Spring 2003 Regional Conference on Critical Thinking
and
Philosophical Practice
Bergen
Community College
Paramus,
NJ
All sessions will take place in the new Technology Education Center, adjacent to the main campus building. Participants should park in the “B” lot, directly in front of the Technology Education Center. This building is easily recognizable by the two silver domed observatories on the eastern portion of its roof.
9:00-9:30 Registration and coffee, Tech 128 Foyer
9:30—11:00 Concurrent Sessions I
Tech 128-A:
Paul Eckstein, Bergen Community College, “Critical Reasoning and the Redemptive Power of Democracy”
Megan Laverty, Montclair State University, “Philosophical Dialogue: Ethical Inquiry and Ethical Practice”
Tech-128-C:
George Abaunza, Felician College, Workshop: “Building Agency and Self-Confidence in Students”
Michael Grosso, New Jersey City University, “Will Training and Philosophical Counseling”
11:00—12:00 Plenary Session—Tech 128-A
Lou
Marinoff, City College—City University of New York,
author of Plato, Not Prozac!
12:00—1:00 Lunch in Tech 128 (for advanced
registrants only)
1:00-2:30 Concurrent Sessions II: Workshops
Tech 128-A:
Maughn Gregory and David Kennedy, Montclair State University, and Darcy Hall, Millburn H.S. English Department, "Community of Inquiry in the College Classroom"
Tech-128-C:
Mark du Mas, President of the Paces Foundation, and former APPA Vice-President for Development, “Organizational Metaphysics: The Philosopher as Organizational Consultant”
2:30—2:45 Coffee Service in Tech 128
2:45—4:15 Concurrent Sessions III
Tech 128-A:
Symposium on Critical Thinking in the Classroom
Vanda Bozicevic, Brooklyn College, “Using Writing to
Teach Thinking”
Peter Dlugos, Bergen Community College, “Emphasizing Reflection in Critical Thinking”
Mehul Shah, Bergen Community College, “The Socratic Method: Theory and Practice”
Tech 128-C:
Vaughana Feary, Fairleigh Dickinson University, “The Role of Literature and the Visual Arts in Philosophical Practice”
Christian Perring, Dowling College, “The Limits of Philosophical Knowledge: Implications for Philosophical Counseling”
4:15—5:00 Closing Panel Discussion in Tech 128-A