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  • 10/5 Symposium on Intellectual Humility and Education

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    Program Summary 

    How important is it to know what you know? How important is it to know what you don’t know?

    Intellectual humility helps us know what we don’t know, and counters both arrogance and servility.

    In contemporary society, arrogance is modeled at the highest levels of power.

    Arrogance can also occur in our own lives—it may be easy for us to assume that we have more knowledge than we do.

    Do the risks of arrogance, on the large scale and the small, include prejudice and racism?

    On the other end of the spectrum lies intellectual servility. How often have you doubted your own abilities and knowledge?

    How often have you seen your students doubting their abilities and knowledge? Does this disproportionately affect marginalized students?

    This symposium explores the role of intellectual humility in countering both arrogance and servility.

    Our primary question is: how can we facilitate the development of intellectual humility in education?

     

    Program Schedule

     

    8:00-8:45 AM

    Registration

     

    8:45-9:00

    Welcome and Introduction

     

    9:00-10:00

    Intellectual Humility

    Jason Baehr (Loyola Marymount University), Heather Battaly (University of Connecticut),

    Daniel Howard-Snyder (Western Washington University),

    Dennis Whitcomb (Western Washington University)

     

    10:15-11:15

    The Puzzle of Humility and Disparity

    Jason Baehr (Loyola Marymount University), Heather Battaly (University of Connecticut),

    Daniel Howard-Snyder (Western Washington University),

    Dennis Whitcomb (Western Washington University)

     

    11:30-12:30

    Intellectual Humility and Interdisciplinary Intercultural Citizenship

    Michael Byram (Durham University), Fabiana Cardetti (University of Connecticut),

    Manuela Wagner (University of Connecticut)

     

    12:30-1:30

    Lunch

     

    1:30-2:30

    Intellectual Humility and Human Rights Education

    Sandra Sirota (University of Connecticut)

     

    2:45-3:15

    Applying Intellectual Humility in Education: Examples

    Heather Battaly, Fabiana Cardetti, Sandra Sirota, Manuela Wagner

     

    3:15-3:45

    Breakout sessions: How would you apply Intellectual Humility in Education?

     

    4:00-4:30

    Final Panel: Questions for the Speakers

     

    4:30-5:30 PM

    Reception

     

     

    We are grateful to the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute for sponsoring this event!

     

     

    Kindly respond by September 25 to University Events and

    Conference Services at 860.486.1038 or email rsvp@uconn.edu

     

    If you are an individual who requires an accommodation to participate, please call or email University Events and Conference Services

    For more information, contact: University Events and Conference Services at rsvp@uconn.edu