I did contact Ricki Goldman-Segall and ask her views on the process for the
Scribner Award.
She was very sympathetic to our concerns, but is not sure she has much
influence with the Division C governing committee and VP. I believe she
will mention the matter to the current VP, especially if we encourage her
to do so. You will notice that she personally favors an even wider
democratization of the voting, but not necessarily a narrowing of the range
of potential candidates, if this is to remain a divisional career award.
She did also provide the following information about the current process
and make-up of the selection committee, which I am forwarding at her request.
JAY.
>Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:02:05 -0500
>From: Ricki Goldman <ricki@njit.edu>
>Subject: Scribner Info
>X-Sender: ricki@mailhost.njit.edu
>To: Jay Lemke <jaylemke@umich.edu>
>
>Dear Jay,
>
>I am not a member of the Cultural-Historical SIG. If you could post this
>for me, or, if you let me know how to post this, I would be happy to do
>so. I hope this message will help to clarify the issues.
>
>The recommendation of a representative being asked to serve the CH SIG
>should be recommended to the Division C Committee, I would guess.
>
>I would also recommend that an electronic voting procedure of committee
>members for all awards take place on the AERA website, somewhat similar
>to how speakers are chosen at the CH-Sig website. This would enable the
>AERA membership much more voting input. Another method would be to have
>these awards voted on directly (without committee), within a given
>Division, once nominees have been identified.
>
>I would be happy to take these recommendations to the Division C Meeting
>this year.
>
>
>------
>
>Re: Sylvia Scribner Award Adjudication
>
>I am enclosing the full announcement below. The key phrase to the award is
>that:
>"The work of the late Sylvia Scribner, for whom the award is named,
>
>reflects a wide range of research concerns within the field of learning,
>
>cognition, and education. Her research focused on cognition in relation to
>
>society and culture, and drew on a range of methodologies, cut across
>
>disciplinary boundaries, addressed multiple sites for learning and
>
>development, and included older and younger learners."
>
>
>
>In our process, the Sylvia Scribner Award Committee Chair requests
>nominations and self-nominations for the Sylvia Scribner Award and for new
>membership for the committee in a general announcement made at the Annual
>Scribner Award meeting and symposium. The Chair of the committee and the
>Vice President of the Division generates a list and makes appointments.
>There are between 10 and 12 members on the committee, at least 5 of whom
>were members the previous year. Chairs serve for one year only.
>
>Affirmative action guidelines are: at least one international committee
>member is asked to serve; and, membership includes diversity in gender,
>geography, theoretical perspective, and domain expertise. Junior as well
>as senior appointments are also made, according to the new guidelines.
>Members are asked to judge if they have a conflict of interest in the case
>of any nominated candidate. All individual votes are sent to the the Vice
>President with the scores upon the Chair's receiving the rankings.
>(FYI: The Chair and Vice-Chair did not vote this year.)
>
>The committee uses the HARE system in voting. Using this system, the
>members of the committee rank the nominees from most worthy to least
>worthy. They are asked to write YES or NO beside the name of the nominee.
>For a nominee to be eligible to win the award, at least 75% of the
>committee members must give a YES rating.
>
>All recommendations for changes to the current guidelines should be
>addressed to the Division C Committee.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Ricki Goldman
>2003 Chair, Sylvia Scribner Award Committee
>ricki@njit.edu
>
>
>Sylvia Scribner announcement
>
>Nominations are now open for the Year 2002 Sylvia Scribner Award of
>Division C of the American Educational Research Association. The award
>recognizes a program of work that has significantly influenced thinking
>and research in the field of learning and instruction. In particular, the
>annual award is designed to honor current research (i.e., within the last
>ten years) that represents a significant advancement in our understanding
>of learning and instruction. The recognized work may include but is not
>and/or books. This includes collaborative teams as well as individuals.
>
>The work of the late Sylvia Scribner, for whom the award is named,
>reflects a wide range of research concerns within the field of learning,
>cognition, and education. Her research focused on cognition in relation to
>society and culture, and drew on a range of methodologies, cut across
>disciplinary boundaries, addressed multiple sites for learning and
>development, and included older and younger learners. The Sylvia Scribner
>Award is designed to honor work that reflects any methodology or
>conceptual perspective for research on learning and instruction, so all
>research methodologies and perspectives on learning and instruction that
>are represented in Division C are eligible for the award. The recipient of
>the award need not belong to Division C.
Jay Lemke
Professor
University of Michigan
School of Education
610 East University
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Tel. 734-763-9276
Email. JayLemke@UMich.edu
Website. www.umich.edu/~jaylemke
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