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Call for Papers "Paideia: Education in the Global Era" 19th International Conference of Philosophy The International Association for Greek Philosophy (IAGP) The Greek Philosophical Society The International Center for Greek Philosophy and Culture The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP - USA) Samos (Greece) 15-21 July 2007 __________________________________________________ The Conference is held under the auspices of the Ministries of Culture and Education and is directed by an International Academic Committee. The Conference will take place in the inland of Samos (Pythagorion) in Greece from 15th - 21st of July 2007. The Conference aims to provide a philosophical forum for exploring the principles, values, purposes, aims and the means of paideia, and more broadly of education, nurturing, and upbringing, within the framework of the common issues and problems that all corners of the world face in the present era of globalization. So the main questions to be discussed and investigated are whether and what conceptual changes should be concerning the content and the procedure of education and whether education understood as paideia should be considered of value in our technological global era. Seeing things from this point of view, nations and states have to consider the question whether and to what extend they have to make changes and to restructure their education system. Understandably, the problem of education (which is closely related to the problem of values) poses itself today anew within the global framework of the present century. Particular aspects of research and discussion of the this philosophy conference main topic may be the following: 1. Classical theories of education and their contemporary relevance (Plato, the Sophists, Isocrates, Aristotle, Stoicism, Jean-Jaques Rousseau, Piaget and beyond). 2. Leading contemporary philosophies of education in relation to the problem raised by the present conference. 3. The concept and content of Greek paideia as education in Antiquity, Renaissance and the Modern world and its relevance today. Hellenic Paideia and Christian education. 4. The classical conception of education and its rejection by the progressive educators. 5. Conceptions of human nature and their influence on education. 6. The concept, content and practice of education and its relation in a culture or society to that culture's or society's ideals. 7. the relative place of the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities in post-secondary education. 8. Education as paideia and education as training for a specific occupation (the relative place of education with immediate application in a specific occupation and of education without such an immediate application of post-secondary education in the humanities and sciences). Education in technical skills, critical thinking and paideia. 9. The humanities, the sciences, and the concept of a balanced education (the place of paideia in the context of our scientific curricula). 10. Public and private education in a free and open society. 11. Paideia and the multiple cultural traditions. The challenge of multiculturalism in the global era and educational values. 12. Moral and religious education in the global era. Paideia and ethical relativism.The universal goals of paideia and the diversity of religious practices. 13. The philosophy and the politics of educational reforms. The theoretical grounds of educational procedures in various states and nations, and what we can learn from them. Asian models of education and culture. What can western nations learn from educational practices, for example, in Japan, China and Korea (or vice-versa)? 14. The concern for a global education. The aims of early education and the global society (Should a society educate its young with only its ideals as goals or educate them to all the known ideals in the world?). 15. the problems of a universal paideia in the age of cultural and political conflicts. The principles and the aims of a global education and the role of paideia. Educating the citizens of the global era. The conference is open to all philosophers, including specialists in Greek philosophy and culture, and all researchers of contemporary philosophical thought (ethics, political philosophy, theory and philosophy of education, etc) to theoreticians of economy, values and communication, and to those who are experts concerning the globalisation process, and ecological culture and ecological philosophy. It is also open to creative persons in all the arts and sciences who, taking into consideration contemporary discussions of the problems raised by our age, are able to articulate consistent discourse concerning the problems of education and particularly the place of it in our global era. There are the following categories of presentation: - Category a: The presentation of original academic Papers by Invited Speakers of 30 mins. Duration. - Category b: The presentation of original academic Papers of 20 mins duration. - Category c: Short presentation of papers on a Conference topic of 15 mins. duration. - Category d: The presentation of Post-Graduate Students Papers (Students' Sessions). - Category e: Participation by Posters (Poster Sessions). The official languages at the Conference will be Greek, English, French and German. However, due to the prohibitively high cost of simultaneous translation, only the first two of these languages will be simultaneously translated. Applications for participation of whatever kind must be received by: 30th December 2006 or 30th January 2007. For further information please consult the conference website: http://www.hri.org/iagp/ and http://www.iagp.gr/ Contact: Professor Konstantine Boudouris President of the Organising Committee 19th International Conference of Philosophy International Association for Greek Philosophy (IAGP) 5 Simonidou Str. 174 56 Alimos (Athens) Greece Tel: +30-210-9956955, +30-210-7277545, +30-210-7277548 Fax: +30-210-9923281, +30-210-7248979 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.iagp.gr __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
