JOHN DEWEY MEMORIAL CONFERENCE|October 8th & 9th 2021
Conference Headquarters:
The University of Vermont
Old Mill Building 94 University Place
Burlington, VT 05405
Link to Interactive Campus Map and Downtown Burlington Map
University of Vermont Parking Information
University of Vermont COVID-19 Policies
Please note that we will strictly adhere to all UVM health and safety regulations as well as all CDC recommendations. All conference participants will mask while indoors.
Vaccination is strongly urged for all visitors to UVM’s campus.
Thursday, 10/7/21
6pm-8pm Cocktail party at John Dewey house, hosted by Eric & Robin Gershman
186 South Willard
Burlington, VT 05401
*Weather permitting. At 7pm, host and author Eric Gershman will be
reading from his John Dewey based story, Alive in the Basement. Sneak preview: https://www.wattpad.com/Eric_Wayne.
Friday, 10/08/21
7:30am-10:00am | Registration & Welcome Table (Old Mill Building/John Dewey Lounge) |
8:00am-8:15am | Official Conference Welcome (John Dewey Lounge) |
8:15am-9:45am | |
9:45am-10:00am | Coffee Break |
10:00am-11:30am | |
11:30am-12:30pm | Lunch Break (on your own) |
12:30pm-1:30pm | John Dewey Memorial Symposium (John Dewey Lounge) |
1:35pm-3:05pm | Cynthia Belliveau, Lisa Heldke, & Raymond Boisvert |
3:10pm-4:40pm | |
3:10pm-4:40pm | School & Society Forum (John Dewey Lounge) |
4:45pm-5:45pm | NEPES Keynote Address and Coffee Reception (John Dewey Lounge) |
5:45pm-6:45pm | Mariana Souto-Manning NEPES Business Meeting (John Dewey Lounge) |
Saturday, 10/9
8am-9:00am Fellowship Walk of Dewey Sites with Sarah Stitzlein and Cara Furman
(Requires approximately two miles of walking total. Meet at Dewey’s gravesite beside Ira Allen Chapel on University Place for a prompt departure at 8:00am.)
9am-9:45am Tour of the Dewey Collection at UVM Billings Library (Billings Library,
48 University Place, Burlington, VT 05405)
10:00am-12noon Fifth Paper Session (John Dewey Lounge)
12noon-1:00pm Lunch Break (on your own)
1pm-2:45pm John Dewey Memorial Lecture and John Dewey Society Awards Ceremony (John Dewey Lounge)
Meira Levinson, Distilling the Spirit of Ethical Democratic Education: New Craft Cocktails of Challenges, or Old Politics in New Bottles?
In this talk, Meira Levinson will explore contemporary challenges in educational ethics, including conflicts over history and civic education, whether (and if so how) to measure COVID-related learning loss, and who should decide if (and if so, when) children and teachers should be required to attend schools in-person rather than remotely. She will argue that each of these challenges poses ethical questions that are specific to the current moment, but that they also collectively activate longer-term concerns about democratic decision-making and the distribution of power in a diverse polity. In the spirit of inclusive and Deweyan collaboration, Levinson will invite audience members to deliberate together about some of these dilemmas, in addition to offering her own ideas.
3pm-5:30pm John Dewey Society Emerging Scholars Forum (John Dewey Lounge)
6:30pm-7:30pm John Dewey Society Business Meeting & Reception (John Dewey
Lounge)
8:00pm Dinner and Drinks at local restaurant for those interested
Experiential Learning Opportunities
Saturday, 10/9
*Must Pre-Register with Kyle Greenwalt, greenwlt@msu.edu. Thanks to the generosity of our conference partners, all experiential sessions are free for participants.
**More information on the nature of experiences will be shared as it becomes available.
10am-12noon Dewey Kitchen session (must pre-register, 16 participants per session)
Marsh Life Sciences Building 109 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405
A Day on the Farm: Experiencing Place and Sustainability in Teacher Education
3:30pm-6:00pm, 1611 Harbor Rd, Shelburne, VT 05482
Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future. Together, Shelburne Farms and the University of Vermont are working to envision a new kind of teacher education that is place-based and attuned to global sustainability. In this workshop you will learn about the principles, pedagogies, and protocols that guide this work as we engage with the complexity of the Shelburne Farms landscape together. Dewey knew this landscape well as a child exploring the farms, forests, and mountains surrounding Lake Champlain.
*Families are invited to walk and explore the Farm during the workshop.
Number of Participants: 25 under current COVID protocols; 12 if more strict social-distancing is required. Pre-registration is first come, first serve. Participants must have their own transportation (though JDS can help with carpooling).
