Workshop on School Choice

Martin School of Public Policy workshop on School Choice.

On Wednesday, October 7, 2009, Professors J.S. Butler and 

Eugenia Toma from the Martin School of Public Policy and 

Administration, University of Kentucky will speak on

"School Attributes and Distance: Tradeoffs in 

the School Choice Decision"

WEST END ROOM
18th floor
Patterson Office Tower

2:30 to 4:00

For further details, consult workshop web page

http://www.ifigr.org/workshop/workshop-fall-2009.html

Generation NeXt Seminar this month

See below for an invitation from our new Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, Dr. Mike Mullen, and keep an eye on the blog sidebar for interesting readings and links about education in today's world.


On October 16th, we are hosting a seminar and workshop by Dr Mark Taylor(http://www.taylorprograms.com/) entitled “Meeting and Teaching Generation NeXt. I have been in sessions with Dr. Taylor on two different occassions during the past 3 years and he provides a thought provoking and entertaining program. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this opportunity. Please share this with your Directors of UG Studies, teaching faculty, and advising staff. You must go to http://www.uky.edu/IRPE/assessment.html to register.


This will be a most useful and educational program. I look forward to seeing you there.

Undergraduate Common Reading Experience...Check it Out

From Jared Tippets (PhD-SHED)

The Office of New Student and Parent Programs invites all students, faculty, and staff to an evening with The Color of Water author James McBride as part of the inaugural Common Reading Experience. McBride will present “The Color of Water: Meditations on Identity,” an intimate discussion regarding the process of writing the book and his subsequent search for identity.

We encourage your attendance even if you have not read the book. Other campuses who have used The Color of Water describe McBride as a dynamic speaker whose unique background and vast array of experiences will be engaging and prompt reflection on your own identity. For students, this event is designated as both a TallyCats event and UK101 cultural event.

When: Thursday October 1, 2009 at 7:15 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Where: Singletary Center for the Arts, Concert Hall [MAP]
Cost: Free, non-ticketed

This event is FREE and open to the public, so arrive early for guaranteed seating. Overflow seating will be offered in the Singletary Center Recital Hall courtesy of Wildcat Student TV.

Want a free copy of the book?? There are a few additional copies of the customized book available. Students, faculty, and staff may pick up a complimentary copy during business hours in 518 Patterson Office Tower while supplies last.

For more information about the James McBride lecture and/or the Common Reading Experience, please visit www.uky.edu/CommonReading or contact CommonReading@lsv.uky.edu or 859.257.6597.

October Fellowship Opportunities

Please check out the fellowship opportunities coming up in October: Women's Club and Emeriti Faculty (go to Graduate School website for applications). These are self-nominating fellowships, so you do not need a nomination from the DGS; you will submit all the required documentation yourself.

For more information contact:
Catherine V Brown
Fellowship Officer
Graduate School
University of Kentucky
203 Gillis Building
Lexington, KY 40506--0033
catherine.brown@uky.edu

International Society for Educational Biography Call for Papers

International Society for Educational Biography Call for Papers
The Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference
Chase Park Plaza
St Louis, Missouri
April 22-24, 2010

Submission deadline is February 20, 2010

I.S.E.B. invites academics, teachers, graduate students, researchers and anyone who engages biography or aspects of biography in their writing, teaching, research, or other professional endeavors in any field (not exclusively education), to submit proposals for our annual conference. Previous papers have been given by English professors, history professors,law professors, French professors, graduate students, and priests, persons from Colleges of Education and other disciplines.

Possible topics include but are not limited to the following: Collective biographies, Role of biography in the history of education, biography and fiction, general biography in any area, plot structures of biographies, biographic criticism, publishing biographies, feminist approaches to life writing, use of life narratives in classroom instruction, oral history, experimental approaches to life-writing, narrating lives, ethical issues in life writing.

ISEB promotes the scholarly study of the lives of educators and those whose lives are educative. All analytical and interpretive approaches to biographies shall be encouraged as well as the exchange of ideas between scholars of education and those from other disciplines who have an interest in the field of education through the common bond of the educational biography. By "biography” we include traditional biographical accounts as well as biographical methods which include narrative, oral history, autobiography, ethnography, auto-ethnography, self-study.

The refereed conference invites individual papers and panel discussions; other presentation formats are welcome. Generally, the conference schedule allows 30 minutes for individual papers (includes discussion time), and 60-75 minutes for panel discussions and other kinds of presentations.

Please state any time and day that you cannot present.

Proposals should be sent as attachments and include:

1. A title page which includes title, name of author(s), address, telephone #, fax #, and e-mail.
2. A 250-350 word abstract describing the importance of the topic, the approach taken & the need for any technology.

Send proposals by surface mail, or e-mail attachment to:
Dr. John W. Hunt
Southern Illinois University
School of Education, Department of Educational Leadership
Campus Box 1125
Edwardsville, IL. 62026
Email: johhunt@siue.edu
618-650-3953

TENURE-TRACK POSITION POSITION IN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

TENURE-TRACK POSITION POSITION IN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

Illinois State University

We seek a colleague to join us in our commitment to educate for the democratic ideal.

Duties: This candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate students in the area of the Foundations of Education, and will be expected to engage in scholarly research and publication related to educational foundations; advise graduate students; serve on and direct doctoral dissertations; as well as provide service to the department, college, university, state, and profession.

Required Qualifications: Candidates must have an earned doctorate in Educational Foundations or a related discipline completed by August 15, 2010, as well as a record of, or evidence of potential for, excellence in teaching and scholarship.

We seek candidates whose professional backgrounds include some of the following:

• Strong disciplinary background, particularly in philosophy of education
• Commitment to developing and sustaining a scholarly line of inquiry
  
• Commitment to social justice and to anti-racist, multicultural, democratic public education
  
• Experience or interest in urban educational settings
  
• Experience working with communities of color, low-income communities, or in diverse cultural contexts
  
• Experience using a variety of technologies to design and deliver instruction and/or willingness to learn
  
• Capacity for collaboration with PK–12 and higher education professionals
  
• Interest in innovations in pre-service teacher education
  
• Experience with or work in US public schools

Further information is available at http://www.eaf.ilstu.edu/position/