91福利 at AERA 2019
Several University of Maine faculty and graduate students are participating in the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting taking place April 5-9 in Toronto. gathers scholars from around the world in a variety of different educational disciplines to share their research.
Here鈥檚 a look at some of the events involving researchers from 91福利.
Friday April 5
- Assistant extension professor, 4-H STEM specialist, and assistant professor of education Vanessa Klein will chair a paper session on 鈥淎ssemblage Thinking and the Mobilization of Education for Sustainable Development Policy Within a Canadian Province.鈥
- Assistant professor of assessment and instruction Tammy Mills will be a presenting author at a roundtable session, discussing her work, 鈥淧utting Posthuman Theory to Work in Collaborative Self-Study.鈥
Saturday April 6
- Assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction Rebecca Buchanan will participate in a roundtable session, presenting her research, 鈥淲riting to Learn and Writing to Teach: A Self-Study on Our Critical Reflective Practice.鈥
- Klein will present at a paper session her research, 鈥淏iophilia Connections: An Examination of Connections Between Evolution Acceptance and Attitudes Toward Nature.鈥
Sunday April 7
- Associate professor of educational leadership Ian Mette will present at a paper session his research, 鈥淗ow State Political Culture and History Influence Teacher Supervision and Evaluation Policy.鈥
- Buchanan will chair a paper session, 鈥淢entoring, Monitoring, and Moving Through Higher Education.鈥 She also will chair a roundtable session titled, 鈥淭he Stakes Are High: Critically (Re)Assessing Teacher Education Practice,鈥 and present at another paper session her research on 鈥淚nvestigating Teacher Identity Development Through a Professional Development on Grading Practices.鈥
- Klein will chair a paper session titled, 鈥淐limate Change and Critical Science Agency: Is 鈥楰nowing鈥 Enough?鈥 She鈥檒l also chair a roundtable session, 鈥淭ransforming Culturally Relevant Pedagogies During Field Experiences for Preservice Teachers.鈥
Monday April 8
- Assistant professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle, professor of economics Kathleen Bell, assistant professor of forest landscape management & economics Mindy Crandall, along with undergraduate students Dominic Gayton, Ismael Thadal, and Owen Vanderaa will present at a roundtable session their research, 鈥淧lanning for Uncertainty: The Role of Educational Leadership in Rural Community Vitality.鈥
- Ming-Tso Chien, a doctoral student in literacy education, will participate in roundtable session on 鈥淚nternational Student Experiences and Success in Higher Education.鈥 He will present his research, 鈥淥utsiders Within: The Complexity of International Teaching Assistants鈥 Experiences.鈥
- Assistant professor of higher education Leah Hakkola and Sarah Dyer, doctoral student in higher education and an academic advisor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will participate in paper session, presenting their research, 鈥溾楥racking the Code鈥: How Faculty Search Chairs Challenge or Reproduce Institutional Racism.鈥 Hakkola and Dyer also will present at a roundtable session on 鈥淗ow Faculty Search Chairs Recruit for Diversity and Equity: A Campus Climate Perspective.鈥
- Lecturer in curriculum, assessment and instruction Evan Mooney will be a presenting author at a paper session, discussing his work, 鈥淧reservice Teachers鈥 Negotiating of Resistance to Socially Transformative Teaching.鈥 Mooney will also be a presenting author at a roundtable session, discussing his research, 鈥淏reaking Barriers: Preservice Elementary Teachers鈥 Experiences of Interdisciplinary Science and Social Studies Methods Courses.鈥
- Buchanan will chair a symposium, where she will present her research, 鈥淐entralizing the Tension in Teacher Education.鈥 She also will chair a roundtable session titled, 鈥淚nstitutional Perspectives on Preservice Teacher Field Experiences.鈥 In another paper session, Buchanan will discuss 鈥淚nterrogating Preservice Teachers鈥 Performance Through Feedback and Reflective Practice.鈥
- Klein will chair a roundtable session on 鈥淢ethodological Considerations in Informal Learning Environments Research.鈥 She鈥檚 also presenting at a roundtable session on 鈥淏reaking Barriers: Preservice Elementary Teachers鈥 Experiences of Interdisciplinary Science and Social Studies Methods Courses.鈥
- Mills will be a participant in an invited speaker session on 鈥淣on-Linear Perspectives on Teacher Learning and Practice Across the Professional Continuum.鈥
Tuesday April 9
- Biddle will participate in two roundtable sessions. Her presentations are: 鈥淪tudent Empowered Social Emotional Learning: From Theory to Practice鈥 and 鈥淪upporting Healing-Centered Engagement in Rural Schools and Communities.鈥
- Klein will chair a paper session, 鈥淓nvironmental Education in a Sustainable World.鈥 In another paper session, Klein will discuss her work, 鈥淎mbitious Teaching and High-Leverage Practices: Preparing Preservice Science Teachers Across Contexts.鈥
- Mette will participate as the discussant in a roundtable session titled, 鈥淪upervision and Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century.鈥