Monday, November 11, 2013

New Book EPE'ers might find interesting

Shabana Mir, an early member of the subcommittee on ethnography in higher education at the American Anthropological Association, has a new book which might be of interest to students and faculty in our community.  Check it out:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4696-1078-8

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Dr. Jane McEldowney Jensen
Associate Professor
Educational Policy Studies & Evaluation
University of Kentucky
859-489-7050

Monday, November 4, 2013

Comparative and International Education Society

Call for Proposals 

http://www.cies.us

The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) is pleased to announce its 58th Annual Conference, which will be held at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, in Toronto, Canada from March 10-15, 2014.

This year’s conference theme, “Revisioning Education for All”, is intended to provide our scholarly community with an opportunity to critically and comparatively reflect on the history, contemporary issues and future of the EFA movement in a global context marked by rising social and income inequality within and between nations and shifts in the global balance of power. Is EFA the right frame, the right social imaginary, for global and national education goals? Or is it a frame that has outlived its utility and relevance? Critics have argued that EFA is meaningless if it does not address equity of learning outcomes and bridge widening inequality of access to higher levels of learning. Some view EFA as too tightly tied to traditional models of schooling, outdated in a time of massive technological innovation. Others are intent on adding new, highly prescriptive learning goals into a post 2015 vision for EFA. More broadly, EFA has been viewed as a Western effort to legitimate economic globalization – providing little more than a bandage on more grievous forms of social injustices within and across nations. Yet others note that the EFA agenda has played an important role in one of the most rapid expansions of access to schooling in modern history.

CIES Toronto will provide a unique opportunity to reflect on EFA during the final months leading up to the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. We will ask conference participants, including researchers, representatives of global institutions, civil society, and education practitioners, to explore the adequacy and future of EFA, moving us beyond the historical focus on access to basic schooling. Our goal will be to spark new conversations about inequality, inclusion and innovation both inter-nationally and within nations and about global governance in education.

We also encourage scholars of other levels of education – from early childhood through to adult education and tertiary level learning, as well as those interested in learning outside formal educational systems - to share their views on a reinvigorated framing of the “education for all” concept.

Proposal Dates and Categories

With the above in mind, the CIES 2014 Conference Committee invites you to submit proposals in the following categories:
  • Individual papers
  • Individual posters
  • Group poster sessions
  • Group panel sessions
  • Workshops

New this year we are seeking proposals for posters sessions – groups of individual posters organized on a common theme, topic, question, method etc., and presented as part of a group session. Common at AERA, this is a highly effective way of presenting a joint book or research project in which there are multiple sub-projects or parallel chapters being produced. Group poster sessions may include a brief introduction by the session proposer.
All proposals should contribute to the advancement of theory, practice, methodology or fieldwork in comparative and international education.
The early bird deadline is October 4th, 2013. The final deadline for all submitted proposals is November 15, 2013.Proposals should be electronically submitted through the Click here to submit proposal: CIES online submission system, and comply with the requirements detailed in the guidelines below. Proposals that do not comply with these requirements will not be considered for inclusion in the program.
CIES membership is required to present at the Conference. If you are not currently a member of CIES please take a few minutes and become a member

Deadlines

Final submission deadline: November 15, 2013

Calls for conference proposals: Central States Anthro Society



CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Central States Anthropological Society
91st Annual Meeting, April 10 to 12, 2014
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

The 91st Annual Meeting of the Central States Anthropological Society (CSAS) will be held at the Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, adjacent to Illinois State University, from Thursday, April 10 through Saturday, April 12, 2014. Faculty, students, independent scholars, and practitioners are invited to present or hear papers, give poster presentations, and participate in workshops and roundtables in all four fields of anthropology, including applied subdisciplines. This meeting also offers an opportunity for anthropologists from throughout the central states area, from institutions large and small, to meet, talk, and network together in a welcoming professional environment, and through several informal activities (a dance, planetarium presentation, and some ethnographic films).

Submission of abstracts (limited to 250 words) for individually volunteered presentations, organized sessions, and posters is encouraged. The CSAS also encourages student participation in the conference, including the submission of abstracts. Students are also invited to enter their submitted papers in our undergraduate and graduate prize competitions.

Local contact persons are Jim Stanlaw (stanlaw@ilstu.edu; 309-438-7690) and Nobuko Adachi (nadachi@ilstu.edu; 309-438-8036). Jim Stanlaw is also the program chair for the meetings, and is available to discuss any organized symposia that members may wish to propose.

More information on the CSAS and the annual meeting, and a link to registration for the conference, can be found at:
http://www.aaanet.org/sections/csas/?page_id=22

Please note that abstracts cannot be accepted until registration has been completed.  The deadline for abstract submission is December 10, 2013.

Hotel reservations, and a link for the CSAS discounted meeting rate at the Marriott conference hotel, can be found at:
http://www.aaanet.org/sections/csas/?page_id=145

Please contact Jim Stanlaw or Nobuko Adachi if you have any questions or need further information. 




Congratulations to EPE Alums

Dr. Ilona Szekely, an EPE alum who heads the art education program as an assistant professor in EKU’s Department of Art and Design, received the KY Art Education Association's Higher Educator of the Year Award for 2013. The award recognizes excellence in teaching, research and service.

Dr. Casey Owen Shadix has been appointed the new Director of Recruitment and Diversity Initiatives, College of Health Science, UK.