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- 24 AUGUST 2021
We recommend a book by our member Dat Bao, on ‘Understanding Silence and Reticence. Ways of Participating in Second Language Acquisition’.
What is the state of that which is not spoken? This book presents empirical research related to the phenomenon of reticence in the second language classroom, connecting current knowledge and theoretical debates in language learning and acquisition. Why do language learners remain silent or exhibit reticence? In what ways can silence in the language learning
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- 11 JULY 2021
Amanda Fulford, Edge Hill University: Solitude: Encounter, Communion and Revealing in Shepherd and Thoreau
The third ISRS (International Society for Research on Solitude) Seminar took place on the 9th July 2021. Prof Amanda Fulford from the Edge Hill University presented the theme ‘Solitude: Encounter, Communion and Revealing in Shepherd and Thoreau’. There were participants from Australia, Poland, the UK, and the USA. Professor Fulford by sharing her research on the two fascinating
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- 4 MAY 2021
ISRS Seminar: Richard Cleveland: Children and Silence
Participants from nine countries (Canada, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, UK, and USA) attended the second ISRS (International Society for Research on Solitude) Seminar on the 22nd April 2021. Dr Richard Cleveland presented the theme “Children and Silence”. Richard is an associate professor and program director of the Counselor Education Program at Georgia Southern University,
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- 15 APRIL 2021
Being Alone Together in Education (2)
Prof. Julian Stern from Bishop Grosseteste University (UK) and dr Małgorzata Wałejko from the University of Szczecin (Poland) are editors of the second volume of “Paedagogia Christiana” special edition (no 2/46 [2020]) entitled “Being Alone Together in Education”, which has just been published (the link to the online version of the journal: Vol 46, No
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- 15 APRIL 2021
ISRS SEMINARS – 22th April – Richard E. Cleveland
We invite you to the next ISRS Seminar conducted by Richard E. Cleveland, an associate professor and program director of the Counselor Education Program at Georgia Southern University, USA. The title of his lecture will be Children and Silence. The seminar will take place on 22nd April at 3 pm of UK time (10.00 US EST time)
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- 1 FEBRUARY 2021
ISRS Seminar: Malka Margalit and Eyal Rosenstreich: Loneliness and hope during childhood and adolescence: Personal and interpersonal perspectives
32 people from Israel, UK, Poland, Malta, Turkey and Hong Kong took part in 1st ISRS online Seminar given by Professors Malka Margalit and Eyal Rosenstreich from Peres Academic Center of Tel Aviv University on 28th January 2021. Professor Margalit presented the research on loneliness, including its relationship to solitude, to hope, to family life (and parents’
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- 8 DECEMBER 2020
ISRS SEMINARS – 28th January – Malka Margalit and Eyal Rosenstreich
The ISRS invites to the (online) ISRS Seminars organized 4 times a year. Our first guests will be outstanding specialists Malka Margalit and Eyal Rosenstreich from Peres Academic Center who will give a lecture on Loneliness and hope during childhood and adolescence: Personal and interpersonal perspectives Malka Margalit, Ph.D is a professor and Dean of
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- 26 OCTOBER 2020
Alone Together Again Symposium 17-18 September 2020 – Report
Under the auspices of the Rector of the University of Szczecin and the Mayor of Szczecin, via the MS Teams platform, an exceptional scientific event took place: Alone Together Again (ATA): A Second International Pandisciplinary Symposium on Solitude in Community. That was the second edition of seminars initiated last year in York, UK, resulting from
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- 17 JULY 2020
17-19 September 2020: Alone Together Again (ATA). An online symposium at University of Szczecin
“We must meet; we must communicate with one another; we must, it would seem, be alone together” (John Macmurray) We welcome contributions to the second international pandisciplinary symposium on solitude in community: Alone Together Again. This is organised by the University of Szczecin and York St John University, under the auspices of the Rector of the University of
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- 17 JULY 2020
Being Alone Together in Education
Dr Małgorzata Wałejko from the US Institute of Pedagogy together with prof. Julian Stern of York St. John University in the UK are editors of the special issue of the journal “Paedagogia Christiana” (no 1/45 [2020]) entitled “Being Alone Together in Education”. volume just appeared in an electronic version on the academic platform magazines and
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We recommend a book by our member Dat Bao, on ‘Understanding Silence and Reticence. Ways of Participating in Second Language Acquisition’.

Amanda Fulford, Edge Hill University: Solitude: Encounter, Communion and Revealing in Shepherd and Thoreau

ISRS Seminar: Richard Cleveland: Children and Silence

Being Alone Together in Education (2)

ISRS SEMINARS – 22th April – Richard E. Cleveland

ISRS Seminar: Malka Margalit and Eyal Rosenstreich: Loneliness and hope during childhood and adolescence: Personal and interpersonal perspectives

ISRS SEMINARS – 28th January – Malka Margalit and Eyal Rosenstreich

Alone Together Again Symposium 17-18 September 2020 – Report

17-19 September 2020: Alone Together Again (ATA). An online symposium at University of Szczecin

Being Alone Together in Education