Re: [xmca] Fwd: AERA 2013 Call for Proposals

["Duvall, Emily" <emily@uidaho.edu>]

Sorry this is long. If you  are not interested in the nuts and bolts are arranging AERA programs, just skip this!
Em

You can include as many papers as you would like in a symposium, within reason. Papers are submitted as a collection, so to speak. They are loaded into the system as part of a single entity. The 'collection' is what the reviewers evaluate. The names of the participants are included so this is not actually a 'blind' review. This has some pros and cons.

Roundtable papers are submitted separately- as 'papers'. These Individual papers are submitted and reviewed by the reviewers individually.  Authorship is hidden and thus it is a 'blind' review.It is then the responsibility of the program chairs to put together cohesive roundtables. In this case, there is not a review of a collection, but a putting together of a collection based on what has passed through the review process. We try to put things together that make sense. There are pros and cons to this, as well.

However, if you want to ensure that your papers are kept together, a symposium is the way to go,  at least initially. How the symposium is actually enacted is up to the collective participants. Traditionally a symposium has been a more  formal series of presentations, an activity that is more about 'telling'.  It is really more suitable to presenting papers that have a common topic. In addition, if the symposium is kept to a telling type of format, it seems that it would be most suitable to the offering of information. Again, though, the format could be structured in another way. Last year we had a heavy load of symposia... Some people were willing to become roundtables and so the grouping of papers was kept, there was a chair, and discussion was more open. 

Sometimes there are issues with space. A Roundtable can be put in a room with other roundtables whereas a symposium has it's own space.

Nonetheless, the idea of the Roundtable is less about telling and more about discussing. Usually there are brief summaries of the works, but the emphasis is on a more interactive activity. There are no discussants, only a chair.

My suggestion to anyone is to always mark that you will accept another format. We still check in, but it saves time if we can check in with one person rather than having the chair of a symposium have to contact everyone to see if they are okay with the change.

Whew. Does this help? 
Em 



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On Jun 7, 2012, at 10:37 AM, "Helena Worthen" <helena.worthen@berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Emily, let me see if I understand. You are suggesting that I propose a symposium (3 papers, plus discussant and chair) but then agree to let the SIG committee change it to a roundtable when they are planning the broader SIG program? And if the SIG officers take that option and make it a roundtable, then what --? Does that mean more people can get involved?
> 
> I would like to maximize input and discussion from as many people as possible. This sounds like a roundtable to me. 
> 
> But from what you say, a roundtable means one paper, put together by you and Carrie, which then goes to reviewers who may or may not be part of the SIG. (But then what does "each" paper refer to?)
> 
> Helena
> 
> 
> Helena Worthen
> helena.worthen@berkeley.edu
> 21 San Mateo Road
> Berkeley, CA 94707
> Visiting Scholar, UCB Center for Labor Research and Education
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> 
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Duvall, Emily wrote:
> 
>> If I could make an organizational suggestion... Perhaps putting together a symposium with a min of 3 papers, plus discussant and chair, with the option of going to a round table? 
>> Alternatively a single roundtable paper will need to be put together with several others by us (Carrie and I, program co-chairs) - and each paper will be subject to the scrutiny of the reviewers separately. Plus, we need to then assign a chair.
>> The symposium option allows you to put together what you want and, by selecting the roundtable option when you submit, allows us (SIG officers) to consider the broader SIG program and make decisions regarding symposia and roundtables. 
>> 
>> Content-wise, the focus could be more general, perhaps on Sylvia's work in general.
>> Em
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jun 7, 2012, at 9:50 AM, "mike cole" <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Oh, Robert--
>>> 
>>> I would support such an idea because Sylvia, and those who followed her
>>> line of work,
>>> have made such importance to our understanding the cognitive organization
>>> of what may
>>> appears to be manual, script following,  labor. Her work on "locating the
>>> experiment" was in
>>> important part of the larger effort at LCHC to come to grips with a
>>> psychology that starts from
>>> an analysis of everyday life activities. And more.
>>> 
>>> I sure would hope that the symposium Helena proposes could inform the
>>> discussion that Mike Rose started (and Helena continues in the new, hot,
>>> issue of mca). (In fact, my feelings would not be hurt if she sent her
>>> commentary around to xmca). That exchange certainly addresses the issue of
>>> "vocational" ed. But I would not make my interest in such a re-covering
>>> contingent on that topic alone.
>>> 
>>> For me, its a revelation to see Sylvia so little known by xmcaers. As Vera
>>> noted, she was a remarkable
>>> scholar.
>>> 
>>> I say go for it Helena.
>>> mike
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Robert Lake <boblake@georgiasouthern.edu>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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>>>> Social Foundations of Education
>>>> Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
>>>> Georgia Southern University
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