Saturday, December 31, 2005
Rural Education in the News
From the Google news alert for rural and education...
218b yuan for rural education campaign
The Standard - Hong Kong
China will spend 218 billion yuan (HK$209.3 billion) on rural education over the next five years, part of a drive to improve schooling in the countryside and narrow the gap with the booming coast. The fund would be jointly provided by central and local governments, according to a decision of the State Council, or Cabinet, presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao and reported on the government's official Web site.
China to spend 218 bln yuan promoting rural education
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China
China will spend 218 billion yuan (27.25 billion U.S. dollars) to help improve the country's education in the rural areas in the next five years, according to a recent executive meeting of the State Council.
The fund will be jointly provided by both the central and local governments, according to the meeting, which was presided over by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. [See all stories on this topic]
China to spend $27 billion on rural education drive
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam, Kerala, India
China will spend 27 billion dollar on rural education over the next five years, part of a drive to improve schooling in the countryside and narrow the gap with the booming coast.The fund would be jointly provided by central and local governments, according to a decision of China's State Council, or cabinet, presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao and reported on the government's official Web site (www.gov.cn).
Winthrop author believes education hasn't outgrown one-room ...
Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill, SC, USA
Maybe there are still things to be learned from school marms and one-room schoolhouses of yore. Mark Dewalt, Winthrop University's director of graduate studies in the College of Education, thinks so. "Our country was founded on rural education," he said. In schools past, children were not obese because they walked to school and did farm chores, Dewalt said. Students were engaged in math because they sold produce at market. Children read for entertainment. They helped families raise a barn for fun and community service.
Fixing rural schools? Feds clumsily try to help
The Union Leader - Manchester, NH, USA
The U.S. Department of Education announced the week before last the creation of the Center for Rural Education, directed by former Education Commissioner William Smith and tasked with addressing the challenges facing rural schools. The news release announcing this new initiative states that the center’s primary goal is to update the Condition of Education in Rural Schools, a report which the U.S. Department of Education last released in 1994. [See all stories on this topic]
New funding plan worries rural schools
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls, MT, USA
Power, population 171, likes to poke fun at its small size. A wooden sign at the edge of town says, "Power: Next Five Exits," referring to the five streets that intersect the main road. The joking stops inside Power's low brick school building, where small is an educational plus but makes for a failing grade financially, according to Principal Jon Konen.
Tags: aera, rural, education
218b yuan for rural education campaign
The Standard - Hong Kong
China will spend 218 billion yuan (HK$209.3 billion) on rural education over the next five years, part of a drive to improve schooling in the countryside and narrow the gap with the booming coast. The fund would be jointly provided by central and local governments, according to a decision of the State Council, or Cabinet, presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao and reported on the government's official Web site.
China to spend 218 bln yuan promoting rural education
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China
China will spend 218 billion yuan (27.25 billion U.S. dollars) to help improve the country's education in the rural areas in the next five years, according to a recent executive meeting of the State Council.
The fund will be jointly provided by both the central and local governments, according to the meeting, which was presided over by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. [See all stories on this topic]
China to spend $27 billion on rural education drive
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam, Kerala, India
China will spend 27 billion dollar on rural education over the next five years, part of a drive to improve schooling in the countryside and narrow the gap with the booming coast.The fund would be jointly provided by central and local governments, according to a decision of China's State Council, or cabinet, presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao and reported on the government's official Web site (www.gov.cn).
Winthrop author believes education hasn't outgrown one-room ...
Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill, SC, USA
Maybe there are still things to be learned from school marms and one-room schoolhouses of yore. Mark Dewalt, Winthrop University's director of graduate studies in the College of Education, thinks so. "Our country was founded on rural education," he said. In schools past, children were not obese because they walked to school and did farm chores, Dewalt said. Students were engaged in math because they sold produce at market. Children read for entertainment. They helped families raise a barn for fun and community service.
Fixing rural schools? Feds clumsily try to help
The Union Leader - Manchester, NH, USA
The U.S. Department of Education announced the week before last the creation of the Center for Rural Education, directed by former Education Commissioner William Smith and tasked with addressing the challenges facing rural schools. The news release announcing this new initiative states that the center’s primary goal is to update the Condition of Education in Rural Schools, a report which the U.S. Department of Education last released in 1994. [See all stories on this topic]
New funding plan worries rural schools
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls, MT, USA
Power, population 171, likes to poke fun at its small size. A wooden sign at the edge of town says, "Power: Next Five Exits," referring to the five streets that intersect the main road. The joking stops inside Power's low brick school building, where small is an educational plus but makes for a failing grade financially, according to Principal Jon Konen.
Tags: aera, rural, education
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Friday, December 30, 2005
2006 AERA Housing/Registration Now Open
From Robert Smith, AERA Director of Meetings:
Good Afternoon:
I would like to let you know that registration/housing for the 2006 AERA Annual Meeting, April 7-11, in San Francisco is now open. I would like to urge you to go online at: http://eloop.goldlasso.com/redir.php?s=4242&u=2549258&f=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aera.net%2F and click on the appropriate link to enter the 2006 AERA Annual Meeting registration module. At the conclusion of the registration process, you will find a link that will take you directly to the housing reservation module.
Please take a moment to review the Professional Development Courses being offered by AERA this year. All of them have been developed specifically for the educational researcher. Learn from the experts the latest techniques available for your career and to enhance your on-the-job capabilities. Click here to view a full listing of the 2006 Professional Development Courses: http://www.aera.net/annualmeeting/?id=294
Make sure you visit the AERA web site to take a look at the special tours designed to enhance your conference experience: from a walk around San Francisco, a trip to Yosemite National Park, a visit to Muir Woods, to AERA Night at the Ballpark, everyone is bound to find something of interest. Click here to review the tours designed for the 2006 AERA Annual Meeting attendees: http://www.aera.net/annualmeeting/?id=292
Please note that a draft program will be available on the AERA web site by January 30. At this time you will be able to check on the day/time/location of your session.
Robert Smith, CMP, CMM
Director of Meetings
American Educational Research Association
1230 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
2006 AERA Annual Meeting - Education Research in the Public Interest
Friday, April 7 - Tuesday, April 11, 2006
San Francisco, California
For more information about the Annual Meeting: http://www.aera.net/
Tags: AERA 2006, AERA, rural, education
Good Afternoon:
I would like to let you know that registration/housing for the 2006 AERA Annual Meeting, April 7-11, in San Francisco is now open. I would like to urge you to go online at: http://eloop.goldlasso.com/redir.php?s=4242&u=2549258&f=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aera.net%2F and click on the appropriate link to enter the 2006 AERA Annual Meeting registration module. At the conclusion of the registration process, you will find a link that will take you directly to the housing reservation module.
Please take a moment to review the Professional Development Courses being offered by AERA this year. All of them have been developed specifically for the educational researcher. Learn from the experts the latest techniques available for your career and to enhance your on-the-job capabilities. Click here to view a full listing of the 2006 Professional Development Courses: http://www.aera.net/annualmeeting/?id=294
Make sure you visit the AERA web site to take a look at the special tours designed to enhance your conference experience: from a walk around San Francisco, a trip to Yosemite National Park, a visit to Muir Woods, to AERA Night at the Ballpark, everyone is bound to find something of interest. Click here to review the tours designed for the 2006 AERA Annual Meeting attendees: http://www.aera.net/annualmeeting/?id=292
Please note that a draft program will be available on the AERA web site by January 30. At this time you will be able to check on the day/time/location of your session.
Robert Smith, CMP, CMM
Director of Meetings
American Educational Research Association
1230 17th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
2006 AERA Annual Meeting - Education Research in the Public Interest
Friday, April 7 - Tuesday, April 11, 2006
San Francisco, California
For more information about the Annual Meeting: http://www.aera.net/
Tags: AERA 2006, AERA, rural, education
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Thursday, December 29, 2005
SIG Newsletter Issued
The Winter 2005 - volume 3, number 2 edition of the Rural Education SIG's newsletter has been released.
Check out the message from our Chair, along with articles on last year's dissertation nominees, University of Missouri's community-based development training, bridging the rural-urban divide, the SIG's new website, reading related to rural studies, important calls, and more...
It can be found under the Publications link or directly at:
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Rural Ed News in ASCD Smart Brief
Taken from the December 27, 2005 edition of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Smart Brief: E-Mail news for the K-12 education profession.
More rural Canadian communities hooked into broadband
Wireless broadband is turning out to be a handy way of extending high-speed Internet connections to customers in Canada's most isolated areas, and businesses are benefiting from the trend. According to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, wireless initiatives have cut the number of communities without broadband access by nearly two-thirds over the past five years, an impressive feat considering the sheer size of the country. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (free registration) (12/25)
Tags: aera, rural, education
More rural Canadian communities hooked into broadband
Wireless broadband is turning out to be a handy way of extending high-speed Internet connections to customers in Canada's most isolated areas, and businesses are benefiting from the trend. According to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, wireless initiatives have cut the number of communities without broadband access by nearly two-thirds over the past five years, an impressive feat considering the sheer size of the country. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (free registration) (12/25)
Tags: aera, rural, education
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Education Review Publishes Review of Coles & Southworth: "Developing Leadership: Creating the Schools of Tomorrow"
This was sent to EDREV@ASU.EDU by Gene V Glass glass@ASU.EDU.
Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education. The Education Review has published 1,400 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at:
The Education Review publishes reviews in Spanish and Portuguese as well as in English. The following
book has just been reviewed:
___________________________________________________
Gene V Glass, Editor
glass@asu.edu
Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/
Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html
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Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education. The Education Review has published 1,400 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at:
book has just been reviewed:
Coles, Martin J. and Southworth, Geoff. (Eds.) (2005). Developing Leadership: Creating the Schools of Tomorrow. Buckingham: Open University Press.This review can be accessed under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage https://punts1.cc.uga.edu/cgi-bin/fetch.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fedrev.asu.edu.
Reviewed by Jorge Aguilar, Arizona State University.
___________________________________________________
Gene V Glass, Editor
glass@asu.edu
Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/
Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html
Tags: aera, rural, education
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Monday, December 26, 2005
One Room Schools
Newfoundland and Labrador is a province where a great deal of one room schools once existed. In fact that is a wonderful book that details the life of a teacher in a one room school on the island of Newfoundland called Learning by Heart: A Poignant Account of Teaching in Rural Newfoundland in the 1950s by Angela Collins. The book is fictional in nature, but is based upon Collins' own stories and the stories of other teachers' of one room schools from across the province.
A few years ago, a faculty member at Memorial University of Newfoundland undertook a project to capture some of the oral history that was dying out as those individuals who had taught in one room schools were slowly passing on. His work was capture in The One-Room School in Newfoundland and Labrador: An Oral History Project and is a great view.
I raise these issue of the one room school and its roots in Newfoundland and Labrador because of the feature that is on NPR Topics: Education focusing upon those remaining one room schools in the United States. The items included in this feature thus far, include:
As more are posted to this series, I will alert the viewership of this blog as more entries are added. In the meantime, if others know of more resources concerning one room schools, please post them as comments to their entry.
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Friday, December 23, 2005
Rural Education in the News
The Google news alert for rural and education for this week.
Center for Rural Education created
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City, IA, USA
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The US Department of Education Friday announced the creation of the Center for Rural Education to address challenges facing rural schools and ... [Subscription required for a more detailed description]
World Bank Approves US$190 Million for Rural Education and ...
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City, MO, USA
The World Bank approved Friday two new loans totaling US$190 million for Argentina to support rural education and provincial government's modernization. Washington, D.C. - infoZine - "We are encouraged to support investment operations that benefit the rural poor and the improvement of provincial governments as part of our core work in Argentina. In 2005, the Bank has approved five operations for Argentina and during next year, we will continue to support the efforts of the government to reduce poverty, sustained economic growth, promote social inclusion and increase transparency and accountability," said Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Country Director for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Argentina: World Bank Approves US$190 Million for Rural Education ...
noticias.info - Spain
WASHINGTON, December 15, 2005- The World Bank approved today two new loans totaling US$190 million for Argentina to support rural education and provincial government’s modernization.“We are encouraged to support investment operations that benefit the rural poor and the improvement of provincial governments as part of our core work in Argentina. In 2005, the Bank has approved five operations for Argentina and during next year, we will continue to support the efforts of the government to reduce poverty, sustained economic growth, promote social inclusion and increase transparency and accountability,” said Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Country Director for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Nixon: Blunt plan could harm defense against school lawsuit
Kansas City Star - MO, USA
Attorney General Jay Nixon asserted Wednesday that it would be harder for him to defend the state's school funding method in court if a plan backed by Gov. Matt Blunt is enacted mandating an amount schools must spend on student instruction. Nixon's comments came as representatives of school boards, administrators and teachers unions criticized Blunt's plan during an informal hearing held Wednesday by Democratic lawmakers.
Parents divided on school merger
The Ashburton Guardian - Ashburton, New Zealand
Not all parents of Fairton, Dorie, Chertsey and Wakanui schools want to keep their local schools open, with some instead supporting a merged school option. Parents are divided on the new school issue as they head into the 2006 school year, when meetings will be held to gauge community opinion on whether to keep the schools open or investigate the merged school option further. The four schools were to close their doors and merge on a new site, but after a turnaround by the Ministry of Education last week in which it scrapped the 1999 education review which gave the schools non-base status, the schools now can have their full status restored and remain open if they wish.
Ontario - A new way of thinking: a new formula for rural high ...
Stirling Community Press - Stirling, Ontario, Canada
"The Rural Student Success Program released by Education Minister Gerard Kennedy demonstrates fresh thinking and flexible strategies that enhance and expand the educational programming offered in small, rural high schools, ensuring the students' well being," remarks Grace McGartland, Chair of the Coalition for Small Schools (CSS). The Rural Student Success Program includes a $10-million lighthouse program, a new “rural experience” emphasis in the curriculum and $3.5-million for a new e-learning pilot project. Last spring, the coalition made five substantial recommendations to the provincial government that addressed the gaps and issues behind the crisis in Ontario's communities.
Editorial comment December 21
The Ashburton Guardian - Ashburton, New Zealand
It’s that time of the year when, with things winding down for the festive season, media organisations around the country and indeed the world are pushing out stories wrapping up different aspects of the year. Already they’ve started flowing on the local front, with today’s paper carrying a piece on an amazing year for New Zealand sport. The festive season is one that naturally leads to a lot of reflection and in contemplating this year in a news sense, there are several things that immediately spring to mind, notably the district’s health services, which is a subject we’ve definitely not heard the last of. The Guardian will be keeping its collective finger firmly on the pulse of that issue as we enter the New Year. [See all stories on this topic]
Rural teachers' pay may be centralized
China Daily - China
It is good news for teachers and a ray of hope for rural education as a whole. Pay for rural teachers may be listed in the budget of the Ministry of Education, a high-ranking official from the ministry was quoted as saying by China Business News. The lack of qualified teachers has been holding back the development of education in the country's vast rural areas. Low pay and poor working conditions have resulted in a serious shortage of talented teachers in primary and middle schools in poverty-stricken areas. [See all stories on this topic]
The TEC signs off Profiles for 2006
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
More than 660 tertiary education organisations’ (TEOs) Profiles have been approved by the Tertiary Education Commission over the past few weeks. These include Profiles for New Zealand’s eight universities, 20 polytechnics and institutes of technology (ITPs), three wananga, two colleges of education as well as 360 private training establishments (PTEs), 195 secondary schools and 15 Other Tertiary Education Providers, 13 Rural Education Activities Programmes and 38 industry training organisations (ITOs).
Tags: aera, rural, education
Center for Rural Education created
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City, IA, USA
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The US Department of Education Friday announced the creation of the Center for Rural Education to address challenges facing rural schools and ... [Subscription required for a more detailed description]
World Bank Approves US$190 Million for Rural Education and ...
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City, MO, USA
The World Bank approved Friday two new loans totaling US$190 million for Argentina to support rural education and provincial government's modernization. Washington, D.C. - infoZine - "We are encouraged to support investment operations that benefit the rural poor and the improvement of provincial governments as part of our core work in Argentina. In 2005, the Bank has approved five operations for Argentina and during next year, we will continue to support the efforts of the government to reduce poverty, sustained economic growth, promote social inclusion and increase transparency and accountability," said Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Country Director for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Argentina: World Bank Approves US$190 Million for Rural Education ...
noticias.info - Spain
WASHINGTON, December 15, 2005- The World Bank approved today two new loans totaling US$190 million for Argentina to support rural education and provincial government’s modernization.“We are encouraged to support investment operations that benefit the rural poor and the improvement of provincial governments as part of our core work in Argentina. In 2005, the Bank has approved five operations for Argentina and during next year, we will continue to support the efforts of the government to reduce poverty, sustained economic growth, promote social inclusion and increase transparency and accountability,” said Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Country Director for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Nixon: Blunt plan could harm defense against school lawsuit
Kansas City Star - MO, USA
Attorney General Jay Nixon asserted Wednesday that it would be harder for him to defend the state's school funding method in court if a plan backed by Gov. Matt Blunt is enacted mandating an amount schools must spend on student instruction. Nixon's comments came as representatives of school boards, administrators and teachers unions criticized Blunt's plan during an informal hearing held Wednesday by Democratic lawmakers.
Parents divided on school merger
The Ashburton Guardian - Ashburton, New Zealand
Not all parents of Fairton, Dorie, Chertsey and Wakanui schools want to keep their local schools open, with some instead supporting a merged school option. Parents are divided on the new school issue as they head into the 2006 school year, when meetings will be held to gauge community opinion on whether to keep the schools open or investigate the merged school option further. The four schools were to close their doors and merge on a new site, but after a turnaround by the Ministry of Education last week in which it scrapped the 1999 education review which gave the schools non-base status, the schools now can have their full status restored and remain open if they wish.
Ontario - A new way of thinking: a new formula for rural high ...
Stirling Community Press - Stirling, Ontario, Canada
"The Rural Student Success Program released by Education Minister Gerard Kennedy demonstrates fresh thinking and flexible strategies that enhance and expand the educational programming offered in small, rural high schools, ensuring the students' well being," remarks Grace McGartland, Chair of the Coalition for Small Schools (CSS). The Rural Student Success Program includes a $10-million lighthouse program, a new “rural experience” emphasis in the curriculum and $3.5-million for a new e-learning pilot project. Last spring, the coalition made five substantial recommendations to the provincial government that addressed the gaps and issues behind the crisis in Ontario's communities.
Editorial comment December 21
The Ashburton Guardian - Ashburton, New Zealand
It’s that time of the year when, with things winding down for the festive season, media organisations around the country and indeed the world are pushing out stories wrapping up different aspects of the year. Already they’ve started flowing on the local front, with today’s paper carrying a piece on an amazing year for New Zealand sport. The festive season is one that naturally leads to a lot of reflection and in contemplating this year in a news sense, there are several things that immediately spring to mind, notably the district’s health services, which is a subject we’ve definitely not heard the last of. The Guardian will be keeping its collective finger firmly on the pulse of that issue as we enter the New Year. [See all stories on this topic]
Rural teachers' pay may be centralized
China Daily - China
It is good news for teachers and a ray of hope for rural education as a whole. Pay for rural teachers may be listed in the budget of the Ministry of Education, a high-ranking official from the ministry was quoted as saying by China Business News. The lack of qualified teachers has been holding back the development of education in the country's vast rural areas. Low pay and poor working conditions have resulted in a serious shortage of talented teachers in primary and middle schools in poverty-stricken areas. [See all stories on this topic]
The TEC signs off Profiles for 2006
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
More than 660 tertiary education organisations’ (TEOs) Profiles have been approved by the Tertiary Education Commission over the past few weeks. These include Profiles for New Zealand’s eight universities, 20 polytechnics and institutes of technology (ITPs), three wananga, two colleges of education as well as 360 private training establishments (PTEs), 195 secondary schools and 15 Other Tertiary Education Providers, 13 Rural Education Activities Programmes and 38 industry training organisations (ITOs).
Tags: aera, rural, education
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
Blogging about Rural Education
This entry was found at the blog of "Mr. Rural ED - A Progressive View of Rural Education."
Curious Timing
By Michael Arnold
On Friday (December 16) the U.S. Department of Education issued a press release announcing the creation of the Center for Rural Education and naming William L. Smith as its director. Some of you will remember that Dr. Smith was U.S. Commissioner of Education before the creation of the Department of Education.
What’s curious about the timing is that Dr. Smith had already been introduced as the director of the center, most notably at the National Rural Education Association Convention in November. Why did the Department issue a press release now?
My friends who believe in a vast urban/suburban conspiracy against rural schools may see the timing as an indication of the low priority that rural schools receive at the department. Those friends are thinking, “I guess it was a slow news day and they didn’t have anything else to report.”
Those who are politically inclined, or at least watch The West Wing, may see the timing as part of “take out the trash day.” For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, Friday is “take out the trash day.” Since fewer people read the paper or watch the news on Saturday, Friday is the day the administration releases information they would rather people didn’t see or hear.
To continue reading, visit Curious Timing...
Tags: aera, rural, education
Curious Timing
By Michael Arnold
On Friday (December 16) the U.S. Department of Education issued a press release announcing the creation of the Center for Rural Education and naming William L. Smith as its director. Some of you will remember that Dr. Smith was U.S. Commissioner of Education before the creation of the Department of Education.
What’s curious about the timing is that Dr. Smith had already been introduced as the director of the center, most notably at the National Rural Education Association Convention in November. Why did the Department issue a press release now?
My friends who believe in a vast urban/suburban conspiracy against rural schools may see the timing as an indication of the low priority that rural schools receive at the department. Those friends are thinking, “I guess it was a slow news day and they didn’t have anything else to report.”
Those who are politically inclined, or at least watch The West Wing, may see the timing as part of “take out the trash day.” For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, Friday is “take out the trash day.” Since fewer people read the paper or watch the news on Saturday, Friday is the day the administration releases information they would rather people didn’t see or hear.
To continue reading, visit Curious Timing...
Tags: aera, rural, education
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Information for AERA Graduate Students
Taken from the AERA-GSL@ASU.EDU listserve.
AERA-GSL Graduate Studies Discussion Forum
When Scott and I created AERA-GSL in 1994, we envisioned a public discussion forum where graduate students could actively engage in discussions about their graduate student experiences. It was, and is, our continuing hope that such discussions would have a positive impact on graduate student experiences and ultimately lead to the reform of graduate studies.
Over the past decade there was increasing attention paid to graduate studies issues and outcomes. Many of these issues have been the focus of attention of the Re-Envisioning of the Ph.D. project and this page from their web site provides some useful resources.
Obtaining a Ph.D.
http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/phd/obtainingphd_index.html
Below, you will also find an excerpt from the AERA-GSL Welcome message which further articulates our vision for this discussion list.
Happy holdays to all,
Scott and Bobbi Kerlin
Moderators, AERA-GSL
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THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION GRADUATE STUDIES LIST
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Graduate education is a critical component of today's higher education world, but its issues are often overlooked in discussions on existing higher education lists. In many ways, the condition of graduate education today says much about the evolution of the academic profession in the 21st century. For this reason, dialogue about the most important concerns in graduate education will help to heighten awareness about the changes occurring in higher education that will likely shape the future academic profession and academic labor market.
We also think it is critical to provide an opportunity for a diverse audience to engage in discussion about graduate studies, and for this reason we actively encourage women, people of color, and scholars from countries from around the globe to contribute their ideas to the forum. We invite all GSL members to contribute items of interest to graduate students and others, such as conference calls, research studies, and electronic journals related to the issues of graduate education. Finally, we encourage contributors to share other forms of information on areas such as graduate assistantships, funding issues, employment trends after graduate school, enrollment and advising issues, health and family concerns, and many other topics that relate in some way to the progress of graduate students.
Our hope is that this forum will also offer a place where graduate students can find moral support while they explore their own knowledge and experiences with graduate training. Through GSL, we hope that all members--students and others as well--will engage in a rich variety of dialogue and inquiry about the current issues of critical importance in graduate education.
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AERA-GSL Graduate Studies Discussion Forum
When Scott and I created AERA-GSL in 1994, we envisioned a public discussion forum where graduate students could actively engage in discussions about their graduate student experiences. It was, and is, our continuing hope that such discussions would have a positive impact on graduate student experiences and ultimately lead to the reform of graduate studies.
Over the past decade there was increasing attention paid to graduate studies issues and outcomes. Many of these issues have been the focus of attention of the Re-Envisioning of the Ph.D. project and this page from their web site provides some useful resources.
Obtaining a Ph.D.
http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/phd/obtainingphd_index.html
Below, you will also find an excerpt from the AERA-GSL Welcome message which further articulates our vision for this discussion list.
Happy holdays to all,
Scott and Bobbi Kerlin
Moderators, AERA-GSL
________________________________
THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION GRADUATE STUDIES LIST
Moderators Scott Kerlin and Bobbi Kerlin
THE PURPOSE AERA-GSL
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Graduate education is a critical component of today's higher education world, but its issues are often overlooked in discussions on existing higher education lists. In many ways, the condition of graduate education today says much about the evolution of the academic profession in the 21st century. For this reason, dialogue about the most important concerns in graduate education will help to heighten awareness about the changes occurring in higher education that will likely shape the future academic profession and academic labor market.
We also think it is critical to provide an opportunity for a diverse audience to engage in discussion about graduate studies, and for this reason we actively encourage women, people of color, and scholars from countries from around the globe to contribute their ideas to the forum. We invite all GSL members to contribute items of interest to graduate students and others, such as conference calls, research studies, and electronic journals related to the issues of graduate education. Finally, we encourage contributors to share other forms of information on areas such as graduate assistantships, funding issues, employment trends after graduate school, enrollment and advising issues, health and family concerns, and many other topics that relate in some way to the progress of graduate students.
Our hope is that this forum will also offer a place where graduate students can find moral support while they explore their own knowledge and experiences with graduate training. Through GSL, we hope that all members--students and others as well--will engage in a rich variety of dialogue and inquiry about the current issues of critical importance in graduate education.
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Monday, December 19, 2005
AERA-GSL Yahoo Group
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Sunday, December 18, 2005
Rural Education in the News
From this week's Google News Alert for rural education...
Rural education funds may help local schools
St. Thomas Times-Journal - Canada
Schools in east and west Elgin may see the benefit of a new provincial program addressing the specific needs of Ontario's 75,000 rural high school students.According to Ontario Minister of Labour and Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Steve Peters, the Rural Student Success Program, announced Monday by Ontario Education Minister Gerard Kennedy at Lord Dorchester Secondary School, could benefit schools in Elgin county."West Elgin certainly has had some threats of closure … this is a great opportunity to take advantage of additional funding to develop unique programs," said Peters. [See all stories on this topic]
Empowering women farmers in China
UNESCO (Communiqués de presse) - Paris, France
A UNESCO literacy programme boosts rural women's confidence and helps them become community leaders. Beautiful and productive courtyard is the story of Qiaozhen, a poor woman who lives with her family in a small village in rural China. After attending literacy classes at night school where she also learns about farming techniques, she is able to convince her husband that diversifying crops in their courtyard would make it more productive. Over time, they start growing a wide variety of vegetables – enough to feed their family and to sell in the local market – and significantly increase their income. Qiaozhen’s success motivates other women in the village to follow her example.
School groups split over rival proposals
Helena Independent Record - Helena, MT, USA
Lance Melton, executive director of the Montana School Boards Association, and Dave Puyear, director of the Montana Rural Education Association, came out in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. Bill Glaser, R-Huntley that would pump more money into Montana public schools and give $30 million in property tax relief to Montana homeowners.Both groups were members of the Montana Quality Education Coalition, the group that organized the 2004 lawsuit challenging Montana’s method of paying for public schools. In December 2004, the Montana Supreme Court sided with the coalition, prompting an overhaul of the state’s school funding scheme that is the focus of the ongoing special legislative session.Another main player in the coalition, MEA-MFT, the state’s largest union of teachers and public employees, backed Schweitzer’s plan, which was widely thought Wednesday to emerge victorious. [See all stories on this topic]
Saving lives in India
Davis Enterprise - Davis, CA, USA
Davis resident Koen Van Rompay, founder of Sahaya International, has raised thousands of dollars over the past seven years to help women and children in southern India.Last year at this time he scored a real fund-raising coup when the Elton John AIDS Foundation in London gave Sahaya a grant for $100,000 for a specific HIV program. He estimates that in the past year 50,000 people in rural Tamil Nadu have learned something about HIV and AIDS, what it is and what it isn’t.
Govt to spur consumption by increasing purchasing power
Xinhua - China
The Chinese central government aims to spur domestic consumption by increasing consumer purchasing power in the coming years in a bid to continue maintaining a steady development of the nation's economy. A national economic conference, which ended on Dec. 1 and was attended by China's top policy-makers, has designated consumption expansion, especially rural consumption, as China's long-term development strategy. [See all stories on this topic]
Country schools get Grit support
London Free Press - Canada
Farm-belt high school students in Ontario will now get credit for joining rural clubs and taking farming courses. A $10-million pledge for innovation and a new emphasis on rural education in the curriculum were announced yesterday by Education Minister Gerard Kennedy at Lord Dorchester secondary school. [ee all stories on this topic]
Licence a necessity in rural Ontario
Toronto Star - Canada
Is Mike Harris back or what? Education Minister Gerard Kennedy's proposal to tie driver's licences to graduation or school attendance is one of the most ridiculous and punitive ideas I have ever heard, matching his equally ridiculous proposal to require young people to stay in school until age 18. Kennedy's own background documents cite the curriculum introduced by the Harris Conservatives as a main contributing factor to the higher dropout rate. [See all stories on this topic]
Congressmen vote to trim education aid, other programs
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland, OH, USA
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to cut federal aid to education for the first time in a decade, as the House narrowly passed a spending bill that would freeze or cut back a wide variety of domestic programs. The $602 billion measure covers education, health research, and medical and job training programs, among others. After years of increases, the measure essentially imposes a 1 percent cut upon programs funded at lawmakers' discretion, providing $142.5 billion for them. The rest of the funding in the bill represents mandatory payments, chiefly for the Medicare and Medicaid programs. [See all stories on this topic]
Rural transformation, my mission
The Tide - Port Harcourt, Niger Delta, Nigeria
Development of rural areas in Ebonyi State has become the major issues in development policy of the state government. The importance of this informed both the state and local governments to institute different ministries and offices charged with the develop of rural dwellers. This also contributed to the creation of development centres out of the old local governments to ensure a positive impact on the rural dwellers. Our correspondent Regis Anukwuoji in this interview with Hon Commissioner for Rural Development in Ebonyi State, Barrister Marcel Ali x-rays his ministry’s aims and objectives and rolled out the ministry’s action plan to invoke developments in the rural areas.
Tags: aera, rural, education
Rural education funds may help local schools
St. Thomas Times-Journal - Canada
Schools in east and west Elgin may see the benefit of a new provincial program addressing the specific needs of Ontario's 75,000 rural high school students.According to Ontario Minister of Labour and Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Steve Peters, the Rural Student Success Program, announced Monday by Ontario Education Minister Gerard Kennedy at Lord Dorchester Secondary School, could benefit schools in Elgin county."West Elgin certainly has had some threats of closure … this is a great opportunity to take advantage of additional funding to develop unique programs," said Peters. [See all stories on this topic]
Empowering women farmers in China
UNESCO (Communiqués de presse) - Paris, France
A UNESCO literacy programme boosts rural women's confidence and helps them become community leaders. Beautiful and productive courtyard is the story of Qiaozhen, a poor woman who lives with her family in a small village in rural China. After attending literacy classes at night school where she also learns about farming techniques, she is able to convince her husband that diversifying crops in their courtyard would make it more productive. Over time, they start growing a wide variety of vegetables – enough to feed their family and to sell in the local market – and significantly increase their income. Qiaozhen’s success motivates other women in the village to follow her example.
School groups split over rival proposals
Helena Independent Record - Helena, MT, USA
Lance Melton, executive director of the Montana School Boards Association, and Dave Puyear, director of the Montana Rural Education Association, came out in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. Bill Glaser, R-Huntley that would pump more money into Montana public schools and give $30 million in property tax relief to Montana homeowners.Both groups were members of the Montana Quality Education Coalition, the group that organized the 2004 lawsuit challenging Montana’s method of paying for public schools. In December 2004, the Montana Supreme Court sided with the coalition, prompting an overhaul of the state’s school funding scheme that is the focus of the ongoing special legislative session.Another main player in the coalition, MEA-MFT, the state’s largest union of teachers and public employees, backed Schweitzer’s plan, which was widely thought Wednesday to emerge victorious. [See all stories on this topic]
Saving lives in India
Davis Enterprise - Davis, CA, USA
Davis resident Koen Van Rompay, founder of Sahaya International, has raised thousands of dollars over the past seven years to help women and children in southern India.Last year at this time he scored a real fund-raising coup when the Elton John AIDS Foundation in London gave Sahaya a grant for $100,000 for a specific HIV program. He estimates that in the past year 50,000 people in rural Tamil Nadu have learned something about HIV and AIDS, what it is and what it isn’t.
Govt to spur consumption by increasing purchasing power
Xinhua - China
The Chinese central government aims to spur domestic consumption by increasing consumer purchasing power in the coming years in a bid to continue maintaining a steady development of the nation's economy. A national economic conference, which ended on Dec. 1 and was attended by China's top policy-makers, has designated consumption expansion, especially rural consumption, as China's long-term development strategy. [See all stories on this topic]
Country schools get Grit support
London Free Press - Canada
Farm-belt high school students in Ontario will now get credit for joining rural clubs and taking farming courses. A $10-million pledge for innovation and a new emphasis on rural education in the curriculum were announced yesterday by Education Minister Gerard Kennedy at Lord Dorchester secondary school. [ee all stories on this topic]
Licence a necessity in rural Ontario
Toronto Star - Canada
Is Mike Harris back or what? Education Minister Gerard Kennedy's proposal to tie driver's licences to graduation or school attendance is one of the most ridiculous and punitive ideas I have ever heard, matching his equally ridiculous proposal to require young people to stay in school until age 18. Kennedy's own background documents cite the curriculum introduced by the Harris Conservatives as a main contributing factor to the higher dropout rate. [See all stories on this topic]
Congressmen vote to trim education aid, other programs
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland, OH, USA
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to cut federal aid to education for the first time in a decade, as the House narrowly passed a spending bill that would freeze or cut back a wide variety of domestic programs. The $602 billion measure covers education, health research, and medical and job training programs, among others. After years of increases, the measure essentially imposes a 1 percent cut upon programs funded at lawmakers' discretion, providing $142.5 billion for them. The rest of the funding in the bill represents mandatory payments, chiefly for the Medicare and Medicaid programs. [See all stories on this topic]
Rural transformation, my mission
The Tide - Port Harcourt, Niger Delta, Nigeria
Development of rural areas in Ebonyi State has become the major issues in development policy of the state government. The importance of this informed both the state and local governments to institute different ministries and offices charged with the develop of rural dwellers. This also contributed to the creation of development centres out of the old local governments to ensure a positive impact on the rural dwellers. Our correspondent Regis Anukwuoji in this interview with Hon Commissioner for Rural Development in Ebonyi State, Barrister Marcel Ali x-rays his ministry’s aims and objectives and rolled out the ministry’s action plan to invoke developments in the rural areas.
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Friday, December 16, 2005
AERA Division C Announcement - 2006 Sylvia Scribner Award: Call for Nominations
Sent by governance@aera.net to aera_division_c-announce@listserv.aera.net
2006 SYLVIA SCRIBNER AWARD
Call for Nominations
P. Karen Murphy, Chair
Deadline: February 4, 2006
Nominations are open for the 2006 Sylvia Scribner Award of Division C of the American Educational Research Association. The award recognizes a program of work that has significantly influenced thinking and research in the field of learning and instruction. In particular, the annual award is designed to honor current research (i.e., within the last ten years) that represents a significant advancement in our understanding of learning and instruction. The recognized work may include but is not limited to research articles, paper series, monographs, book chapters, and/or books. This includes collaborative teams as well as individuals.
The award is named in honor of the late Sylvia Scribner. Professor Scribner's work reflects a wide range of concerns within the field of cognition, particularly learning and instruction. Her research focused on the relationship between cognition and culture. Her work involved innovative mixing of methods, including experimental simulations of everyday cognitive tasks and ethnographic fieldwork. Her work cut across disciplinary boundaries, addressed multiple sites for learning and development, and included older and younger learners.
The nominator should send the following:
(1) The complete bibliographic citation of a single publication designated by the nominator as illustrative of the nominee's larger research program and contribution. The publication date of the designated work should be within the last decade (i.e. with a publication date of 1995 or later).
The nominator also should submit a copy of the representative publication. If the publication is a book or monograph, the nominator should indicate which portion of it (approximately 25 pages) should be reproduced for dissemination to the award committee. An electronic version of the representative publication is preferred.
(2) Complete bibliographic citations of up to five additional relevant publications of the nominee (There are no publication date restrictions for these citations).
(3) A Supporting statement of no more than 500 words.
(4) Vita of the nominee.
The submission deadline is February 4, 2006. Electronic nominations are preferred. Please send 4 separate documents (corresponding to 1-4 above) as MS Word or PDF attachments to P. Karen Murphy:
Email: pkm15@psu.edu
Subject Header: Scribner Award Nomination.
Paper submissions can be sent to P. Karen Murphy, The Pennsylvania State University, Educational Psychology, 229 CEDAR Building, University Park, PA 16802-3109.
For additional information and queries, contact P. Karen Murphy by e-mail at pkm15@psu.edu using the Subject Header: Scribner Award Inquiry.
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P. Karen Murphy
Associate Professor
The Pennsylvania State University
Educational Psychology
229 CEDAR Building
University Park, PA 16802-3109
814-863-2278 Phone
814-863-1002 Fax
www.personal.psu.edu/pkm15
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2006 SYLVIA SCRIBNER AWARD
Call for Nominations
P. Karen Murphy, Chair
Deadline: February 4, 2006
Nominations are open for the 2006 Sylvia Scribner Award of Division C of the American Educational Research Association. The award recognizes a program of work that has significantly influenced thinking and research in the field of learning and instruction. In particular, the annual award is designed to honor current research (i.e., within the last ten years) that represents a significant advancement in our understanding of learning and instruction. The recognized work may include but is not limited to research articles, paper series, monographs, book chapters, and/or books. This includes collaborative teams as well as individuals.
The award is named in honor of the late Sylvia Scribner. Professor Scribner's work reflects a wide range of concerns within the field of cognition, particularly learning and instruction. Her research focused on the relationship between cognition and culture. Her work involved innovative mixing of methods, including experimental simulations of everyday cognitive tasks and ethnographic fieldwork. Her work cut across disciplinary boundaries, addressed multiple sites for learning and development, and included older and younger learners.
The nominator should send the following:
(1) The complete bibliographic citation of a single publication designated by the nominator as illustrative of the nominee's larger research program and contribution. The publication date of the designated work should be within the last decade (i.e. with a publication date of 1995 or later).
The nominator also should submit a copy of the representative publication. If the publication is a book or monograph, the nominator should indicate which portion of it (approximately 25 pages) should be reproduced for dissemination to the award committee. An electronic version of the representative publication is preferred.
(2) Complete bibliographic citations of up to five additional relevant publications of the nominee (There are no publication date restrictions for these citations).
(3) A Supporting statement of no more than 500 words.
(4) Vita of the nominee.
The submission deadline is February 4, 2006. Electronic nominations are preferred. Please send 4 separate documents (corresponding to 1-4 above) as MS Word or PDF attachments to P. Karen Murphy:
Email: pkm15@psu.edu
Subject Header: Scribner Award Nomination.
Paper submissions can be sent to P. Karen Murphy, The Pennsylvania State University, Educational Psychology, 229 CEDAR Building, University Park, PA 16802-3109.
For additional information and queries, contact P. Karen Murphy by e-mail at pkm15@psu.edu using the Subject Header: Scribner Award Inquiry.
***************************************************
P. Karen Murphy
Associate Professor
The Pennsylvania State University
Educational Psychology
229 CEDAR Building
University Park, PA 16802-3109
814-863-2278 Phone
814-863-1002 Fax
www.personal.psu.edu/pkm15
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Thursday, December 15, 2005
AERA Division C Graduate Research Excellence Award
Sent by Thomas G Reio, Jr thomas.reio@louisville.edu to the aera_division_c_students-announce@listserv.aera.net.
Call for Application Reminder
2006 Graduate Student Research Excellence Award
by Thomas G. Reio, Jr. and Sue Lasky, Graduate Student Research Excellence Award Committee Chair and Co-Chair
In the summer newsletter, we wrote to inform you about the Division C Graduate Research Excellence Award. This prestigious award is presented for the best paper by a graduate or recent graduate student accepted for presentation at the AERA 2006 annual meeting in San Francisco. Please let this newsletter article serve as a reminder that the time for participating in the award competition is upon us.
After notification of your paper’s acceptance for the upcoming AERA conference, you are eligible for submitting your paper to the graduate research excellence award committee. The research must have been conducted while still a graduate student during 2004 or 2005. In the case of the co-authored paper, the candidate also is required be the primary researcher and first author. The deadline for submission of the application is January 31, 2006. Only a hard copy of the application can be accepted; thus, please do not submit your work via e-mail or by fax. Your paper must be written in APA V style and no more than 30 pages, including text, references, appendices, tables and figures. Papers exceeding this length or not meeting the other guidelines cannot be considered for the award. The paper selection criteria will include: (1) new knowledge contribution to the field, (2) significance of the problem/question, (3) theoretical and/or practical importance of the research findings, (4) originality, (5) quality of the research design, (6) clarity of presentation, (7) innovative implications and directions for future research, (8) adequate and relevant references, and (9) overall future promise of the researcher.
The application must include: four hard copies of the paper; a cover sheet with the paper’s title; the author's name, address, phone, and email; the name, address, phone, and email of the author's research advisor/mentor; a short letter from the author's research advisor/mentor acknowledging that the author was the primary researcher, and that the student’s research was conducted during 2004 or 2005; and a photocopy of the AERA Division C acceptance letter for the April 2006 annual meeting in San Francisco.
Please send materials to:
Thomas G. Reio, Jr., Ph.D., Chair
AERA Graduate Research Excellence Award Committee
331 Education Building
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
If there are any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Thomas G. Reio, Jr. at (502) 852-0639 or by e-mail at thomas.reio@louisville.edu.
Thank you very much for your interest.
Thomas G. Reio, Jr., Ph.D.
Leadership, Foundations, and Human Resource Education
College of Education and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
(502) 852-0639 Work
(502) 852-4563 FAX
thomas.reio@louisville.edu
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Call for Application Reminder
2006 Graduate Student Research Excellence Award
by Thomas G. Reio, Jr. and Sue Lasky, Graduate Student Research Excellence Award Committee Chair and Co-Chair
In the summer newsletter, we wrote to inform you about the Division C Graduate Research Excellence Award. This prestigious award is presented for the best paper by a graduate or recent graduate student accepted for presentation at the AERA 2006 annual meeting in San Francisco. Please let this newsletter article serve as a reminder that the time for participating in the award competition is upon us.
After notification of your paper’s acceptance for the upcoming AERA conference, you are eligible for submitting your paper to the graduate research excellence award committee. The research must have been conducted while still a graduate student during 2004 or 2005. In the case of the co-authored paper, the candidate also is required be the primary researcher and first author. The deadline for submission of the application is January 31, 2006. Only a hard copy of the application can be accepted; thus, please do not submit your work via e-mail or by fax. Your paper must be written in APA V style and no more than 30 pages, including text, references, appendices, tables and figures. Papers exceeding this length or not meeting the other guidelines cannot be considered for the award. The paper selection criteria will include: (1) new knowledge contribution to the field, (2) significance of the problem/question, (3) theoretical and/or practical importance of the research findings, (4) originality, (5) quality of the research design, (6) clarity of presentation, (7) innovative implications and directions for future research, (8) adequate and relevant references, and (9) overall future promise of the researcher.
The application must include: four hard copies of the paper; a cover sheet with the paper’s title; the author's name, address, phone, and email; the name, address, phone, and email of the author's research advisor/mentor; a short letter from the author's research advisor/mentor acknowledging that the author was the primary researcher, and that the student’s research was conducted during 2004 or 2005; and a photocopy of the AERA Division C acceptance letter for the April 2006 annual meeting in San Francisco.
Please send materials to:
Thomas G. Reio, Jr., Ph.D., Chair
AERA Graduate Research Excellence Award Committee
331 Education Building
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
If there are any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Thomas G. Reio, Jr. at (502) 852-0639 or by e-mail at thomas.reio@louisville.edu.
Thank you very much for your interest.
Thomas G. Reio, Jr., Ph.D.
Leadership, Foundations, and Human Resource Education
College of Education and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
(502) 852-0639 Work
(502) 852-4563 FAX
thomas.reio@louisville.edu
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Monday, December 12, 2005
Announcement From Another SIG
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
SIG-IT Young Researcher Award
The SIG-IT Young Researcher Award will be presented to a deserving scholar in the field of instructional technology. The award recipient will present their paper at the 2006 AERA Conference, receive a check for $350, and have their paper posted on the SIG-IT website. The award was established in 2003 by the American Educational Research Association's Special Interest Group Instructional Technology.
To eligible for this award, you must:
For information about this list, including archives and how to unsubscribe,
please go to the ITFORUM web site:
http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/
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SIG-IT Young Researcher Award
The SIG-IT Young Researcher Award will be presented to a deserving scholar in the field of instructional technology. The award recipient will present their paper at the 2006 AERA Conference, receive a check for $350, and have their paper posted on the SIG-IT website. The award was established in 2003 by the American Educational Research Association's Special Interest Group Instructional Technology.
To eligible for this award, you must:
- Be a member of AERA and SIG-IT at time of submission (http://www.cait.org/sigit/member/SIGITform.doc)
- A Doctoral Candidate or Recent Doctoral Graduate (within the previous 5 years)
- Attend the 2006 AERA conference and SIG-IT business meeting in San Francisco from April 7-11, 2006
- Perform the role as the Primary Investigator of a completed research study (using any methodology)
- Submit a cover letter stating your intent to apply, describing your eligibility for the award, and including contact information. Include four (4) blind copies of your manuscript. Alternatively, you may submit a blind electronic copy of the letter and manuscript. Electronic document must be submitted in Microsoft Word for Windows or Rich Text Format only.
- To submit an application or for more information, contact: William A. Kealy, Instructional Technology Program, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, EDU152,Tampa, FL 33620-5650 Phone: 813-974-7952. Email: wkealy@coedu.usf.edu
- Completed applications must be received by February 1, 2006
- Applicants will be informed of the decision no later than March 15, 2006.
- An award may not be given in any year in which the review panel has determined that no proposal merits acknowledgement.
- Relevance and significance of topic and research question to the field of instructional technology
- Clarity of research question
- Thoroughness of literature review
- Appropriateness of methodology for study
- Quality and completeness of analysis
- Clarity and soundness of conclusions
- Promotion of a continuing research agenda or improved professional practices
- Ease of readability
- Overall quality demonstrating coherence and reasoning
- Contribution to the cumulative knowledge base of the field
For information about this list, including archives and how to unsubscribe,
please go to the ITFORUM web site:
http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/
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Saturday, December 10, 2005
Rural Education in the News
From the Google News Alert service for this week...
Cash crisis leaves students in the cold
China Daily - China
Many pupils in rural areas in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province are studying in sub-zero temperatures because of a lack of funds to heat schools. Several parts of the province have seen a sharp drop in temperatures of up to 10 degrees over the past week. But many classrooms have remained without heating, according to local education authority sources. In northern Shaanxi the average temperature at this time is -2 C.
Supe, 30, shatters rural stereotypes
eSchool News (subscription) - Bethesda, MD, USA
Thirty-year-old Bart Banfield, one of the youngest superintendents in the nation, was still in school when the internet exploded into the mainstream of American life. As a result, he can appreciate firsthand how today's technology tools are transforming teaching and learning. This firsthand experience has helped Banfield lead Oklahoma's Stidham Public Schools--a one-school district with just 135 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade--to the forefront of technology integration.
First Organic Dairy Farm Established at Land-Grant University ...
AScribe - USA
The University of New Hampshire will establish an organic dairy farm for research, education, and outreach, making it the nation's first land-grant university to have an organic dairy farm. Londonderry, N.H. industry leader Stonyfield Farm has made a $200,000 leadership gift to the project, which carries an estimated price tag of $1.5 million. "UNH has a remarkable opportunity to provide much-needed research and education to organic dairy farmers, present and future, while helping to secure the future of the northeast region's farming heritage and rural communities," said William Trumble, dean of UNH's College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA). "As consumer demand for organic products rises - outpacing supply, in the case of dairy - the time is appropriate for UNH to provide leadership in organic dairy education and research."
Pawlenty plans to meet with Ford Motor Company officials to ...
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers - Coon Rapids, MN, USA
Gov. Tim Pawlenty will meet with Ford Motor Company officials within the next week or two to discuss the future of the Ford plant in St. Paul. The plant is endangered of being shut down by the company. “The meeting is going to take place,” said Pawlenty, saying he’ll travel to Detroit to meet with company officials.
Along with traditional incentives, Pawlenty will propose the company join with Minnesota stakeholders in a joint venture at the St. Paul plant on alternative fuels or hybrid cars, the governor explained on Tuesday (Dec. 6).
EDITORIAL: Affordable college makes a difference for rural Idaho
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
About 10 or 20 years ago, it would have been a rare sight to see the president of the largest Idaho university in a rural Idaho town. These days, it's more of a necessity. Boise State University President Bob Kustra came to the heart of Mini-Cassia country last week, visiting with local civic clubs and schools about the need for higher education support.
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Cash crisis leaves students in the cold
China Daily - China
Many pupils in rural areas in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province are studying in sub-zero temperatures because of a lack of funds to heat schools. Several parts of the province have seen a sharp drop in temperatures of up to 10 degrees over the past week. But many classrooms have remained without heating, according to local education authority sources. In northern Shaanxi the average temperature at this time is -2 C.
Supe, 30, shatters rural stereotypes
eSchool News (subscription) - Bethesda, MD, USA
Thirty-year-old Bart Banfield, one of the youngest superintendents in the nation, was still in school when the internet exploded into the mainstream of American life. As a result, he can appreciate firsthand how today's technology tools are transforming teaching and learning. This firsthand experience has helped Banfield lead Oklahoma's Stidham Public Schools--a one-school district with just 135 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade--to the forefront of technology integration.
First Organic Dairy Farm Established at Land-Grant University ...
AScribe - USA
The University of New Hampshire will establish an organic dairy farm for research, education, and outreach, making it the nation's first land-grant university to have an organic dairy farm. Londonderry, N.H. industry leader Stonyfield Farm has made a $200,000 leadership gift to the project, which carries an estimated price tag of $1.5 million. "UNH has a remarkable opportunity to provide much-needed research and education to organic dairy farmers, present and future, while helping to secure the future of the northeast region's farming heritage and rural communities," said William Trumble, dean of UNH's College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA). "As consumer demand for organic products rises - outpacing supply, in the case of dairy - the time is appropriate for UNH to provide leadership in organic dairy education and research."
Pawlenty plans to meet with Ford Motor Company officials to ...
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers - Coon Rapids, MN, USA
Gov. Tim Pawlenty will meet with Ford Motor Company officials within the next week or two to discuss the future of the Ford plant in St. Paul. The plant is endangered of being shut down by the company. “The meeting is going to take place,” said Pawlenty, saying he’ll travel to Detroit to meet with company officials.
Along with traditional incentives, Pawlenty will propose the company join with Minnesota stakeholders in a joint venture at the St. Paul plant on alternative fuels or hybrid cars, the governor explained on Tuesday (Dec. 6).
EDITORIAL: Affordable college makes a difference for rural Idaho
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne, IN, USA
About 10 or 20 years ago, it would have been a rare sight to see the president of the largest Idaho university in a rural Idaho town. These days, it's more of a necessity. Boise State University President Bob Kustra came to the heart of Mini-Cassia country last week, visiting with local civic clubs and schools about the need for higher education support.
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Monday, December 05, 2005
Summer Internship Program for Graduate Students
From: Diane Jass Ketelhut ketelhdi@GSE.HARVARD.EDU
To: AERA-GSL Graduate Studies Discussion Forum AERA-GSL@ASU.EDU
Hi, all. I received this and was asked to forward it on. If you are interested in a summer internship at ETS, read on...
Diane
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I am writing to provide you with current information about the Educational Testing Service [ETS] Summer Program in Research for Graduate Students Internship Program. The program is designed to promote quality and distinction in educational measurement and related fields as well as to encourage original and significant research for scholars and graduate students. The goal of the program is to provide talented scholars, especially women and underrepresented minority scholars, opportunities to carry out research under the mentorship of ETS senior researchers.
I would like to solicit your help in getting this information out to your colleagues and your very best graduate students. The most significant way you can assist is for you (and your colleagues) to identify and encourage application on the part of strong candidates at your institution, including your outstanding alumni/ae.
ETS is seeking students to participate in a wide range of areas of interest that reflect the ever-broadening role of educational measurement. The program has been redesigned slightly with a focus on major research activities that will occur in 2006. Students from a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives are invited to apply for the program, including those with backgrounds in statistics, psychometrics, cognitive science, teaching and classroom research, linguistics, policy research, and specific content areas such as mathematics and reading.
Please take a moment to read the program announcement that is posted on the ETS website at <http://ets.org> and consider qualified individuals you believe would benefit from the program and would help ETS realize its goal.
Once again, the current information and application materials are on line at the above website. Students apply electronically through the website, following the instructions indicated on the program announcement.
If you have any questions about the program, please write to internfellowships@ets.org.
Thank you in advance for your assistance and support of the program.
Sincerely,
Georgiana Weingart
Administrator
ETS Summer Program in Research for Graduate Students
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To: AERA-GSL Graduate Studies Discussion Forum AERA-GSL@ASU.EDU
Hi, all. I received this and was asked to forward it on. If you are interested in a summer internship at ETS, read on...
Diane
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I am writing to provide you with current information about the Educational Testing Service [ETS] Summer Program in Research for Graduate Students Internship Program. The program is designed to promote quality and distinction in educational measurement and related fields as well as to encourage original and significant research for scholars and graduate students. The goal of the program is to provide talented scholars, especially women and underrepresented minority scholars, opportunities to carry out research under the mentorship of ETS senior researchers.
I would like to solicit your help in getting this information out to your colleagues and your very best graduate students. The most significant way you can assist is for you (and your colleagues) to identify and encourage application on the part of strong candidates at your institution, including your outstanding alumni/ae.
ETS is seeking students to participate in a wide range of areas of interest that reflect the ever-broadening role of educational measurement. The program has been redesigned slightly with a focus on major research activities that will occur in 2006. Students from a diverse range of disciplinary perspectives are invited to apply for the program, including those with backgrounds in statistics, psychometrics, cognitive science, teaching and classroom research, linguistics, policy research, and specific content areas such as mathematics and reading.
Please take a moment to read the program announcement that is posted on the ETS website at <http://ets.org> and consider qualified individuals you believe would benefit from the program and would help ETS realize its goal.
Once again, the current information and application materials are on line at the above website. Students apply electronically through the website, following the instructions indicated on the program announcement.
If you have any questions about the program, please write to internfellowships@ets.org.
Thank you in advance for your assistance and support of the program.
Sincerely,
Georgiana Weingart
Administrator
ETS Summer Program in Research for Graduate Students
AERA-GSL AERA Graduate Studies Forum
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Saturday, December 03, 2005
Rural Ed in the News
China faces challenges in education: expert
Xinhua - China
China still faces challenges despite the fact that its development mode of education has provided a pioneering experience for the world education sector, said David Archer, head of the international education of the Action Aid, a well-known Britain-based non-government organization. At the concluding 5th High Level Group Meeting on Education For All of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) here Wednesday, Archer told Xinhua that China gives priority to the educational sector in national development, and the government has made a commitment to education far exceeding many other countries in the world.
Rural Illinois Perpectives: The role of rural schools
Rock River Times - Rockford, IL, USA
Many rural school districts in Illinois are struggling with how to maintain quality education in the face of community decline that depletes available resources. One strategy is to use the school as a lever for building the community while enhancing student performance. This approach suggests that schools can take an active role in assuring their own and the community’s survival. A recent report from the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) at Western Illinois University lists four community engagement models a school can adopt. The report, “In Search of Best Practices: A Research Agenda for Rural Education in Illinois,” by Timothy Collins, IIRA assistant director, notes the models can be used separately or in combination. They are as follows:
Chinese Premier Vows Education for All in Address to UNESCO Forum ...
Black Enterprise - New York, NY, USA
"Full text of an address on 28 November to the Fifth UNESCO High Level Group Meeting on education for all by PRC Premier Wen Jiabao"; carried by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 28 November: On 28 November, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addressed the opening ceremony of the Fifth High Level Group Meeting on Education for All sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]. The full text follows.
Vodacom 46664 Starter Pack - Helping Fight AIDS with a call or SMS
Mobile Africa - Accra, Ghana
The Nelson Mandela Foundation continues to bring about daily miracles in the lives of people with HIV/AIDS. Now this Foundation is being joined by telecommunications giant, Vodacom South Africa (Vodacom), in fighting the war against HIV/AIDS. “Vodacom’s support and participation is the perfect fit for the repositioning of the 46664 campaign, which is moving from merely raising awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic to inspiring ordinary South Africans and businesses to take personal responsibility in the fight against the disease,” says John Samuel, Chief Executive Officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Tags: aera, rural, education
Xinhua - China
China still faces challenges despite the fact that its development mode of education has provided a pioneering experience for the world education sector, said David Archer, head of the international education of the Action Aid, a well-known Britain-based non-government organization. At the concluding 5th High Level Group Meeting on Education For All of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) here Wednesday, Archer told Xinhua that China gives priority to the educational sector in national development, and the government has made a commitment to education far exceeding many other countries in the world.
Rural Illinois Perpectives: The role of rural schools
Rock River Times - Rockford, IL, USA
Many rural school districts in Illinois are struggling with how to maintain quality education in the face of community decline that depletes available resources. One strategy is to use the school as a lever for building the community while enhancing student performance. This approach suggests that schools can take an active role in assuring their own and the community’s survival. A recent report from the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) at Western Illinois University lists four community engagement models a school can adopt. The report, “In Search of Best Practices: A Research Agenda for Rural Education in Illinois,” by Timothy Collins, IIRA assistant director, notes the models can be used separately or in combination. They are as follows:
Chinese Premier Vows Education for All in Address to UNESCO Forum ...
Black Enterprise - New York, NY, USA
"Full text of an address on 28 November to the Fifth UNESCO High Level Group Meeting on education for all by PRC Premier Wen Jiabao"; carried by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 28 November: On 28 November, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addressed the opening ceremony of the Fifth High Level Group Meeting on Education for All sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [UNESCO]. The full text follows.
Vodacom 46664 Starter Pack - Helping Fight AIDS with a call or SMS
Mobile Africa - Accra, Ghana
The Nelson Mandela Foundation continues to bring about daily miracles in the lives of people with HIV/AIDS. Now this Foundation is being joined by telecommunications giant, Vodacom South Africa (Vodacom), in fighting the war against HIV/AIDS. “Vodacom’s support and participation is the perfect fit for the repositioning of the 46664 campaign, which is moving from merely raising awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic to inspiring ordinary South Africans and businesses to take personal responsibility in the fight against the disease,” says John Samuel, Chief Executive Officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
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Thursday, December 01, 2005
Statistics for November
Well, another month has come and gone... And this past month we had 199 unique visitors to our AERA Rural Education SIG website. That breaks down into 178 first time visitors and 21 repeat offenders, or an average of 7 visitors per day.
And they're coming from everywhere... Well, not everywhere, but the United States, Japan, Canada, India, the United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Mexico, Benin, China, Fiji, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Macao, New Zealand, and Spain.
What do they come to see? Well, this past month the popular entries included:
And they're coming from everywhere... Well, not everywhere, but the United States, Japan, Canada, India, the United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Mexico, Benin, China, Fiji, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, Macao, New Zealand, and Spain.
What do they come to see? Well, this past month the popular entries included:
The average person stayed either from 30 seconds to 5 minutes or from 5 minutes to 20 minutes, with two visitors sticking around for more than an hour.
Until next month...
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