISV programmes and local branch activities. (Jennifer Watson)
Project 2. An evaluation of the effectiveness of the global Train The Trainer (TTT) structure and operation in CISV. (Chuck . . .
November 2009:
Publication of Dialogue in Intercultural Communication, Edited by Claudio Baraldi, published: Benjamins. A book based on research in 12 CISV Villages / Summer Camps.