AAPT Call for Proposals

AAPT Call for Proposals

Eastern Division APA meeting
December 27-30, 2014
Philadelphia, PA 

The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) invites proposals for our session at the 2014 Eastern Division APA meeting in Philadelphia, PA, December 27-30, 2014.

Proposals on any topic related to teaching philosophy will be considered. Submissions are encouraged from teachers at two-year as well as four-year colleges. The AAPT encourages proposals that are interactive and practical.

Format: The three hour session will be composed of three 45 minute presentations. It is highly unlikely that the session will have A/V technology, so plan accordingly.

Submissions: Proposals should be prepared for BLIND REVIEW, and include an abstract of no longer than 300 words, along with relevant citations and submitted in either Word or PDF to Andrew Mills (andrewpmills@gmail.com).

Deadline for proposals: May 1, 2014.

Summer Program for Women in Philosophy at UC San Diego

The Philosophy Department at the University of California, San Diego is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2014 Summer Program for Women in Philosophy, which will be held at UCSD from July 28 to August 8, 2014. The two-week program will feature two intensive courses and a variety of workshops, all geared towards providing an engaging philosophical learning experience and preparation for applying to graduate school in philosophy. Participants will be provided with housing and meals, will have transportation costs covered, will have all course and workshop materials provided, and will receive a $600 stipend. 

Full information at http://spwp.ucsd.edu/ 

Seminar and Workshop regarding Teaching Philosophy

Two "calls for applications" for events sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers:

Facilitator Training Seminar 

and 

Post-conference Workshop: Teaching & Learning in Philosophy

American Association of Philosophy Teachers workshop Saturday, June 1 in Atlanta

Saturday, June 1, the summer workshop of the American Association of Philosophy teachers is meeting at Morehouse College, Atlanta. Below and here ( SummerAAPT.com  ) is a tentative schedule of events. All are welcome! Please pass the word on about this event to your networks. Thanks!  The schedule is below.

Correction: an earlier version of this post mistakenly said 'this' Saturday, which was incorrect at the time of the initial post. 

Teaching Philosophy Workshop

Call For Proposals

Proposals for interactive workshops, panels, and presentations related to teaching and learning in Philosophy are welcome.

American Association of Philosophy Teachers

Workshop on Teaching and Learning in Philosophy

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Morehouse College

Atlanta, GA

“Philosophy Discussions Online: How to Make them Productive, Effective and Efficient”

The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) invites proposals for its session “Philosophy Discussions Online: How to Make them Productive, Effective and Efficient” at the upcoming Pacific APA meeting in San Francisco from March 27 to 31, 2013. 

Papers are solicited that present ways to achieve meaningful online discussions in either Philosophy courses taught completely online or in traditional Philosophy courses with an online-discussion component. Specific case examples that use formats such as discussion threads, blogs, wikis, chat rooms, or even argument mapping software are welcome. Reference to particular pedagogic theories and/or approaches that ground the instructor’s way of handling discussion would also be much appreciated. 

Submissions are encouraged from teachers at all levels of university and college teaching—that is, teachers of Philosophy courses in 2-year and 4-year programs as well as in MA and PhD programs. 

Proposals should be of presentations that are no more than 20 minutes; are oriented towards the practical implementation of the ideas presented; and preferably, are interactive with the audience.  Presentations may be made by individuals or by panels. 

The AAPT two-hour session will be composed of three 20-minute presentations followed by one hour of discussion with the audience.

Proposals should be no longer than 300 words and should be submitted in either Word or PDF format to Bill Anelli at anellib@mjc.edu and Tziporah Kasachkoff at tkasachkoff@yahoo.com. 

Deadline for submission of proposals is October 15th, 2012.

AAPT Conference-Workshop

American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT)

19th Biannual Workshop-Conference

July 25-29, 2012

Saint Edward's University

Austin, Texas

 

The International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy (IWCTP) is a four day conference for philosophy teachers at every educational level. We emphasize workshops that are practical and interactive, and that cover a wide range of subjects related to teaching. 

 

Concurrent with the IWCTP is a selective and highly popular teaching seminar for graduate students, co-sponsored with the American Philosophical Association. 

This year's keynote speaker is Barbara Millis, director of the Teaching and Learning Center at University of Texas, San Antonio.

For the full program and to register for the conference, see the AAPT website http://philosophyteachers.org/Conference.shtml

 

Teaching Philosophy Conference CFP

A Call for Papers from the American Association of Philosophy Teachers:

Dear AAPT community,

We've extended the deadline for proposals for the summer conference to be held at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX from July 25-29.  The new deadline is Thursday, February 9 and details are in the attached document.   Please consider submitting a proposal - we'd love to see you in Austin!

And if you plan on attending the Central or Pacific APA meetings, the AAPT will be running workshops at each.  Details are at our website

http://philosophyteachers.org/.

Birkbeck conference: "Why humanities?"

Those who just can't get enough talk about the future of the humanities should check out the conference on 'Why humanities?' at Birkbeck, University of London on November 5. Here's the description

This conference gathers together some of the leading voices in the humanities today. The purpose is to discuss the value of their disciplines in the context of university cutbacks, with a view to developing newly articulated defences of the worth of research in humanities disciplines.

Call for Proposals: Teaching Philosophy Session at Central APA, 2011

The APA Committee on Teaching Philosophy is seeking proposals for a panel session at the APA Central Division Meeting, March 30-April 2, 2011, Minneapolis, MN on this topic:

“Does It Matter What I do? Student Engagement, Social Change and Teaching”

There are many ethical and social issues for which collective action would be required to prevent a significant harm or ameliorate an injustice. Some people (i.e., students) respond with despair to such situations, believing that it doesn't ‘matter’ what they do since their individual actions seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Others respond that they can make a difference, that what they do ‘matters.’ These issues raise some of the following concerns for philosophy teachers:

• Philosophical issues: what’s the most reasonable response to arguments for and against personal obligations in cases requiring collective action?
• Philosophy of education: what role should philosophy teaching play in contributing to social change and students’ social engagement?
• Psychological issues: why are some people “optimistic” and others “pessimistic” here? What are the psychological (and sociological) influences?
• Pedagogical issues: How do different teaching techniques influence students’ responses to such issues? E.g., does "service learning" or "community outreach" make a difference?
  

The Committee is seeking a panel of instructors to address these and related issues in teaching philosophy. Please submit a half to one page proposal by September, 15, 2010 to Nathan Nobis, Morehouse College, nathan.nobis@gmail.com

Teaching X-phi session at APA Pacific meeting

Doubtless many of you are enjoying the Marriott Meat Market, er, APA Eastern meeting in New York. But for those of you headed to the Pacific meeting in San Francisco three months, the APA Committee on Teaching Philosophy has put together an intriguing session on teaching experimental philosophy. Details below the fold ....

APA Committee Session: Experimental Philosophy in the Classroom
				1:00-4:00 p.m.
						Arranged by the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy
					Chair:	Alexandra Bradner (Denison University)
					Speakers:	Emily Esch (College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University)
						Chris Weigel (Utah Valley University)
						“Experimental Philosophy in Introduction to Philosophy: Opportunities and Challenges”
						Joshua May (University of California–Santa Barbara)
						“Philosophy 101 and Experimental Philosophy”
						Kevin L. Timpe (Northwest Nazarene University)
						“Polling as Pedagogy: Experimental Philosophy in a Metaphysics Course”
						Richard Kamber (The College of New Jersey)
						“Teaching Aesthetics with Experimental Philosophy”
					Commentator:	Eddy Nahmias (Georgia State University)

Join us for the first ISW reading group!

Starting in October, In Socrates' Wake will be facilitating an online reading group of James Lang's recent book On Course. The book has been widely praised and comes recommended by some of the ISW readership.

Our plan is to proceed chapter by chapter through the book, with biweekly posts by ISW contributors to kick off the discussion of each chapter. We will continue with other blog content as well, but wehope that our readers will get the book and make a habit of joining in the discussion. Details below the fold ...


Here's the planned schedule of posts:

1. Before The Beginning: The Syllabus [October 1]
   
2. First Days of Class [October 15]
3. Teaching with Technology [October 29]
4. In the Classroom: Lectures [November 12]
5. In the Classroom: Discussions [November 24]
6. In the Classroom: Teaching with Small Groups [January 7]
7. Assignments and Grading [January 21]
8. Students as Learners [February 4]
9. Students as People [February 18]
10. Academic Honesty [February 4]
11. Finding a Balance Outside the Classroom [March 18]
12. Re-Energizing the Classroom [April 1]
13. Common Problems [April 15]
14. Student Ratings and Evaluations [April 29]
15. Last Days of Class [May 13]
16. Teachers as People [May 27]

As you can see, we're planning posts every other week on Wednesdays, though that's adaptable to the schedule of the posting contributor.

Lang's book is available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Powell's , and through Harvard University Press.

Teaching Ethics Seminar

Do Ethics in the Rockies this Summer!

After a two-year break, Deni Elliott will again offer her highly successful 5-day seminar, Theory and Skills of Ethics Teaching, July 14-18 on the University of Montana-Missoula campus. The course is intended for teachers of ethics in traditional and non-traditional learning environments and graduate students interested in teaching practical ethics courses. Participants develop teaching materials for their own particular setting or interest area. Successful participants have included ethics officers from corporate, governmental and medical settings, K-12 teachers, ethics instructors from a variety of practical ethics fields including biomedical, business, environmental, law, media, and military. Writers seeking to incorporate ethics in their work and administrators developing ethics programs and centers have also found the experience worthwhile.

Please see this page for further information.

A Teaching Seminar

A TEACHING SEMINAR IN PHILOSOPHY
FOR CURRENT OR RECENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Co-Sponsored by
The American Philosophical Association
and
The American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT)
To be held during the AAPT’s
17th Biennial Workshop/Conference on Teaching Philosophy
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
August 6-10, 2008

DEADLINE IS MAY 1, 2008



The Teaching Seminar will be led by Dr. Betsy Decyk, California State University, Long Beach, the Executive Director of the AAPT. Through a mixture of seminar and practicum experiences, students will explore issues, experiment with approaches and engage in a community of reflection in order to strengthen their individual philosophies of teaching. Topics will include preparing to teach (for example, course design and textbook selection), developing learning-centered philosophy classes, using traditional and non-traditional methods of assessment, and engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning.

It is required that participants attend all of the Seminar sessions, which will be held each morning, August 7-10. Participants are invited to attend the regular AAPT Workshop and Conference sessions in the afternoons and evenings.
Current graduate students, including students who will be receiving the Ph.D. in June 2008, and recent graduates (from 2006 - 2008) are eligible to apply for the Teaching Seminar. Preference will be given, first, to applicants who will be teaching their own courses during the 2008-09 academic year; second, to those who will be teaching discussion sections during 2008-09; and third, to those who will be grading for courses they are not teaching during 2008-09. Participants will also be chosen with some concern for achieving a balance among fields of interest.
Maximum number of participants: 20. Accepted applicants will be notified and will receive a reading list with their notification.
The American Philosophical Association will be offering travel grants of up to $300 each for 20 participants. Recipients of APA travel grants must be members of the APA.
The registration fee for the AAPT conference is waived for graduate students accepted into the graduate seminar, however membership in the AAPT for $15.00/one year is expected. The cost of meals and lodging, estimated to be between $150 and $200, will be the responsibility of participants or their departments.
Please see reverse side for application process.
Please note the postmark deadline is May 1, 2008.
DEADLINE IS MAY 1, 2008
APPLICATION FOR TEACHING SEMINAR
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN PHILOSOPHY
Co-sponsored by APA and AAPT
During the AAPT 17th Biennial Workshop/Conference on Teaching Philosophy
August 6-10, 2008
Name: ____________________________________
Phone:___________ Fax:_______________
Institution: __________________________________
Email: _________________
Address:
____________________________________
Summer address: ______________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
Major Fields of Interest: ___________________________________________________
Applying for APA Travel Grant? YES NO
Estimated Travel Expenses:
Will Your Department Defray Other Expenses (meals and lodging)? YES NO
Please append:
􀂾 A statement of interest, including any previous teaching experience (please limit to one page).
􀂾 A letter of support from your Department Chair, indicating what your teaching duties will be in
2008-09.
Mail four (4) copies of all application materials to: Teaching Seminar, American Philosophical
Association, 31. Amstel Avenue, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. Please be sure to include
an address where you may be reached during May, June and July. For additional information about the content of the Seminar, please contact Betsy Decyk, email: bdecyk@csulb.edu. Questions about administrative or financial matters should be directed to David Schrader, APA Executive Director, phone: 302-831-8691, email: dschrade@udel.edu. For information concerning membership in the APA, please contact Janet Sample, APA Membership Coordinator, phone: 302-831-4657, email: jsample@udel.edu. Website: http://www.apa.udel.du/apa.
For information concerning the American Association of Philosophy Teachers or the 17th Biennial Workshop Conference on Teaching Philosophy, please contact Betsy Decyk (bdecyk@csulb.edu) or the AAPT website at: http://www.philosophyteachers.org.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2008 (postmark)

17th International Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy

Sponsored by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers, the 17th IWCTP will be hosted by the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada this coming August 6-10, 2008. Proposals for interactive workshops and panels related to teaching and learning philosophy at any educational level are welcome. We especially encourage workshops and panels that deal with innovative and successful teaching strategies; the application of philosophy to any area or issue; the connection of philosophy with other disciplines; the use of new technologies; new uses of "old" technologies; and the challenge of teaching in new, as well as in traditional, settings. Applicants are welcome to submit more than one proposal. Please visit http://www.philosophyteachers.org for proposal guidelines. The deadline for receipt of proposals is January 16, 2008.