CALL FOR PAPERS The New England Philosophy of Education Society (NEPES)

CALL FOR PAPERS

The New England Philosophy of Education Society (NEPES) will hold its
Annual Meeting at Central Connecticut State University in Connecticut
on October 19th, 2013. The keynote speaker for the conference is Dr.
Kelly Ann Kolodny, Associate Professor and Department Chair of the
Education Department at Framingham State University and mother of
three children. Dr. Kolodny’s research focuses on the history of women
in schooling, contemporary schooling in the United States, urban
educational collaborations and service learning. She has published in
Vitae Scholasticae, Historical Journal of Massachusetts, New England
Journal of History, Educational Foundations, Educational Studies, The
Urban Review, and the National Society for Experiential Education
Quarterly. Dr. Kolodny’s teaching interests include foundations of
education, educational research and evaluation. She has taught
teachers in Naples, Italy and Rota, Spain through Framingham State
University’s international education program.

With the 175th anniversary of the start of formal, state sponsored
teacher education to be celebrated in 2014, Dr. Kolodny will provide a
historic presentation about the true pioneers of this movement. The
title of her address is Normalites: The Stories of Three Women
Teachers Who Were Members of the First Class of the First State Normal
School.

The Program Committee invites proposals for additional sessions on
topics relevant to philosophy of education and philosophic treatment
of the problems of education. The committee especially encourages
submission of proposals across a wide range of philosophy, history and
social contexts of education and foundations of education subject
topics, including those by established authors and individuals
(including graduate students) who are new in the field or are in the
process of developing new work. All proposals should be sent in
electronic form as email attachments, preferably in the form of MS
Word documents and should adhere to the guidelines that follow. Please
send proposals as early as possible, but no later than July 1, 2013,
to the program chair, Joss French at frenchjaj@ccsu.edu.

Guidelines for Proposals Each proposal should be submitted as a single
Word document, which should include the following separated from each
other by a page break:

• A one-¬page cover sheet that lists the title of the paper. It should
include the name, affiliation and information of the proposal
organizer and for each of the participants. Include email address,
mailing address, telephone number and fax number.
• An abstract of the proposed paper should be included. It should
outline the paper’s focus and rationale. Limit the abstract to 75
words.
• A two page proposal (single spaced) which describes the topic,
theoretical sources, data sources, findings and significance of the
paper.

Conference participants are required to pay the $25 registration fee
for the conference which includes lunch. All audio visual equipment
can be provided at conference. Please email Joss French at
frenchjaj@ccsu.edu with questions.

Central Connecticut State University Campus Map:
http://www.ccsu.edu/page.cfm?p=4191

NEPES
President Leonard Waks, Temple University
Vice President Joss French, Central Conn State University
Past President Tim Reagan, Kazakhstan University
Secretary-¬Treasurer Richard Lyons, UMass Lowell