The Academy for Educational Studies presents the
Critical Questions in Education Conference
November 2 – 4, 2015
Hyatt Regency, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland
March 7 – 9, 2016 Menger Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
Proposals are being solicited for the 11th annual Critical Questions
in Education conferences presented by the Academy for Educational
Studies in Baltimore, Maryland and San Antonio, Texas. Theoretical,
empirical, and practice-oriented proposals are welcome at these
conferences. Get “A Seat at the Table” on our third day when
conference attendees will study together and plan publishing
opportunities. Proposals are blind, peer-reviewed.
Deadline for proposals, Baltimore: July 1, 2015
Deadline for proposals, San Antonio: September 15, 2015
2015/16 Theme Questions
1. Teaching the disciplines: How are we doing?
What is it we want students to know and understand from, or about, the
disciplines we teach, at both the K—12 and university levels? What are
the truths the different disciplines aspire to reveal—the big
questions they ask and try to answer, the perfection they seek to
attain? How well do K—12 and university teachers convey these truths
or give students access to them?
2. Why don’t we read serious books anymore?
Should we care that so many students, and so many teachers, can’t or
don’t want to read books—not just at the K—12 level, but in colleges
and universities, too?
A list of suggested approaches to these theme questions provided
below. Proposals also welcome on past theme questions. Get a “Seat at
the Table” on the third day when we plan publishing opportunities.
The Conference Committee seeks participants who offer well-considered
and reflective analysis or evaluation. Original research, research
review, scholarly efforts, eloquent advocacy, or inspiring practice
are all welcomed.
Individual paper/presentation: Single (or co-authored) papers or
prepared presentations. Conference committee will group submissions
based on commonality of theme or approach into a 60 or 75 minute
session. Presenters will share the session, leaving time for
discussion. The committee may arrange a poster session for graduate
student submissions, depending on the number of proposals received.
Panel discussion: Multiple presenters—named in the proposal—discuss
alternative solutions, interpretations, or contrasting points of view
on a specified subject or in relation to a common theme. Panels may be
either 50 or 70 minutes in length, at the discretion of the organizing
committee.
Book response: Individual paper or panel presentation on a book
related to the theme question(s).
Suggested approaches to the theme questions (Other approaches welcome)
Teaching the disciplines: How are we doing?
How much of the wonder, truth, or perfection of the different
disciplines are students (or teachers) at different levels capable of
appreciating and understanding? How much can we expect them to give
themselves over to a particular discipline?
What ways of teaching work best in the different disciplines, and at
different levels, to introduce students to these questions, truths and
perfections?
How can we better prepare teacher education students to get to the
fundamental truths of their disciplines? What bearing does this set of
questions have on the preparation of elementary teachers?
What authors in particular disciplines help us understand the
fundamental truths of those disciplines? Or, more broadly, what
authors help us see such grasping for truths as an, or the, essential
end of education?
o Presentations especially invited on Brann’s Paradoxes of Education
in a Republic (1979), Egan’s An Imaginative Approach to Education
(2005), and Jackson’s What is Education? (2012). Presentations also
welcome on Dewey, Plato, or any other central thinker.
Why don’t we read serious books anymore?
Should we seek to preserve the idea of an education centered on the
serious reading of serious books? Or should we admit the technological
changes and cultural and economic pressures that exist--factors that
tend to make such an education obsolete--and proceed to craft a very
different kind of education?
Are the Great Books dead to us? Can we offer students a “liberal
education” without having them read serious books? How are the Great
Books to be taught? What does the teaching of Great Books suggest to
us about the highest purposes of education?
What mistakes do teachers make that discourage students from reading
or keep them from reading seriously and sensibly? Are textbooks and
pressure for “coverage” in the curriculum to blame? How can teachers
reorient their approach to books and reading?
Past theme questions: Proposals welcome on these topics
2014/15: Why have civil rights era educational legislation and policy
in the United States failed our most vulnerable students? How should
we address the needs of these students in and out of schools?
How is schooling conducted in other countries? What can we learn from
the policies, purposes,
and practices of education systems—or individual schools—from around
the world? And what can systems and schools from around the world
learn from American education?
2013: Taking a careful look at ourselves:
--Are traditional teacher education programs preparing quality teachers?
--How should we evaluate teachers, school administrators, or
university professors? 2012: Fixing our schools
Why do so many people want to “fix” our public schools? Are current
reforms well-aimed or wrong- headed? Are we asking the wrong questions
about how to improve education? Can educational foundations help?
2011: Digital media and our children: What has been lost or gained?
Will eliminating tenure ruin teaching or reinvigorate it?
2010: How should we prepare new teachers? 2009: Has higher education
lost its soul?
What ideas in education are worth keeping, and which ones ought to be
thrown out? 2008: Rethinking education: Is it time for radical change
in the public schools?
2007: What is the role of religion in the 21st century public school?
2006: Why do kids hate school?
2005: Have schools really changed that much in the past 100 years?
A Seat at the Table
Think of the third day of the Critical Questions in Education
conference the way you think of study groups. For two days
participants will have been challenged to think about the theme
questions in a variety of ways. Now it is time to come to grips with
what we’ve thought about and learned—to try to synthesize ideas, find
spots where tensions remain, develop new questions to ask, and plan
how to deepen our understanding of the questions. And it’s time to
plan how we might continue to think together, write together, and
publish together. Opportunities for publication will be available
through Critical Questions in Education or Thresholds, the Academy’s
peer-reviewed electronic journals. Book publishing through or in
conjunction with the Academy for Educational Studies will also be
discussed.
Proposal format – Academic Presentation
Please attach proposal to an email, as directed below. Please send
cover sheet and abstract in one file, not separately. Proposals are
blind, peer-reviewed.
Cover Sheet—one page: The cover sheet will not be sent to reviewers.
1. Title of presentation
2. Format of presentation: Paper/presentation, Panel, Book response
3. Information about person submitting the proposal
a. Name, with title and institution (indicate if graduate student)
b. Telephone number, e-mail address, mailing address, and FAX number
4. Additional presenters: Information about any and all co-presenters
a. Name, e-mail address, title and institution (indicate if graduate student)
5. Please indicate if you would like to reserve “A Seat at the Table”
on our third day as we talk about
possibilities of publication on the theme questions.
6. 30-word description for the printed program
Abstract of presentation (not to exceed two double-spaced pages)--sent
to reviewers
1. Title of presentation
2. Description of presentation: The proposal abstract must not contain
anything that reveals the identity of individual(s) submitting the
proposal. Proposals should clarify the objectives or purpose of the
presentation, establish the importance of the topic, and indicate how
the topic will be addressed.
The Conference Committee will review each proposal. The best proposals
will articulate a clear objective and purpose as well as importance of
the point of view to be expressed. Proposals need to show evidence of
scholarly care, clear and effective argument, and/or a basis in
research. Participants are welcome to submit multiple proposals. Only
the person submitting the proposal will be notified of the acceptance
of a paper, panel, or book response;he or she is responsible for
notifying all other participants. All participants listed in the
proposal must pay the conference fee prior to the conference or they
will not be listed in the conference program.
Send Proposals electronically to:
academyedstudies@gmail.com
Subject line: CQiE Conference proposal
Send all proposals as a Word document
attached to the email
Baltimore deadline: July 1, 2015
San Antonio deadline: September 15, 2015
Technology Note: As in years past, the Academy intends to provide
screens for each breakout room. Participants will need to provide all
other equipment (computers, projectors, electrical cords, etc.) for
their presentations.
Cost of the conference:
Baltimore
Early-Bird Registration by September 15th
Regular Registration by October 15th
On-site
Registration starting November 2nd
Presenters (Regular)
$230
$260
No on-site registration Payment due 10/15/15*
Graduate student presenters
$125
$145
No on-site registration Payment due 10/15/15*
Non-presenting attendees
Regular
$230
$260
$275
Graduate students
$125
$145
$155
San Antonio
Early-Bird Registration by January 15th
Regular Registration by February 15th
On-site
Registration starting March 7th
No on-site registration Payment due 2/15/16*
Presenters (Regular)
Graduate student
$230
$260
No on-site registration
presenters
Non-presenting attendees
$125
$145
Payment due 2/15/16*
Regular
$230
$260
$275
Graduate students
$125
$145
$155
*In order to keep their presentation spot, all presenters and
co-presenters must pay the designated conference fee by the above
deadlines (Baltimore—by 10/15/15; San Antonio—by 2/15/16).
Conference fee waived for all undergraduate students. Group rates for
K— 12 faculty and administrators are available.
If you have any questions, please call: Steven P. Jones, Academy
Director: 417-836-5982
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