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2007 Conference: Reimagining Educational Excellence
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Education is subject to regular calls for greater excellence, proposed programs for achieving it, and standards for measuring it. This implies a vision of the good against which excellence can be measured. Such visions are contestable, and so critics wonder if excellence is pursued at the expense of the educational soul. The Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning will host a conference October 11-13, 2007, to explore how the call of Micah 6:8, to seek justice, love mercy, and walk humbly before God, can reframe the visions of educational excellence that we pursue. What do teaching and learning practices informed by this call look like? How can the pursuit of justice, mercy, virtue, and faith inspire, inform, or challenge efforts at pedagogical excellence?
Plenary speakers at this conference will be David Purpel (emeritus, University of North Carolina at Greenboro), Herma Williams (Fresno Pacific University), and Christopher Smit (Calvin College).
Papers are invited that address aspects of these questions. Papers that address conceptual issues or provide reports of practice related to this question, while showing a clear emphasis on teaching and learning are invited from across the disciplines. Proposals, consisting of both a 400-word abstract and a 100-word abstract (to be included in the program if the proposal is accepted) should be sent via e-mail to seminars@calvin.edu no later than May 10, 2007; a short (100-word) biography should also accompany the proposal. Any attachments should be in MS Word (.doc) format. Additional information regarding the conference is available under the "Conferences" section at Calvin Seminars in Christian Scholarship. |
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January 2007 |
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