Dr. Blythe F. Hinitz's Presentations at Conferences of Professional Societies

        Selected Presentations (International, National and Regional)

        May 20, 2008. Let's Work It Out! An Institute on Intentional Strategies for Addressing Teasing and Bullying in Preschool. New Jersey Head Start 25 th Anniversary Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

        March 28, 2008. Second International Summit on Conflict Resolution Education . Results of the Global PE & CRE Research Survey Project. Presentation with six students from the INT 390 Seminar: Michelle Calvo, Kristen Dasilewicz, Kirsten Davis, Kari Osmond, Ashley Reichelmann, and Todd Stoner on the research templates about broadly defined peace and conflict resolution education in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua developed in our seminar.

        February 21, 2008. Eastern Educational Research Association . What We Don't Know *Can* Hurt Us: Acknowledging the Multicultural History of Early Childhood Education. Hilton Head, South Carolina.

        January 6, 2008. Hawaii International Conference on Education . Our Hidden History: Clues to the Rich and Diverse Background of Early Childhood Education. Honolulu.

        National Council for the Social Studies , San Diego, California

        December 1, 2007. Rosa Parks: The Rest of the Story

        November 30, 2007 Notable Trade Book 2006 Lesson Plan: The Bus Ride That Changed History: The Story of Rosa Parks

        National Social Studies Supervisors Association , San Diego, California

        November 29, 2007. The Recess Queen : Children Can Design Appropriate Anti-Bullying Strategies

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, November 9). Doing the History of Education: The Century-long, World-wide Legacy of Dorothy Hewes. Honoring the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the History Seminar and its Founder. National Association for the Education of Young Children , Chicago, Illinois               

        New Jersey Association for the Education of Young Children , Atlantic City, New Jersey. November 2, 2007. Family and Staff: Working Together to Stop Bullying with Lisa Cipriano-Rogalski, Director, Howley School, Trenton.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, October 27). Chair Session: Title: Early Childhood Education Leaders as Designers: Creating Blocks, Enriching Learning. Hinitz paper: Bridges: Anna Bryan and Others. History of Education Society, U.S. , Cleveland, Ohio.

        Hinitz, B. F. (August, 2007). United Nations Headquarters (NYC) , 25 th Anniversary of Teachers College Columbia University Peace Center. Peace Education Strategies for Young Children and Their Teachers, with Dr. Aline Stomfay-Stitz, University of North Florida.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, July 16). Implementation of an Anti-Bullying, Teasing and Harassment Program in Early Childhood Teacher Education: Ten Years of Research and Practice. International Council on Education for Teaching 52nd World Assembly & 7th Annual Border Pedagogy Conference. University of San Diego, San Diego, CA.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, June 26). Early Childhood Teacher Education on Anti-harassment and Non-violence in Schools. Mofet Institute Fifth International Conference on Teacher Education. Tel Aviv, Israel.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, June 11).   Let's Work It Out: Intentional Strategies for Addressing Teasing and Bullying in Preschool to Grade Three. With B. Sprung and L. Cipriano-Rogalski. National Association for the Education of Young Children: Professional Development Institute . Pittsburgh, PA.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, June 1). Anti-Bullying/Anti-Harassment in the ECTE Classroom: Meeting the NJ Legislative Mandate. New Jersey Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators Spring Conference: Leadership in Early Childhood Education. Newark, New Jersey.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, May 16). Supervising and Implementing Anti-Bullying and Harassment Strategies in Early Childhood Programs. Invited   presentation. New Jersey Child Care Advisory Council . [The Council officially advises the New Jersey State Legislature on matters pertaining to children and youth.] Trenton, New Jersey.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, April 19). Learning Anti-bullying and Anti-Harassment Through Children's Literature and Literacy Activities. The New York Public Library. Early Childhood Resources and Information Center . New York, NY.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, April 12). On the Shoulders of Giants: Understanding Early Childhood Education From a Historical Perspective. Discussant. Early Childhood/ Child Development SIG. American Educational Research Association . Chicago, IL.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, April 9). A Case Study of the Implementation of an Anti-Bullying and Teasing Program in Two Early Childhood Education Centers. Individual presentation. Peace Education SIG. American Educational Research Association . Chicago, IL.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, Feb. 25). Educating Healthy Boys: A Symposium for Teacher Educators. Convener, Chair, History paper & Discussant. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education . New York City.

        Hinitz, B. F. (2007, Jan.6). Critical Issues Relating to Feelings, Harassment and Stress. Session Chair & Paper: Early Childhood Teacher Education in Support of Anti-Harassment Strategies. Hawaii International Conference on Education - Honolulu, HI

        2006

        • National Council for the Social Studies. Festival of Elementary Social Studies Lessons, Washington, D.C. December 1, 2006.
        • National Social Studies Supervisors Association. Read All About It! Using Newspapers and Primary Source Documents with Elementary Students. Washington, D.C. November 30, 2006.
        • History Seminar of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Avoid Re-Inventing the Wheel - Why the historical foundation is important in today's early education classroom. Atlanta, GA, November 10, 2006.
        • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). We Can Stop Teasing and Bullying: Activity Lesson Ideas That Work. With B. Sprung, M. Froschl & L. Cipriano-Rogalski. Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA, November 9, 2006.
        • New Jersey Association for the Education of Young Children. "Stop it or I'm telling!" Anti-bullying Strategies for Three to Eight Year Olds. November 4, 2006. Atlantic City, NJ.
        • History of Education Society (HES-USA)/ Canadian History of Education Association. Preschools, the Public, and the State: Policy, Advocacy and Ideology in Three National Contexts 1883-1939. Invited discussant for panel of three presenters from Froebel College, Roehampton University, UK - Brehoney, Nawrotski & Valkanova. University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 28, 2006.
        • International Froebel Society biennial conference. Froebel College (University of Dublin), Dublin, Ireland.    Our Hidden Historical Past. June 30, 2006.
        • New Jersey Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators spring meeting. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Doing Historical Research in Early Childhood Education. March 31, 2006.
        • Eastern Educational Research Association. Hilton Head, South Carolina. Anti-Harassment Learning: A case study linking the college and the community. February 23, 2006.
        • The New York Public Library. Early Childhood Resources and Information Center. New York, New York. How to Handle Teasing and Bullying Among Young Children. February 16, 2006. This invited presentation was funded by a grant from the New York State Library Services and Technology Act entitled "Getting Children Ready to Read."
        • International Virtual Conference for Teacher Educators. Opening Gates in Teacher Education: Meeting the Challenges in Education and Teaching. Jury-reviewed session: Anti-Bullying and Peace Education: Bringing Social Issues into the Teacher Education Classroom Around the World. [Under the theme: Social ecology, Social justice, violence, poverty, involvement and caring.] February 13, 2006. This totally online conference was sponsored by the Mofet Institute. The presentation was chosen through a juried selection process. It was given in "real time" with the help of the "Interwise" computer platform, that allowed participants from Trinidad, England, Canada, Australia, the U.S., Israel, Turkey and other countries to listen and speak with each other during the session.
        • Hawaii International Conference on Education - Honolulu, HI. Session Chair & Paper: Learning Anti-Bullying in Three Venues: Early Childhood, Elementary and Teacher Education [with Christine Ching Hangai - Teacher, Mary Knoll Elementary School, Honolulu, HI] Jan. 7, 2006

        2005

        • National Association for the Education of Young Children - Washington, DC

        1) History Seminar - Paper Title: Let's Not Lose Our Legacy. Dec. 9, 2005.

        2) Let's Work It Out - Workshop with Merle Froschl, AED. Dec. 10, 2005.

        • National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators - Washington, DC. Developing Computer Expertise in Early Childhood Administrators: A Report of Twenty-Five Years of Module Development and Use. Poster with Dr. Herman Hinitz. Dec. 7, 2005.
        • National Council for the Social Studies - Kansas City, Missouri

        1) National Social Studies Supervisors Association -Preparing pre-service and in-service teachers to prevent and combat bullying and harassment. Nov. 17, 2005.

        2) College and University Faculty Assembly -Early Childhood Social Studies Education: Forefronts. Chair: Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, University of Alabama; Discussant: Blythe Hinitz, The College of New Jersey Nov. 17, 2005 .

        3) NCSS ELEM/ECE SIG - lesson plan presentation Nov. 18, 2005.

        • History of Education Society-USA - Against All Odds: How Female Leaders of Schools Demonstrated Their Mettle. Blythe Hinitz Chair, Organizer & Margaret Naumburg; Mary Hauser NLU Caroline Pratt; Nick O'Han LRS/EIHS Elizabeth Irwin; Shannon Hart Georgia State U. Elizabeth Harrison & Rumah Crouse; Edna Ranck, Westover Associates, Washington, DC, discussant. Oct. 23, 2005. Baltimore, MD.
        • The International Forum for the Culture and Literature of Peace (IFLAC PAVE PEACE). Peace Culture Through Literacy Activities: Recent Research on Anti-Bullying in the U.S.A. Aug. 4, 2005     Conference theme: "Building Bridges and Conflict Resolution, Through Communication, Literature, Poetry and Culture." Los Angeles, CA.
        • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Professional Development Institute. Responding to Diversity by Putting Critical Theory into Action - workshop with Barbara Sprung. June 8, 2005. Miami, Florida.
        • American Educational Research Association. (2005, April). Historical Research in Early Childhood Education. April 14, 2005. Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
        • Warwick International Early Years Conference. (2005, March). Gender Issues and Equal Opportunities in Early Years Education. Fifth Conference: Sharing Research in Early Childhood. Coventry, England, UK: University of Warwick.

        2004

        • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). (2004, November). Doing Historical Research in Early Childhood Education: Components and Strategies. History Seminar. Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA.
        • History of Education Society-USA. (2004, October) Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education From the Inside: The Participants Speak. Organizer and chair. Kansas City, Missouri.
        • Hinitz, B. & Ching Hangai, C. (2004, July). Developing and Using Anti-Bullying/Anti-Harassment Strategies with Pre-Service and In-service Teachers. One World: Many Childhoods the XXIV World Congress of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education [OMEP], Melbourne, Australia.
        • Hinitz, B. F., Wineberg, L., O'Neill, A. & Ranck, E. (2004, July). Early Childhood From the Top: OMEP Leadership in the United States. One World: Many Childhoods the XXIV World Congress of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education [OMEP], Melbourne, Australia.
        • American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE). (2004, February). Session organizer and chair. Paper: The Historical Development of a Code of Ethics for Early Education Professionals: Its Impact on Teacher Education. Annual meeting. Chicago, IL.

        2003

        • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). (November 7, 2003). The "Aha!" experience: How research in archival collections connects with and informs current practice. History Seminar. Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
        • The History of Education Society-USA. (October 30, 2003.) Chicago: Crucible of Early Childhood Teacher Education for the Midwest. Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL.
        • Amnesty International's First Annual Human Rights Education Summit. (2003, July 31). Invited panelist - From Peace to Multiculturalism, from Conflict Resolution to Service Learning - Making the Human Rights Link. New York City.
        • American Educational Research Association. (2003, April 22). Leadership for the New Age: The Case of Margaret Naumburg on panel Teacher Leadership: Exploring Dimensions of Teacher Professional Development and Practice for School Renewal . Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Invited presentation.
        • Rowan University Early Childhood Conference. (2003, April 3). A Smile Can't Be Your Only Umbrella: Using NAEYC's Ethical Guidelines. Glassboro, NJ. Invited presentation.
        • Eastern Educational Research Association. (2003, February 27). Leadership: Margaret Naumburg. Annual Conference, Hilton Head, SC.