Distinguished Lectures 2008
Distinguished Lectures 2008
 
Distinguished Lectures 2008
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Presidential Addresses
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Distinguished Lectures

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2011

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  • Opening Plenary Session [Webcast]
    Who Kidnapped Superman?
    Diane Ravitch, New York University,
    Cosponsored by the Supervision and Instructional Leadership SIG
  • Featured Presidential Session Webcast]
    Intervening to Shape the Future
    Yrjö H. Engeström, University of Helsinki,
    Cosponsored by the Cultural Historical Research SIG
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    Featured Presidential Session [Webcast]
    Rethinking Remedial Education and the Academic-Vocational Divide: Lessons to Learn About Language, Cognition, and Social Class
    Mike Rose, University of California - Los Angeles

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  • Presidential Session co-sponsored by Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education, Invited Session  [Webcast]
    Measuring and Developing Teacher Effectiveness: An Assessment of Research, Policy, and Practice
    Chair:
    Eva L. Baker, University of California – Los Angeles
    Participants: 
    Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University; Gloria J. Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Edward H. Haertel, Stanford University

  • Presidential Session, Invited Session  [Webcast]
    Revisiting the National Research Council Report How People Learn: A Re-Examination
    Chair:
    Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University
    Participants:
    “Social, Cultural, and Contextual Aspects of Prior Knowledge as the Basis of Learning,” 
    Barbara Rogoff, University of California - Santa Cruz
    “The Social Foundations of Why Learning Happens: Interest, Initiative, Engagement,” 
    Nailah Suad Nasir, University of California – Berkeley
    Identity Development and Identity Bases of Learning Processes and Pathways of Participation in Cultural Practices,” 
    Margaret Beale Spencer, University of Chicago
    “From ‘Transfer of Learning’ to Knowledgeable Navigation Across Contexts,” 
    Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University
    “How People Use Technologies for Learning,” 
    Roy D. Pea, Stanford University
    “How Children Learn in the Lab and in the World: Stereotypes and Social Learning,” 
    Andrew Meltzoff, University of Washington
    Discussants:
    Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University; James G. Greeno, University of Pittsburgh


     

  • Presidential Session co-sponsored by Hispanic Research Issues SIG [Webcast]
    Generations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans and Education in the U.S.
    Chair:
     
    Walter R. Allen, University of Claifornia-Los Angeles
    Mexican American Educational Disadvantages Over Four Generations Since Immigration
    Edward Telles, Princeton University
    The Inter-Cohort Reproduction of Mexican American Dropouts
    Rogelio Saenz, Texas A&M University
  • Presidential Session, Invited Session [Webcast]
    Interest-Driven Learning and Participatory Democracy: A 21st-Century Agenda for Technology and Education
    Chair: 
    Constance Yowell, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
    Participants:
    Connected Learning and Participation in a Networked Age,
    Mizuko Ito, University of California – Irvine
    New Media and the Future of Democracy: An Educational Agenda 
    Joseph E. Kahne, Mills College
    Creating Hybrid Online/Face-to-Face Spaces to Support Anytime/Anywhere Learning
    Nichole D. Pinkard, DePaul University
    The Internet and Activism: Taking the Long View, 
    Ethan Zuckerman, Harvard University
    Discussant: 
    Elyse A. Eidman-Aadahl, University of California - Berkeley

  • Presidential Session, Invited Session  [Webcast]
    Beyond New London: Literacy Learning and the Design of Social Futures
    Chair: 
    William Cope, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
    Participants:
    “The New London Agenda in Retrospect,” 
    Mary Kalantzis, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
    “Learning and Knowing - Issues and Principles,” 
    Gunther Kress, Institute of Education – London
    “Language and Learning and Digital Media,”
    James Paul Gee, Arizona State University
    “Appropriating Students' Multilingual Strengths and Multi-Modal Interests as Resources for Learning,” 
    Courtney B. Cazden, Harvard University; Gail Cawkwell, University of Waikato, New Zealand
    “Multiliteracies in Australia: Educational and Economic Reforms?” AllanA.J. Luke, Queensland University of Technology
    “Teacher Orchestration of Talk in a Pedagogy of Multiliteracies,” 
    Sarah Michaels, Clark University; Catherine O'Connor, Boston University; Richard Sohmer, Investigators Club
    “Future Agendas for Multiliteracies,” 
    William Cope, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
    Discussant: Brian V. Street, Kings College, London

  • Presidential Session, Invited Session  [Webcast]
    Education Research for the Public Good: Shaping State and Federal Policies for English Language Learners
    Chairs:
    Diane L. August
    , Center for Applied Linguistics; Megan Hopkins, University of California - Los Angeles
    Participants:
    “Fostering Meaningful Accountability for English Language Learners: What Will It Take?”
    Robert T. Linquanti, WestEd; Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University;David Johns, U.S. Senate HELP Committee
    “Using Research to Implement the Federal Agenda,”
    Jennifer A. O'Day, American Institutes for Research
    “Research in the Service of Policy: The Arizona Case,” 
    Patricia C. Gandara, University of California - Los Angeles; Kevin G. Welner, University of Colorado – Boulder
    “Implementing the Common Core for ELLs,” 
    Diane L. August, Center for Applied Linguistics; Gabriela J. Uro, Council of Great City Schools

2010

2009

2008

  • The Centrality of Culture to the Scientific Study of Learning and Development: How an Eco-Cultural Framework in Educational Research Facilitates Civic Responsibility
    Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University
    2008 Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture
  • The Economic Payoff to Educational Justice
    Henry M. Levin, Teachers College, Columbia University
    2008 AERA Distinguished Lecture

2007

2006

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Annual Brown Lecture in Education

2010
Educating Language Minority Students and Affirming Their Equal Rights: Research and Practical Perspectives.
Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University
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2009
Mobilizing Culture, Language and Educational Practices: Fulfilling the Promises of Mendez and Brown
Luis C. Moll, University of Arizona
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2008
The Brown Legacy and the O’Connor Challenge: Transforming Schools in the Images of Children’s Potential
Stephen W. Raudenbush, University of Chicago
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2007
Lessons Learned and Opportunities Ingnored Since Brown v. Board of Education: Youth Development and the Myth of a Colorblind Society
Margaret Beale Spencer, University of Pennsylvania
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2006
The Flat Earth and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future
Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University
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2005
Contingencies of Identity and Schooling in a Diverse Society: Toward Reducing Inequality of Outcomes
Claude M. Steele, Stanford University
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2004
Education, Excellence and Equity: Toward Equitable Access to Excellence in Education
Edmund W. Gordon, Teachers College, Columbia University
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