November 12-13, 2004 

Conference Building and Rooms:

Student Union Building (SUB)

Conference Rooms A & B

Dinner & Presidential Address:

Hilton Hotel, 9333 S. Cicero Ave.

Oak Lawn, Illinois

HOSTESS:

Dr. Sandra Westbrooks, Dean

College of Education

Note regarding punctuality: To allow for conflict-free presentations, paper sessions start and end promptly on the times indicated, below. Audience should be seated when a session starts. To allow participants to enjoy the paper presentations and discussions that follow each presentation, please try to keep interruptions by entering a room late to a minimum. In addition to their traditional roles as introducers of speakers and catalysts of discussion, and overall gadflies of "common sense," chairs of sessions must also be brutal to be kind by starting and ending sessions mercilessly on time. Thank you!

Welcome to the 2004 Annual Conference of the Midwest Philosophy of Education Society!

Registration: 8 a.m. Student Union Building (SUB) Conference Room A

Fees

• MPES Conference Registration (includes one year membership and MPES Proceedings): $65.
• Student Registration with valid student ID: $10.
• To avail of the significantly lower conference registration fee, students must present a valid ID at the time of registration.
• Student registration fee ($10) does not include membership to the Society.
• Student volunteers on the Volunteer List have their student registartion fee waived.
• Session chairs who will ONLY chair a session but not attend other sessions or present papers have their fee waived, otherwise must register.
• Dinner and Presidential Address, Friday, Nov. 12, Hilton Hotel, 7:15 p.m.: $41 payable to MPES.

Registration/attendance fees required: To be able to attend conference, registration or membership fees, or both, are required of ALL conference participants, including presenters. Please see explanation, above, regarding relevant fees.

Benefits of Membership ($65/year): Membership includes voting privileges during Business Meeting; opportunity to run for MPES office;  present papers or participate at annual conferences; one free copy of the MPES Proceedings.

All registrants receive conference participation name tags.

Attendance Sign-in Roster: All attendees please sign in Attendance Roster.

WELCOMING REMARKS

9:00 a.m. SUB Conference Room A

Dr. Sandra Westbrooks, Dean
College of Education
Chicago State University

9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY

SUB Rm. A

Freedom and Education: Breathing Life into Democracy, Drs. Ronald Swartz and Richard Pipan, Oakland University (Michigan)

Session Chair: Prof. Olivet Jagusah, Eastern Illinois University

SUB Rm. B

On Kant's Theory of Education and the Problem of Capability Equality in Deliberative Democratic Theory, Mr. Brett Smith, University of Kentucky

Session Chair: Prof. Don Smith, Eastern Illinois University

2. SECOND CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

10:30-11:15 a.m.

EDUCATION AND ETHICS- PART I

SUB Rm. A

Educating Sensibilities: Three Models of the Emotions in Ethical Deliberation and Associated Educational

Challenges, Prof. Charles V. Blatz, University of Toledo

Session Chair: Prof. Richard Pipan, Okland University

SUB Rm. B

Has our Society Achieved a Sufficient Amount of Social Justice? Prof. Jane Morse, SUNY Geneseo

Session Chair: Mr. Brett Smith, University of Kentucky

3. THIRD CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

EDUCATION AND INTELLIGENCE

SUB Rm. A

Humans as the Argonauts of a Cognitive Self: Evolution, Education and the Inevitability of Thinking, Prof. Alexander Makedon, Chicago State University

Session Chair: Prof. Jane Morse, SUNY Geneseo

SUB Rm. B

Intellectual Pluralism and Understanding, Prof. Lyn Fishback, Ohio State University

Session Chair: Prof. Charles V. Blatz, University of Toledo

LUNCH BREAK 12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch is served adjacent to Conference Rms A & B in cafeteria, BYOL, may sit in cafeteria or Faculty Dining Rm

4. FOURTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

POLITICAL PHILOOPHY

SUB Rm. A

Is Dewey's Philosophy of Education Illiberal? Prof. Jessica Wang, Indiana University-Bloomington

Session Chair: Prof. Alexander Makedon, Chicago State University

SUB Rm. B

Rethinking Political Philosophy and Educational Praxis: The case of an African Philosophy of Education, Prof. Olivet Jagusah, Eastern Illinois U.

Session Chair: Prof. Lyn Fishback, Ohio State University

5. FIFTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

CURRICULUM-PART I

SUB Rm. A

Confessionalism and the Demands of Diversity: The Irish Dilemma, Prof. Kevin Williams, Mater Dei Institute, Dublin City University, Ireland

Session Chair: Prof. Jessica Wang, Indiana University-Bloomington

SUB Rm. B

A Distinctive Theory of Education that might be called the Chicago School, Prof. Connie Goddard, Roosevelt University

Session Chair: Prof. Ronald Swartz, Oakland University

6. SIXTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

METHODOLOGY

SUB Rm. A

The Whole Book as a Tool in Compositional Teaching, Prof. Allan Johnston, DePaul University

Session Chair: Prof. Kevin Williams, Mater Dei Institute, Dublin City University, Ireland

SUB Rm. B

Reconnecting to the Text, Relating to the Other, Prof. Guillemette Johnston, DePaul University

Session Chair: Prof. Connie Goddard, Roosevelt University

7. SEVENTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

EDUCATION AND CARING

SUB Rm. A

Educational Criticism As An Act of Caring, Prof. Rose Gong, Eastern Illinois University

Session Chair: Prof. Allan Johnston, DePaul University

SUB Rm. B

Death, the Universal Human Experience, Louis Silverstein, Columbia College, Chicago

Session Chair: Prof. Guillemette Johnston, DePaul University

BUSINESS MEETING

5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

SUB Rm. A

Agenda*:

*Please note that only members in good standing may vote during the Business Meeting.

1. Minutes of 11/14/03

2. President's Report

3. Treasurer's Report

4. Program Committee Report

5. Local Arrangements Committee Report

6. MPES Proceedings Report

7. Constitutional Committee Report (MPES Executive Committee)

8. Webmaster Report

9. Other Business: Lifetime Membership Mrs. Marge Oliker

10. Election of New Officers 2004-06

11. Next Year's Annual Conference

12. Other Business

13. Adjournment

8. EIGHTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

MULTICULTURALISM - PART I

Student Union Building (SUB) Conference Room A

Schooling for Cultural Coherence: Challenges and Promise, Prof. Michael Merry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Session Chair: Prof. Athanase Gahungu, Chicago State University

EDUCATION AND ETHICS - PART II

SUB Rm. B

Paideia: The Learning of Values and the Teaching of Virtue in Public Education, Prof. Jessica Kimmel, University of the Incarnate Word; Prof. Lawrence Kimmel, Trinity University

Session Chair: Prof. Cathryn Busch, Chicago State University

9. NINTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

MULTICULTURALISM - PART II

Student Union Building (SUB) Conference Room A

Inculcating a sense of Supranational Citizenship in Students, Mr. Andy Sen, Northern Illinois University

Session Chair: Prof. Michael Merry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

SUB Rm. B

Globalized Education: Its Archeological and Genealogical Motifs, Prof. Olivet Jagusah, Eastern Illinois University

Session Chairs: Prof. Jessica Kimmel, University of the Incarnate Word; Prof. Lawrence Kimmel, Trinity University

10. TENTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

CURRICULUM-PART II

SUB Rm. A

Afrocentric Heuristics: Theory and Practice, Prof. Clyde Winters, Governors State University

Session Chair: Mr. Andy Sen, Northern Illinois University

SUB Rm. B

Beyond Content: Isocratic Discourse and Transformative Pedagogy, Prof. Jason Helfer, Millikin University

Session Chair: Prof. Athanase Gahungu, Chicago State University

11. ELEVENTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

11:00 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.

PHILOSOPHIES OF EDUCATION - PART I

SUB Rm. A

Hitler as an Educational Philosopher, Prof. Don Smith, Eastern Illinois University

Session Chair: Prof. Clyde Winters, Governors State University

SUB Rm. B

Foster McMurray's Philosophy of Education, Mr. Jon Fennell, Independent Scholar

Session Chair: Prof. Jason Helfer, Millikin University

LUNCH BREAK 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch is served adjacent to Conference Rms A & B in cafeteria, BYOL, may sit in cafeteria or Faculty Dining Rm

12. TWELFTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1:15 p.m. -2:00 p.m.

MULTICULTURALISM - PART III

SUB Rm. A

Liberalism and Multiculturalism, Mr. Pete Volker, Columbus Public Schools, Columbus, Ohio (Prof. Phil Smith, Ohio State University, Reader)

Session Chair: Prof. Don Smith, Eastern Illinois University

EDUCATION AND RELIGION

SUB Rm. B

Dialogical World Religions Pedagogy, Mr. Jeffrey Thibert, University of Illinois

Session Chair: Mr. Jon Fennell, Independent Scholar

13. THIRTEENTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

EDUCATION AND CULTURE

2:15 p.m. -3:00 p.m.

SUB Rm. A

Intelligence and Popular Culture, Prof. Phil Smith, Ohio State University

Session Chair: Prof. Cynthia Valenciano, Chicago State University

SUB Rm. B

Reality of Image and Image of Reality: Education, Prof. Joseph Yacoub, Notre Dame University, Lebanon

Session Chair: Mr. Jeffrey Thibert, University of Illinois

14. FOURTEENTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

PHILOSOPHIES OF EDUCATION - PART II

3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

SUB Rm. A

What's the Use of Calling DuBois a Positivist? Prof. James Johnston, Eastern Illinois University

Session Chair: Prof. Phil Smith, Ohio State University

SUB Rm. B

Systems Philosophy and Ideological Postulates, Prof. Olivet Jagusah, Eastern Illinois University

Session Chair: Prof. Joseph Yacoub, Notre Dame University, Lebanon

15. FIFTEENTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

SUB Rm. A

Trust and Secondary Public Education, Prof. Shannon Flumerfelt, Oakland University

Session Chair: Prof. James Johnston, Eastern Illinois University

SUB Rm. B

Meeting re: pending matters and issues

16. SIXTEENTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

SUB Rm. A

Embodiment and Education: Philosophical Underpinnings, Practical Applications, Prof. Sarah McGough, University of Illinois

Session Chair: Prof. Shannon Flumerfelt, Oakland University

SUB Rm. B

"G" Rules and the Problem of How to Teach Science, Prof. James Roper, Michigan State University

Session Chair: Prof. William Briggs, Chicago State University (pending confirmation)

ADJOURNMENT

6:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 13, 2004

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Chicago State University is easily accessible from downtown Chicago via I-94 East (south), exit at the 95th Street exit (see "Chicago State University" sign). It takes approximaterly 15-40 minutes from downtown Chicago (depending on traffic, light 15 minutes-to-heavy 40 minutes)

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Alexander Makedon, Chicago State University.

VICE PRESIDENT:

Olivet Jagusah, Eastern Illinois University

SECRETARY:

Athanase Gahungu, Chicago State University

TREASURER:

Rose Gong, Eastern Illinois University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE 2004:

• Prof. Olivet Jagusah, Chair, Eastern Illinois University

• Prof. Don Smith, Eastern Illinois University

• Prof. Scott Johnston, Eastern Illinois University

• Mr. Chris Metz, Eastern Illinois University

ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE 2004:

• Ms. Mary Swieton, Chair, Chicago State University

• Ms. Beth Coglianese, Chicago State University

• Prof. Alexander Makedon, Chicago State

WEBMASTER:

• Alexander Makedon, Chicago State University

• E-mail: makedona@aol.com

• Website: http://webs.csu.edu/~big0ama/mpes/mpes.html

• Note: the 0 in big0ama is a zero not a capital O

MPES PROCEEDINGS:

Editor/ Chair of Editorial Committee:

Prof. Olivet Jagusah

Editorial Committee Members:

Don Smith, Alexander Makedon

Managing Editor:

Alexander Makedon

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Please make checks payable to:

"Midwest Philosophy of Education Society" and mail to:

Dr. Rose Gong, Treasurer
Dept. of Secondary Education and Educational Foundations
Rm. 2138 Buzzard Bldg.
School of Education and Professional Studies
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
Tel. (217) 581-7395
E-Mail: cfrz@eiu.edu

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MPES Graduate Student Competition Awards:

The Society offers two awards annually to doctoral students in philosophy of education/educational foundations who present papers at the annual MPES conference. They are:

• Michael Oliker Doctoral Student Competition Award (starting year: 2003): $100.00

• MPES Graduate Student Competition Award (starting year: 1989): $100.00

If there are more than two graduate students presenting papers in any one year, MPES Program Committee recommends two graduate student candidates for the awards from among those presenting papers.

Hotel Accommodations:

Hilton Hotel, 9333 South Cicero Avenue (corner of 94th Avenue and Cicero, about 8 to 10 minutes driving distance from Chicago State University), Oak Lawn, Illinois. The Hilton has free bus shuttle from Midway Airport. How to get to Hilton from CSU: Take 95th Street west to Hilton Hotel, on the north (right hand) side of 95th street. To return to CSU from Hilton, simply reverse the process. Both the Hilton and CSU are located on or near the same street (=95th street). Cost of room is 115.00 per night (discounted), plus tax. Contact Ms. Holly Lee at 708-229-8881. Please mention the society's name.