Newswise — Education researchers will gather from across the country and around the world when the American Educational Research Association (AERA) hosts the 91st Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Attendance is anticipated to top 12,000 for the 2010 meeting, with scholars coming from disciplines across the social science spectrum to share research findings. The Annual Meeting takes place Friday, April 30, to Tuesday, May 4, at the Denver Convention Center and surrounding headquarters hotels.
The theme of the meeting is Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World, a topic selected by AERA President Carol D. Lee and Program Chair Ronald Rochon and designed to “address the conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges and opportunities inherent in understanding how and what people learn across time and space.” They express the hope that “the 2010 Annual Meeting will stimulate new conversations and collaborations that fundamentally expand our understanding of the richness of the diversity of the human experience and enable us to use that knowledge to enrich and expand opportunities to learn for all.”
Speakers at the 2010 Annual Meeting include:
Carol D. Lee, AERA President, 2010 Presidential Address Michael Cole, AERA Distinguished Lecture Linda Darling-Hammond, Distinguished Contributions to Education Research Award Lecture John Q. Easton, Institute of Education Sciences Beverly L. Hall, Distinguished Public Service Award Lecture Margaret Beale Spencer, Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture
The 2010 Annual Meeting Program—with all sessions selected for presentation in Denver—has been posted online at www.aera.net in a searchable format and in PDF by day and time.
The headquarter facilities are the Hyatt Regency, Colorado Convention Center, and the Sheraton Denver. A majority of the 2,000 sessions will take place in the Denver Convention Center.
The press room location is 700 14th Street, Room 302, Street Level in the Convention Center and the press room telephone number is (303) 228-8402. To reach AERA Communications beforehand, call (202) 238-3200; Helaine Patterson ([email protected]) or Lucy Cunningham ([email protected]). For complimentary press registration, contact AERA Communications at [email protected]
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Attend These Featured Lectures in Denver!
AERA Presidential AddressSoaring Above the Clouds, Delving the Ocean’s Depths: Understanding the Ecologies of Human Learning and the Challenge for Education ScienceCarol D. Lee, Northwestern UniversitySunday, May 2, 4:05 p.m.–6:05 p.m.
AERA Distinguished LectureWhat’s Culture Got to Do With It? Educational Research asa Necessarily Interdisciplinary EnterpriseMichael Cole, University of California–San DiegoSaturday, May 1, 10:35 a.m.–12:05 p.m.
Distinguished Contributions to Education ResearchAward (2009) LectureWhat Kind of Change Can We Believe In?Toward an Equitable System of Good SchoolsLinda Darling-Hammond, Stanford UniversityMonday, May 3, 12:25 p.m.–1:55 p.m.
Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture21st-Century Strategies for Youth Resiliency: UnacknowledgedChallenges and Opportunities for Research, Training, and PracticeMargaret Beale Spencer, University of ChicagoFriday, April 30, 4:05 p.m.–5:35 p.m.
Social Justice in Education Award (2010) LectureCultivating Flourishing Lives:A Robust Vision of Social Justice EducationCarl A. Grant, University of Wisconsin–MadisonFriday, April 30, 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Distinguished Public Service Award LectureUsing Data Every Day, Every Way to Transform Atlanta Public SchoolsBeverly L. Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, Public SchoolsSunday, May 2, 10:35 a.m.–12:05 p.m.
Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award (2009) LecturesThe Genre-Specific Nature of Reading Comprehensionand the Case of Informational TextNell K. Duke, Michigan State University
Postracial America and Equal Educational Opportunity:Does Affirmative Action Matter?Michele Moses, University of Colorado–BoulderMonday, May 3, 8:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
International SessionsEducational Innovation in China and the United States:The Ecological Challenges of an Interdependent World in the 21st CenturyPreparing for the Future: Changes andInnovations of Basic Education in ChinaMadame Xiaoya Chen, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China
New Opportunities for EducationImprovement for All in the United StatesMarshall S. Smith, United States Department of EducationSaturday, May 1, 2:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication: ResearchFindings and Research Paradigms Across the WorldCosponsored by the World Education Research AssociationChair: Luis C. Moll, University of ArizonaParticipants: Ingrid Gogolin, Universität Hamburg and World Education Research AssociationMichael Singh, University of Western SydneyGunther Dietz, Universidad VeracruzanaMonday, May 3, 10:35 a.m.–12:05 p.m.
Sessions on New Major ReportsWhat We Know and Need to Do: The Report of the Commission on the Future of Graduate Education in the United StatesChair: Cathy L. W. Wendler, ETSParticipants: William B. Russel, Princeton UniversityDebra W. Stewart, Council of Graduate SchoolsDiscussants: Jeffrey F. Milem, University of ArizonaJohn Stevenson, University of Colorado–BoulderSunday, May 2, 12:25 p.m.–1:55 p.m.
Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound PolicyThe National Research Council’s Report on TeacherEducation: What It Says and What It Means?Chair: Susan M. Johnson, Harvard UniversityParticipants: Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Bard CollegeAndrew C. Porter, University of PennsylvaniaSuzanne M. Wilson, Michigan State UniversityAnnemarie S. Palincsar, University of MichiganDiscussants: Gloria J. Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin–MadisonKenneth Zeichner, University of WashingtonSunday, May 2, 2:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
Research Policy IssuesOut of the Tower, Into the Schools: How New IES Goals WillReshape Researcher RolesChair: Robert E. Floden, Michigan State UniversityParticipant: John Q. Easton, Director, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of EducationSunday, May 2, 12:25 p.m.–1:55 p.m.
The Place of Education Research in a Science Agency:A Perspective From the National Science FoundationChair: Camilla P. Benbow, Member, NSF Science Board; Vanderbilt UniversityPresenter: Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Assistant Director (Acting), Educationand Human Resources Directorate, National Science Foundation (NSF)Discussants:Timothy L. Killeen, Assistant Director, Geosciences Directorate, National Science FoundationRichard J. Shavelson, Stanford UniversityMonday, May 3, 12:25 p.m.–1:55 p.m.
Future Directions in Education ResearchLeveraging What We Know: A Literacy Agenda for the 21st CenturyChair: Kris D. Gutiérrez, University of Colorado–BoulderParticipants: P. David Pearson, University of California–BerkeleyNell K. Duke, Michigan State UniversityDonna E. Alvermann, University of GeorgiaElizabeth B. Moje, University of MichiganSheila Valencia, University of WashingtonKen Goodman, University of ArizonaRobert S. Rueda, University of Southern CaliforniaSarah W. Freedman, University of California–BerkeleyGlynda A. Hull, New York UniversityCarol D. Lee, Northwestern UniversityDiscussant: Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford UniversitySunday, May 2, 10:35 a.m.–12:05 p.m.
Ecological Risks, Resiliency, and the Achievement Gap:Toward a Comprehensive Agenda for the 21st CenturyChair: Phillip J. Bowman, University of MichiganParticipants: A. Wade Boykin, Howard UniversityVivian L. Gadsden, University of PennsylvaniaDiana T. Slaughter Defoe, University of PennsylvaniaDiscussants: Michael T. Nettles, ETSStephen W. Raudenbush, University of ChicagoTuesday, May 4, 12:25 p.m.–1:55 p.m.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the national interdisciplinary research association for approximately 25,000 scholars who undertake research in education. Founded in 1916, AERA aims to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good.
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