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Friday, November 10, 2006 8:00-8:30 a.m. – Registration Membership includes Registration Fee Membership entitles one to vote regarding Society matters One year membership/registration fee=$65 Student Conference Attendance Fee=$10 ___________________________________ 8:30-9:00 a.m. Room 5006 Opening Remarks Patrick Roberts National Louis University Richard Pipan, President MPES Oakland University ___________ First Concurrent Sessions 9:00 - 9:55 a.m. Room 5019 Why is Anyone Surprised That Students Don't Like School? Thomas Deering Augustana College ___________ Room 5015 "Vagaries of Imagery" Leading to Meaningful Patterns in Ordering the "Ceremonial Space" of the School Organization. Liyana Cabraal Chicago State University ___________ Room 5003 The Power of Confucius' Philosophy Rose Gong Eastern Illinois University ___________________________________ Second Concurrent Sessions 10:00 -10:55 a.m. Room 5019 Replacing a Utilitarian Teleology in Education: A Meta-Educational Appeal Sam Rocha, Graduate Student University of St. Thomas ___________ Room 5015 W.E.B. Du Bois's "The Immortal Child": A Metaphor for the Purpose of Education in Cultivating a Democratic Society Percy Moore Wayne State University as read by Richard Pipan, Oakland University ___________ Room 5003 Freedom and Authority in A.S. Neill's and J. J. Rousseau's Philosophy of Education Sven Mueller, Graduate Student Indiana University ___________________________________ Third Concurrent Sessions 11:00 – 11:55 a.m. Room 5019 Social Class and Social Action: John Dewey vs. Saul Alinsky Aaron Schultz University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee ___________ Room 5015 Marx, Foucault and the Revolutionary Potential of Education Joshua Mills-Knutsen, Graduate Student University of Kentucky ___________ Room 5003 Inquiry into Inquiry: Agency and the Rituals of Academe Patrick Roberts and Fletcher DuBois National Louis University ___________________________________ 12:00-1:30 p.m. – Presidential Luncheon
Russian Tea Time Restaurant Once at the restaurant, please mention "Marge" to be directed to the table reserved for MPES Directions: Right around the corner from conference site, walk one block south on Michigan Ave. Conference Registrants are invited to participate in the Presidential Luncheon. Each participant pays for his or her own lunch. Our president, Dr. Richard Pipan, will give a short speech during lunch. It has been our Society's tradition that the outgoing president make a farewell speech on a topic of his choice. ___________________________________ UNDERGRADUATE PRESENTATIONS 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Room 5006 Eastern Illinois University Gus Albear and Bettina Becker, Moderators Nathan Singer—Abraham Maslow—Psychology, Philosophy and Applications to Education Laura Lichter—Physical Education in Relation to Pragmatism: An Educational Perspective Catie Pankow—The Curriculum of Care: Nel Noddings, Pedagogy, and the Development of the High School Classroom as a Home Environment Michele Brown—Defining Their Own World: Nietzsche in the Philosophy of Education ___________________________________ Fourth Concurrent Sessions 1:30 – 2:25 p.m. Room 5019 Folk Music as Curriculum Terrence Jones, Graduate Student University of Illinois - Chicago ___________ Room 5015 Teaching a Culture of Peace and Justice Louis Silverstein Columbia College ___________ Room 5003 Systems Philosophy and its Educational and Ideological Postulates Olivet I. W. Jagusah Walden University ___________________________________ Fifth Concurrent Sessions 2:30 - 3:25 p.m. Room 5019 Feminists Despite Themselves: The Voices of Ukrainian Renaissance Antonia Lukenchuk National Louis University ___________ Room 5015 The Crisis of Educational Implications Jason Helfer Knox College ___________ Room 5003 Intentionally Managing Biases: A Philosophical Foundation for Effective Learning, Communication, Problem Solving and Vision Making Wilma Robinson Carroll College (Wisc.) ___________________________________ Sixth Concurrent Sessions 3:30 - 4:25 p.m. Room 5019 Every Child Left Behind: The Impact of Standardized Testing on Democratic Civic Education Jim Roper Michigan State University ___________ Room 5015 Emile and The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A Comparison Guillemette Johnston DePaul University-Chicago ___________ Room 5003 Posing the Problem: Critical Pedagogy as a Practice in Student Affairs Bettina Becker Eastern Illinois University ___________________________________ 4:30- 5:30 p.m. – MPES Business Meeting – Room 5006 Members in good standing have voting privileges. Others may attend, and participate in discussions, but cannot vote. One Year Membership=$65 ___________________________________ Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:00-8:30 a.m. – Registration One Year Membership fee of $65 includes Registration Fee Student Conference Attendance Fee=$10 ___________________________________ Seventh Concurrent Sessions 8:30 – 9:25 a.m. Room 4012 Dewey and the School Library: Considering an Experimentalist Library Curriculum Meghann Walk, Graduate Student University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign ___________ Room 5008 Education, the Brain and Neuroscience Clyde Winters Governor's State University ___________________________________ Eighth Concurrent Sessions 9:30 – 10:25 a.m. Room 4012 A Wittgensteinean Approach to Student-Centered Education: The Concepts of Aspect Learning and Auffanssungen in Language Learning Sandy Jump, Graduate Student University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign ___________ Room 5008 Paul Goodman as an Iconoclastic Educational Reformer Ron Swartz, Oakland University ___________ Room 5010 Henry Giroux and The Mouse That Roared: How Corporations like Disney Educate and Brainwash Society Anindya Sen and Omer Avci, Graduate Students Northern Illinois University ___________________________________ Ninth Concurrent Sessions 10:30 – 11:25 a.m. Room 4012 The Intelligence Pendulum David Roof, Graduate Student University of Illinois – Urbana – Champaign ___________ Room 5008 Morality as Reciprocity: Education as a Morally Desirable Act Alexander Makedon Chicago State University ___________ Room 5010 An Alternative Education: Soapboxing with Kenneth Rexroth in Chicago Allan Johnston DePaul University ___________________________________ Tenth Concurrent Sessions 11:30 a.m.– 12:25 p.m. Room 4012 Rationality and the Political Face of Education Revisited (Again) Phil Smith Ohio State University ___________ Room 5008 Environmental Ethics: As if the Earth Mattered Richard Pipan Oakland University ___________ Room 5010 John Dewey and His Influence on Adult Education Anindya Sen and Omer Avci, Graduate Students Northern Illinois University ___________________________________ End of Conference, Hope to see you again Next Year! --Bon Voyage-- MPES Officers' Board:
Richard Pipan, President MPES Board of Directors:
Phil Smith
Program Committee Chair: Local Arrangements:
National Louis University
Refreshments and Lunch Arrangements: Conference Summary:
Total Number of Presenters: 37
Institutions Represented: 19
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