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Re: [xmca] Fwd: AERA 2013 Call for Proposals
Hi Helena,
I would be interested depending on the angle of the
proposal. For example, if we take her work and use it to address the need
to transform the perception of "vocational education" from "loser track" on
one hand and the neoliberal, globalization agenda on the other, then YES.
Robert Lake
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Helena Worthen <helena.worthen@berkeley.edu
> wrote:
> I'd like to float a proposal for a SIG roundtable that would focus on
> Sylvia Scribner's work. I will admit up front that I have only been vaguely
> aware of her as the other author of Scribner and Cole's "Psychology of
> Literacy". I knew that she was someone very important, but that was about
> it. Now there's time before next April to dig pretty deep and I have the
> feeling that studying her would illuminate my own thinking on learning for
> work and jobs. I would like to do this.
>
> Would others be interested in this? We'd have to prepare a proposal for a
> roundtable.
>
> Listening attentively --
>
> Helena
>
>
> Helena Worthen
> helena.worthen@berkeley.edu
> 21 San Mateo Road
> Berkeley, CA 94707
> Visiting Scholar, UCB Center for Labor Research and Education
> 510-828-2745
>
> On Jun 5, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Duvall, Emily wrote:
>
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> AERA 2013 http://www.aera.net
> >>
> >> San Francisco, California
> >>
> >> April 27-May 1, 2013
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear XMCA members and friends,
> >>
> >> As your SIG program chairs, we are very excited to be sending out the
> AERA 2013 call for proposals! We feel that the theme, "Education and
> Poverty: Theory, Research, Policy, and Praxis”, is especially significant
> to our SIG members and colleagues as we often attempt to address ongoing
> disparities between the rich and poor in the United States and around the
> world that is grounded in specific understandings of the ways and means
> human development is understood within global contexts. We welcome all
> submissions, especially those that explore this general theme from a
> cultural-historical perspective, but would especially encourage proposals
> that explore the general theme from the intersections between theory and
> praxis.
> >>
> >> Full call:
> http://www.aera.net/Portals/38/docs/Publications/AERA%20Highlights/AERA2013AMCallForSubmissions.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The deadline for proposal submissions is July 22, 2012, but can be
> submitted as early as July 1st.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Please note that there are very limited numbers of symposia available.
> Roundtables are a good option as they are set up to allow for ‘presenting’
> and discussion of various papers. The distinguishing factor is that the
> goal of the roundtable is more discussion amongst all the participants
> whereas a symposium is arranged more for formal presentation of works with
> a discussant providing most of the connecting and critique.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Also, last year we were able to Skype in a last minute discussant
> (thanks again to Mike Cole for being so generous). An attempt to video tape
> the business meeting was also a last minute effort. This year, perhaps we
> need to broaden our thinking and consider what we might, as a SIG, achieve
> with the use of technology.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> We would also like to encourage ideas for a professional development
> session for 2013. Our SIG has held some very successful ones in the past
> and there is interest in participating in 2013. If you are interested in
> being a part of the development of a PD course, please contact us and let
> us know your thoughts whether as potential ‘more knowledgeable’ peer who
> would be a willing instructor, or drop us a line with an area of interest
> you would like to have addressed.
> >>
> >> Full call:
> http://www.aera.net/Portals/38/docs/Publications/AERA%20Highlights/2013CallForPDCourseProposals.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The deadline for proposal submissions for a PD course is also July 22nd
> so please act quickly; SIG officers are willing to assist.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Given all the lively discussions on the XMCA site, we're looking forward
> >> to some exciting presentations and discussions this year! Keep in mind
> >> that the number and type of sessions allocated by AERA to each unit are
> >> based in part on the total number of proposals received by the unit - so
> >> please submit your proposals to our SIG.The Cultural-Historical
> Research SIG needs your contributions to create
> >> a strong and visible program!
> >>
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >> Emily Duvall, PhD emily@uidaho.edu
> >> Carrie Lobman, EdD carrie.lobman@gse.rutgers.edu
> >>
> >> Cultural-Historical Research SIG Program Co-Chairs
> >>
> >> AERA 2013 in San Fran!
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Social Foundations of Education
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