Call for papers
Papers
are invited for the 38th
Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society of
Australasia
(PESA), to be held from Thursday, December 3 to Sunday, December 6,
2009 at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The
Program Committee invites submissions that address a wide range of
educational issues from a variety of theoretical/philosophical
perspectives and traditions.
Theme of
the Conference
Dialogue and
Difference
How
might different philosophical traditions generate critical debate on
contemporary educational issues? What can these different philosophical
orientations offer to educational thought and practice? What is of
value for philosophers of education in inter-cultural dialogue?
Modern
educational thought is marked by a considerable and apparently
irreducible diversity of ideas and practices. Global society
is
increasingly an arena of marked divergence in educational values and
philosophical orientations arising from a wide variety of traditions
and perspectives. This is particularly true in the context of
education in the Pacific Region in which differences can be defined not
only in terms of competing European philosophies of education and their
respective visions of value and practice, nor only in terms of the
vastly different traditions of educational thought of East and West,
but also in terms of different indigenous perspectives, such as those
represented by various aboriginal and minority groups.
Papers
that focus on the conference theme may be selected from among those
presented at the conference, after further review, for a special issue
of Educational Philosophy and Theory .
Papers
that deal philosophically with other educational issues are also
welcome. The tradition of the Society is to provide a supportive
environment for those who present papers and to encourage a more
profound understanding of practical and theoretical issues in education.
Those new to PESA are welcome
to submit papers.