CFP: AAPT Conference on Teaching Philosophy

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The American Association of Philosophy Teachers

THE TWENTIETH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP-CONFERENCE ON TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

The College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University

Collegeville, Minnesota

July 30 - August 3, 2014

Proposals for interactive workshops related to teaching and learning philosophy at any educational level are welcome.  We especially encourage creative approaches to workshops or or panels on:

    •    innovative and successful teaching strategies

    •    professional issues connected to teaching

    •    how work in other disciplines can improve the teaching of philosophy

    •    engaging students outside the classroom

    •    innovative uses of instructional technologies

    •    the challenge of teaching in new settings

    •    methods to improve student learning

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

Send submissions, via email, to Russell Marcus: rmarcus1@hamilton.edu.  Submissions should be received by Monday, January 6, 2014.

Each submission must contain, as an attachment, a proposal prepared for anonymous review, in Word (.doc or .docx), PDF (.pdf), or WordPerfect (.wpd) format.  Please label attachments with your name (e.g., 'Doe-Proposal.doc').  Contact information for each presenter, including institutional affiliations, may be included in the email or in a separate cover sheet.  Please include a 100-200 word abstract suitable for the conference program.

Proposals should include:

    •    the session title

    •    the length of the proposed session (60 or 90 minutes)

    •    a one-to-three page description of what the session seeks to achieve, including an account of what participants will do during the session

    •    a list of references, especially to relevant pedagogical literature

    •    descriptions of any useful handouts to be provided

    •    a list of equipment needed

    •    To facilitate blind review, no identifying information should appear in the proposal.

Reasonably-priced child care will be available during the conference.

Visit http://www.philosophyteachers.org for some model proposals from past years and additional information about the AAPT or the workshop-conference.