CFP: 2016 AAPT
Announcement and Call for Proposals
The American Association of Philosophy Teachers
THE TWENTY-FIRST AAPT
WORKSHOP—CONFERENCE ON
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
Saginaw Valley State University
Saginaw, Michigan
July 27–31, 2016
Proposals for interactive workshops related to teaching and learning philosophy at any educational level are welcome. We encourage creative approaches to individual or panel workshops on:
- Innovative and successful teaching strategies
- How work in other disciplines can improve the teaching of philosophy
- Engaging students in philosophy outside the classroom
- Innovative uses of instructional technologies
- The challenge of teaching in non-traditional settings
- Methods to improve student learning
- Professional issues connected to teaching
Selected presentations will be considered for inclusion in AAPT Studies in Pedagogy, Volume 3, on inclusive pedagogies. Proposals on that theme are especially encouraged.
Proposals should include:
- Session title
- 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
- Any equipment needed
- 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.
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Send submissions, via email, to Russell Marcus, rmarcus1@hamilton.edu by Monday, January 4, 2016. To facilitate blind review, no identifying information should appear in the proposal. |
The AAPT is a collegial community of engaged teacher-scholars, dedicated to sharing ideas, experiences, and advice about teaching philosophy, and to the support and encouragement of both new and experienced philosophy teachers.
Model proposals from past years
Additional information about the AAPT
Information about the workshop-conference.
