PHILOSOPHY of EDUCATION SOCIETY

57th Annual Meeting Program
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Saturday, March 31st

8:00am-8:55am        Breakfast discussion about the new Technology SIG        Carter
 

Philosophy and Educational Technology: Forging A New Relationship
Speakers:    Megan Boler (Virginia Tech)
                   Ames Brown (New York Institute of Technology)

9:00am-10:15am       Third Concurrent Session

Carter
A. Pedagogy of the Other
Speaker:          Clarence W. Joldersma (Calvin College)
Respondent:     Ann Chinnery (Simon Fraser University)
Chair:               Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon (Northwestern University)

Lincoln
B. MacIntyre and the Catch-22 of Aristotelian Moral Education
Speaker:          Daniel Vokey (University of Prince Edward Island)
Respondent:     David T. Hansen (UIC)
Chair:               Madonna Murphy (University of St. Francis)

Shelby
C. Learning about the Methodology of Science: Some Lessons from the Pendulum
Speaker:          Michael R. Matthews (University of New South Wales)
Respondent:     Stephen P. Norris  (University of Alberta)
Chair:               Liza Finkel (University of Hew Hampshire)
 

10:30am-12pm         Invited Address                                    Florentine
 

Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture
Speaker:           Larry Hickman (Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois State University, Carbondale)
Respondent:      James Garrison (Virginia Tech)
Chair:                Rebecca Scheckler (Indiana University)

Sponsored by the Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Larry Hickman is the Director of the Center for Dewey Studies at Southern Illinois University and the editor of several collections of Dewey essays and correspondence.  His current areas of interest include American pragmatism, the philosophy of technology and the philosophy of culture.

Noon-1:00pm         COSW Meeting                               Carter

(Optional lunch available for additional charge. Reserve lunch at registration desk no later than 2:00pm Friday. )

1:00pm-2:15pm         Fourth Concurrent Session

Carter
A. Political Theory and the Teaching of Creationism
Speaker:            Francis Schrag (University of Wisconsin)
Respondent:       Evelyn Sears: (University of Iowa)
Chair:                 Randall Curren (University of Rochester)

Lincoln
B. Foucault and the Care of the Self: Educating for Moral Action and Mental Illness
Speaker:             Laura K. Kerr (Independent Scholar)
Respondent:        Kal Alston (UIUC)
Chair:                  Stacy Smith (Bates College)

Shelby
C. Philosophers at the Policy Table: A Theory of Schooling Confronts Real School Reform 
Speaker:          Megan Jessiman (Teachers College, Columbia University)
Respondent:     Walter Feinberg (UIUC)
Chair:               Ignacio Götz (Hofstra University)

Washington
D. A Law-like Statement of Dewey's Views on Pedagogy
Speaker:          Greg Seals (College of Staten Island/CUNY)
Respondent:     Frank Margonis (University of Utah)
Chair:               Martha Ritter (University of New Hampshire)

2:30pm-3:45pm         Alternative Sessions

Carter
A. Practicing Democracy in the Classroom
Speaker:      Bill Ayers (University of Illinois, Chicago)
Chair:          Susan Huddleston Edgerton (Western Michigan University)

Lincoln
B. Advice on Successful Publishing and Grant Writing
Chair:          Barbara Thayer-Bacon (University of Tennessee)
Participants (Publishing advice):
                               Nicholas C. Burbules editor of Educational Theory
                               James Garrison and Gert Biesta, editors of Studies in Philosophy and Education
                               Richard Smith and Paul Standish, editors of the British Philosophy of Education Journal
                   (Grant writing advice):
                                Barbara Stengel (Millersville University)
                                Gary Fenstermacher (University of Michigan)
                                A.G. Rud (Purdue University)
                                David T. Hansen (UIC)

Shelby
C. The Call to Play
Speakers:         Karl D. Hostetler (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
                        Margaret Macintyre Latta  (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
Chair:               J. Theodore Klein (Swedenborg School of Religion and UMass Boston)

4pm-5:15pm Fifth Concurrent Session

Carter
A. I Am the Missing Pages of the Text I Teach: Gadamer and Derrida on Teacher Authority
Speaker:          Charles Bingham (DePaul University)
Respondent:     Zelia Gregoriou (University of Cyprus)
Chair:               Gert Biesta (University of Exeter)

Lincoln
B. John Dewey, Eros, Ideals and Collateral Learning: Toward a Descriptive Model of the Exemplary Teacher
Speaker:          Ronald Lee Zigler (Pennsylvania State University)
Respondent:     James Giarelli (Rutgers University)
Chair:               Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon (University of Tennessee)

Shelby
C. Thou's Sacred Ways: A Case of Relational Learning for Democratic Self -Formation
Speaker:          Cherlyn M. Pijanowski (University of Washington)
Respondent:     Walter Okshevsky (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Chair:               Randy Cloud (University of Kansas)

Washington
D. Addressing Persistent Forms of Oppression in a Liberal Democracy: A Cultural Approach to Multiculturalism
Speaker:          Nisha Gupta (Syracuse University)
Respondent:     Ann Diller
Chair:               Eduardo Manuel Duarte (Hofstra University)

5:15pm-6:30pm         New Member's Reception                            Location TBA

Sponsored by the College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

6:30pm-7:45pm   COPA Meeting                                                 Shelby
Location:                 Tokyo Room, 25th floor

8:00pm-9:45pm   COPA Session                                                  Florentine

Philosophers of Education Discuss Accountability
Chair/Commentator:          Robert Floden (Michigan State University)
Discussants:                      Eduardo Manuel Duarte (Hofstra University)
                                        Gary Fenstermacher  (University of Michigan)
                                        Cris Mayo (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
                                        Nel Noddings (Stanford University)
 
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