Educational Theory Summer Institute 2015 Technologies of Reading and Writing Featuring a conference, free and open to the public, on Wednesday, August 19

Educational Theory Summer Institute 2015
Technologies of Reading and Writing
Featuring a conference, free and open to the public, on Wednesday, August 19


Lunch and refreshments provided
RSVP to Roman Friedman (rfridmn2@illinois.edu)

The journal Educational Theory and the Department of Education Policy,
Organization & Leadership are pleased to announce the Sixth Annual
Educational Theory Summer Institute (ETSI), to be held at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from August 17-19, 2015.

This year’s theme is “Technologies of Reading and Writing.”
Educational Theory has commissioned a team of leading international
scholars to produce fresh and substantive contributions to a special
issue on the theme. The 2015 participants are:

Cathy Adams, University of Alberta
Nicholas Burbules, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amanda Fulford, Leeds Trinity University
Naomi Hodgson, University College London
Anna Kouppanou, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute
Anne Mangen, University of Stavanger
Joris Vlieghe, The University of Edinburgh

During the first two days of the institute, participants will workshop
each other's papers in internal sessions with Educational Theory
friends and colleagues. The institute will culminate on Wednesday,
August 19, with an all-day open conference, featuring the scholars
above and other area scholars (to be announced). The conference
explores the intersection between reading, writing, and literacy with
emerging technologies, social media, and digitization. It will feature
three panels:

The Bodily Dimensions of Learning How to Read and Write
Hypertext, Social Media and Literacies
Practices and Gestures of Writing

All of those interested in the technological aspects of education are
invited to attend (contact Roman Friedmanrfridmn2@illinois.edu for
further details or to RSVP).

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Educational Theory is committed to bringing philosophical scholarship
in education to a broader audience of educators, policymakers, and
concerned citizens.

ETSI was established to foster new theoretical perspectives on timely
questions of educational policy and practice. It brings leading
scholars to the University of Illinois to collaborate on a special
issue of Educational Theory and, along with area scholars, to
participate in a public conference.

We have held five successful institutes to date (more information
available online here or the following links):

Humane Education: Recovering the Humanistic Dimensions of
Teaching, Learning, & Research (2014)
Sex Education and Value Conflict in the Liberal State (2012)
Plural Societies and the Possibility of a Shared Civic Vision (2011)
What Makes a Public School Public? (2010)
State Intervention and the Regulation of Parenting (2009)