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The Students at the Center initiative at Jobs for the Future is excited to announce a first-of-its-kind research collaborative that will build, define, apply, and share a robust evidence base for student-centered learning. The Student-Centered Learning Research Collaborative, with initial thought leadership of and support from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, will begin this bold new initiative this spring and formally launch this fall with a core group of soon-to-be-selected scholars, school leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and funders, each known for their impact and influence, coming together to clarify and catalyze the field. Their charge: to work in partnership to investigate and evaluate what we know about student-centered learning both in and beyond today’s schools, and then leverage that knowledge to affect meaningful change at scale. Check it out here.
Call for Proposals on Evidence-Informed Practice: A Special Issue of
Educational Research
on the topic of evidence-informed practice (EiP) in education is being edited by Julie Nelson from the National Foundation for Educational Research and Carol Campbell, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. This special issue will address a variety of issues related to better understanding the meaning and application of EiP. Specifically, it will address the challenges associated with defining and measuring it, and will consider the relative effectiveness of different approaches to achieving and supporting the application of evidence in practice. Read the call here.
AERA Congressional Fellowship Opportunity
When: Apply by March 1, 2016!
AERA is currently accepting fellowship applications. The fellowship term will start on September 1, 2016 and end on August 31, 2017.
What: The American Educational Research Association is delighted to announce a new congressional fellowship opportunity for AERA members. This fellowship provides an exciting opportunity for researchers to come to Washington, DC and use education research, outside of the academic setting, to inform public policy while working on Capitol Hill.
The goals of the fellowship are: (1) to contribute to the effective use of scientific knowledge about education in the formation of public policy; (2) to educate the scientific community about the development of public policy; and (3) to establish a more effective liaison between education researchers and federal policymakers. The fellowship pays a competitive salary.
Who: This fellowship is open to doctoral scientists from any discipline relevant to education research. Researchers at all stages in their careers are encouraged to apply.
How: Following a two-week science policy orientation program, the AERA fellow will begin work as a resident scholar within a congressional office. AERA Congressional Fellows will benefit from on-going professional development and networking opportunities.
Read the Call for Applications here.
Educational Change SIG Emerging Scholar Award
If you are a graduate of a Ph.D. or Ed.D. program in education and within the first eight years of your career as an educational scholar, if you can demonstrate a strong record of original and significant scholarship related to educational change, and if you are an AERA member, you may self-apply for the Educational Change SIG 2016 Emerging Scholar Award.
Please send complete
application
materials to [email protected] under the heading Emerging Scholar Award Application. Applications will be accepted until
November 15, 2015
at 11:59pm EST.
The award winner will be announced via the Educational Change SIG listerv, website, and social media. The award will be presented at the annual business meeting of the Educational Change SIG, during the 2016 AERA meeting in Washington, D.C.
If you are currently enrolled in an Ed.D or a Ph.D. program in education or if you obtained your Ed.D or Ph.D degree in education up to two years prior to March 2016, if you have conducted exemplary, original research on a topic related to educational change, and if your are an AERA member you may self-apply for the Educational Change SIG 2016 Graduate Student Travel Award Application.doc.
materials to [email protected] under the heading Graduate Student Travel Award Application. Applications will be accepted until
at 11:59pm EST. The award winner will be announced via the Educational Change SIG listerv, website, and social media. The award will be presented at the annual business meeting of the Educational Change SIG, during the 2016 AERA meeting in Washington, D.C.
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AERA Grant Opportunities
Supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AERA Grants Program is currently accepting proposals for Dissertation and Research Grants, with a deadline of Thursday, September 10, 2015. Entering its 25th year, the AERA Grants Program, with support from the National Science Foundation, provides small grants for conducting studies of education policy and practice using federally-funded, large-scale data sets. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics. AERA Dissertation Grants. AERA provides dissertation support for advanced doctoral students to undertake doctoral dissertations using data from the large-scale national or international data sets supported by the NCES, NSF, and/or other federal agencies. The selection process is competitive. AERA Dissertation Grants are awarded for one-year for an amount of up to $20,000. The next application deadline is Thursday, September 10, 2015. AERA Research Grants. AERA provides small grants for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level scholars to undertake quantitative research using data from the large-scale national or international data sets supported by the NCES, NSF, and/or other federal agencies. The selection process is competitive. AERA Research Grants are awarded for one or two years, for an amount of up to $35,000. The next application deadline is Thursday, September 10, 2015. For further information about AERA and the Grants Program, visit the AERA Grants Program website at http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/. You may also contact George L. Wimberly, AERA-Grants Program Co-Principal Investigator, at [email protected] or (202) 238-3200.
AERA Centennial Education Research Compendium and Forum
In commemoration of its Centennial, AERA will launch special events, projects, and initiatives, including:
2016 Annual Meeting "Public Scholarship to Educate Diverse Democracies" Friday, April 8 – Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Washington, DC #AERA100th In AERA's Centennial Year, the Annual Meeting will celebrate and reinvigorate the progressive aspirations that gave rise to our professional community in 1916: hope and determination that research can strengthen public education, society’s most democratic institution. To mark this remarkable moment, the 2016 Meeting will illuminate and enhance the role of education researchers as public scholars who contribute to public understanding, political debate, and professional practice in increasingly diverse democracies in the US and around the globe. Welcome, New Ed Change SIG Officers!
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