Newswise — Jerome Bruner, a founder of the field of cognitive psychology, is a featured speaker and honoree at the two-day annual meeting of the National Academy of Education taking place at Teachers College, Columbia University, on Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22, 2005. In response to the increasingly lower international achievement scores of American students, Bruner will present suggestions on how to best implement a complete transformation of American public schools.
"Even our top five percent rank 23 out of 29 on the list of students in the top fifth-percentile," Bruner notes. "For the richest country in the world, that is not acceptable."
Bruner's remarks will be followed by a discussion that includes Maxine Greene, the William F. Russell Professor Emeritus in the Foundations of Education at Teachers College, and Carl Kaestle of Brown University, led by Hope Jensen Leichter, the Elbenwood Professor of Education at Teachers College.
A Spencer Reception Honoring Bruner takes place at The Park Central Hotel at 7:00 p.m. on October 21, 2005.
A Fellows Forum on October 21 includes breakout sessions on issues such as affirmative action, communicative practices, international education and teacher turnover.
Panel discussions on October 22 examine Legitimate Boundaries for Federal Agencies in Promoting the Policy Perspectives—with David Goldston from the House Committee on Science and Donald Kennedy from Science magazine as two featured panelists—and Comparing/Contrasting the Sociocultural and Cognitive Perspectives.
About the National Academy of Education:
The National Academy of Education (NAE) seeks advancement of the highest quality education research and its use in policy formulation and practice. Founded in 1965, the Academy consists of up to one hundred fifty U.S. members and up to twenty-five foreign associates who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship or outstanding contributions to education. Since its establishment, the Academy has sponsored a variety of commissions and study panels that have published proceedings and reports. Since 1986, NAE has administered the NAE/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, funded by The Spencer Foundation, which is designed to insure the future of research in education by supporting young scholars working in critical areas of educational scholarship. In keeping with its mission, the Academy funds proposals that promise to make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education as well as to advance the careers of the fellowship recipients.
About Teachers College:Teachers College is the largest graduate school of education in the nation. Teachers College is affiliated with Columbia University, but it is legally and financially independent. The editors of U.S. News and World Report have ranked Teachers College as one of the leading graduate schools of education in the country. Teachers College is dedicated to promoting equity and excellence in education and overcoming the gap in educational access and achievement between the most and least advantaged groups in this country. Through scholarly programs of teaching, research, and service, the College draws upon the expertise of a diverse community of faculty in education, psychology and health, as well as students and staff from across the country and around the world. The Campaign for Educational Equity is the public voice, and research and action arm of Teachers College, dedicated to promoting equity through improved policy and practice. For more information, please visit the college's Web site at http://www.tc.columbia.edu.
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