AERA 2018 Division A Call for Proposals & Volunteer Discussants/Chairs
Conference Theme:
The Dreams, Possibilities and Necessity of Public Education
Proposal Submission Deadline: July 24, 2017 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time
In the description of this year’s Program Theme, “The Dreams, Possibilities and Necessity of Public Education,” the program chairs ask: “What is and should be the relationship between “publicness,” educational opportunity, place, and democracy? What and who constitutes the public and how does that vary in education systems around the globe, and diverse epistemologies within those systems? For whom, when, where, how, and why has public education been established? When and for whom has it succeeded, failed, or been reinvented? What explains the recurrent quest for common ground, from the inception of common schools in the nineteenth century to desegregation in mid-20th century, to the Common Core in the 21st? And why has resistance to this quest been necessary in some cases and oppressive in others?” This year’s theme builds on prior years’ calls that challenged us to become more public scholars and move from knowledge production to action in the service of equal educational opportunities for all.
The Division A call for submissions solicits scholarship that explicitly responds to the call, clearly outlining the role of leadership, administration, and organizations in considering the purpose and potential of public education, and in (re)imagining its possibilities. At the core of our work are questions related to the role of leaders in fostering opportunity for students, families, and communities and how the organizations they lead work to promote educational opportunity for all.
After reviewing the full Division A call for proposals, we encourage you to submit proposals to the following Division A sections:
Section 1: Leadership
Section 2: School Organization and Effects
Section 3: School and District Improvement
Section 4: School Context and Schools
Section 5: Leadership Preparation Development
Important guidelines for submitting to Division A sections:
Conference Theme:
The Dreams, Possibilities and Necessity of Public Education
Proposal Submission Deadline: July 24, 2017 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time
In the description of this year’s Program Theme, “The Dreams, Possibilities and Necessity of Public Education,” the program chairs ask: “What is and should be the relationship between “publicness,” educational opportunity, place, and democracy? What and who constitutes the public and how does that vary in education systems around the globe, and diverse epistemologies within those systems? For whom, when, where, how, and why has public education been established? When and for whom has it succeeded, failed, or been reinvented? What explains the recurrent quest for common ground, from the inception of common schools in the nineteenth century to desegregation in mid-20th century, to the Common Core in the 21st? And why has resistance to this quest been necessary in some cases and oppressive in others?” This year’s theme builds on prior years’ calls that challenged us to become more public scholars and move from knowledge production to action in the service of equal educational opportunities for all.
The Division A call for submissions solicits scholarship that explicitly responds to the call, clearly outlining the role of leadership, administration, and organizations in considering the purpose and potential of public education, and in (re)imagining its possibilities. At the core of our work are questions related to the role of leaders in fostering opportunity for students, families, and communities and how the organizations they lead work to promote educational opportunity for all.
After reviewing the full Division A call for proposals, we encourage you to submit proposals to the following Division A sections:
Section 1: Leadership
Section 2: School Organization and Effects
Section 3: School and District Improvement
Section 4: School Context and Schools
Section 5: Leadership Preparation Development
Important guidelines for submitting to Division A sections:
- Please indicate three topic descriptors at the end of your abstract. These will be used to assign reviewers and group accepted submissions appropriately.
- All submissions—including symposia—should be made without author identification, for blind review. Proposals that are not blinded will automatically be rejected.
- AERA requires that proposal submissions must represent completed work, not works in progress.
- Authors submitting individual paper proposals are encouraged to select ALL presentation formats as preferred types (e.g. paper, poster and roundtable sessions).
- Graduate students are encouraged to submit proposals for consideration for the Division A Graduate Student Poster Session. Note: Poster session must be selected as one of the preferred formats in order to be considered for this session.