"THE COURAGE TO TEACH"
Cultivating a Pedagogy of Passion, Innovation, and Renewal
THE 29TH ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR TEACHING CONFERENCE
Chapman University - Orange, California - June 19-22, 2002
CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE: JANUARY 11, 2002
"The real issue (for teachers) is not how do we �fill up space,�
but how do we create space for learning." - Parker Palmer, The Courage
to Teach
The Organizational Behavior Teaching Society is seeking proposals for
30-, 60-, and 90-minute sessions and workshops and Experiential Learning
Showcases (new!) for the 29th Annual OBTC.
Creating Space for Learning: "What? How? Why? and Who?" The 29th Annual
OBTC Behavior - �the premier teaching conference in our field - will
take place at Chapman University in Orange, California, just 35 miles
southeast of L.A. Drawing our theme from Parker Palmer�s classic, The
Courage to Teach (Jossey-Bass, 1998), we invite proposals for workshops,
catalyst sessions, doctoral/new faculty sessions, and - a new
presentation venue - the Experiential Learning Showcases.
We seek proposals that address any of the following four ways that
educators - academics and practitioners - guide learners toward Palmer�s
goal of "more truthful ways of seeing and being in the world:"
* WHAT do you teach? What are some of the innovative and interesting
content/topic areas you've introduced to your classrooms or consulting
projects?
* HOW do you approach the teaching of your subject and/or specific
topics? Proposals addressing this question would focus on the methods
and techniques used to "teach well," including trends and developments
in learning resources, experiential learning, distance learning,
technological breakthroughs (and limitations), assessments, evaluative
procedures etc.
* WHY do you do what you do in the classroom? As Palmer asks, "For what
purpose and to what ends do we teach?" and
* WHO ARE YOU? "Teachers," Palmer writes, "possess the power to create
the conditions that can help students learn a great deal - or keep them
from learning much at all. Teaching is the intentional act of creating
those conditions, and good teaching requires that we understand the
inner sources of both the intent and the act." Palmer argues it is
essential, therefore, for teachers to ask "the who question: WHO is the
self that teaches? How does the quality of my selfhood form - or
deform - the way I relate to my students, my subject, my colleagues, my
world?" Proposals that touch on this aspect of our conference theme will
address the fundamental ways individual teachers - or entire educational
institutions - can "sustain and deepen the selfhood from which good
teaching comes."
COMPLETE PROPOSAL GUIDELINES AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
http: //www.obtc.org
Discounts for Graduate Students. Scholarships available to support
New Faculty and First Nations Outreach Efforts.
Join an expanding community of educators dedicated to teaching
excellence for OBTC 2002 at Chapman University (www.chapman.edu).
Participants will appreciate the intimate setting of our host
institution for 2002: Chapman�s lushly landscaped campus - adorned with
sculptures, a section of the Berlin Wall, and tranquil meditation
areas - offers a serene environment located in historically preserved
Old Towne Orange. The campus is just 15 minutes from John Wayne (Orange
County) Airport, with direct jet service provided to/from most major
U.S. cities. Primary accommodations in the newly completed Henley
Residence Hall, with private bathrooms, marbled atrium lobby,
multipurpose game room, and A/C in all rooms. Arrive early; stay late!
CONTACT: Mark Maier and/or Janet Cooper Jackson, OBTC 2002 Conference
Co-Chairs, Chapman University, 1 University Drive, Orange, CA 92866.
phone: (714) 628-7316.
fax: (714) 997-6641
email:
jjackson@chapman.edu