The 2010-2011 Vision Program of Abraham's Vision
Abraham's Vision offers the Vision Program Fellowship to 12 Jewish and 12 Palestinian university students with the goal of exploring the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through comparative conflict analysis and individual and group processes work to develop a personal, political, and innovative cross cultural dialogue. Abraham's Vision strives to create a new brand of leaders who will view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other conflicts as a grave, but surmountable challenges. The 2010-2011 Vision Program group will be made up of half Palestinian and half Jewish fellows who show proven leadership abilities and community involvement. Additionally, participants will be challenged to engage in the critical process of self and communal reflection to better understand participant identities and their integral role in both politics and daily life. Click here for more information about the program and application qualifications and procedures.
2011 Character Education Partnership Conference
The Character Education Partnership invites you to its 17th National Forum on Character Education, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco, Oct. 28-30. This year's theme is "Service & Leadership: Profiles in Character," and the conference will bring together around 1,000 K-12 educators, community leaders and other leading thinkers who are transforming schools through effective character education. Come and discover valuable resources, learn some great ideas, meet great people, and be inspired by our great keynotes. The Forum also features school visits, extended pre-Forum trainings, more than 70 practitioner-led breakout sessions, and interactive discussions on timely issues of concern. Click here to learn more and register online.
CALL FOR PAPERS: 40th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society
SELF-REGULATION AND AUTONOMY
Exploring Social, Developmental, and Educational Currents of Human Conduct
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3-5 June 2010
Submission deadline: 1 December 2009
Click here for more information.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) annual conference
ISPP is a multi-disciplinary organisation which has a strong theme of civic and also moral education as well as drawing on a wide range of topics related to civic and political life. Its journal is POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY. It is a very international body with many participants from Europe as well as north and south America. There are opportunities for presenting papers and posters and there is a lively Junior Scholars section.The next meeting is July 7-10, 2010 in San Francisco. The deadline for abstracts is February 5. Click here for full details.
AME 2010
AME 36th Annual Conference
GATEWAY TO JUSTICE :
Meeting the Moral Challenges of Social Inequality
November 4-6, 2010
Chase Park Plaza
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Conference website and Call for Papers coming soon
AME 2011
The 2011 conference is a unique conference in more ways than one. To be held in Nanjing, China, the conference will be sponsored by both AME and the Journal for Moral Education, as a special celebration of the 40th anniversary of the journal. This conference will be the first time that an AME conference will be held outside of North America or Europe. Plan now for this unusual event!
NEW AME PRESIDENT
The next AME president was selected at the 2009 Utrecht post-conference board meeting. A hearty congratulations to Sharon Lamb. We look forward to her presidency, beginning in November 2010.
