InterNICHE

'Alternatives in the Mainstream: Innovations in life science education and training'

 
Thursday 12 May
09.00-11.00 Registration

11:45-12:00 Conference Opening

12.00-13.00 'Introduction, principles and practice'

Nick Jukes & 
Siri Martinsen
13.00-14.00 'Understanding the appeal to academic freedom'

Tom Regan 
14.00-14.30: 

Tea break and snacks

14.30-15.30 'They kill dogs, don't they? Blending 'science sense' with common sense, compassion, and heart in the study of animal emotions and in humane education'

Marc Bekoff
15.30-16.30 'The hidden curriculum in life science education'

 

Theo Capaldo 
16.30-17.30 'Developing research skills through problem-solving - the making of scientists'

Garry Scroop
17.30-20.00 Buffet with welcome drinks


Friday 13 May
09.00-09.30 'Availability of alternatives within teaching and training'

Adrian Smith
09.30-10.15 'Non-invasive fieldwork in zoology education'

Mark Bekoff
10.15-11.00 'Modernising biology education and replacement of dissections: the success story of a team effort'

Mohammad A. Akbarsha
11.00-11.30 Tea break

11.30- 12.15 'Ethically sourced animals for teaching veterinary gross anatomy'

M. S. Amarendhra Kumar
12.15- 13.00 'Live surgery practice using perfused human cadavers'

Emad Aboud
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 14.45 'How to build an ethically responsible veterinary surgical education program'

Dan Smeak
14.45 - 15.30 'Virtual reality methods for veterinary clinical skills acquisition'

Stephen Brewster 
16.00-16.30 'Virtual reality (VR) surgical training and the development of advanced simulation'

Jan Sigurd Rřtnes
16.30-19.00 Opening of Multimedia and VR Exhibition 
Poster presentation


Saturday 14 May

09.00- 09.25 'Teaching objectives and student performance'

Jonathan Balcombe
09.25- 09.50 'Teachers' assessment of alternative educational models'

Jasmijn de Boo
09.50-10.15 'Alternative Loan Systems: facilitating implementation through access to alternatives'

Monika Percic
10.15-10.40 'ReCAL - increasing the longevity of multimedia alternatives'

David Dewhurst
10.40-11.05 'Computer simulation and the link between alternatives in education and in research'

 

Hans Braun
11.05-11.30 Tea break

11.30- 13.00 'Networking and alternatives across Brazil'

Thales Tréz
'Replacement of animal experiments at Shahid Beheshti University, Iran'

Sepehr Shafiezadeh
'Student outreach for alternatives in Japanese veterinary education'

Makiko Nakano
'Change and inertia in Russian life science education'

Lena Marueva
'Learning without killing: successful student campaigns for alternatives'

Andrew Knight
13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-18.00 Parallel sessions:
Poster presentation / Workshops / Multimedia and VR Exhibition

14.00-15.00 Workshop A:Experiences of connections with animals

Introduction by Marc Bekoff

 

Workshop E: Client donation programs and ethical dissection

Introduction by Amarendhra Kumar


15.00-16.00 Workshop B: Animal rights philosophy

Introduction by Tom Regan reading from 'Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights'


Workshop F: Conscientious objection: practical steps to success 

Introduction by Siri Martinsen, Andrew Knight, Jonathan Balcombe


16.00-17.00 Workshop C: Empowerment for campaigners pressing for curricular change 

Introduction by Nick Jukes, Theo Capaldo, Siri Martinsen


Workshop G: Cultural aspects of implementation Introduction by Thales Trez, Eriko Gotoh, Lena Marueva, Laura Ducceschi, Sepehr 
Shafiezadeh


17.00-18.00 Workshop D: A teacher's guide to implementation

Introduction by Garry Scroop and Dan Smeak


Workshop H: Emotions, hysteria and anger in life sciences 


Introduction by Theo Capaldo, Nick Jukes, Andrew Knight

 

20.00 - 22.00 Evening dinner


Sunday 15 May

09.00- 09.20 'The teaching of animal welfare'

Jasmijn de Boo
09.20- 09.40 'The strategic ins and outs of cruelty-free science'

Theo Capaldo
09.40- 10.10 'Bringing Compassion into the Middle and High School Classroom: Initiatives in 
Humane Education'

Laura Ducceschi
10.10 - 10.40 'Veterinary professionals advocating for alternatives in education'

Susan Krebsbach
10.40 - 11.00 Tea break

11.00 - 11.30 'The legal status of alternatives and animal use in education'

David Thomas

11.30 - 12.00 'Conscientious objection: the right to a good science education'

Adolfo Sansolini
12.00 - 12.30 'Alive and kicking: creating sustainable social change'

Nick Jukes
12.30 - 13.00 Tea break and snacks

13.00 - 13.30 'Pleasurable kingdom - the animal nature of feeling good'

Jonathan Balcombe

13:30 - 13:40 Launch of 2005 Humane Education Award
13.40 - 14.30 Round Table 

All speakers
14.30 - 14.45 Conclusion and close 

14.45 - 16.00 Late buffet lunch and departures

 

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