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Re: [xmca] Fwd: AERA 2013 Call for Proposals
Robert, sounds good to me. I'm going to start collecting responses, here, and see what the whole trajectory looks like when things calm down.
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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 7, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Robert Lake wrote:
> 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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