Hi Eugene and everyone,
Eugene, as you outlined so nicely with the conflicts arising from your dual
roles of officer and presenter, the issues of fair representation and promotion
of the sig are also tensions we are encountering. I'll throw in my 2 cents
because, imho the open communications you and Mike have been having are perhaps
one facet of a multisided approach to move forward. Past xcma discussions
remind me that even the most open fora may not have postings equitably
distributed among its participants, but I'd like to second your invitation for
extending the discussion. It's a simple logic that with more great brains
involved, the better chance we have of improving our situations.
To dispense with the personal note -- I greatly appreciate the support that the
chsig has provided over the last couple of meetings, and partially for that
reason, I'll be submitting a roundtable paper under division G? that will
slightly lessen the demand for chsig slots, but it will also provide me
incentive for getting a draft written. Since my college-funded travel is most
likely completely expended for iscrat, (a pleasant turn of events) it is
unclear whether I'll be at the next aera anyway (but its a more than fair
tradeoff).
Systemically, I think many of our chsig dilemmas arise out of the aera
structure that carries them. There is the tradition of having competition in
the system as a means to improve the quality of the work presented, but at the
same time, this structure militates against the goal of greater inclusion that
many of us are interested in for various reasons. We can make more room
available for people who are growing into the chsig community if others who
have a high probability of successfully making proposals for other divisions
and sigs, do so. Yet there is also the risk that putting the presentation of
work with high merit outside the sig will reduce the popularity of the sig with
general audiences, and may also decrease the quality within the sig. And merit
and popularity (and quality) are difficult to untangle.
Yet, as discussed in Seattle, there are also benefits to being linked to aera.
For example, for those with limited resources for travel, and aera being a
mecca for educational researchers, this allows the opportunity to participate
in both the focussed and broader research communities.
Well, there's more that I could write, but there are other things to write, and
time is too short. There's also a backlog of reading to do.
Just 2 cents worth,
bb
--- Eugene Matusov <ematusov@udel.edu> wrote:
> Dear everybody--
>
> I want to encourage you to contact me if you have questions about submission
> of your proposals to the SIG. A few people have been contacted me already. I
> hope our voting on themes do not scare you. The general principle is that if
> you are a member of the CH SIG or XMCA your proposal will probably fit the
> SIG. However, if you have doubts do not hesitate contacting me.
>
> Good luck in developing your proposals,
>
> Eugene
>
> PS (Nothing to do with the previous message :-) I found two interesting
> links that some of you may be interested:
>
> 1) Articles on how to develop simulation activities from the inventor of the
> Rafa-Rafa game simulating a cultural contact
> http://www.stsintl.com/articles/
>
> 2) Current issue of Educational Researcher on Doctoral Students in Education
> http://aera.net/pubs/er/
>
>
=====
"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly become the author of something beautiful."
[Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]
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