CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 17-18, 2008
PALMER HOUSE HILTON HOTEL
FORMAT: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

SPSE Session Themes: Thursday, April 17, 2008 – 5:15 p.m. -7:15 p.m. – Ethics in and Beyond the Classroom Room: GII-4 Friday, April 18 , 2008– 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Logic, Method, and Critical Thinking Room: GIV-5

Thursday, April 17 – 5:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Ethics in and Beyond the Classroom Room GII-4

Presenters:

Globalization and Identity
Jon Rogers
Montclair State University

Ethical Perspectivism and Practical Perspectives in the Classroom
Alexander Makedon
Chicago State University

Friday, April 18 – 7:00 p.m. -10:00 p.m. Logic, Method, and Critical Thinking Room GIV-5

Presenters:

Some Possible Educational Implications from the Dewey, Russell, and Popper Dialogue on Learning from Induction
Ron Swartz
Oakland University

What Logic Can Teach us that Hasn’t Already Been Tried: Metaphysics Writ Small
Phillip Smith
The Ohio State University

Phenomenological and Pragmatic Methodology: Remarks on the Convergence of Existence and Experience in Education
Sam Rocha
The Ohio State University

Re-thinking the Epistemological Foundations of Critical Thinking for Inclusion
Sheron Fraser-Burgess
Ball State University

Logic and Ethics in Socratic Seminars: Sophistry and Injustice in Class Discussions
Linda O’Neill
Northern Illinois University

Teaching Students How Not to Reason: A New Approach to Teaching Informal Fallacies
James Roper
Michigan State University

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General Information:

APA-Central 2008 Meeting web site:  The full APA-Central program may be seen at: http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/publications/proceedings/v81n4/Public/default.asp
Conference Registration Fees: APA Members $50; APA Student Members $10; Non-Members $60. SPSE session fee: None.
Summary of Presentations: presenters: 2 on Thursday 4/17 5:15 p.m.-7:15 p.m. & 6 on Friday 4/18 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Any registrant during APA-CD conference is welcome to attend either or both SPSE sessions.
Publication of SPSE/APA-CD presentations: Papers presented during the special SPSE sessions are eligible for publication in the Society's peer-reviewed e-newsletter  THE ROUNDTABLE. Deadline for submission of papers: June 15, 2008. Send in .rtf format as an email attachment, or within body of email message, to: Alexander Makedon, editor, THE ROUNDTABLE, at: MakedonA@aol.com For more detailed guidelines, please click here.

Colleges/universities represented by presenters:

Ball State University
Chicago State University
Michigan State University
Montclair State University
Northern Illinois University
Oakland University
Ohio State University (2)

States:

Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio

Countries:

U.S.A. (8)

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Guidelines for the submission of papers for publication in the electronic peer-reviewed newsletter The Roundtable:

Length: Max. 40 pages. Minimum 2 pages. Paper should not be longer than what one would expect is a presentable conference paper (i.e., no longer than, say, an average book chapter, or max 40 pages). You may submit paper as short as 2 pages long.

Font size: Between 10 and 12.

Address: Please submit your paper to Alex Makedon, Editor, The Roundtable, at: MakedonA@aol.com as an email attachment.

Format: Please send your paper as an .rtf file, if possible (if you know how to do this), otherwise as .doc file. If it is easier for you, you may also copy and paste your paper within the body of your email (instead of, as an email attachment).

Style: It is up to the author to decide which style of referencing sources he or she would like to use, or whether to have footnotes or endnotes, or both, so long as referencing style is one of the acceptable academic styles, and remains consistent throughout the paper.

Timeline: We will not begin to review submissions until after the April conference, and will only consider papers for publication submitted by presenters who actually presented their work at the SPSE sessions.  Deadline for submission of papers: June 15, 2008. Authors will be notified of the decision of editorial review board by October 15, 2008. All decisions are final. If editorial board asks author to revise his or her paper, it will offer specific recommendations for such revision. All revisions are due by September 1, 2008.

Editorial Review Board: Professors Alex Makedon, Allan Johnston, Guillemette Johnston.

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