4–6 November, 2010, Chase Park Plaza, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
The 36th annual conference of the Association for Moral Education will explore the intersection of individuals’ moral development and social inequality and injustice. It will consider the capacities needed to deal constructively with social injustice through moral reflection, perspective taking and action as well as to recognise the many sources of social inequalities at institutional and individual levels. This demands a critical dialogue on the broad historical and political currents that shape societies, as well as careful analysis of individual factors that affect people in their day‐to‐day personal interactions.
The 2010 conference will provide a forum to address the moral challenges of social inequality. The conference will include invited speakers, breakout sessions, workshops and poster presentations that examine the moral implications of privilege and difference through issues of race/ethnicity, social class, gender/sexuality, orientation, ability and religion. Conference submissions may be on any topic related to moral education and development, but the conference organisers will encourage submissions which: identify teaching and learning practices that simultaneously promote moral growth and an understanding of the social conditions leading to inequality; present research findings that clarify the complexity of relations between social structures, unjust social practices and/or individually held attitudes and beliefs; describe how the creation of social identities and memberships impact moral reflection and action; analyse how such systems as family, religion, sports, media and other cultural institutions have influenced moral issues related to diversity, equality and social justice; foster a moral commitment to diversity and equality in education and other related disciplines.
The annual Kohlberg Memorial Lecture will be given by James P. Comer, MD, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine’s Child Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut. He is known nationally and internationally for his creation, in 1968, of the Comer School Development Program (SDP), the forerunner of most modern school‐reform efforts. He is the author of nine books, including Maggie’s American dream and Leave no child behind. His pioneering work in school restructuring has been featured in the media and academic journals. He is a co‐founder and past president of the Black Psychiatrists of America, and has served on the board of several universities, foundations and corporations and as a consultant to numerous local and national organisations serving children. He is currently co‐chair of the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education’s National Expert Panel on Increasing the Application of Knowledge About Child and Adolescent Development in Educator Preparation Programs. He has been the recipient of many awards and honours.
The conference co‐chairs are Wolfgang Althof, University of Missouri‐St. Louis and Bryan Sokol, Saint Louis University. The conference is sponsored by: University of Missouri‐St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Washington University in St. Louis and Lindenwood University.
The conference website with further information about accommodation and Call for Papers can be accessed through the AME website: http://www.amenetwork.org/conferences.html