[Coehd] Critical Questions in Education conference

In case you have not received this, one of the Critical Questions in Education conferences will be in San Antonio during 2016 (March 2016). The call for Proposals is out. See below and attached. Maricela Oliva From: Academy for Educational Studies [mailto:AcademyEdStudies@MissouriState.edu] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 9:46 AM Cc: Jones, Steven P Subject: Critical Questions in Education conference Call for Proposals-Education conferences in Baltimore and San Antonio Greetings: We send you this Call for Proposals to invite your participation at one, or both, of the Critical Questions in Education Conferences. Participants can present on one of our past theme questions at this national, blind peer-reviewed conference. (See the Call for Proposals, attached, for a full list of topics.) But we especially invite proposals on our 2015/16 theme questions: 1. Teaching the disciplines: How are we doing? * What is it we want students to know and understand from, or about, the disciplines we teach, at both the K-12 and university levels? * What are the truths the different disciplines aspire to reveal-the big questions they ask and try to answer, the perfection they seek to attain? * How well do K-12 and university teachers convey these truths or give students access to them? 2. Why don't we read serious books anymore? * Should we care that so many students, and so many teachers, can't or don't want to read books-not just at the K-12 level, but in colleges and universities, too? * Should we seek to preserve the idea of an education centered on the serious reading of serious books? * Are the "Great Books" dead to us? Can we offer students a "liberal education" without having them read serious books? We invite proposals from people actively teaching in different disciplines, or preparing teacher education candidates to teach in the different disciplines; and we seek proposals from people who love books, work in teacher education, and think about literacy. For suggestions on how these theme questions might be approached, please see the Call for Proposals. Here is more information about the conferences: When and where: November 2-4, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor Hotel March 7-9, 2016 , in San Antonio, Texas at the historic Menger Hotel, next to the Alamo and the Riverwalk About the conference: The conference-in its 11th year-is designed so participants can share challenging conversations about educational ideas important at both the K-12 and university levels. Paper sessions, panel discussions, book discussions, keynote speakers, social gatherings-all happen at CQIE. It is not, by design, a huge conference. People actually talk and learn from one another. The conference attracts university professors from many different disciplines, especially teacher education (and especially in educational foundations). Graduate students, K-12 teachers and administrators, and anyone interested in the theme question are also welcome at the conference. Submission deadlines: Baltimore-July 1, 2015 San Antonio-September 15, 2015 Organization website: http://academyforeducationalstudies.org/ We hope you will submit a proposal and come join us. We also hope you will share this Call for Proposals with friends and colleagues-and with any list-serves which might accept it. If you have any questions about the Academy for Educational Studies or the Critical Questions in Education conference, please check out the website, above, or call me at the number listed below. Sincerely, Steven P. Jones, Director Academy for Educational Studies 417-836-5982