FREE LASAR conference ‘Epistemic Insight and Big Questions’

 The conference is free and online. As you’ll see – the first day has a series of discussion workshops so that our students can interact directly with speakers and other experts – to explore ways to teach and learn about Big Questions. Day two has a conventional set-up with speakers and papers.

Please forward to students and other networks that you think will have an interest.

Conference context:

The Epistemic Insight Initiative is an international research and curriculum innovation strategy led by the Faculty of Education at Canterbury Christ Church University. Within the ‘EI’ Initiative, teachers, student teachers and tutors are collaborating on ground-breaking research to design and test strategies to engage school students in more dialogue about Big Questions.

Why – and what this conferences addresses:

To engage wisely with big questions like can robots think for themselves and how should we respond to a pandemic – students and scholars alike need to carefully frame their questions and develop their understanding of the strengths and limitations of disciplines like science, maths, history, philosophy, computing, medicine, sports science and the arts. 

At the same time, teachers of RE, English, PHSE and more need strategies to bridge curriculum boundaries and to encourage enquiries that can sometimes be religiously sensitive. This conference brings together a ‘scholarly hothouse’ of teachers, tutors, student teachers and researchers who are working at the frontiers of these challenging questions. 

Keynotes

• Prof. John Bryant, University of Exeter, UK; Conversations between science and religion in framing ethical responses to developments in biology and medicine.
• Shoaib Malik, College of Natural and Health Science, Dubai; Islam and Evolution – Mapping the Interdisciplinary Dimensions
• Prof. Jerry Kapus, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University, USA; Kalam Cosmological Argument. An Interwining of Philosophy, Religion and Science
• Prof. Berry Billingsley, Big questions in challenging times
• Dr Andrew Serazin, President of the Templeton World Charity Foundation, To Lead Out: Education in A Time of Uncertainty

 http://www.epistemicinsight.com/lasar-2020-conference/

In order to attend this free conference, please ensure you have

1. Registered to gain access to the conference online platform – please register at https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/education/conferences-events/2020/2020-06-22-epistemic-insight-and-big-questions.aspx
2. Completed the Participation and Permission form for LASAR 2020 ONLINE Conference for both presenters and participants. The conference will be recorded and work published as an outcome of the conference. Please use the link below and ensure you press the finish button to log your results.          https://canterbury.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/participation-and-permission-form-for-lasar-2020-online-co-3