Fifth world conference of educators to be held in Kyiv on August 21-23 (07/27/97)

Fifth world conference of educators to be held in Kyiv on August 21-23

by Irene Hlushewsky

PHILADELPHIA - The fifth world conference of Ukrainian educators will take place on August 21-23 in Kyiv. The general theme of the conference will be: "Learn, Teach and Educate."

The conference will be opened by Zynowij Kwit, president of the Ukrainian World Association of Professional Educators (UWAPE), followed by Leonid Kuchma, president of Ukraine, who will welcome all the participants. Mykhailo Zhurovsky, minister of education; Dmytro Ostopenko, minister of culture and arts; and Dr. Andriy Serdiuk, minister of health; will follow with their welcoming words.

There will be six main sessions with two to three themes presented in each session including the following: preserving the Ukrainian language in Canada, the role of the middle school principal in America, the Ukrainian model of Montessori education, the possibility of Ukrainian teachers' credit unions in Ukraine, and the state of Ukrainian education in Crimea, Romania, Moldova, Russia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Also to be discussed is the UWAPE's past, present and future.

A concert for the participants is scheduled at the end of the sixth session.

For further information about this conference or about the UWAPE, write to: Zynowyj Kwit, 804 N. Woodstock St., Philadelphia, PA, 19130.

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