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Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
2009-2010 SIG Directory
This directory of AERA SIGs is in alphabetical order. Websites & email addresses, when available, are listed. Although we check this page for errors frequently if you should notice a non-working link please let us know. If your SIG is interested in creating or moving its webpage to the AERA website, please let us know.
SIGs: | A–G | H–Q | R–Z | All | A–Z
| Academic Audit Research in Teacher Education (SIG #174)
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| Purpose: |
The purpose of the SIG is the accumulation and interpretation of research findings from audits associated with the TEAC, NCATE, or state review processes and used in the evaluation of the competence of the graduates of teacher education programs and the quality of the programs themselves. |
| Contact: |
Todd W. Kent, Teacher Preparation Program, 41 William St, Princeton, NJ, 08540-5237; (609) 258-3336, (609) 258-3337
, twkent@princeton.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Action Research (SIG #2)
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| Purpose: |
The Action Research SIG builds community among those who are engaged in action research and those who teach others to do action research. This is accomplished through dialog about professional development strategies, educational practices and theory, and methods of action research. |
| Contact: |
Margaret M. Riel, Pepperdine University/SRI, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, 6100 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90045; (760) 943-1314
, mriel@pepperdine.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=368&id=4718 |
| Adolescence and Youth Development (SIG #3)
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| Purpose: |
To bring together educators, researchers, and youth advocates interested in examining ways to improve upon the experiences, behaviors, and perceptions of adolescence and youth as they develop over time. This SIG includes a cross section of researchers interested in diverse topics associated with adolescence and youth development. |
| Contact: |
Sharon L. Nichols, University of Texas at San Antonio, College of Education and Human Development, 501 West Durango Blvd., Suite 3.222, San Antonio, TX, 78207; 210-458-2035, (fax) 210-458-2065
, sharon.nichols@utsa.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=318&id=2138 |
| Adult Literacy and Adult Education (SIG #4)
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| Purpose: |
Dedicated to research development, policy, and practice in adult literacy and adult education. This SIG takes an interdisciplinary, lifespan perspective on learning and instruction among diverse populations. |
| Contact: |
Jane R. Shore, Educational Testing Service, Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ, 08541; (609) 734-5904, 609 734-5904
, jshore@ets.org |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=150&id=686 |
| Adulthood and Aging (SIG #5)
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| Purpose: |
With a focus on adult development and lifelong learning, to foster research and provide a focus for discussion of issues related to adulthood within education. |
| Contact: |
Dr. James A. Katt, 4625 Gatlin Oaks Lane, Orlando, FL, 32806; 321-433-7876, (407) 823-2681, (fax) (407) 823-6360
, jkatt@mail.ucf.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Advanced Studies of National Databases (SIG #6)
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| Purpose: |
To advance knowledge of the contexts and practices of education through facilitating awareness and understanding of the rigorous research methods required for valid and reliable analysis of national and state level databases. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn, University of Central Florida, PO Box 161250, Orlando, FL, 32816-1250; (407) 823-1762, (fax) (407) 823-4880
, dhahs@mail.ucf.edu |
| Dues: |
$6 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=152&id=712 |
| Advanced Technologies for Learning (SIG #7)
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| Purpose: |
To design new technologies that structure educational environments and transform educational practice, and to help the AERA community understand and influence the use of advanced technologies. |
| Contact: |
Chrystalla Mouza, University of Delaware, School of Education, Willard Hall 132 E, Newark, DE, 19716; (302) 831-3108, (fax) (302) 831-4110
, cmouza@udel.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.rochester.edu/warner/aera/ |
| Applied Research in Virtual Environments for Learning (SIG #173)
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| Purpose: |
To steward a robust community of educators, scholars, and practitioners dedicated toward research in and on virtual 3D environments. Using a variety of research methods, we support a diverse approach to understanding the optimal use of virtual worlds and environments for educational purposes. We're interested in developing a comprehensive research agenda intended to encompass the breadth and scope of learning potentialities, affordances, challenges, and shortcomings of immersive virtual learning environments. |
| Contact: |
Chris J. Dede, Harvard University, 323 Longfellow Hall, Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, 02138; (617) 495-3839, (fax) (617) 495-9268
, chris_dede@harvard.edu
; Dr. Jonathon J Richter, University of Oregon, Center for Advanced Technology in Education, 1244 Walnut St, 205a Rainier Building, Eugene, OR, 97403-2056; (541) 346-1630
, jrichter@uoregon.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr) |
| Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education (SIG #53)
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| Purpose: |
This international inter-disciplinary SIG offers a space for visual artworks, live performance and theoretical/conceptual praxis, facilitating a platform for artistic researchers and practitioners. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Celeste N. Snowber, Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education, 8888 University Drive, Bumaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada; 778-782-4453
, celeste@sfu.ca |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $2 (1 yr) |
| Arts and Learning (SIG #8)
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| Purpose: |
Recent themes include: arts performance and process in curriculum; arts integration, assessment, and criticism; cultural issues; semiotics creative process; aesthetic education; alternative research methodologies; and constructivism. |
| Contact: |
Zach Kelehear, University of South Carolina, Educational Leadership and Policy, 309 Wardlaw, Columbia, SC, 29208; (803) 777-0323
, dzk@sc.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.uacoe.arizona.edu/ALSIG/ |
| Arts-Based Educational Research (SIG #9)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a community for those who view education through artistic lenses, who use a variety of arts-based methodologies, and who communicate understandings through diverse genres. |
| Contact: |
Anniina Suominen Guyas, Florida State University, Art Education, 028 William Johnston Building, 143 Honors Way, Tallahassee, FL, 32306; 850-6442312, (fax) (330) 672-4729
, asuominenguyas@fsu.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $15 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://aber-sig.org |
| Associates for Research on Private Education (SIG #10)
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| Purpose: |
To facilitate discussion and dissemination of information about developments in research, policy, and practice in private education, including religious, non-religious, and home schooling. ARPE publishes the Private School Monitor and holds occasional conferences that supplement AERA meetings. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Gary L. Railsback, Point Loma Nazarene University, Dean, School of Education, 3900 Lomaland Drive, San Diego, CA, 92106; (619) 252-8353, (fax) 503-554-2849
, garyrailsback@pointloma.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=484&id=8184 |
| Bilingual Education Research (SIG #12)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research in bilingual education and to provide a forum for innovative approaches in this field of inquiry. This SIG addresses all ethnoliguistically diverse groups. |
| Contact: |
Christian J. Faltis, University of California, Davis, School of Education, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616; (530)-752-4036
, cjfaltis@ucdavis.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $15 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=154&id=1285 |
| Brain, Neurosciences, and Education (SIG #14)
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| Purpose: |
Provides a venue for research in the neurosciences that may inform and inspire educational research, and for rigorous educational research thus informed. |
| Contact: |
Jeffrey W. Gilger, , Purdue University, College of Education, 100 N University St, Rm 6134, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2098; 765-494-6542, (fax) 765-494-5832
, jgilger@purdue.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~athe0007/BNEsig/ |
| Business Education & Computer Information Systems Research (SIG #15)
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| Purpose: |
To stimulate interest in current research and research needs in business education and computer information systems, and to disseminate such research information. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Ken E. Martin, University of Cincinnati, 615 L Teachers College, Cincinnati, OH, 45221-0022; 513-556-3592, (fax) 513-556-1001
, ken.martin@uc.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Career and Technical Education (SIG #134)
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| Purpose: |
To discuss topics in vocational/career and technical education, career development, human resource development, career issues in the schools (Grades K-12), postsecondary education, adult and lifelong learning, and workforce education. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Tracy J. Kitchel, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education, University of Kentucky, Department of Community and Leadership Development, 713 Garrigus Building, Lexington, KY, 40546-0215; (859) 257-4273, (fax) (859) 257-1164
, tracy.kitchel@uky.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Career Development (SIG #16)
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| Purpose: |
To encourage and promote research related to the enhancement of career development through the life span, within educational contexts. |
| Contact: |
Rachel Gali Cinamon, Tel-Aviv University, School of Education, Ramt-Aviv, Tel-Aviv, , Israel; 972-03-640-8417, (fax) 972-3-640-509
, cinamon@post.tau.ac.il |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Caribbean and African Studies in Education (Formerly "Research Focus on Education in the Caribbean and Africa") (SIG #86)
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| Purpose: |
To encourage, conduct, coordinate, and disseminate research on education within and between Caribbean and African countries. |
| Contact: |
Dennis A. Conrad, Ph.D., State University of New York, 204 Satterlee Hall, Potsdam, NY, 13676; 315-267-2916, (fax) 316-267-4895
, conradda@potsdam.edu
; Dr. Janice B. Fournillier, Assistant Professor, 4651 Mason Rd, College Park, GA, 30349; (404) 4138262
, epsjbf@langate.gsu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=210&id=899 |
| Catholic Education (SIG #175)
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| Purpose: |
To support, promote, and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of Catholic education written from a diverse set of perspectives, including interdisciplinary and international issues. |
| Contact: |
Rev. Ronald J. Nuzzi, University of Notre Dame, ALLIANCE FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION, 153 I.E.I. Building, Notre Dame, IN, 46556; (574) 631-7730, (fax) (574) 631-7729-Gayle
, rnuzzi@nd.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Chaos & Complexity Theories (SIG #17)
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| Purpose: |
To apply, advance, and extend chaos and complexity theories to inquiry, research, and theory related to educational contexts. |
| Contact: |
Bernard P. Ricca, Saint John Fisher College, Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, 3690 East Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618; 585-899-3866
, bricca@sjfc.edu |
| Dues: |
$12 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~chaplx-p/news.php |
| Charter School Research and Evaluation (SIG #142)
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| Purpose: |
To promote and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of charter schools written from a diverse set of perspectives. |
| Contact: |
Charisse Atibagos Gulosino, 331 Harvard Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139; 646-251-8134
, Charisse.Gulosino@umb.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=156&id=794 |
| Classroom Assessment (SIG #18)
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| Purpose: |
The purposes of the SIG are to promote student learning through improved classroom assessment practices; to assist teachers in improving their classroom assessment practices and understand why it is essential to do so. To achieve these purposes, the SIG includes among its goals the promotion of quality research into classroom assessment practices, using all legitimate research approaches and methods, and the active collaboration with other SIGs and AERA divisions who share an interest in promoting research into classroom assessment. |
| Contact: |
Jeffrey S. Beaudry, 28 Abby Lane, Portland, ME, 04103; 207-780-5493, (fax) 207.780.5674
, jbeaudry@usm.maine.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=460&id=7164 |
| Classroom Management (SIG #19)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research on classroom organization and management, alternative discipline models, group and learner social interactions, and approaches to teacher education. |
| Contact: |
Sandee G. McClowry, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, New York University, 239 Greene Street, 406, New York, NY, 10012; 212 998-5297
, sandee.mcclowry@nyu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aeraclassroommanagement.educ.msstate.edu/ |
| Classroom Observation (SIG #20)
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| Purpose: |
The purpose of the Classroom Observation SIG is to provide members access to current research in observation techniques in educational settings. |
| Contact: |
Ms. Kelly Feighan, Research for Better Schools, 112 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102; 215-568-6150
, feighan@rbs.org |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=376&id=4968 |
| Cognition and Assessment (SIG #167)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research on educational assessment merging two traditionally distinct fields - cognition and psychometrics |
| Contact: |
Jonathan Templin, University of Georgia, Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics, Aderhold Hall, Room 329, Athens, GA, 30602; (706) 542-6622
, jtemplin@uga.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Communication of Research (SIG #21)
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| Purpose: |
To facilitate research on the nature of communication of educational research, and to expand the understanding and promote the effective use of information technology and library-based resources in educational research. |
| Contact: |
Kate Corby, 1382 Red Leaf Lane, East Lansing, MI, 48823; (517) 432-6123 ext. 121
, corby@msu.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://aera-cr.asu.edu/ |
| Computer and Internet Applications in Education (SIG #22)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research and evaluation on the use of computer-based information and communications resources and software for learning, instruction, assessment, and accomplishment by students, teachers, and administrators. |
| Contact: |
Sara L. Dexter, University of Virginia, Leadership, Foundations, and Policy, Curry School of Education, P.O. Box 400277, Charlottesville, VA, 22904-4277; (434) 924-7131
, sdexter@virginia.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://ciaesig.ning.com |
| Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention (SIG #23)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum to discuss conflict resolution, peer mediation, and violence prevention, focusing on research, theory, and improvements in implementation in schools. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Cary J. Roseth, Michigan State University, College of Education, 513C Erickson Hall, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1034; (517) 432-0454
, croseth@msu.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Confluent Education (SIG #24)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research on the confluence of cognition, affect, and behavior within the diverse contexts of learning, instruction, leadership, and evaluation. |
| Contact: |
Alan J. Daly, 2025 32nd Street, San Diego, CA, 92104
, ajdaly@ucsd.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $7 (1 yr) |
| Confucianism, Taoism, and Education (SIG #171)
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| Purpose: |
The purpose of the SIG is to bring together individuals who share a common interest in in-depth, cross-cultural, international dialogue on how Confucianism and Taoism in both classical and contemporary schools of thought can inform educational theory and practice. |
| Contact: |
Xin Li, California State University - Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA, 90840; (562) 985-1131
, xli@csulb.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Constructivist Theory, Research, and Practice (SIG #25)
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| Purpose: |
To facilitate communication and to promote theory, research and improvement in practices of educators at all levels from a constructivist or developmental perspective. |
| Contact: |
Jan Renee Dinsmore, 4450 Baker Rd, Ontario, OR, 97914; 541-889-6222, (fax) 541 889-3335
, jdinsmor@eou.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr); students $4 (1 yr) |
| Cooperative Learning:Theory, Research and Practice (SIG #26)
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| Purpose: |
To exchange information about current research, theory, and improvements in implementation of cooperative learning procedures; to provide a structured forum for discussions related to cooperative learning. |
| Contact: |
David W. Johnson, University of Minnesota, 60 Peik Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455; (612) 624-7031, (fax) (952) 831-9332
, johns010@umn.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Critical Educators for Social Justice (SIG #144)
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| Purpose: |
To teach, promote, and implement the principles of critical pedagogy in order to establish and educational movement grounded in the struggle for social and envirnmental justice, human rights, and economic democracy. |
| Contact: |
Mr. Gustavo Gonzalez, 150 Landis Ave, Chula Vista, CA, 91910; 858-361-4455
, gonzaleg07@yahoo.com
; Patricia M. Mchatton, 601 E. North Street, Tampa, FL, 33604; (813) 974-9595
, mchatton@tempest.coedu.usf.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aeracesjsig.org/ |
| Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education (SIG #27)
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| Purpose: |
To promote the integrated study of race, ethnicity, social class, and gender as lenses for performing critical analyses and evaluations of prevailing theory and practice on education. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Theodorea Regina Berry, 3217 Woodworth Place, Hazel Crest, IL, 60429
, crfscholar1913@gmail.com |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=160&id=931 |
| Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies (SIG #28)
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| Purpose: |
To support and promote transdisciplinary research of education as experience. The SIG de-stabilizes commonly held boundaries of educational research beyond contemporary curriculum discourses. Members pursue curriculum inquiry using critical perspectives, and performative, auto-ethnographic and conceptual approaches to ask sociocultural, political, and theoretical questions. |
| Contact: |
Peter M. Appelbaum, Arcadia University, Education, 450 South Easton Road, Glenside, PA, 19038-3295; (215) 572-4476, (fax) (215) 572-4075
, appelbap@ARCADIA.EDU |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=420&id=5832 |
| Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education (SIG #29)
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| Purpose: |
The purpose of this SIG is to foster research on and critical analyses of issues in early childhood education and childhood studies and to encourage the development of alternative perspectives and curriculum in early childhood education. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Annapurna Ganesh, 11344 E Sonrisa Avenue, Mesa, AZ, 85212; (480) 461-7305
, aganesh@mesacc.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.qub.ac.uk/edu/cpece/ |
| Cultural Historical Research (SIG #30)
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| Purpose: |
Focuses on human action, agency, and development as mediated by culture, history, and activity in the tradition of Vygotsky, Luria, Leont’ev, Bakhtin, Mead, and others. |
| Contact: |
Carolyn P. Panofsky, Rhode Island College, Dept. of Educational Studies, 600 Mt Pleasant Ave, Providence, RI, 02908; (401) 456-8040
, cpanofsky@ric.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Democratic Citizenship in Education (SIG #150)
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| Purpose: |
To promote democratic citizenship-development research in K-12 classrooms, and to foster an interdependence among citizenship-democratic researchers. |
| Contact: |
Dr. James M. Mitchell, California State University-East Bay, Department of Teacher Education, PMB 161, 1271 Washington Avenue, San Leandro, CA, 94577; (510) 693-3506, (fax) (310) 734-1564
, mitchellcsueb@aol.com |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Design and Technology (SIG #31)
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| Purpose: |
To foster research, teaching, service and innovation in design education and technology education in formal educational settings and in other learning environments. |
| Contact: |
Elizabeth Boling, M.F.A., Associate Professor, Indiana University, Instructional Systems Technology, 201 N. Rose Avenue, Education 2276, Bloomington, IN, 47405; 812-856-8467
, eboling@indiana.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=414&id=5688 |
| Disability Studies in Education (SIG #143)
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| Purpose: |
Supports the development of disability studies, a series of interdisciplinary modes of critical advocacy scholarship, among educational researchers. |
| Contact: |
Beth A. Ferri, 105 Harpers Court, Syracuse, NY, 13214; (315) 443-1465
, baferri@syr.edu
; Dr. Linda P. Ware, 33 Highland Rd., Geneseo, NY, 14454
, ware@geneseo.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=162&id=1297 |
| Districts in Research and Reform (SIG #156)
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| Purpose: |
To bring together researchers, central office administrators, reform support organization leaders, and others interested in key questions of system-wide improvement and leadership. |
| Contact: |
Kara S. Finnigan, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Dewey Hall 1-333, Rochester, NY, 14627; (585) 275-9942
, kfinnigan@warner.rochester.edu
; David A. Gamson, 300 Rackley Dept. of Education, Policy Studies, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802; (814) 865-2583
, dag17@psu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Doctoral Education across the Disciplines (SIG #168)
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| Purpose: |
To identify and support doctoral education as a distinct area of research in higher education; questions to be addressed include the following: How is "doctoral education" or "research education" conceived? What key changes are occurring in doctoral and research education? What opportunities do these changes present for challenging previous pedagogies and developing new ones?; |
| Contact: |
Dr. Catherine M. Millett, Educational Testing Services, Policy Evaluation and Research Center, Rosedale Road, MS 01-R, Princeton, NJ, 08541-0001; (609) 734-5866, (fax) (609) 734-5960
, cmillett@ets.org |
| Dues: |
$20 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=462&id=7222 |
| Early Education and Child Development (SIG #32)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research that has implications for theory, policy, practice, and teacher development in the diverse contexts serving children from birth to age eight. |
| Contact: |
Andrew J. Stremmel, South Dakota State University, Human Development, Box 2275 A, Rotunda Lane, Brookings, SD, 57007; 605-688-6815
, andrew.stremmel@sdstate.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=476&id=7940 |
| Education and Philanthropy (SIG #148)
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| Purpose: |
This SIG is open to all interested in research bearing on educational grant-making. Focus areas include the role of philanthropy in knowledge building and dissemination. |
| Contact: |
Kent McGuire, Professor and Dean, Temple University, College of Education, 1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Ritter Hall, Room 245, Philadelphia, PA, 19122; (215) 204-8017
, ckmcguir@temple.edu
; Ms. Margo Lynn Quiriconi, The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO, 64110; (816) 932-1068, (fax) (816) 932-1430
, mquiriconi@kauffman.org |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Education and Student Development in Cities (SIG #34)
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| Purpose: |
To bring together practitioners, community members, and researchers interested in innovative research and practice as they pertain to the life circumstances of children and youth in our cities. |
| Contact: |
Erik L. Malewski, Purdue University, Curriculum and Instruction, 100 N. University Street, Beering Building, RM 4142, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2098; (765) 494-4901, (fax) (765) 496-1622
, malewski@purdue.edu
; JoAnn I. Phillion, Purdue University, Curriculum & Instruction, BRNG Hall Rm. 4144, 100 N. University Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2098; (765) 494-2352, (fax) (765) 496-1622
, phillion@purdue.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Education, Health, and Human Services Linkages (SIG #38)
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| Purpose: |
To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in developing knowledge about comprehensive school health, school linked services, and initiatives that support children and their families. The SIG focuses on interpersonal collaboration, integration of services, and interdisciplinarity. Interests encompass the array of interrelated policy, practice, and research issues that challenge efforts to forge viable linkages among these three distinct delivery systems. |
| Contact: |
Jeffrey A. Anderson, Indiana University, Curriculum and Instruction, 201 N. Rose Ave. W. W. Wright Education Building, School of Education, Bloomington, IN, 47405; 812-856-5155
, jander2@indiana.edu
; Richard Volpe, University of Toronto, Institute of Child Study, 45 Walmer Rd, Toronto, ON, M5R 2X2, Canada; 416-934-4511, (fax) 416-934-4500
, richard.volpe@utoronto.ca |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=166&id=805 |
| Educational Change (SIG #155)
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| Purpose: |
This SIG adopts an interdisciplinary and international approach to understanding many aspects of educational change, including large-scale reform, school-initiated change, school improvement, and classroom-level change. |
| Contact: |
Professor Alma Harris, Institute of Education, University of London, London Centre for Leadership and Learning, Bedford Way, London, , Great Britain; 44 2476 523523
, a.harris@ioe.ac.uk |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=502&id=8760 |
| Educational Statisticians (SIG #37)
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| Purpose: |
To increase interaction among educational researchers interested in the theory, applications, and teaching of statistics in the social sciences. |
| Contact: |
Susan Natasha Beretvas, The University of Texas - Austin, Educ Psychology Dept. - Quantitative Methods, 1 University Station D5800, Austin, TX, 78712-0383; (512) 471-0724, (fax) (512) 471-1288
, tasha.beretvas@mail.utexas.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://homes.education.ucf.edu:16080/~ssivo/EDSTATS/Ed%20Stat%20Homepage.htm |
| Environmental Education (Formerly "Ecological and Environmental Education") (SIG #33)
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| Purpose: |
To advance and critique environmental education research. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Constance L Russell, Ph.D., Lakehead University (Education), 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5E1, Canada; 807-343-8049, (fax) 807-344-6807
, crussell@lakeheadu.ca |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://community.education.monash.edu.au/mec/eeesig/ |
| Faculty Teaching, Evaluation, and Development (SIG #42)
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| Purpose: |
To investigate, promote, and support research and development on college teaching and learning, issues related to faculty evaluation and development, and student ratings of teaching. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Bonnie B. Mullinix, Assistant Academic Dean, Educational Development Consultant, 404 South Parker Road, Greenville, SC, 29609; (864) 270-3349, (fax) (864) 235-1303
, mullinix@tltgroup.org |
| Dues: |
$12 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=168&id=901 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences (Formerly "Home Economics Research") (SIG #47)
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| Purpose: |
To promote and facilitate exchange of ideas, innovative research, and theoretical work among individuals engaged in family and consumer sciences education, research, curriculum development, and administration. |
| Contact: |
Dana K. Bush, , Eastern Kentucky University, 102 Burrier Building, 521 Lancaster Ave, Richmond, KY, 40475; (859) 622-1386, (fax) (859) 622-1163
, dana.bush@eku.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Family, School, Community Partnerships (SIG #43)
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| Purpose: |
To engage with and promote rigorous and innovative research exploring the nature and impact of partnerships between families, schools, and diverse communities, and to encourage evidence-based practices and policies that influence children's learning and development. |
| Contact: |
Susan Auerbach, 2063 Milan Ave, S. Pasadena, CA, 91030
, sauerbach2063@sbcglobal.net
; Steven B. Sheldon, Johns Hopkins University, 3003 N Charles St, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD, 21218-3188; 410-516-5489, (fax) 410-516-8890
, ssheldon@csos.jhu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $8 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=170&id=1219 |
| Fiscal Issues, Policy, and Education Finance (SIG #44)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for research in educational finance and its impact on policy for all levels and aspects of education. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Michelle Anne Turner Mangan, National-Louis University, Educational Foundations & Inquiry, 122 S. Michigan Ave., #3066, Chicago, IL, 60603; 312.261.3924, (fax) (312) 261-3924
, Michelle.Mangan@nl.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Foucault and Education (SIG #45)
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| Purpose: |
Dedicated to the historical/philosophical studies of education that engage the writings of Michel Foucault. |
| Contact: |
Dr Linda Jayne Graham, Research Fellow, Rm 324, Building X5B, Children and Families Research Centre, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia; 612 414 291 408
, linda.graham@mq.edu.au
; joshua j. kurz, The Ohio State University, Educational Policy and Leadership, 159 Ramseyer Hall, 29 W. Woodruff Ave., Columbus, OH, 43210; 614-572-3694
, kurz.32@buckeyemail.osu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=474&id=7880 |
| Grassroots Community & Youth Organizing for Education Reform (SIG #172)
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| Purpose: |
To advance research on community and youth organizing, particularly in low income communities and communities of color. We will work to build a research community that engages with practitioners in organizing groups, educational institutions and policy-making circles. We seek to foster research that examines the ways in which organizing efforts affect school improvement and educational equity, youth development, community/democratic revitalization and social justice. |
| Contact: |
Mark R. Warren, 301 Nichols House, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, 02138
, mark_warren@harvard.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/AERA/index.html |
| Hierarchical Linear Modeling (SIG #140)
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| Purpose: |
To promote the understanding, use, and dissemination of information regarding hierarchical linear modeling. |
| Contact: |
Finbarr C. Sloane, Arizona State University, 108C Payne Hall, Fulton College of Education, Tempe, AZ, 85287; (480) 965-6703, (fax) (480) 727-6558
, Finbarr.Sloane@asu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Hispanic Research Issues (SIG #46)
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| Purpose: |
To provide opportunities for exchanging information among and between researchers and practitioners interested in issues of concern to Hispanics in the United States. |
| Contact: |
Belinda Bustos Flores, 9623 Misty Trails, San Antonio, TX, 78250
, belinda.flores@utsa.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=172&id=688 |
| Holistic Education (SIG #135)
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| Purpose: |
Developing human potential through integrating intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual competencies in the teaching/learning process. |
| Contact: |
Rodney H. Clarken, Interim Associate Dean of Teacher Education and Director of School of Education, Northern Michigan University, School of Education, 1401 Presque Isle Ave, Marquette, MI, 49855; (906) 227-1880, (fax) (906) 227-2764
, rclarken@nmu.edu |
| Dues: |
$7 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=174&id=403 |
| Inclusion & Accommodation in Large-Scale Assessment (SIG #96)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research and disseminate information on activities and projects promoting the inclusion of all students, including students with disabilities and English language learners in large-scale assessments. |
| Contact: |
Sue E. Bechard, Measured Progress, 100 Education Way, Dover, NH, 03820; (603) 767-6898, (fax) (603) 749-6398
, bechard.sue@measuredprogress.org |
| Dues: |
$7 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (SIG #48)
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| Purpose: |
Formally the American Indian and Alaska Native SIG, we have evolved in name and focus to promote a better understanding of theoretical-, policy-, and practice-related issues that influence the quality of traditional and contemporary education among indigenous peoples. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Nicole L. Thompson, Mississippi State University, Curriculum and Instruction, Box 9705, 314 Allen Hall, Mississippi State, MS, 39762; (662) 325-4867
, nt65@colled.msstate.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=396&id=5480 |
| Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific (SIG #146)
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| Purpose: |
To research indigenous education related to the peoples of the Pacific and Pacific Rim, including indigenous ways of knowing and indigenous practices. |
| Contact: |
Margaret J. Maaka, 46-483 Hololio Street, Kaneohe, HI, 96744; (808) 956-4230, (fax) (808) 956-9905
, marg@hawaii.edu
; Kerry Laiana Wong, University of Hawaii - Manoa, Hawaiinuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, 2734 Kalihi St, Honolulu, HI, 96819; 808-956-6419, 808-944-7704
, kwong@hawaii.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Informal Learning Environments Research (SIG #49)
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| Purpose: |
To further educational research in informal learning environments and to promote a community practice interested in establishing and maintaining a better understanding of teaching and learning. |
| Contact: |
Dean J. Grosshandler, 8906 Ewing Ave. Apt. 1, Evanston, IL, 60203; 217-840-9138
, grosshan@uic.edu
; Leah M. Melber, Ph.D, 3030 North Sheridan Rd,.Apt 102, Chicago, IL, 60657; 312-742-2064
, LMelber@lpzoo.org |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.umsl.edu/~sigiler/ |
| Instructional Technology (SIG #52)
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| Purpose: |
To encourage, promote, and support research on the design and development of instruction and the computer-based, electronic, and non-electronic media technologies that are used for its delivery. |
| Contact: |
Thomas Brush, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405; 812-856-8458, (fax) 812-856-8239
, tbrush@indiana.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $7 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=176&id=1446 |
| International Studies (SIG #54)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for exchanging information among educators involved in research, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of international studies. |
| Contact: |
Donald K. Sharpes, 15252 N. 100th St. #2174, Scottsdale, AZ, 85260; (480) 767-0051
, dsharpes@asu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=178&id=676 |
| Invitational Learning (SIG #55)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for sharing research on strategies for creating, maintaining, and enhancing inviting learning environments for all students, which promote school connectedness and community. |
| Contact: |
Kathleen F. Berg, 1229 Kuuna St, Kailua, HI, 96734; (808) 956-4952
, kberg@hawaii.edu
; Mrs. Kay Hensler Phelps, 16592 Rd. 26, Dolores, CO, 81323; 970-882-4006
, khphelps@centurytel.net |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Ivan Illich (SIG #161)
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| Purpose: |
The purpose of the Ivan Illich SIG is the promotion of intellectual consideration of the social critique and analyses of Ivan Illich, named by the Utne Reader "as the most important social critic" of the 20th century. |
| Contact: |
Richard V. Kahn, Ph.D., 808 Belmont Road, Grand Forks, ND, 58201; (701) 777-3431
, richard.kahn@und.edu |
| Dues: |
$6 (1 yr); students $4 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
https://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=400&id=5496 |
| John Dewey Society (SIG #56)
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| Purpose: |
To keep alive Dewey's commitment to the use of critical and reflective intelligence in the search for solutions to problems in education and culture. |
| Contact: |
Lynda Stone, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB # 3500, Peabody Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3500; (919) 962-1395, (fax) (919) 962-1533
, lstone@email.unc.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://cuip.uchicago.edu/jds/ |
| Language and Social Processes (SIG #58)
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| Purpose: |
To explore directions in and issues of language and discourse practices, literacy, and learning processes and social contexts through studies grounded in sociocultural, constructivist and constructionist perspectives. |
| Contact: |
Vivian Vasquez, 3225 Blueford Rd, Kensington, MD, 20895-2903; 301 9422829
, vvasque@american.edu |
| Dues: |
$8 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=410&id=1157 |
| Large Scale Assessment (SIG #141)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for discussion of the status, issues, and concerns related to large-scale assessment, including practices and innovations in state assessment programs. |
| Contact: |
Liz Burton, Measured Progress, 100 Education Way, Dover, NH, 03820; 603-749-9102 ext. 2143, (fax) 603-749-6398
, burton.liz@measuredprogress.org |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Law and Education (SIG #59)
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| Purpose: |
To focus on legal issues affecting K-12 public and private education, as well as post-secondary education. |
| Contact: |
Karen L. Miksch, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Post-Secondary Teaching & Learning, 178 Pillsbury Drive, SE, 210E Burton Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455; 612-625-3398
, miksc001@umn.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=180&id=568 |
| Leadership for School Improvement (SIG #101)
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| Purpose: |
To examine how leadership of teachers, principals, and superintendents influences instructional capacity resulting in improved student outcomes and how policy guides this collaborative effort. |
| Contact: |
Dr. William C. Frick, The University of Oklahoma, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, 820 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK, 73019; 405-325-4202, (fax) 405-325-2403
, frick@ou.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=182&id=1319 |
| Leadership for Social Justice (SIG #165)
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| Purpose: |
To promote social justice teaching, research, service, and policymaking agendas, with the corollary aim of seeking to proactively improve educational leadership as a means of addressing equity concerns for underrepresented populations throughout P-20 education; also to share innovative, promising, and research-based programs, policies, and teaching strategies and proactively advocate on behalf of underrepresented populations in educational leadership. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Jeffrey S. Brooks, University of Missouri, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, 202 Hill Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211; 573-882-3371
, brooksjs@missouri.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=184&id=1329 |
| Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership (SIG #129)
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| Purpose: |
The LTEL SIG brings together professors and graduate students of educational leadership and administration, discipline specialists, educational theorists, curriculum developers, instructional technology specialists, learning specialists, educational researchers, classroom experts, practitioners, policymakers, and others concerned with Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership. The LTEL SIG provides a forum for:
A managed conversation on issues related to learning and teaching in Educational Leadership and Administration; the integration of theoretical quantitative and qualitative studies of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; discussion of investigations conducted in real educational settings, including investigations involving application of technology to learning and instruction; exploration of innovative methodologies; analysis of the implications of research and practice for learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; and assessment of the relationship of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership to policy development at local, state, and national levels. |
| Contact: |
Tricia Browne-Ferrigno, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, College of Education, EDL 111 Dickey Hall, Lexington, KY, 40506-0017; (859) 257-5504, (fax) (859) 257-1015
, tricia.ferrigno@uky.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=222&id=440 |
| Learning Environments (SIG #120)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for dissemination of quantitative and qualitative research on all aspects of learning environments from classrooms and schools to non-school settings. |
| Contact: |
Celia E. Johnson, 14815 Windsong Dr., Brimfield, IL, 61517; (309) 677-3187, (fax) (309) 677-2952
, cej@bradley.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=186&id=1276 |
| Learning Sciences (SIG #39)
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| Purpose: |
Purpose: To bring a variety of disciplinary perspectives and empirical approaches to the study of learning as it occurs in school, online, in the workplace, at home, and in the community, and to the design of novel environments with the potential to facilitate learning more effectively. |
| Contact: |
Melissa Sommefeld Gresalfi, Learning Sciences, 1900 E. 10th St., Eigenman 532, Bloomington, IN, 47406; (812) 856-2363
, mgresalf@indiana.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.rochester.edu/warner/aera/ |
| Literature (SIG #61)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research that explores literary inquiry and interpretive practices, including innovative approaches to literary education in various contexts. |
| Contact: |
Thomas P. Crumpler, DEPT of Curr and Inst, Illinois State Univ, Box 5330, Normal, IL, 61790-5330; (309) 438-5433
, tpcrump@ilstu.edu |
| Dues: |
$9 (1 yr); students $4 (1 yr) |
| Lives of Teachers (SIG #62)
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| Purpose: |
To promote the interchange of ideas and scholarly activities focused on inquiry into the lives of teachers. Teachers shall be defined as those working with students in classroom and tutorial settings, from pre-school through university. Research shall be viewed as inclusive of methods appropriate to the question of study and topics such as teacher narrative, biography, research on teacher development, including career trajectories, teacher characteristics, beliefs, and attitudes, and teaching as a profession; accounts of teachers lives in different times and in different countries; and portrayal of teachers in written literature, film and television. |
| Contact: |
Xin Li, 25 Candlebush, Irvine, CA, 92603; (562) 985-1131
, xli@csulb.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
https://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=388&id=5350 |
| Longitudinal Studies (SIG #63)
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| Purpose: |
To support and foster the understanding of longitudinal research designs and analyses in education and the use and dissemination of longitudinal data and substantive findings, including data from national (e.g., NCES), state (e.g., state administrative/tracking systems), and local (e.g., district) sources. |
| Contact: |
Steven Ingels, Research Triangle Institute, 701 13th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20095-3967; (202) 974-7834
, sji@rti.org |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Marxian Analysis of Society, Schools and Education (SIG #157)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for and advance research that examines educational and social issues from Marxian perspectives. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Sheila L. Macrine, Ph.D., Associate Professor, New Jersey City University, The Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education, 2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, 07305-1597, (fax) (215) 598-1596
, nmacrine@aol.com |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Measurement Services (SIG #64)
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| Purpose: |
To provide an association, and to promote continuing education for individuals with an interest in college-level administration of educational and psychological measurement services. |
| Contact: |
James A. Wollack, Testing & Evaluation, 373 Educational Sciences Bldg, 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI, 53706; (608) 262-0675
, jwollack@wisc.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=188&id=386 |
| Media, Culture, and Curriculum (SIG #65)
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| Purpose: |
Devoted to critical inquiry and pedagogy on the use of media within cultural settings in schools and other institutions. |
| Contact: |
Constance A. Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Curriculum & Instruction, 225 North Mills Street, Madison, WI, 53706; (608) 263-4669
, constances@gmail.com |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=190&id=1209 |
| Mentorship and Mentoring Practices (SIG #66)
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| Purpose: |
To foster mentoring programs and experiences, initiating research on the topic and providing networking and support. |
| Contact: |
Annie Woo, 101 SW Main Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR, 97204-3297; (503) 275-9586, (fax) (503)-275-0450
, Annie.Woo@EducationNorthwest.org |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Middle-Level Education Research (SIG #88)
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| Purpose: |
To improve, promote, and disseminate educational research reflecting early adolescence and middle-level education. |
| Contact: |
Micki M. Caskey, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751; (503) 725-4749
, caskeym@pdx.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.rmle.pdx.edu/ |
| Mixed Methods Research (SIG #158)
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| Purpose: |
To support, encourage, and increase dialogue and idea exchange among educational researchers utilizing mixed methods and those interested in integrating qualitative and quantitative research approaches. |
| Contact: |
Kathleen M. Collins, University of Arkansas, 310 Peabody Hall, Fayetteville, AR, 72701; (479) 575-4218, (fax) (479) 575-6676
, kathycollinsknob@aol.com |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~earleym/MIXEDMETHODS/ |
| Moral Development and Education (SIG #67)
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| Purpose: |
To promote discussion about controversies and areas of agreement within the fields of moral development and education, and to provide informal opportunities for social interaction. |
| Contact: |
Darcia F. Narvaez, 52633 Brookdale Drive, South Bend, IN, 46637-3002; (574) 631-7835
, dnarvaez@nd.edu |
| Dues: |
$12 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=384&id=1886 |
| Motivation in Education (SIG #68)
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| Purpose: |
To advance the understanding of motivational processes in education, particularly by promoting research, exchanging ideas and perspectives, and by developing practices and interventions to improve learner motivation. |
| Contact: |
Johnmarshall Reeve, Korea University, Department of Education, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, KR, Seoul, 136-701, South Korea; 02 3290 2295
, reeve@korea.ac.kr |
| Dues: |
$20 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.motivationsig.net |
| Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (SIG #162)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for the introduction, promotion, consideration, interaction of theory, research and practices regarding multicultural and multiethnic education, broadly defined, within all educational, cultural, societal and social settings, contexts, levels and locations. |
| Contact: |
Carlos Nevarez, Ph.D., California State University, Sacramento, Eureka Hall 402A, 6000 J Street,, Sacramento, CA, 95833; 916-278-5557, (fax) 916-278-4608
, nevarezc@csus.edu |
| Dues: |
$8 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Multiple Intelligences: Theory and Practice (SIG #69)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for discussing and disseminating research regarding the educational, counseling and scientific implications of the theory of multiple intelligences. |
| Contact: |
Marjorie H. Haley, Hunt View, PO Box 476, The Plains, VA, 20198; (540) 253-5014, (fax) (540) 253-5024
, mhaley@gmu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $7 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mi_sig/ |
| Multiple Linear Regression: The General Linear Model (SIG #70)
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| Purpose: |
Interested in any methodological, applied, or teaching innovations related to multiple linear regression and/or the general linear model |
| Contact: |
Susan M. Tracz, 1732 E. Gatwick Lane, Fresno, CA, 93730; (559) 278-0347, (fax) 559-278-0370
, susant@csufresno.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Music Education (SIG #71)
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| Purpose: |
The purpose of the Music Education SIG is to provide a professional forum for the discussion and dissemination of current research related to music teaching and learning. |
| Contact: |
Colleen M. Conway, 9390 Newburg Ct, Tecumseh, MI, 49286-9755; (517) 424-1614, (fax) (517) 763-5097
, conwaycm@umich.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=192&id=1079 |
| NAEP Studies (SIG #99)
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| Purpose: |
To facilitate secondary analysis of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ongoing surveys regarding U.S. students knowledge, attitudes and experiences in diverse learning areas. |
| Contact: |
Natalia Pane, AIR, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, Washington, DC, 20007; 202-403-5335
, npane@air.org |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $2 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.naep-sig.org/ |
| Narrative Research (Formerly "Narrative and Research") (SIG #145)
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| Purpose: |
The Narrative and Research Special Interest Group is dedicated to supporting conversations about the place of narrative research in educational research including, but not limited to, discussions of research ethics, methods within narrative research and narrative analysis and analysis of narratives. |
| Contact: |
Cheryl J. Craig, Professor, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun, College of Education, 304E Farish Hall, Houston, TX, 77204-5027; (713) 743-3312, (fax) (713) 743-4990
, ccraig@uh.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.narrativesig.cahs.colostate.edu |
| Online Teaching and Learning (SIG #35)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for discussion and reporting on issues and research related to online teaching and learning |
| Contact: |
Margaret D. Roblyer, Professor, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies, 615 McCallie Avenue, Graduate Studies Dept. - 310 Pfeiffer Hall, Chattanooga, TN, 37403; (423) 425-5567, (423) 899-2991
, margaret-roblyer@utc.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://educationandwwwsig.org/index.html |
| Organizational Theory (SIG #73)
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| Purpose: |
To encourage scholarly inquiry and debate relating to traditional and alternative views of educational organizations. |
| Contact: |
John M. Weathers, 816 E. Kiowa St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903; (719) 262-3357
, jweather@uccs.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Out-of-School Time (SIG #160)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for researchers in out-of-school time teaching and learning to share resources and become each others' resources; to provide venues and opportunities to present related research; to bring additional knowledge and resources to AERA. |
| Contact: |
David S. Fleming, Ph.D., Clemson University, G-01 Tillman Hall, Clemson, SC, 29634-0702; (864) 656-1881
, DFLEMIN@exchange.clemson.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=196&id=1435 |
| Paulo Freire, Critical Pedagogy, and Emancipation (Formerly "Paulo Freire") (SIG #159)
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| Purpose: |
To honor Freire’s legacy by promoting scholarship that applies, extends, critiques, and reinvents Freirean pedagogy. Also, to promote historical scholarship that looks at the life of Paulo Freire and the context of his ideas and practices. Finally, to act as a catalyst for the creation of new forms of critical pedagogies that build upon the foundation that Freire established. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Cesar A. Rossatto, The University of Texas at El Paso, Teacher Education, College of Education, University Drive, COE # 812, El Paso, TX, 79968-0574; (915) 747-5253, (fax) (915) 747-7441
, crossatto@utep.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=316&id=2804 |
| Peace Education (SIG #74)
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| Purpose: |
To promote dialogue and disseminate research on peace-related issues including work in the areas of conflict, conflict resolution, human rights, social justice, violence, and prejudice. |
| Contact: |
Dr Claire McGlynn, School of Education, Queen's University, 69-71 University Street, IE, Belfast, BT7 1HL, Ireland; (442) 890-9759 60
, c.mcglynn@qub.ac.uk |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=198&id=831 |
| Philosophical Studies in Education (SIG #76)
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| Purpose: |
Dedicated to the philosophical study of education and encourages scholarship within all types of philosophical study. |
| Contact: |
Doris A. Santoro, Bowdoin College, Education Department, 7400 College Station, Brunswick, ME, 04011; (207) 798-4309
, dsantoro@bowdoin.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=200&id=1168 |
| Politics of Education (SIG #152)
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| Purpose: |
To foster and support the conduct, dissemination, discussion, and application of research on the political functions and outcomes of education at all levels. |
| Contact: |
Lora A. Cohen-Vogel, Florida State University, 1209 Stone Building, Tallahassee, FL, 32306; (850) 644-8164, (fax) (850) 644-1258
, lcohenvogel@fsu.edu |
| Dues: |
$40 (1 yr); students $20 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.fsu.edu/~pea/ |
| Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher Education (SIG #77)
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| Purpose: |
To discuss research and practice in developing, mentoring, and evaluating portfolios, as well as other forms of reflective pedagogy and assessment. |
| Contact: |
Rebecca K. Fox, 5118 Concordia Street, Fairfax, VA, 22032; (703) 993-4123
, rfox@gmu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Postcolonial Studies and Education (SIG #153)
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| Purpose: |
The Postcolonial Studies and Education SIG is an international SIG devoted to the study of education in and as effects of postcolonial, transnational, and globalization contexts. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Stephanie Daza, Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Arlington, Curriculum and Instruction, Box 19777, 322J Science Hall, 502 Yates Street,, Arlington, TX, 75206; 817-272-0305
, sdaza@uta.edu
; Jeong-Eun Rhee, Assistant Professor, Long Island University C.W.Post, Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, NY, 11548-1300; 516-299-2193, (fax) 516-299-3312
, jeong-eun.rhee@liu.edu |
| Dues: |
$7 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=202&id=946 |
| Problem-Based Education (SIG #78)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a professional forum and network for those involved in research, theory, teaching, and development in problem-based learning for kindergarten through professional school learners. |
| Contact: |
Woei Hung, University of North Dakota, Teaching & Learning, 231 Centennial Drive STOP 7189, Grand Forks, ND, 58202; (701) 777-3486
, woei.hung@und.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=204&id=1316 |
| Professional Development School Research (SIG #79)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for university and school professionals to discuss approaches for forming PDSs, methods for assessing outcomes, and strategies for conducting systematic change research. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Diane Yendol-Hoppey, West Virginia University, 606 Allen Hall, Oakland Street, PO Box 6122, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6122; (304) 376-4419
, diane.yendolhoppey@mail.wvu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=206&id=604 |
| Professional Licensure and Certification (SIG #80)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for discussing the status, issues, and concerns related to licensure and certification of professionals, including competency testing and related practices. |
| Contact: |
Jason Rinaldo, Ph.D., American Board of Family Medicine, 8705 Salisbury Avenue, Lubbock, TX, 79424; (859) 269-5626 x1232
, jasonrinaldo@gmail.org |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=322&id=1836 |
| Professors of Educational Research (SIG #81)
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| Purpose: |
To promote dialogue and research on the teaching and proper usage of quantitative and qualitative educational research methods. |
| Contact: |
Burke Johnson, Univ of South Alabama, College of Education, Department of Professional Studies, Mobile, AL, 36688; (251) 380-2861
, bjohnson@usouthal.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~earleym/PERSIG/index.htm |
| Qualitative Research (SIG #82)
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| Purpose: |
To provide opportunities for discussion related to the philosophy, purposes, and methodological issues surrounding the use of qualitative research in social and educational contexts. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Deborah A. Ceglowski, Ball State University, Department of Elementary Education, Teachers College, Muncie, IN, 47306-0600; 704-687-6186
, daceglowski@bsu.edu |
| Dues: |
$7 (1 yr); students $0 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=208&id=772 |
| Queer Studies (SIG #60)
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| Purpose: |
To foster empirical, interpretive, and critical educational research relating to lesbian and gay issues, and to network individuals and organizations conducting or supporting such research. |
| Contact: |
Judy A. Alston, Ashland University, 401 College Avenue, 127 Schar Hall, Ashland, OH, 44805; (832) 724-5167
, jalston@ashland.edu
; Connie North, University of Maryland, College Park, Curriculum and Instruction, 2311 Benjamin Building, College Park, MD, 20742
, cnorth@umd.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $7 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://education.ua.edu/queersig/ |
| Rasch Measurement (SIG #83)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for presentation, discussion, and interaction related to the development of theoretically based and empirically testable instruments with objective linear measures. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Edward W. Wolfe, Senior Research Scientist, Pearson, Assessment & Information, Mail: 2510 N. Dodge St., Mailstop 125, Iowa City, IA, 52245-9945; (319) 354-9200 ex216070
, ed.wolfe@pearson.com |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.raschsig.org/ |
| Religion and Education (SIG #84)
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| Purpose: |
To focus on religious, ethical, and moral dimensions of educational contexts, processes, and policies at all levels and in all types of educational institutions. |
| Contact: |
William H. Jeynes, 15872 Dundalk Ln, Huntington Beach, CA, 92647-3120; (562) 985-5619, (fax) (562) 985-5733
, wjeynes@csulb.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=324&id=2054 |
| Research Focus on Black Education (SIG #85)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a structure and forum within AERA for researchers and developers who focus on educational issues involving Black clients (students and professionals). |
| Contact: |
Wanda J. Blanchett, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Education, 347 Education Building, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO, 64110-2499; 414-229-4675, 816-235-5663, (fax) 303-556-4479
, blanchettw@umkc.edu |
| Dues: |
$20 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=422&id=2142 |
| Research Focus on Education and Sport (SIG #164)
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| Purpose: |
To dispel the many myths associated with education and sport over the years, shed light on this undervalued and underresearched area of inquiry, and enrich current research agendas on education and sport by making them more relevant. The continual dialogue with the community of scholars, and the ensuring knowledge and perspectives offered by this kind of engagement would inform us of the realties and concerns of education and sport in general. |
| Contact: |
Eddie Comeaux, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, 222 Seaton Center, Lexington, KY, 40507; (859) 257-2706
, edcomeaux@uky.edu
; C. Keith Harrison, University of Central Florida, College of Education, PO Box 872411, Tempe, AZ, 85287-2411; (407) 823-1158
, kharrison@bus.ucf.edu |
| Dues: |
$7 (1 yr) |
| Research in Global Child Advocacy (SIG #92)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research into the area of child maltreatment and the promotion of children's rights, including the examination of efforts to protect children and the investigation of individual characteristics, systemic barriers, cultural beliefs, and societal trends that may contribute to abusive practices. |
| Contact: |
Michael J. Berson, University of South Florida, College of Education, Department of Secondary Education, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, EDU 162, Tampa, FL, 33620-5650; (813) 974-7917, (fax) (813) 974-3837
, berson@coedu.usf.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Research in Mathematics Education (SIG #87)
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| Purpose: |
To actively promote communication between researchers in mathematics education and related disciplines, and to provide a platform for initiating new developments in the field. |
| Contact: |
James A. Middleton, Professor, Arizona State University, Curriculum and Instruction, Box 871011, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1011; (602) 965-1233
, jimbo@asu.edu
; Dr. Arthur B Powell, Rutgers University, Department of Urban Education, 110 Warren Street, Newark, NJ, 07102; 973.353.3530, (fax) 973.353.1622
, PowellAB@andromeda.rutgers.edu |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.sigrme.org |
| Research in Reading and Literacy (SIG #11)
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| Purpose: |
To stimulate communication and inquiry among researchers, policymakers, and others interested in research in reading and literacy from various disciplines and theoretical perspectives. |
| Contact: |
Rosalind Horowitz, University of Texas - San Antonio, College of Education & Human Dev., 501 W Durango Blvd. DB 3.224, San Antonio, TX, 78207; 210-458-2672, (fax) 210-493-8368
, Rosalind.Horowitz@utsa.edu |
| Dues: |
$20 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=328&id=2818 |
| Research in Social Studies Education (SIG #89)
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| Purpose: |
To initiate, exchange, and advance research relevant to social studies education found in P-12 schools and classrooms with students, teachers, and administrators; teacher education programs with teacher candidates, practicing teachers, school administrators, and teacher educators; and in relationship to active citizenship in families, communities, society, and policymakers. |
| Contact: |
Nancy P. Gallavan, Ph.D., University of Central Arkansas, Department of Teaching and Learning, 201 Donaghey Avenue, Conway, AR, 72035; (501) 450-5497
, ngallavan@uca.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=498&id=8334 |
| Research on Evaluation (SIG #90)
|
| Purpose: |
To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in research on, dissemination of, and applications of evaluation theory and evaluation methods. |
| Contact: |
Pamela Frazier-Anderson, 81 Murray Street, Norwalk, CT, 06851; 203-246-6599
, pamfanderson@aol.com
; Dr. Juna Z. Snow, InnovatEd Consulting, PO Box 603, Napa, CA, 94559; (617) 440-4435
, jsnow@innovatedconsulting.com |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=490&id=8292 |
| Research on Giftedness and Talent (SIG #91)
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| Purpose: |
To encourage the systematic study of the intellectually talented, and to facilitate the communication of those engaged in such study. |
| Contact: |
Prof. Karen Beckstead Rogers, University of St. Thomas, Special Education, 8536 153rd Bay, Savage, MN, 55378; 651-962-4386, (fax) 651-962-4169
, kbrogers@stthomas.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aeragifted.org/ |
| Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education (SIG #93)
|
| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for the dissemination and critical analysis of research on learning and instruction in physical education. |
| Contact: |
Bonnie Tjeerdsma Blankenship, Dept of Health & Kinesiology, Lambert Gymnasium, 800 W. Stadium, West Lafayette, IN, 47907; (765) 494-3188
, bblanke@purdue.edu |
| Dues: |
$20 (1 yr); students $20 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=382&id=5174 |
| Research on Teacher Induction (SIG #149)
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| Purpose: |
To encourage, discuss and disseminate the work of educational researchers and practitioners dedicated to educational equity through the strength of quality teacher induction. |
| Contact: |
Kathleen Topolka Jorissen, Assistant Professor, Western Carolina University, Educational Leadership and Foundations, 108 Killian, Cullowhee, NC, 28723; (828) 227-2456, (fax) (828) 227-7607
, ktjorissen@email.wcu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=366&id=4650 |
| Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG #94)
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| Purpose: |
To provide inquiry into educational and equity issues affecting Asian and Pacific Americans, facilitate interdisciplinary discussions around these issues, and provide members with colleagueship and support. |
| Contact: |
Carol Huang, 1430 Thieriot Ave. #2N, Bronx, NY, 10460, (fax) (618) 650-3808
, huang.carol7@gmail.com |
| Dues: |
$12 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=212&id=1298 |
| Research on the Superintendency (SIG #97)
|
| Purpose: |
To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in developing knowledge about the superintendent, encompassing an array of policy, practice, and research issues related to long-term school reform. |
| Contact: |
Thomas L. Alsbury, North Carolina State University, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 608M Poe Hall, Raleigh, NC, 27695; (919) 513-4321, (fax) (919) 515-8950
, Tom_Alsbury@ncsu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=354&id=3072 |
| Research on Women and Education (SIG #98)
|
| Purpose: |
To sponsor research studying issues related to women and girls in education at the intersection of race, class, and gender through AERA sessions, newsletters, and annual Fall conferences. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Gypsy Abbott, Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham, 3005 English Oaks Circle, Birmingham, AL, 35294; 205-335-2785
, gabbott@uab.edu |
| Dues: |
$20 (1 yr); students $20 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.rwesig.net/ |
| Research Use (SIG #100)
|
| Purpose: |
To understand how research is used to improve education policy and practice, and to foster improvement of dissemination and use of research findings. |
| Contact: |
Jacob Sale Werblow, Central Connecticut State University, Teacher Education, 1615 Stanley St., New Britain, CT, 06050; 617-999-3865
, werblowjac@ccsu.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.sigru.org |
| Research, Education, Information and School Libraries (SIG #166)
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| Purpose: |
To provide an opportunity for continuing sharing of research based on the fact that school libraries have a 10- 12% impact on student achievement regardless of other factors. It will also provide an arena for highly contextualized studies of individual achievement to be presented. In addition, it will provide a forum to share studies of various school library media programs. |
| Contact: |
Dr. M. Delia Neuman, Drexel University, College of Information Science & Technology, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-2875; (215) 895-0474
, mdn29@drexel.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=326&id=2070 |
| Rural Education (SIG #102)
|
| Purpose: |
To promote high quality research that increases understanding of rural education, broadly defined, and has potential to benefit rural schools and communities. |
| Contact: |
John Maddaus, University of Maine, 5766 Shibles Hall, Orono, ME, 04469; 207-581-2429, (fax) 207-581-2423
, john.maddaus@umit.maine.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://ruralsig.blogspot.com/ |
| Safe Schools and Communities (SIG #169)
|
| Purpose: |
To advance research on safe schools and communities in order to define guiding practices and establish benchmarks for promoting improved schools and fostering development of all youth - this research includes the study of research populations and sub-populations, designs, contexts, and outcomes in order to explain the transferability, scalability, and limitations of the research and results for other settings and contexts - in order to reinforce a foundation for sound policy and practice for sustaining safe schools and communities |
| Contact: |
Dr Brenda Elizabeth Morrison, Simon Fraser University, School of Criminology, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada; (778) 782-7627
, brendam@sfu.ca |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| School Choice (SIG #103)
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| Purpose: |
We offer a nonpartisan, multidisciplinary community engaged in scholarly analyses of all forms of school choice, including charter schools, magnet schools, open enrollment, and vouchers. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Robert A. Fox, 15-2755 Papio Street, Pahoa, HI, 96778; (808) 974-7731, (fax) (808) 974-7693
, rfox@hawaii.edu |
| Dues: |
$8 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://schoolchoicesig.ning.com |
| School Community, Climate, and Culture (SIG #104)
|
| Purpose: |
To examine the school in terms of the community, climate, and culture as perceived not only by the researcher but also by students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members at large. |
| Contact: |
Billie Gastic, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Boston, Public Policy and Public Affairs, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Boston, MA, 02125; (617) 287-4863
, billie.gastic@umb.edu
; Dr. John V. Shindler, California State Univeristy - Los Angeles, KH A2045, Division of Curriculum and Instruction, Los Angeles, CA, 90032; 323-343-5824, (fax) 323-343-5458
, jshindl@exchange.calstatela.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr); students $0 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/schoolclimate/index.html |
| School Effectiveness and School Improvement (SIG #105)
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| Purpose: |
To exchange ideas and information and encourage further research and evaluation on theory and practices related to issues of school effectiveness and improvement. |
| Contact: |
Leonidas Kyriakides, University of Cyprus, Department of Education, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 20537, Cyprus; 0035722752913, (fax) 0035722753702
, kyriakid@ucy.ac.cy |
| Dues: |
$15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| School Indicators, Profiles, and Accountability (SIG #106)
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| Purpose: |
To bring together educators, researchers, managers, and analysts concerned with the development, reporting, and interpretation of school indicators and report cards used for purposes of accountability and informing various audiences. The SIG values investigations into, among others, meaningful measurement and assessment, data quality and fidelity, useful display and valid interpretation of indicators and data, and the relationship between accountability requirements and school improvement. |
| Contact: |
Arie J. Van der Ploeg, 5825 N Kilbourn Ave, Chicago, IL, 60646; (312) 283-2312
, arie.vanderploeg@learningpt.org |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr); students $0 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.learningpt.org/sipsig/ |
| School Turnaround and Reform (Formerly "Comprehensive School Reform") (SIG #154)
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| Purpose: |
To generate, analyze, interpret, and disseminate research findings related to the implementation and impact of comprehensive school reform. |
| Contact: |
Helen Janc Malone, 5 Maryland Avenue, Unit 9, Annapolis, MD, 21401; (202) 445-4008
, Helen_Malone@mail.harvard.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=158&id=1013 |
| School/University Collaborative Research (SIG #107)
|
| Purpose: |
To share research undertaken collaboratively by school and university educators, programs and practices supporting it, as well as challenges and dilemmas of the work. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Robert Martin Reardon, 5701 Bromley Ln, Richmond, VA, 23226-1901; (804) 828-8698, (fax) (804) 828-1323
, rmreardon@vcu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=362&id=3910 |
| Science Teaching and Learning (SIG #122)
|
| Purpose: |
To promote research that advances the understanding and improvement of teaching, learning, and understanding in the natural sciences, including philosophical, psychological, and sociocultural issues. |
| Contact: |
Sherri L. Brown, University of Louisville, Dept. of Teaching & Learning, College of Educ & Human Dev, Rm. 279, Louisville, KY, 40292; (502) 852-0599
, s.brown@louisville.edu
; Geeta K. Verma, 2240 Grovemont Dr, Duluth, GA, 30096-7187; (404) 413-8416
, gverma@gsu.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=218&id=816 |
| Second Language Research (SIG #108)
|
| Purpose: |
To promote research in second-language learning/acquisition, and to facilitate exchange of ideas among educators involved in second-language teaching and language program administration. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Theresa Y. Austin, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, School of Education, TECS, Furcolo Hall, Amherst, MA, 01003; 413-545-0138
, taustin@educ.umass.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (SIG #109)
|
| Purpose: |
To inform and rethink teacher education by studying practice-varied educational settings and methodologies. |
| Contact: |
Amanda K. Berry, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Wellington Rd., Clayton, Melbourne Vic 3168, , Australia; 0011 61 3 99059118, (613) 990-59118
, amanda.berry@education.monash.edu.au |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://s-step.wikispaces.com/ |
| Semiotics in Education (SIG #110)
|
| Purpose: |
To promote the application of semiotic perspectives to the study of education. Membership includes a subscription to the sig journal, "International Journal of Applied Semiotics." |
| Contact: |
Nancy S. Stockall, Associate Professor, University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Early Childhood, 5210 Grand Avenue, Fort Smith, AR, 72913-3649; 479-788-7915
, nstockal@uafortsmith.edu |
| Dues: |
$25 (1 yr); students $20 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=314&id=2090 |
| Service-Learning & Experiential Education (SIG #41)
|
| Purpose: |
Service-Learning and Experiential Education is dedicated to bringing together both researchers and practitioners to build and promote understanding of service-learning and experiential education for the betterment of the field and the reform of K-16 education. |
| Contact: |
Kathleen B. Wasserman, University of Scranton, 141 McGarrin Hall, Scranton, PA, 18510; (570) 941-5846
, wassermank2@scranton.edu |
| Dues: |
$8 (1 yr); students $6 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.serveandexperience.com/ |
| Social and Emotional Learning (SIG #170)
|
| Purpose: |
To examine relationships among social-emotional competencies and academic, health, and citizenship outcomes; and the impact of SEL interventions on the adjustment, behavior, and academic performance of children and adolescents. |
| Contact: |
Marc A. Brackett, Ph.D., Yale University, 2 Hillhouse Ave Room 106, New Haven, CT, 06511; (203)432-2332
, marc.brackett@yale.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=352&id=3062 |
| Society of Professors of Education (SIG #111)
|
| Purpose: |
To promote a forum for consideration of major issues, tasks, problems, and challenges confronting the educational professoriat. Membership is open to current and prospective professors of education. |
| Contact: |
William G. Wraga, University of Georgia, Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, 850 College Station Road, Athens, GA, 30602-4808; (706) 542-4166, (fax) (706) 542-5873
, wraga@uga.edu |
| Dues: |
$40 (1 yr); students $15 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.unm.edu/~spe/ |
| Sociology of Education (SIG #112)
|
| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for the analysis and dissemination of research that links sociological perspectives and methods with the study of educational issues. |
| Contact: |
Stefanie A. Deluca, DEPT of Sociology, Johns Hopkins Univ, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218; (410) 516-7629
, sdeluca@jhu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=506&id=9080 |
| Special Education Research (SIG #113)
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| Purpose: |
To explore areas of educational research of interest to special and general educators, including individual differences, teaching strategies, and issues related to learning. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Delinda Van Garderen, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Special Education, 303 Townsend Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211; (573) 884-7075
, vangarderend@missouri.edu |
| Dues: |
$7 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=402&id=2140 |
| Spirituality & Education (SIG #114)
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| Purpose: |
To identify principles of education consistent with a variety of spiritual traditions and their implications for practice, integrating multiple perspectives and emphasizing |
| Contact: |
Robert H London, 129 42nd St, Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266; (909) 537-5678
, rlondon@csusb.edu
; Christopher L. Wilcox Elliott, 1067 Highlands Drive, Charlottesville, VA, 22901; 434-924-6897
, clwe@virginia.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| State and Regional Educational Research Associations (SIG #115)
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| Purpose: |
To strengthen state and regional educational research associations by providing a communications network, a forum for interaction, and recognition for distinguished papers. |
| Contact: |
Candace H. Lacey, Program Professor, Nova Southeastern University, Educational Leadership, 1512 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, FL, 33020; (954) 952-5330
, lacey@nova.edu |
| Dues: |
$75 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=378&id=5058 |
| Stress and Coping in Education (SIG #117)
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| Purpose: |
To act as a clearinghouse to promote research and exchange of ideas and information concerning stress and coping in education and related organizations. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Rebecca A. Robles-Pina, Sam Houston State University, Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling, P.O. Box 2119, Huntsville, TX, 77341; (936) 294-1118, (fax) (936) 2943886
, edu_rar@shsu.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Structural Equation Modeling (SIG #118)
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| Purpose: |
To promote the understanding, use, and dissemination of information regarding structural equation modeling, and to share problems, issues, solutions, and various approaches. |
| Contact: |
Stephen A. Sivo, 5570 Canteen Ct, Oviedo, FL, 32765; (407) 823-4147
, ssivo@mail.ucf.edu
; Dr. Tiffany Ann Whittaker, University of Texas at Austin, Educational Psychology Department, 1 University Station D5800, Austin, TX, 78712; (512) 471-2749, (fax) 512-471-1288
, tiffany.whittaker@mail.utexas.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.sfu.ca/~measure/semsig.html |
| Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SIG #121)
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| Purpose: |
The Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SSRL) SIG is dedicated to promoting the development of theory and research in academic studying and self-regulated learning across the life span. The SIG brings together researchers and practitioners to share expertise in all aspects of self-regulated learning, including motivation, metacognition, learning and studying strategies, and the ways in which learners manage their emotions and environments. |
| Contact: |
Heidi L. Andrade, University At Albany, Educational and Counseling Psychology, 1400 Washington Ave. ED 233A, Albany, NY, 12222; (518) 437-4422
, handrade@uamail.albany.edu
; Hefer Bembenutty, PO Box 932, New York, NY, 10156; 646-338-4130
, bembenuttyseys@yahoo.com |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/ssrl/ |
| Supervision and Instructional Leadership (SIG #51)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a professional forum for those who are involed in current research, theory, and practice in the supervision of instruction. |
| Contact: |
Jeffrey Glanz, Yeshiva University, 500 West 185th Street, Belfer Hall, Room 326, New York, NY, 10033; 646-515-3843
, glanz@yu.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr) |
| Survey Research in Education (SIG #123)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for educational researchers interested in improving survey methods, fostering communications among survey researchers, and promoting the development and dissemination of scholarly work. |
| Contact: |
Richard G. Lambert, 124 E. Lockman Street, Fort Mill, SC, 29715; (704) 687-8867, (fax) (704) 687-3493
, rglamber@uncc.edu |
| Dues: |
$7 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.as.ysu.edu/~gunapala/surveyed/index.html |
| Systems Thinking in Education (SIG #124)
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| Purpose: |
To focus on applications of systems thinking principles to address various issues in education. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Emily Summers, Texas State University - San Marcos, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX, 78666; (512) 245-1743
, es33@txstate.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Talent Development of Students Placed at Risk (SIG #125)
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| Purpose: |
To focus on research, development, intervention, and evaluation aimed at ensuring the academic and personal development of children placed at risk. |
| Contact: |
Ms. Deirdre Thompson, 3330 Hampton Point Drive, Apt. D, Silver Spring, MD, 20904; 202-806-8491, (fax) 202-806-8498
, dthompson@howard.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.geocities.com/talentdevelopment/ |
| Teacher as Researcher (SIG #126)
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| Purpose: |
To support classroom inquiry research and participation in AERA by PK-12 practitioners. |
| Contact: |
Alan D. Amtzis, 112 Green Lane, Ewing, NJ, 08638; (609) 771-2586, (fax) (609) 637-5117
, amtzis@tcnj.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=220&id=1178 |
| Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions (SIG #127)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for critical research and dialogue on the history and politics of teachers' unions and teachers' work culture. |
| Contact: |
John C. Williamson, University of Tasmania, Dept. of Education, Locked Bag 1307, Launceston, 7250, Tasmania, Australia; 613-24-3339, (fax) 613-24-3903
, john.williamson@utas.edu.au |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $1 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=358&id=3126 |
| Teaching Educational Psychology (SIG #128)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about teaching educational psychology to enhance both understanding and use. |
| Contact: |
David R. Holliway, Assistant Professor of Educational Research, Washington State University Tri-Cities, Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology, 2710 University Drive, Richland, WA, 99352-1671; (509) 372-7242
, dholliway@tricity.WSU.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=364&id=3612 |
| Teaching History (SIG #130)
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| Purpose: |
To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about the teaching of history. |
| Contact: |
Benjamin M. Jacobs, University of Minnesota, Peik Hall #148, 159 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455; (612) 625-7818
, bjacobs@umn.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning (SIG #151)
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| Purpose: |
TACTL promotes the development and evaluation of preservice and inservice programs intended to transform teacher education, to prepare technology-proficient educators to meet 21st century learners' needs. |
| Contact: |
Dale S. Niederhauser, N131 Lagomarcino Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011; (515) 294-6841
, dsn@iastate.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://tactl.unt.edu/ |
| Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning (SIG #119)
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| Purpose: |
TICL focuses on theoretical foundations, fundamental research and technical advances at the intersection of four disciplines: Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning (TICL). TICL also publishes TICL, an interdisciplinary international journal, which publishes many of the presentations at annual TICL sessions. |
| Contact: |
Prof Joseph M. Scandura, MERGE Research Institute, 1249 Greentree, Suite 200, Narberth, PA, 19072; (610) 664-1207, (fax) (610) 664-1207 MUST CALL FIRST
, scandura@scandura.com |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr); students $2 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=330&id=2160 |
| Test Validity Research and Evaluation (SIG #72)
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| Purpose: |
Brings together educators and researchers concerned with test validity research in education, evaluation, and psychology, and encourages content analysis methods from traditional to computer-aided analysis. |
| Contact: |
John W. Young, Educational Testing Service, Center for Validity Research, Mail Stop 10-R, Princeton, NJ, 08541; (609) 734-5037
, jwyoung@ets.org |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=412&id=5662 |
| Tracking and Detracking (SIG #163)
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| Purpose: |
To engage teachers, administrators, teacher educators, researchers, policymakers and community members in a dialogue about tracking and detracking; to serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate research on tracking and detracking as well as to exchange ideas and information on strategies and best practices in detracking schools. |
| Contact: |
Beth C. Rubin, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, 10 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901; (732) 932-7496
, beth.rubin@gse.rutgers.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr); students $0 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://trackingdetracking.com/ |
| Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research (SIG #147)
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| Purpose: |
To promote collaborative development and dissemination of the work of the SIG's members in research and professional practice in urban learning and teaching. |
| Contact: |
Dr. Lori Kim, California State University, Los Angeles, Division of Applied and Advanced Studies in Education, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90032; (323) 343-4330, (fax) (323) 343-5336
, lkim@calstatela.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera-ultr.org/index.htm |
| Vocabulary (SIG #133)
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| Purpose: |
To promote communication about vocabulary development and instruction, and to foster the sharing of information about ongoing research and promising practices related to vocabulary. |
| Contact: |
Lori A. Helman, University of Minnesota, 360 Peik Hall, 159 Pillsbury Drive, SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455-0208; (612) 624-2034, (fax) (612) 624-8277
, lhelman@umn.edu |
| Dues: |
$10 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=418&id=5758 |
| Workplace Learning (SIG #136)
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| Purpose: |
Dedicated to articulating, studying, and applying research relating to adult learning processes within the context of work. |
| Contact: |
John M. Dirkx, 4311 Cherry Hill Dr., Okemos, MI, 48864; (517) 353-8927
, dirkx@msu.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr) |
| Website: |
http://www.workplacelearningsig.org/ |
| Writing and Literacies (SIG #137)
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| Purpose: |
To promote research in writing and literacy at all age levels and across cultural and social (including institutional) contexts; to provide a forum for idea exchange related to writing and literacy research, theory, and practice across disciplines. |
| Contact: |
Lalitha M. Vasudevan, Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W. 120th St., Box 8, New York, NY, 10027; (212) 678-6660, (fax) (212) 678-3237
, vasudevan@tc.columbia.edu |
| Dues: |
$5 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr) |
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