2009 Annual Meeting

Call for Proposals

Table of Contents

Section I. Theme: "Disciplined Inquiry: Education Research in the Circle of Knowledge"

At a time when knowledge creation and use require spanning boundaries between academic disciplines, education researchers can take pride in their long tradition of multidisciplinary work. AERA's 2009 Annual Meeting will celebrate this tradition and look ahead to assess new ways that education research and disciplinary inquiry might be more effectively integrated.

Relations between education research and disciplinary inquiry have been reciprocal and multifaceted. The disciplines have contributed a diverse array of theoretical insights and research methods to the study of education and its societal roles. Education research, in turn, has provided a major venue for testing theory and developing analytical methods, and its studies have helped refine and expand those theories in significant ways. More than multidisciplinary endeavors in many other fields, education research has been inclusive in its application of disciplinary perspectives and in its respect for quantitative and qualitative methods. The result has been a uniquely rich capacity for education research to draw on a broad range of humanistic and scientific disciplines and to contribute widely to the improvement of education policy and practice.

The 2009 Annual Meeting will be an opportunity for renewed discussion and expansion of the role of education research as a hub of interdisciplinary scholarship. Special attention will be paid to proposals for papers and sessions that demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary research, the significance of multiple methodological perspectives, and interactions between education and its sister disciplines in the sciences and humanities.

Section II. What's New?

Submission of final papers. To ensure the overall quality of session presentations and discussion, it is imperative that copies of accepted papers be made available to session chairs and discussants in advance of the Annual Meeting. Authors of accepted papers (both paper sessions and symposium sessions) must upload a copy of their final paper to the All Academic system no later than March 23, 2009. Failure to do so may result in authors' not being allowed to present their work and/or discussants' not commenting on the paper during the session. Access to uploaded papers is restricted to the session chair and discussants. Papers will not be made available for public use.

Central repository of papers. AERA is pleased to introduce the AERA Central Repository of Annual Meeting Papers beginning with the 2008 Annual Meeting. (This Central Repository is separate from the requirement for submission of final papers described in the previous paragraph.) Participation in the repository by authors and presenters is voluntary. The repository will be accessible from the AERA website and will be open to the public.

Section III. General Information

The 2009 AERA Annual Meeting will be held from Monday, April 13, through Friday, April 17, in San Diego, California. The program will consist primarily of presentations selected through a peer review process by program chairs of divisions, committees, and special interest groups (SIGs). In addition, there will be invited speakers and symposia, panel discussions, professional development courses, and graduate student programs.

All proposal submitters, reviewers, and program/section chairs will be accessing the AERA Online Proposal Submission System (All Academic) through a central portal linked to the AERA membership/contact database. The integration between All Academic and the AERA database will simplify the log-in process as well as enhance the ability to maintain the most up-to-date user contact information, which is critical for ongoing communications and updates.

Inquiries about specific divisional, committee, or SIG areas of interest should be directed to the respective program chairs (see the "Divisions," "Committees," and "Special Interest Groups" sections under "Call Details"). General inquiries regarding the Annual Meeting may be addressed to the AERA Meetings Department (e-mail annualmtg@aera.net; phone 202-238-3200).

Guidelines for submitting proposals are set forth below. Each submission must be directed to a single committee, division, or SIG. Additional information about the content for submissions to these entities is set forth in the "Call Details" section. Also, those submitting proposals are encouraged to examine the review criteria in the "General Procedures and Policies" section.