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CALL FOR PAPERS
The New England Philosophy of Education
Society (NEPES) will hold its 2010 Annual Meeting at Central Connecticut State
University in New Britain, Connecticut, on Saturday, October 23rd.
The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. David Moss, from the
University of Connecticut. Dr. Moss is an
Associate Professor in the Neag School of Education. His faculty appointment is
in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction specializing environmental
education. His current research interests are in the areas of international
education, education reform, and environmental education. Dr. Moss has authored
over 60 articles, book chapters, and reviews on such diverse topics as student
understandings of the nature of science, interdisciplinary education, teacher
education, and forest ecosystem health monitoring. He is co-editor of the books
Critical Essays on Resistance in Education (Peter Lang, 2010),
Interdisciplinary Education in an Age of Assessment (Routledge, 2008),
Portrait of a Profession: Teachers and Teaching in the 21st Century (Praeger,
2005), and Beyond the Boundaries: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Learning
and Teaching (Praeger, 2003). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of New
Hampshire and completed his undergraduate work at Alfred University. He has
extensive curriculum development and assessment experience on projects funded by
the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). Dr. Moss’s topic will be, “Resistance in Education:
Considering the Role of Faculty in Higher Education.”
Following
the precedent of previous years, Concurrent Paper Sessions will be a feature of
the program. The Program Committee invites proposals on all topics relevant to
philosophy of education interpreted broadly to include the recognized
foundational disciplines of philosophy, history, social foundations and
comparative and international education. Proposal format may include individual
papers, panels and symposia. All proposals should be sent in electronic form as
email attachments, preferably in the form of MS Word documents, and should
adhere to the guidelines that follow. Please send proposals as early as
possible, but no later than June 1, 2010, to the program chair, Timothy
Reagan, at
timothy.reagan@gmail.com.
Guidelines
for Proposals
Each
proposal should be submitted as a single Word document, which should include the
following separated from each other by a page break:
- A one-page cover sheet
that lists the title of the paper. It should include the name, affiliation
and information of the proposal organizer and for each of the participants.
Include email address, mailing address, telephone number and fax number.
- An abstract of the
proposed paper should be included. It should outline the paper’s focus and
rationale. Limit the abstract to 75 words.
- A two page proposal
(single spaced) which describes the topic, theoretical sources, data
sources, findings and significance of the paper.
Conference participants are required to pay the $30 registration fee for the
conference, which includes lunch. Audiovisual equipment must be provided by the
presenter. Please email Timothy Reagan at
timothy.reagan@gmail.com
if you have any questions.
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