<em>AERA18 Insider</em> - April 14, 2018
AERA18 Insider - April 14, 2018
 
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AERA18 Insider

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Welcome to day two of the 2018 AERA Annual Meeting! Each morning, AERA18 Insider will provide tips on key sessions and events, as well as other Annual Meeting resources and highlights you won't want to miss.

Join the conversation: Use the conference hashtag #AERA18, and follow AERA on Twitter at @AERA_EdResearch.

Questions? Contact the AERA Meetings team at annualmtg@aera.net, or check out the Navigating the Annual Meeting section of the program for answers to Frequently Asked Questions.
 
 
 
In this Issue:

March for Science New York City
AERA Welcoming Orientation for New Members and First-Time Attendees
Off-site Presidential Sessions
The New York Hall of Science: A Research-Based Approach to Creative STEM Learning
An Invitation to Teaching Toward Social Justice
AERA Distinguished Lecture: William T. Trent
FABBS 2018 Early Career Impact Award: Kathleen H. Corriveau
Communicating Research and Engaging Public Policy Audiences—The Story of Doing So
"#MeToo" Town Hall Meeting
AERA E.F. Lindquist Award (2017) Lecture: Hua-Hua Chang
Social Justice in Education Award Lecture: Sylvia Hurtado
Exhibit Hall and Speaker's Corner
Today's Live-Streaming Sessions
Download the Annual Meeting App
Resources
2018 Annual Meeting Sponsors
AERA would like to extend a special thank you to our 2018 sponsors:

Platinum Sponsor
- American Institutes for Research

Gold Sponsor
- SAGE Publishing

Silver Sponsors
- GTCOM
- Mathematica

Bronze Sponsors
- AccessLex Institute
- National Institute of Education
- RAND Corporation
 



Today's Highlights

March for Science: New York City

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
1 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003
Session Hashtag: #March4EdResearch
Link to website

AERA is proud to be a partner organization of March for Science New York City. The teach-in, informational sessions, speeches, and musical interludes will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., followed by a parade downtwon from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Be sure to use the hashtag #March4EdResearch and to tag @AERA_EdResearch in your social media posts.

AERA Welcoming Orientation for New Members and First-Time Attendees

7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Rendezvous Trianon
Link to session

New members and first-time meeting attendees are invited to an orientation session. This session offers an opportunity to learn more about the Association and the benefits of being a member, as well as helpful tips on navigating the Annual Meeting.

This session will be chaired by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine, AERA President Deborah Loewenberg Ball (University of Michigan), and AERA President-Elect Amy Stuar Wells (Teachers College, Columbia University). 
 
Off-site Presidential Sessions
Extending and Deepening the Concept and Practice of Public Education; All Stars Project, Inc.

11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
All Stars Project, Inc., 543 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
Meet in the lobby of the New York Hilton Midtown at 1335 Sixth Avenue at 11:45am, or come directly to the All Stars Project at 543 W 42nd Street at 12:30pm.
Link to session

All Stars Project, Inc. (ASP) is a national non-profit organization that sponsors outside of school youth development programs in six U.S. cities and serves 53,000 young people and their families, primarily in poor communities of color. The visit will include a tour of the performance spaces, classrooms, and shops contained in the 31,000 square-foot facility; observation and participation in on-site All Stars programs; and a group conversation led by Carrie Lobman, Ed.D, and All Stars co-founder Lenora Fulani, Ph.D., with staff and youth and adult participants.

The New York Hall of Science: A Research-Based Approach to Creative STEM Learning

2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
New York Hall of Science, Queens
Interested participants should gather at 2:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Hliton Hotel on 6th Avenue. Andres Henriquez, NYSCI's VP of STEM Learning in Communities, will be there to take visitors on the subway to NYSCI.
Link to session

The New York Hall of Science’s (NYSCI) work is guided by an approach to learning that it calls Design-Make-Play, which draws upon research on deeper learning that points to the importance of creating learning experiences that develop cognitive processes (e.g., critical thinking, knowledge integration, creativity and innovation); interpersonal skills (e.g., communication and collaboration); and intrapersonal skills (e.g., self-evaluation and metacognition).  Participants will go to the museum for an event that will engage them in inspiring and playful science learning.

An Invitation to Teaching Toward Social Justice

12:25 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown, Second Floor, Beekman
Session hashtag: #educolor
Link to session

Join a group of exciting, experienced practitioners who work for social justice in communities around the country – several as members of EduColor -- an organization that seeks to elevate the voices of public school advocates of color on educational equity and justice. Participants will work in small groups to share stories and strategies about teaching social justice.  Chaired by NYC teacher and blogger, Jose L. Vilson, participants include Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price (Rutgers University), Nagla Bedir (Perth Amboy Public Schools), Xian Franzinger-Barrett (Chicago Public Schools), Rosie Frascella (New York City Public Schools), Gabriel Tanglao (New Jersey Public Schools), and Annie Tan (New York City Public Schools).

AERA Distinguished Lecture: William T. Trent

12:25 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown, Second Floor, Sutton South
Link to session

This year's AERA Distinguished Lecture, "Interrogating Segregation, its Complexities and Consequences for Public Education" will be delivered by William T. Trent (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

FABBS 2018 Early Career Impact Award: Kathleen H. Corriveau

12:25 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown, Second Floor, Sutton Center
Link to session

Kathleen H. Corriveau (Boston University) will deliver the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) 2018 Early Career Impact Award Lecture, "How Children Use Questions and Explanations to Develop Critical Thinking Skills."

Communicating Research and Engaging Public and Policy Audiences—The Story of Doing So

2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown, Second Floor, Sutton South
Link to session

This research and policy session chaired by Felice J. Levine (AERA) will examine how education researchers can clearly communicate signficant research findings with stakeholders and engage with public and policy audiences to make research accessible to all. Participants include Stella M. Flores (New York University), Arthur (Skip) Lupia (University of Michigan), Gloria J. Ladson-Billings (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Laura W. Perna (University of Pennsylvania), and Barbara Rogoff (University of California, Santa Cruz).

"#MeToo" Town Hall Meeting
Transforming a Culture of Sexual Exploitation and Harassment in the Academy and Scholarly Professions
4:05 to 6:05 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Mercury Ballroom
Session Hashtag: #AERAMeToo
Link to session

This forum speaks to contemporary concerns about the ways in which power differentials and dominant social norms and practices have led to sexual harassment, abuse, and intimidation in scientific and academic workplaces.

The town hall will begin with reflections on this topic as well as on the issues involved in identifying inappropriate practices, the responsibility and options of social institutions for addressing sexual misconduct, and strategies that can be invoked to protect individuals and to systematically enable social and structural change. Each invited speaker will talk briefly from the vantage of their observations and expertise, with a moderated open forum across panelists and with the audience.

The forum will be co-chaired by AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine and Laura L. Namy,  Executive Director of the Society for Research in Child Development. Participants include Shirley M. Malcom(American Association for the Advancement of Science), Charol Shakeshaft (Virginia Commonwealth University), Shaun Harper (University of Southern California), Paula England (New York University), and Rhonda Davis (National Science Foundation Office of Diversity and Inclusion).

AERA E.F. Lindquist Award (2017) Lecture: Hua-Hua Chang

4:05 p.m. to 5:35 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown, Second Floor, Sutton North
Link to session

Hua-Hua Chang (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) will deliver the 2017 E.F. Lindquist Award Lecture, "From Adaptive Testing to Adaptive Learning."

Social Justice in Education Award Lecture: Sylvia Hurtado

7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Mercury Ballroom
Session hashtag: #AERASJ
Link to session

Sylvia Hurtado  (University of California, Los Angeles) will deliver the Social Justice in Education Award lecture, "Evolving Research and Teaching in the Transformative Paradigm: Making the Path as We Walk It."

Exhibit Hall and Speaker's Corner

The exhibit hall is open today through Monday in the New York Hilton Midtown, Third Floor, Americas Halls I and II:

Saturday, April 14: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 15: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday, April 16: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Speaker's Corner also opens today, featuring sessions like "How Researchers Can Pitch to Ed Week Reporters & Editors" from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Presenters Debra Viadero (Education Week), Elizabeth Rich (Education Week), and Tony Pals (AERA) will discuss how researchers can best pitch to Ed Week and how to publish opinion essays. View the full Speaker's Corner schedule here.

Today's Live-Streaming Sessions
Browse more key speakers, featured presidential sessions, and session hashtags.
 
 
 

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