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Letter from the Co-president October 2004 Dear Colleagues: IASCE is pleased to bring you our third member newsletter for 2004. This is our first newsletter since our June conference in Singapore. For those of you who were not able to join us, we are pleased to tell you that over 400 people, from approximately 20 countries, attended our first Asian conference which was hosted by the National Institute of Education (Singapore). The planning and attention to every detail of the conference was extraordinary, and we owe the conference committee, chaired by IASCE board member Christine Lee, a heart-felt thanks. In Singapore, it was a pleasure to reconnect with old friends and to meet so many educators committed to developing high-quality cooperation in their classrooms and schools. By November, you will be able to access the entire conference program from our website—along with the text of some of the keynote addresses, conference presentations, and pre-conference workshops. A special thanks to all those presenters who were so gracious to share their sessions with us in a format that is accessible to so many. This issue of our newsletter contains yet another interesting collection of abstracts, reviews, and articles; these suggest that--from primary school, through university, and into the work force—developing the use of cooperation is ongoing. The article by Alberth which focuses on the integration of migrant and local populations in Indonesia, the O’Byrne abstract which considers the uses of linguistic diversity in learning, and the series of research articles on peace education edited by David and Roger Johnson, all remind us that developing the use of cooperation is critical. In this issue of our newsletter, we also hear from our friends and colleagues in the United Kingdom who welcomed us to Manchester in 2002. This article reminds us that all change is multi-faceted and that all change agents have to be committed for “the long haul.” Those of us who remember Maureen, Pam, Peter, and Alan from the Manchester IASCE conference are delighted to hear from them in this update. For those of you not able to join us in Manchester, please do note that these voices constitute a wonderfully diverse, expert, and very energetic set of resources. In closing, I would like to remind all our members to check our website http://www.IASCE.net for updates, information about conferences, and links to valuable resources. Our website is a resource we provide--free of charge--to educators, change agents, policy makers, and researchers throughout the world. Your support of IASCE makes this possible. Thank you. Cooperatively yours, Lynda
Lynda Baloche
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