PHILOSOPHY of EDUCATION SOCIETY
Call for Papers for 2008 Annual Meeting
64th PES ANNUAL MEETING 2008
The 64th Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society will be held from Friday, April 11 through Monday, April 14, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Cambridge, MA. The Program Committee invites papers to be submittedfor presentation at the meeting and for subsequent publication in the Society's Yearbook, Philosophy of Education 2008. The Committee also invites two additional types of proposals: 1) proposals for alternative sessions and topical discussions to take place at the meeting, and 2) proposals for work-in-progress working sessions that will bring participants together to share a meal as a collaborative space for developing ideas that are not yet ready for the regular paper submission process.
Papers and proposals accepted will address questions about education that have significant philosophical dimensions, and will be drawn from a diversity of philosophical perspectives and traditions. The Committee will review only submissions made in accordance with the instructions below. With the exception of the Presidential Address, the Kneller Lecture and other specially designated invited talks, only those papers reviewed and accepted by the Program Committee, and invited responses to them, will be printed in Philosophy of Education 2008.
Themes in moral and political philosophy and education will have a special place of prominence at the 2008 meeting. Society President Michael Katz will deliver a paper on Teaching with Integrity; Richard J. Bernstein will deliver the Kneller Lecture on the topic of Democracy and Education, and also will be engaging in a dialogue with Nel Noddings on Evil and Education. Papers and alternative session proposals are especially invited that would amplify these themes.
DEADLINE: Submissions must be filed electronically on the Open Journal System (see below) by 5:00 PM, November 1, 2007.
PAPER SUBMISSIONS: Papers may not exceed 4500 words, including footnotes, and must be written in proper PES form (see the style guide). The 4500 word limit will be strictly enforced. Papers which modestly exceed the 4500 word limit will be subject to editing. Papers that exceed this limit excessively will be subject to rejection without review or to not being printed in the Yearbook.
Papers will be reviewed blindly by multiple reviewers; final decisions on manuscripts rest with the Yearbook Editor. Criteria for review include quality of argument, links to both philosophical literature and educational practice, quality of expression, and importance of the contribution. Please make sure that references to your name, institutional affiliation, or work (e.g., "as I have argued on many occasions...") are omitted from the paper, including the notes. Your identifying information will be matched to your submission through the Open Journal System and will not be available to reviewers.
PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: Proposals may not exceed 400 words, including references. They take three general forms.
- ALTERNATIVE SESSIONS may be scheduled concurrently with paper sessions or in evening time slots. Examples include roundtables, poster dialogues, authors' talks, performances, consultations, interviews, and conversations on issues. Criteria for review (LINK) include quality of motivating question or idea, potential interaction with session attendees, and relevance/importance to educational philosophy and educational practice.
- TOPICAL DISCUSSIONS are scheduled during mealtimes and evenings. Examples include small, informal discussions on selected readings, special interests, and current debates -- especially as related to educational practice. Criteria for review (LINK) include quality of motivating question or idea, potential interaction with session attendees, and relevance/importance to educational philosophy and educational practice.
- WORKING PAPER SESSIONS group scholars with work-in-progress in an informal, collaborative setting. Proposals should detail the question or claim being investigated, relevant sources/resources, likely direction, and mode(s) of analysis. Criteria for review (LINK) include quality of question/claim, suitability of sources/resources, suitability of mode(s) of analysis, potential for contribution to educational philosophy and educational practice.
OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEM
To submit a paper or proposal, please register as an author for Philosophy of Education 2008 at http://ojs.ed.uiuc.edu/. (OJS will be available for 2008 submissions September 15, 2007.) The submission process is fairly simple. You will be asked to review a submission checklist and indicate whether your submission is a full paper, an alternative session proposal or a working paper. You will be prompted for "metadata," i.e. contact information. After you have uploaded your proposal as an attachment in Word format, an email receipt will be sent confirming submission.
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AS A RESPONDENT OR CHAIR:
Members of PES who are interested in serving as session chairs or respondents are invited to indicate that interest by email to the Yearbook Editor and Program Chair, Ron Glass, at the OJS address above or directly to his email (below). Please specify your areas of expertise and provide your full contact information (mailing address, e-mail address, and phone number).
Inquiries may be directed to rglass@ucsc.edu
CONTACT: PES Executive Director Jeff Milligan
850-644-8171; milligan@coe.fsu.edu