[Pap73mailinglist] CFP: PAP Mid-Year Conference 2014

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*Philosophical Association of the Philippines (PAP) Midyear Conference 2014*
*24-25 October 2014*
*Philippine Normal University, Manila*

*“The Role of Philosophy in the K-12: Pedagogy and Content”*

This conference is an appendage of the national conference held last April
1-4, 2014 at San Pablo Seminary in Baguio which discussed the structural
and curriculum changes of the K to 12 to the discipline and teaching of
philosophy in the basic and higher education.  In that conference, we
discussed world trends in education, teaching philosophy to children, the
state of philosophy in the seminary, multi-disciplinal approaches,
instruments for measuring thinking, etc. We also had a workshop on the
making of an outcomes-based syllabus.

The K-12 adjustments introduce a climate of chaos, ambiguity, and
insecurity to all Filipino teachers but we philosophy professors view this
impasse as midwifing a new vision for philosophy. We teach that philosophy
is not really a discipline but an approach to reality and that teaching
philosophy is not a job but a vocation. We commit to stay with the
difficult process of laboring to find new ways of teaching philosophy that
would form minds that trust and seek truth in the age of transnationalism,
multi-cultural environments with real and virtual scapes, with recurring
problems of injustice, corruption, and armed conflict.

In the CHED Memorandum Order No. 20, it is demanded that the teaching of
philosophy should take the approach of general education. This implies that
disciplines which we consider as leaning towards philosophy (such as the
new integrated program for values formation from Kindergarten to Grade 10
“Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao”, the elective for Grade 11 students
“Introduction to World Religions and Beliefs”, the course “Introduction to
the Philosophy of the Human Person”, the tertiary GE courses “Understanding
the Self” and “Ethics”) cannot anymore assume a disciplinal perspective but
a cross-disciplinal one. This also implies that these courses need not be
taught exclusively by professors with degrees in philosophy.

The said CHED memo cites Carol Schneider, president of the Association of
American Colleges and Universities: “…it is no longer a ‘multiple-choice’
world; instead, ‘big-picture thinking’ is in demand amid the complexity of
life and massive explosion of knowledge across all fields. The globalized,
technology-driven world order, with effects both good and ill, has also
spawned different types of realities and problems that individuals and
societies are expected to deal with in different facets of life. Issues of
health, climate change, crime, and socio-economic disparity are no longer
confined to national borders, making a board understanding of the world
imperative. At the same time, to make sense of the world, perspectives must
be grounded in home realities and securely anchored on a sense of personal
and national identity and self-understanding.” (*In Defense of a Liberal
Education*, Forbes, 10 August 2009).

We would therefore like the discourse for the mid-year to be based on, but
not limited to, the following thematic streams:


   - Infusion of philosophy in the following GE courses:
         - Understanding the Self
         - Readings in Philippine History
         - The Contemporary World
         - Mathematics in the Modern World
         - Purposive Communication
         - Art Appreciation
         - Science, Technology and Society
         - Ethics
      - Pedagogical Styles
      - Philosophy for Children
      - Critique of the K-12 system


Potential contributors must send a 300-word abstract with an outline of
their paper presentation. All biographic information should be in a
separate file to be sent with the abstract and outline. The document must
be in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format.

*For submissions and inquiries, please email philoassocphil73 at gmail.com
<philoassocphil73 at gmail.com>. The deadline of submission is 5 September
2014. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 19 September 2014.*

The fee for this two-day conference is Php2,500 which covers meals, and
includes the conference kit, certificate of participation, and PAP shirt.

We earnestly invite all philosophers, in all disciplines, across levels of
education, to the agora and discuss this grave matter of how to educate the
heart.

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