MESSAGE FROM SPSE PRESIDENT JASON HELFER RE:
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR APA-CENTRAL DIV. SPSE SESSIONS, APRIL 17-18, 2008,
CHICAGO, IL.
The following topics have been selected for
the sessions at the 2008 Spring APA conference in Chicago:
Thursday, April 17 – 5:15 p.m. -7:15
p.m. – Logic, Method, and Critical Thinking
Friday, April 18 – 7:00 p.m. –
10:00 p.m. – Ethics in and Beyond the Classroom
Below is a description of the format we will
use. This information was obtained by and provided to SPSE by Professor Charles
Howell of Northern Illinois University.
Each session will use the Octavian Discussion
Format, by Dr. Peter Mitchell (Nobel Laureate Chemistry, 1978). This format
facilitates the exchange of ideas on controversial subjects in a less confronting
manner. The objective is to have an open discussion, allowing members of
the audience to participate more fully. Needed are 8 seats at a discussion
table, placed in the center of the room. The moderator then asks for responses
from 3 to 4 invited discussants. After an initial round of comments,
speakers/discussants may freely leave the table, while members of the audience
may come up, sit in a vacant chair and wait to be recognized by the moderator.
Only those seated at the table may speak. After one has had its say, one
has to return to a seat in the audience. Only the moderator keeps a permanent
seat at the table. These rules balance between enough structure to keep a
focused, orderly discussion and room for spontaneity and self-organization
in the "octalogue".
Thus, for each topic we will need the following:
A moderator/session organizer
4 discussants
Respondents
If you wish to be a discussant, please submit
an abstract of no more than 500 words on or before January 15, 2008. The
discussant abstracts will be peer-reviewed. If accepted, the "final" paper
must be submitted to me no later than March 10, 2008. If you wish to be a
respondent, please let me know and I will send out the accepted papers no
later than March 15th, 2008. This should provide each respondent enough time
to craft his or her comments. Final papers and responses may be submitted
for inclusion in The Roundtable.
If your suggested session was not selected
for inclusion, please consider submitting the topic as a symposium at the
2008 SPSE Fall conference. Also, please share this information with those
who may be interested in these topics.
If you have any questions, please contact Jason Helfer at
jhelfer@knox.edu
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