Thursday, August 10, 2006
From the E-mail Box of the Executive Director - Summer 2006 Update
A message from AERA Executive Director, Felice J. Levine.
From the E-Mail Box of the Executive Director
Summer News Update
Dear AERA Members:
This message is to bring you a summer update on important activities and opportunities related to scholarly communication and to enhancing research in our field.
First and foremost, proposal submissions for the 2007 AERA Annual Meeting closed on August 2nd with again very strong outpouring of interest. In total, 11,056 proposals for individual papers and symposia were submitted through the All Academic System. President Eva Baker, Program Chair Dan Koretz, and the entire Program Committee are also hard at work since June planning Presidential sessions, invited lectures, and other events to speak to the theme—The World of Quality in Education.
One important component of the AERA Annual Meeting are the courses and mini-courses directed to advancing education research skills, methodological expertise, and knowledge. The submission system remains open for those who would like to propose a course (one- or two-days) or mini-course (four hours) that will add to the capacity of scholars at all levels of experience to undertake research of excellence. The Professional Development and Training Committee is also interested in strengthening the teaching of education research and welcomes proposals from education researchers that are directed to strengthening faculty skills and capacity to teach research or supervise research training. Courses may be proposed through the All Academic System through August 31, 2006.
The world of quality research is as much about quality reviewing of proposals as submitting quality proposals. Division and SIG Program Chairs urge those actively engaged in research to sign up as reviewers of proposals. There is no better way to contribute to the larger good and the substantive quality of the Annual Meeting than through participating in the review process. Please go to the AERA website at http://www.aera.net/opportunities/?id=1423 and sign up as a reviewer in the areas of your research expertise.
This e-mail is also intended to spread the word that the AERA Books Editorial Board seeks innovative proposals for research handbooks. The Books Editorial Board continues to seek proposals on important arenas of research in education. The Calls for Proposals set forth enticing opportunities to develop research handbooks for scholars and students that seek to bring together diverse strands of relevant scholarship (inside and outside the usual boundaries of education research); draw upon the strongest research irrespective of context or field of inquiry; add comparative, international, longitudinal, or historical dimensions; and aim to identify significant new directions for empirical, methodological, and theoretical inquiry. The Board seeks the following types of proposals:
(1) Research handbook proposals on any topic under the Open Call (see http://www.aera.net/publications/?id=709)
(2) Proposals for a Research Handbook of Cumulative Research Programs in Education (see special call at http://www.aera.net/?id=1479)
(3) Proposals for a Handbook of Research on Achievement (see special call at http://www.aera.net/?id=1478)
The deadline for handbook proposals is October 15, 2006. The same guidelines are to be used for submitting proposals under the Open Call or for the two special topics (see http://www.aera.net/publications/?id=710). Proposals are to be submitted electronically to books@aera.net.
Last, but by no means least, I am very pleased to report that the AERA Council adopted the Standards for Reporting on Empirical Social Science Research in AERA Publications in June. The Standards are available on the AERA website at http://www.aera.net/?id=1480 and also are being published in the August-September issue of ER. This guidance was developed by a Task Force chaired by Pamela Moss. Council has just launched a second Task Force on Standards for Reporting on Humanities Research in AERA Publications under the leadership of Marilyn Cochran Smith.
The new Task Force is only one of many important activities that are being pursued by the Association to advance education research and serve education researchers. The pages of ER and the AERA website will continue to provide information on news and activities. Meanwhile, please help become part of that news by serving as a reviewer, considering the submission of a course proposal, or, if the timing is right, submitted a prospectus for a research handbook that can further add to and enhance education research as a field.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Best wishes,
Felice
Felice J. Levine, PhD
Executive Director
Tags: AERA 2007, AERA, small schools, rural, education
From the E-Mail Box of the Executive Director
Summer News Update
Dear AERA Members:
This message is to bring you a summer update on important activities and opportunities related to scholarly communication and to enhancing research in our field.
First and foremost, proposal submissions for the 2007 AERA Annual Meeting closed on August 2nd with again very strong outpouring of interest. In total, 11,056 proposals for individual papers and symposia were submitted through the All Academic System. President Eva Baker, Program Chair Dan Koretz, and the entire Program Committee are also hard at work since June planning Presidential sessions, invited lectures, and other events to speak to the theme—The World of Quality in Education.
One important component of the AERA Annual Meeting are the courses and mini-courses directed to advancing education research skills, methodological expertise, and knowledge. The submission system remains open for those who would like to propose a course (one- or two-days) or mini-course (four hours) that will add to the capacity of scholars at all levels of experience to undertake research of excellence. The Professional Development and Training Committee is also interested in strengthening the teaching of education research and welcomes proposals from education researchers that are directed to strengthening faculty skills and capacity to teach research or supervise research training. Courses may be proposed through the All Academic System through August 31, 2006.
The world of quality research is as much about quality reviewing of proposals as submitting quality proposals. Division and SIG Program Chairs urge those actively engaged in research to sign up as reviewers of proposals. There is no better way to contribute to the larger good and the substantive quality of the Annual Meeting than through participating in the review process. Please go to the AERA website at http://www.aera.net/opportunities/?id=1423 and sign up as a reviewer in the areas of your research expertise.
This e-mail is also intended to spread the word that the AERA Books Editorial Board seeks innovative proposals for research handbooks. The Books Editorial Board continues to seek proposals on important arenas of research in education. The Calls for Proposals set forth enticing opportunities to develop research handbooks for scholars and students that seek to bring together diverse strands of relevant scholarship (inside and outside the usual boundaries of education research); draw upon the strongest research irrespective of context or field of inquiry; add comparative, international, longitudinal, or historical dimensions; and aim to identify significant new directions for empirical, methodological, and theoretical inquiry. The Board seeks the following types of proposals:
(1) Research handbook proposals on any topic under the Open Call (see http://www.aera.net/publications/?id=709)
(2) Proposals for a Research Handbook of Cumulative Research Programs in Education (see special call at http://www.aera.net/?id=1479)
(3) Proposals for a Handbook of Research on Achievement (see special call at http://www.aera.net/?id=1478)
The deadline for handbook proposals is October 15, 2006. The same guidelines are to be used for submitting proposals under the Open Call or for the two special topics (see http://www.aera.net/publications/?id=710). Proposals are to be submitted electronically to books@aera.net.
Last, but by no means least, I am very pleased to report that the AERA Council adopted the Standards for Reporting on Empirical Social Science Research in AERA Publications in June. The Standards are available on the AERA website at http://www.aera.net/?id=1480 and also are being published in the August-September issue of ER. This guidance was developed by a Task Force chaired by Pamela Moss. Council has just launched a second Task Force on Standards for Reporting on Humanities Research in AERA Publications under the leadership of Marilyn Cochran Smith.
The new Task Force is only one of many important activities that are being pursued by the Association to advance education research and serve education researchers. The pages of ER and the AERA website will continue to provide information on news and activities. Meanwhile, please help become part of that news by serving as a reviewer, considering the submission of a course proposal, or, if the timing is right, submitted a prospectus for a research handbook that can further add to and enhance education research as a field.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Best wishes,
Felice
Felice J. Levine, PhD
Executive Director
Tags: AERA 2007, AERA, small schools, rural, education
