MIDWEST  PHILOSOPHY  OF  EDUCATION  SOCIETY 
2000 ANNUAL MPES CONFERENCE
MIDWEST 
PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION 
SOCIETY 
Annual Conference: 
November 10-11, 2000 
At: 
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO 
Water Tower Campus

Host: School of Education

Margaret Fong, Dean.


Buildings and Rooms:

Friday at Marquette Center: Rush & Pearson Sts.,

Saturday at both Marquette Center and Siedenburg Hall (next door) at Wabash

Ave. & Pearson St.

MC30 = Marquette Center: Room 30 (In Basement).

MCAL = Marquette Center: Alumni Lounge (In Basement).

SHFR = Siedenburg Hall: Fordham Room (In Basement)

  FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000 
REGISTRATION
8:30 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M: MARQUETTE CENTER 30 = MC30

OPENING CONCURRENT SESSIONS

9: 00 A.M. TO 10:10 A.M.

(1) MC30: EDUCATION IN FICTIONAL TEXTS.

"The Education of Stephen Dedalus." Allan Johnston, Oakton Community

College.

"The Text of Naturak Morals: Emile." Guillemette Johnston, DePaul

University.

Chair: John M. Wozniak, Loyola U. Dean Emeritus.

(2) MCAL: DILEMMAS OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM.

"The Fragility of Teaching." Linda O'Neill, Aurora University.

"Doxic Assumptions, Eurocentrism, and the Afrocentric Educational Idea."

Clyde Winters, Loyola University Chicago.

Chair: Stephen Haymes, DePaul University.


SECOND CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

10:20 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M.

3)MC30: JOHN DEWEY'S PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION.

"Dewey: The Aesthetics of Pedagogy." (GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD WINNER!)

Stephen Barnes, Southern Illinois U.: Carbondale.

"Community Virtue, Social Justice, and Education." James Scott Johnston, U.

of Illinois: Urbana.

Chair: Richard Pipan, Oakland University.

(4)MCAL: WOMEN AND PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

"Flora J. Cooke: A Communitarian." Gail L. Kroepel, DeVry Institute of

Technology.

"Hannah Arendt on the Problem of Thoughtlessness and the Perplexities of

Thinking." Natasha Levinson, Kent State University.

Chair: Louis Silverstein, Columbia College Chicago.


11:30 TO 1:00 P.M.: LUNCH BREAK.


THIRD CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1:15 P.M. TO 2:45 P.M.

(5)MC30: PHILOSOPHY OF LEARNING.

"The Freedom to Learn. (W.E.B. DuBois)" Percy L. Moore, Wayne State

University.

"Curricular Theorizing for Democratic Learning: Multiple and Contending

Viewpoints." Jolanda Westerhof-Shultz, Grand Valley State U.

Chair: Charlesetta M. Ellis, Chicago State University.

(6)MCAL: PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH EDUCATION

"New Tools for the Old Black Bag: Augmenting the Medical Education

Paradigm." Peter Minich, M.D., Loyola University Medical Center, & Paul

Ford, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

"The Reconstruction of Cultural Experience in Dewey and Winnicott: Notes

for Further Investigation." Julie Webber, Purdue University.

Chair: Ronald Swartz, Oakland University


FOURTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

3:00 TO 4:10 P.M.

(7)MC30: MORAL & RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

"Off with Masks: A. MacIntyre on Morality." Walter P. Krolikowski, S.J.,

Loyola University Chicago.

"An Epistemological Argument for the Inclusion of Religion in Public

Schools." Suzanne Rosenblith, U. of Wisconsin—Madison.

Chair: Peter Goldstone, Temple University.

(8)MCAL: JOHN DEWEY AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

"Dewey's Principles of Educative Experience." Amy C. McAninch, U. of

Missouri at Kansas City.

"Deweying It Together." Carol Olsen & Angela Kaufman, Columbia College

Chicago.

Chair: Thomas I. Stark, Harold Washington College: Emeritus.


BUSINESS MEETING

4:20 TO 5:30 P.M.

MC30: Presiding:. MPES President Don

G. Smith, Eastern Illinois U.


PRESIDENTIAL BANQUET & ADDRESS

6:30 TO 9:00 P.M.

At Tremont Hotel:

Hosted by Iron Mike's Grille.

ADDRESS AFTER BANQUET:

"Separating School and State: An

Analytical Polemic." MPES President Don G. Smith, Eastern Illinois U.

Co-Chairs: Jon M. Fennell, Independent Scholar; Michael A. Oliker,

Executive Director, MPES.

Please click here to see Banquet registration information.

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2000
FIFTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

9 TO 10:10 A.M.

(9) MCAL.: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

"J. A. Comenius: Moral Education Through Age Appropriate Virtue Formation."

Madonna M. Murphy, University of St.Francis.

"A Correspondence Course in Education and Distance." Steven Schroeder,

Roosevelt University.

Chair: Charlesetta M. Ellis, Chicago State University

(10) SHFR: PHILOSOPHY OF DANGER IN EDUCATION.

"Responses to School Violence." Ian M. Harris, University of Wisconsin –

Milwaukee.

"The Aesthetics of Dangerous Style: Curriculum & Culture." Morna McDermott,

Western Michigan University

Chair: Louis Silverstein, Columbia College Chicago


SIXTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:20 TO 11: 30 A.M.

(11) MCAL: SYMBOLIC ASPECTS OF EDUCATION.

"Pragmatic Mnemonics and Moral Education." Bill Engel, Humanist

Enterprises.

"Fairy Tale as Literature." Guillemette Johnston, DePaul University.

Chair: Madonna Murphy, St. Francis University

(12) SHFR: "JUSTICE, EDUCATION AND THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT." Robert

Ladenson, Illinois Institute of Technology. Anita Silvers, San Francisco

State University.

Chair: Thomas E. Wren, Loyola University Chicago.


LUNCH BREAK

11:30 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M.


GENERAL SESSION

1:10 P.M. TO 2:20 P.M.

SHFR: LITERATURE AND JOHN DEWEY'S PHILOSOPHY.

"Teaching and Experiencing Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Deweyan

Approach." Arthur Efron, State University of New York at Buffalo.

"Expression, Imagination, and Organic Unity." David A. Granger, SUNY

College at Geneseo.

Chair: Craig A. Cunningham, University of Chicago


SEVENTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

2:30 P.M. TO-3:40 P.M.

(13) MCAL: ASIAN EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

"Why Art Education Mattered: Ernest F. Fennollosa's Philosophy of Art

Education and Its Impact on Meji Japan." Yutaka Ito, Rutgers University.

"Ogbu's Cultural Ecology Theory and the Case of Vietnamese Students."

Dang-Giao T. Nguyen, Susie D. Lamborn, & Hanh Q. Trinh, University of

Wisconsin – Milwaukee.

Chair: John Wozniak, Loyola U. Chicago Dean Emeritus

(14) SHFR: EXISTENTIALISM AND TWENTIETH CENTURY EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY.

"A Week with the Philosopher-Kings." George Kizer, Iowa State University

Emeritus.

"The Modern Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre." Charlesetta M. Ellis, Chicago

State University.

Chair: Van Cleve Morris, University of Illinois at Chicago Dean Emeritus.


EIGHTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

3:50 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

(15) MCAL: PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATIONAL INQUIRY.

"Presence as Pedagogical Possibility." Don Hufford, Newman University.

"The Procedural Reconception of Standardized Assessment." Darren Pascavage,

Georgia State University.

Chair: Alexander Makedon, Chicago State University.

(16) SHFR: HUMANITIES EDUCATION

"Humanities Without Apologies." Douglas R. Anderson, Pennsylvania State

University.

"Realism and Rationality: Searle's Case Against the Postmodernist's

Academic Subculture." Art Bollman & Philip L. Smith, Ohio State

University.

Chair: Michael A. Oliker, MPES Executive Director.


ADJOURNMENT

 

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY: 
PRESIDENT:

Don G. Smith,

Eastern Illinois University

VICE PRESIDENT:

Charlesetta M. Ellis,

Chicago State University

SECRETARY/TREASURER:

Richard Pipan (Oakland University)

HOME: 700 Mt. Pleasant; Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103

E-mail: RPipan@aol.com

Phone: (734) 665-7800


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

Percy Moore, Wayne State University.

Jerome A. Popp, Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville.

Louis Silverstein, Columbia College Chicago


PROGRAM COMMITTEE 2000:

Michael A. Oliker, Chair: Executive Director MPES;

Jon M. Fennell, Independent Scholar, Naperville, IL.

Madonna Murphy, St. Francis U.


ARRANGEMENTS:

Walter P. Krolikowski, S.J.

Loyola University-Chicago, Jesuit Residence, 6525 Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois 60626. Rev.

Tel. (773) 508-2008; wkrolik@luc.edu


WEBMASTER:

Alexander Makedon,

Chicago State University

E-mail: makedona@aol.com

Website: http://webs.csu.edu/~amakedon/mpes/mpes.html


EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:

Michael A. Oliker,

5006 W. Grace St., Chicago, IL 60641.

Phone: (773) 202-9280.

E-mail: moliker@sprynet.com


MANAGING EDITOR OF PROCEEDINGS:

Molly O'Halloran,

E-mail: mohalloran@mindspring.com

PLEASE SUBMIT PAPERS TO MOLLY AS MICROSOFT WORD
DOCUMENTS ON A FLOPPY DISK OR A ZIP DISK AS WELL AS A HARD (PAPER) COPY!

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EVERYONE ATTENDING THE MEETING MUST JOIN THE M.P.E.S.

Dues: Regular Members: $25; Student Members: $10. (Copy of Proceedings=$10.)

Pay at the meeting, or send the payment to:

Richard Pipan; Secretary/Treasurer, MPES

700 Mt. Pleasant; Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103

E-mail: RPipan@aol.com

Phone: (734) 665-7800

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HOTEL INFORMATION:

(1) TALBOTT HOTEL;

20 E. Delaware Pl.; Chicago, IL 60611 (near State

St.)

Phones: 1-312-943-0161; 1-800-825-2688.

Ask for Reservations.

DEADLINE: October 10, 2000

When making reservations mention that you are attending the MPES conference

at Loyola University.

Room rate: $149 (king size bed). $199: Suite. Sales Coordinator: Jennifer Dancel: 1-312-397-3610.

2) TREMONT HOTEL; 100 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, Illinois 60611 (near

Michigan Ave.)

Phone: 1-312-751-1900; or 1-800-621-8133.

Ask for Reservations.

DEADLINE October 11, 2000. Room rates: $159 for either single

or double. $209 for a one bedroom suite. Sales Manager: Mr. Bill Ruesch.

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PRESIDENTIAL BANQUET:

The banquet will be held on Friday, Nov. 10th, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cricket

Banquet Rooms A & B on the second floor of the Tremont Hotel. The food will

be made for us by the excellent cooks at Iron Mike's Grille (on the first

floor of the Tremont). Iron Mike's is owned by the great football player

and coach Mike Ditka. (U. of Pittsburgh, and Chicago Bears!) Please notify

the MPES Executive Director Dr. Mike Oliker by November 3 if you will

attend the Presidential Banquet. Dr. Oliker has told Iron Mike's that at

least 30 people will attend the Banquet. Dinner arranger: Mr. Zak Dich.

Individuals must pay the MPES for the banquet and the MPES must pay Iron

Mike's. COST DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ORDER FROM THE MENU. (Estimate: $35)

"IRON MIKE"

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