Minutes of the SIG13 Meeting, 26/08/2009, Amsterdam
Present members seventeen (17)
Cees Klaassen, Jean–Luc Patry, Dimitris Pnevmatikos, Sophia Avgitidou, Davi Melnick (as Nava Maslovaty’s represenatitive), Anna Tapola, Lena Fritzen, Hermann J. Abs, Karin Heinrichs, Brigitte Latzko, Peter Kirchschläger, Angela Gastager, Saila Pulter, Wiel Veugelers, Fritz Oser, Jostein Säther, Kirsi Tirri
The Agenda
1. Opening, Welcome
2. Agenda – Additions?
3. Coordinators’ reports
4. Maslovaty Foundation and Awards
5. Election of a new Coordinator
6. Symposium 2010
7. Mission statement
8. Future activities
9. Varia
1. Opening
Welcome by Jean-Luc Patry. Presented the agenda.
2. Agenda
No additions by the members to the agenda.
3. Co-ordinators’ reports.
A) Activities:
a) 1st SiG symposium at Florina, thanks to Dimitris Pnevmatikos. Dimitris thank everyone that gave him the opportunity to organize such a symposium and looks forward to be involved in the organization of the 2nd meetings. Wiel thanks Dimitris for good organization of 1st symposium.
b) EARLI SIG 13 newsletter – thanks to Anna who is willing to edit the newsletter for another two years after being asked by the members to continue. Dimitris comments that it is one of the best EARLI newsletters.
c) Nava Maslovaty has offered an award.
d) A new edited book entitled “Moral courage” edited by Nava Maslovaty and Cees Klaassen will be published within next two months.
B) Review process in the EARLI2009 congress.
a) Fifty percent paper acceptance for the papers mentioned SIG13 for the mean acceptance for all SIGs is 66%. Jean–Luc posed this as problematic because topic seems not to be attractive to EARLI interests and in addition some of the proposals have new approaches and so they have been turned to round tables rather than symposia.
b) Three symposia have been rejected although the idea of the symposia was assessed as good. Proposition to improve data and methodologies but also acknowledge that some issues are not only researched by quantitative methodologies and reviews have put an issue of measurement. In addition, EARLI should be open to innovative methodologies and adaptations of theoretical propositions.
C) Co-ordinator’s meeting
Jean-Luc expressed the EARLI’s will to propose a junior/assistant co-ordinator for the next year. Anna proposes that Ph.D students should be asked to join SIG and take up such a role. Fritz proposed his Ph.D student working on moral education.
D) Announcement of joint dinner this night at “La Veranda” restaurant.
4. Maslovaty Foundation and Awards
David Melnik has been asked by Nava to come and announce the award for better publication. Nava was unable to come due to serious health problems. Award given to two people every two years in the biennial conference – 2000€ each.
Cees first announced his call to Nava and her disappointment for not being able to come to Amsterdam as well as her regards to all members of the Sig.
The Jury nominated and awarded Anna Tapola for her paper on human dignity. Cees commented on the theoretical and methodological contributions of this paper. Anna thanks the jury and Nava for this overwhelming and happy experience.
The second nomination and award was to Kirsi Tirri for her edited book “Educating Moral Sensibilities in Urban Schools. Moral Development and Citizenship Education”, Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. Cees explained the contribution of this edited book.
5. Election of a new co-ordinator
Dimitris Pnevmatikos is the only nominee and he is elected with one abstention.
6. SIG13th Symposium 2010
Propositions Tel Aviv and Bergen. Written votes give priority to Israel.
7. Mission statement
A committee by Dimitris, Anna, Cees and Jean-Luc will prepare the mission statement.
8. Future activities.
· An edited book by Cees
· Linnaeus International Project introduced by Lena Fritzen.
9. Varia
None
The meeting is closed.
Signed:
Dimitris Pnevmatikos Jean-Luc Patry