2. Call for Proposals Education and Activism Around the World: Is organized schooling too inextricably bound to the status quo to save our world? A graduate student conference held at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Saturday, February 15, 2014 The Department of Educational Leadership of Miami University is pleased to announce the 13th Graduate Student Conference on Leadership, Culture, and Curriculum. This conference is a multidisciplinary forum for graduate students to present their research and scholarship on topics of leadership, culture, and schooling. Faculty collaboration and participation in support of graduate student projects is encouraged. The conference is scheduled for Saturday, February 15, 2014. It will be held in the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. A $25.00 registration fee will be assessed to all conference participants to cover the costs of meals and conference materials. Conference Theme: In his letter from the Birmingham jailhouse, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. noted the interrelatedness of all communities by stating “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (1963). These powerful words call us to have a dialogue about issues of educational activism throughout the world. How do these words resonate today? In general the questions below should help guide your proposal. To what extent can educational agents/activists preserve a rightful and ethical education in school systems around the world? In what ways are educational policies and discourses allowing or disallowing teacher’s resistance to the status quo? To which educational theorists and philosophers can we look to address the task of preparing teachers and students for the 21st century? Is organized schooling too inextricably bound to the status quo to save our world? We invite submissions that: • Utilize a critical analysis of educational activism and how these actions inform educational leadership and schooling. • Explore how educational activism informs educational leadership and schooling • Utilize presentations from a variety of disciplines, which are theoretically informed, and engage diverse methodologies. Format options include: Proposals for individual presentations, panels or roundtable discussions, or artistic performances involving two or more scholars. All proposals will be blind and peer reviewed. As always, topics not related to the conference theme will be considered for acceptance. Formatting Specifications: • The submitted files should be in Microsoft Word document. • Abstract should be 200 -300 words including title, abstract, keywords, and references. • One inch margins, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font. • References and citations should be in APA style format. • Email submittal should include author names, affiliate school, and address Please email an abstract edlgradstudentconference@gmail by Monday, December 16, 2013. Please contact us with questions by email. Or visit units.muohio.edu/eap/edl/news_events/EDLGraduateStudentConference.html Selected speakers will be notified via email no later than Monday, January 13, 2014. Johnnie Jackson Tiffany J. Williams Deborah Heard EDL Graduate Student Council Conference Coordinators
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