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News
March 20, 2007
For immediate release
Faculty and graduate students from the Gevirtz School at UC Santa Barbara take part in 69 events at the 2007 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in Chicago
Faculty and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of will take part in 69 events, panels, poster presentations, and workshops at the 2007 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, April 8-13. The scholars, researchers, and teachers will discuss the latest findings on topics such as technology research, science teaching and learning, ecological and environmental education, and educational measurement, psychometrics, and assessment.
The theme of the 2007 AERA Annual Convention is “The World of Educational Quality.” This theme can be interpreted in a number of ways and points to both an expanded range of inquiry and an intensified focus on the meaning of quality in education research and practice.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and, by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. AERA is the most prominent international professional organization, with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application. Its 25,000 members are educators; administrators; directors of research; persons working with testing or evaluation in federal, state and local agencies; counselors; evaluators; graduate students; and behavioral scientists.
A complete schedule of AERA events with Gevirtz School participants is available on line.
[Presenters from the Gevirtz School are available for interviews; contact George Yatchisin at 805 893 5789]