CFP: 2014 AAPT

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.

Model proposals from past years
The AAPT webpage for the workshop-conference.

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14. September 2013 by AAPT
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