Call for Proposals
50th Annual Conference
Association for Moral Education
24-26 October 2024
Queensborough Community College
Bayside, NY, USA
Conference Theme: Between Is and Ought: Meaningful Engagement in a Morally Complex World
Conference email address: AMEconference2024@gmail.com
Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2024
The Association for Moral Education provides an international forum for the interdisciplinary study of moral and ethical dimensions of human development and education, fostering communication and cooperation among scholars and practitioners considering all aspects of moral learning, development and action across the lifespan in multiple roles and contexts, including the school, family, workplace, community, and the larger society in the modern digital world.
The conference welcomes sessions and preconference workshops on any related topic in morality, ethics and moral education, especially, but not exclusively, related to the conference theme.
Submissions are sought from scholars and practitioners in the fields such as moral psychology, philosophy, sociology, and education; computer and information science and ethics; science and technology studies; cultural and media studies and from policymakers, network and software engineers, cyber security professionals, teachers, PhD students and practitioners. All submissions will be peer reviewed.
We also encourage submissions based on national or international comparative studies from researchers outside of North America.
SUBMISSION TYPES
Individual Paper Presentation
Symposium
Poster Presentation
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS
Please carefully review the following guidelines and submit via the link on the conference web page: www.amenetwork.org/2024
Avoid providing identifying information about authors in abstracts. Tables and figures are not supported in the submission process. Only standard projection equipment is available for conference presentations. Internet access is free in the conference meeting rooms.
We assume that the first author is the corresponding/presenting author. If not, please email the conference.
Proposals will be accepted in English only.
Acknowledgments and further information will be sent to the first author of papers and posters, to the organizer and chair of symposia, and to the first author of each paper included in the symposia. The first author of each paper is asked to be in touch with all co-authors. The organizer and chair of each symposium is asked to be in touch with first authors of each paper in the symposium.
First authors need to register for the conference before 20 August 2024 or the paper will be dropped from the program.
An individual can submit no more than two conference proposals as first author but may be part of the group in other proposals.
In addition, for each submission, the submission page asks:
● Three Key Words
● Proposal Discipline (e.g., education, psychology, philosophy)
● Primary Form of Contribution (e.g., Theory, Research, Program Development/Application, Education/Policy)
Paper Presentation
Presentations by one or several authors should be submitted as a Paper or Poster Presentation; i.e., they are not a symposium. These are usually empirical, theoretical or applied presentations. For paper presentations, the conference program committee combines three or four similar topics together into a 90-minute session. For poster presentations, see guidelines below.
● Title (up to 12 words; sentence case, i.e., first word capitalized)
● Shorter Abstract for the program (100 words). This abstract will be available in the program.
● Longer Abstract for the reviewing committee (300-500 words). This abstract will be reviewed by AME board members before proposal acceptance but will not be included in the program. In this abstract, state the purpose of the paper, define the concepts at its center, discuss the significance of the study or work, address its social context or/and theoretical framework, consider methodological issues, and reflect on the practical implications of your study. This abstract should be done in the form of a complete narrative paper.
● First/Corresponding Author First Name, Last Name, Institutional Affiliation, and Email Address.
● Each Co-Author’s First Name, Last Name, Institutional Affiliation, and Email Address
● For paper presentations, we ask whether you would be willing to present this paper as a poster.
Symposium
A Symposium session is a self-coordinated topic or theme typically consisting of 3 to 4 paper presentations or other innovative and/or media-based work.
● Title for the Symposium (up to 12 words; sentence case, i.e., first word capitalized)
● Shorter Abstract for the Program (100 words). This abstract will be available in the program. Be sure that it is clear that this is a series of papers and describe the topic.
● Longer Symposium Abstract for the Reviewing Committee (100 words + title for each paper). This abstract will be reviewed by AME board members before proposal acceptance and will be included in the program. In this abstract, for each paper, state the title (maximum 12 words, sentence case) and additional information (e.g., the purpose of the paper, the concepts at its center, the significance of the study or work, its social context or/and theoretical framework, and practical implications), as able in the word space. This information will be needed by reviewers to make acceptance decisions. Each paper in this abstract should be described in narrative form.
● First and Last Names of the Organizer and Chair for your Symposium, and of the Title for each paper, with their first Author.
Example: Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro (Organizer and Chair). Applied Moral Problems Across the Globe: The importance of Justice.
Andrea Bustamante Torres, Marvin Berkowitz. Teacher Education and SEL and the Cycle of Violence in Colombia.
Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro, John Gomez Varon. Restorative Justice Movements in Schools in War-torn and More Stable Countries.
Wiel Veugelers, Isolde De Groot, Vincent Stolk. Teaching Common Values: Democracy and Tolerance in Educational Policies and Practices in the European Union.
The first author is Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro, second is Andrea Bustamante Torres, third is Wiel Veugelers. You do not need to repeat Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro’s name.
● First/Corresponding Author First Name, Last Name, Institutional Affiliation, and Email Address: This is the convener and chair of the symposium.
● Additional Author(s) Names, Affiliation(s) and Email Address(s). Please provide the names, affiliations, and email addresses of all co-authors in the symposium. In the example above, you will have already provided information for Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro, Andrea Bustamante Torres, and Wiel Veugelers. Here provide information for Marvin Berkowitz, John Gomez Varon, Isolde De Groot, and Vincent Stolk.
Poster Presentations
Poster presentations are self‐contained and self‐explanatory, textual and graphic displays with the opportunity for individualized, informal conversation about the topic. The poster (3’ wide x 4’ high or 4’ wide x 3’ high) should include the essential elements of the study or program with written text kept to a minimum.
● Title (up to 12 words)
● Conference Program Abstract (100 words) This abstract will appear in the program
● Summary or Description (300-500 words) must include: Research question(s) or program addressed, Context of the study or program, Significance, Study implications; theoretical, practical and/or policy contributions.
● Author(s) affiliation
● Contact information
Acceptance decisions will be communicated by late May.
Additional Information may be found at https://amenetwork.org/2024.
Travel Grants. Student presenters who have limited financial resources, emerging scholars (i.e., faculty members within 5 years of their highest degree) and faculty members from lower-income economies as defined by IMF have the opportunity to apply for travel award grants after proposals are accepted. Apply at https://www.amenetwork.org/2024. Travel grant decisions cannot be made until proposals are reviewed.