Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Scribner Award Announcement
A message from Barbara L. McCombs (barbara.mccombs@du.edu) to aera_division_c-announce@listserv.aera.net
2007 SYLVIA SCRIBNER AWARD
Call for Nominations
P. Karen Murphy, Chair
Deadline: January 5, 2007
Nominations are open for the 2007 Sylvia Scribner Award of Division C of the American Educational Research Association.The award recognizes a program of work by a Division C member that has significantly influenced thinking and research in the fieldof learning and instruction. In particular, the annual award is designed to honor current research (i.e., within the last ten years) thatrepresents a significant advancement in our understanding of learning and instruction. The recognized work may include but is notlimited 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. Professor Scribner's research also 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 researchprogram and contribution. The publication date of the designated work should be within the last decade (i.e. with a publication date of 1996 or later).The nominator also should submit a copy of the representative publication. If the publication is a book or monograph, the nominator shouldindicate which portion of it (approximately 25 pages) should be reproduced for dissemination to the award committee. An electronic versionof the representative publication is preferred.
(2) Complete bibliographic citations of no more that 5 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 January 5, 2007. 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.
Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
2007 SYLVIA SCRIBNER AWARD
Call for Nominations
P. Karen Murphy, Chair
Deadline: January 5, 2007
Nominations are open for the 2007 Sylvia Scribner Award of Division C of the American Educational Research Association.The award recognizes a program of work by a Division C member that has significantly influenced thinking and research in the fieldof learning and instruction. In particular, the annual award is designed to honor current research (i.e., within the last ten years) thatrepresents a significant advancement in our understanding of learning and instruction. The recognized work may include but is notlimited 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. Professor Scribner's research also 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 researchprogram and contribution. The publication date of the designated work should be within the last decade (i.e. with a publication date of 1996 or later).The nominator also should submit a copy of the representative publication. If the publication is a book or monograph, the nominator shouldindicate which portion of it (approximately 25 pages) should be reproduced for dissemination to the award committee. An electronic versionof the representative publication is preferred.
(2) Complete bibliographic citations of no more that 5 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 January 5, 2007. 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.
Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
