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

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 Some view EFA as too tightly tied to traditional models of schooling, outdated in a time of massive technological innovation.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.

It's Your Choice...

EPE798 Comparative Higher Education can also be taken Face2Face!

For those interested in EPE798 Comparative Higher Education listed as a DL class this spring, I wanted to answer some questions about how the class will be offered.

Using a blended delivery method developed by Dr. Joan Mazur, the course delivery will offer you a CHOICE.  CHOICE™ is a Dr. Mazur's acronym for Choose How Online Interaction Can Educate.  What this option means is that we will be ‘broadcasting’ a face-to-face class on an agreed upon date (when a substantial number of you might either attend a class in person OR synchronously). With help from the UK tech staff we will also record that class on the Adobe Connect system for those of you not in attendance to view at a later time.

So students who want a face to face experience can attend class.  Or you can join me online through the Adobe Connect system.  Or you can view the class after the fact and participate through Bb discussion and group activities. And you don't have to choose only one method...come when you can or log on instead.

I hope that experimenting with this new blended format will provide more opportunities for our students with busy schedules to take advantage of our EPE classes. This format will also allow us to interact with scholars from all over the world.

Please contact me if you have questions!  

Jane

(jjensen@uky.edu)

Seminar Descriptions for Spring 2014

Please see below for descriptions of upcoming seminars offered by UK's Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation.  

EPE 525-001/EPE 773-001  Seminar in Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation:  “John Dewey and American Education”  Taught by Dr. Richard Angelo from 4-6:30 PM on Thursdays.  John Dewey (1859-1952) was one of the towering intellectual figures of the 20^th century. When he died, as a biographer recently explained, “he was memorialized as America’s most famous philosopher, revered by liberal educators and deplored by conservatives, but universally acknowledged as his country’s intellectual voice.” Although Dewey’s name has been and continues to be synonymous with progressive education, there’s precious little agreement about what progressive education is or was, or what Dewey’s contribution amounted to.  We’ll discuss some of the classic texts authored by the man himself—e.g., “My Pedagogic Creed” (1897), “The Child and the Curriculum,” (1902), Experience and Education (1938)—but we’ll also sample a range of books and articles indicative of the controversies surrounding Dewey’s name for the last fifty years or so.  Students will be free to work on any aspect of Dewey’s thought or legacy which they find congenial.  A paper (20-25 pages in length) will be due at the end of the term. There will be no final exam. EPE 525-001 is taught with EPE 773-001.  Master's level students should register for EPE 525.  Doctoral students should register for EPE 773.

EPE 798-001  Seminar in Higher Education:  “Policies and Practices in International Education" Taught by Dr. Tony Ogden from 4-6:30 PM on Thursdays.  EPE 798-001 will introduce students to the breadth of the international education field, with an added emphasis on U.S. education abroad and student exchange. Course content will examine the role of national and international policy in shaping international education and overview major student mobility schemes. Through reading of the literature and extensive interaction with practitioners, students will be exposed to a wide range of central topics in international education, including trends in campus internationalization, best practices in program design, and emerging approaches in higher education outcomes assessment research.

EPE 798-201  Seminar in Higher Education:  “Comparative Higher Education”  Taught online by Dr. Jane Jensen as part of UK's Distance Learning Programs. This course meets requirements for the University of Kentucky Graduate Certificate in International Education.  The world of international higher education is vast.  Understanding this world in the context of globalization makes the subject even more complex.  This seminar builds on concepts introduced in EPE555 Comparative Education to explore comparative methods and theoretical frameworks in international higher education research.  We will examine questions of how different nations outside the United States interpret the purpose of higher education relative to a global labor market, what are their policies for access and determining quality, and in what ways they support student mobility within the nation and internationally.  We will also address processes of internationalization and regional collaborations in higher education.

This online course is will have some synchronous sessions both online and face-to-face. Live sessions will include opportunities for off-site interaction and will be recorded for those who cannot attend. You do not need to be able to come to Lexington to enroll. Please contact Dr. Jane Jensen (jjensen@uky.edu) for more information.
 

EPE 798-401  Seminar in Higher Education:  “College Athletics”  Taught by Dr. Willis Jones from 7-9:30 PM on Mondays. This course surveys empirical literature and popular commentary examining contemporary issues facing intercollegiate athletics.  The course will cover (among other topics) the economics of college sports, the administrative challenges of athletic administrators, and issues faced by student athletes.

EPE 798-402  Seminar in Higher Education:  “Diversity in Education- Higher Education Access for Diverse Groups”  Taught by Dr. Ishwanzya Rivers from 7-9:30 PM on Thursdays.  EPE 798-402 explores critical topics and issues, current practices, conditions, and policies related to diversity in higher education, including race/ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality.  Covers current research that explores diversity in higher education, institutional diversity policies and organizational behaviors, campus constituents, and the role of external groups.  Provides an opportunity to examine and discuss current research on class, race, gender, institutional policy, and individual factors that are known to impact participation in higher education.  Particular attention is given to stratification in higher education including but not limited to: the historical and legal context of access; points of access; pathways to higher education; and the effects of various policies and programs.