Cave Hill Philosophy Symposium - Education
Published by rburton November 30th, 2007 in Events, Philosophy Conferences| February 28, 2008 | to | February 29, 2008 |
Cave Hill Philosophy Symposium (CHiPS) IV
Theme: Reflections on Education, particularly Tertiary Education
Begins: Thu, 28 Feb 2008
Ends: Fri, 29 Feb 2008
Location: Department of History and Philosophy, University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill, Barbados
Registration fee: $50 (full-time students free)
Last date for abstract submission: Fri, 30 Nov 2007
Last date for paper submission: Fri, 18 Jan 2008
Organizer: Frederick Ochieng’-Odhiambo
The theme for the fourth instalment of the Cave Hill Philosophy Symposium (CHiPS) will be education, more specifically tertiary education. This area has been selected because 2008 is the 60th anniversary of the University of the West Indies, a university which began as an elite institution, but which has now turned to mass tertiary education, due in part to shifts that have occurred in thinking about the place of tertiary level education within the Caribbean society. This is not a phenomenon that is unique to the Caribbean, however. We are therefore interested in exploring issues such as the roles of tertiary education, its value, the relationship between tertiary level education and development, gender issues in such education, teaching and learning, and the place of vocational training.
CHiPS welcomes papers that offer philosophical explorations of these and similar issues. The tradition that has developed in our philosophical conversations at CHiPS is one where views from varying philosophical traditions and regional philosophies are welcome, and the hope is that the contributions for Conversations IV will continue this trend. The Symposium also welcomes papers of a theoretical nature in the disciplines that share a boundary with philosophy; disciplines such as critical theory, cultural studies, law, linguistics, political theory, theology, and others. Papers with such an orientation should grapple with the relevance or contribution of particular philosophical ideas or approaches to the understanding of tertiary education in the disciplines in question.
In an effort to ensure well-prepared, quality presentations, abstracts (300-500 words) are due by November 30, 2007. Participants whose abstracts are accepted by the vetting committee will then be required to submit their completed papers via email as an attachment in either Word or Wordperfect by the firm deadline of January 18, 2007. (These papers will then be posted on-line for other participants to consult prior to the conference with the intention that time at the Symposium can be devoted much more to discussion than to exposition of the written papers.) We hope that revised papers will continue to be available online: those from the earlier symposia can be accessed from http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/fhe/histphil/Philosophy/ChiPS/
Contact persons:
- Dr. Frederick Ochieng’-Odhiambo: fochieng@uwichill.edu.bb
- Mr. Ed Brandon: edbrandon@gmail.com
- Ms. Roxanne Burton: roxanneeburton@gmail.com
Link: http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/fhe/histphil/Philosophy/ChiPS/