Agenda (Current as of July 17, 2012)
| 8:30 - 9:00 am • Registration (Zankel Foyer) and Coffee (HM 2nd Floor) | ||
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Welcome and Conference Overview | Susan Fuhrman, President, Teachers College, Columbia University |
| 9:15 - 9:45 am | Conference Framing | Deborah Loewenberg Ball, William H. Payne Collegiate Chair; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Dean of the School of Education, University of Michigan |
| 9:45 - 11:30 am | Session 1: Practice-focused Professional Education for Teachers Framing question: What does it mean to focus teacher education on the teaching of practice and what does this look like? | Moderator: Francesca Forzani, Associate Director, TeachingWorks, University of Michigan Presenters: Lin Goodwin, Vice Dean and Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Emilie Reagan, Partnership Schools Coordinator and Lead Research Associate, Teachers College, Columbia University Elizabeth Davis, Associate Professor of Elementary Teacher Education, University of Michigan Commentator: Magdalene Lampert, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education, University of Michigan |
| 11:30 - 11:45 am • Coffee (HM 2nd Floor) | ||
| 11:45 am - 1:00 pm | Session 2: Advances in Research on Learning and its Application Framing question: How can research on learning inform and be usable in specific practices of teaching? • What are promising developments in the research on learning and how do teachers access and use this knowledge in practice? • What specific teaching practices can be informed by research on learning? | Moderator: Thomas James, Provost and Dean, Professor of History and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Panelists: John Black, Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Telecommunications and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; Karen Froud, Associate Professor of Speech & Language Pathology, Teachers College, Columbia University Herb Ginsburg, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Pyschology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Susan R. Goldman, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Psychology and Education, University of Illinois at Chicago Fritz Mosher, Senior Research Consultant, Center for Policy Research in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University James Pellegrino, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Psychology and Education, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 1:00 - 1:45 pm • Lunch (Boxes available in HM 2nd Floor; Seating in Breakout Rooms) | ||
| 1:45 - 3:45 pm | Session 3: Incorporating research on learning into teaching practice and professional training for teaching Framing question: How can new knowledge about learning be incorporated into practice-focused teacher education? • What practices and/or tools can make this knowledge available and usable during instruction? • What aspects of this knowledge are most high leverage for beginners? • How can knowledge about learning be made usable in actual practice, and how can the risk of simply acquiring knowledge be managed? | |
| Thompson 136 | Teaching Practice: Learning Progressions and Performance Assessments | Presenters: Mary Ehrenworth, Deputy Director, The Reading & Writing Project, Teachers College, Columbia University Chandra Alston, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan |
| Horace Mann 140 | Teaching Practice: Science and Literacy | Moderator: Elizabeth Davis, Associate Professor of Elementary Teacher Education, University of Michigan Presenters: Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, Jean and Charles Walgreen Professor of Reading and Literacy and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Meghan Shaughnessy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan Ann Rivet, Associate Professor of Science Education, Teachers College, Columbia University |
| Horace Mann 138 | Teaching Practice: Mathematics and Professional Development | Moderator: Elham Kazemi, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Washington Presenters: Herbert Ginsburg, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Pyschology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Adele Schroeter, Principal, and Nekia Wise, Teacher, New York City PS 59 |
| Horace Mann 150 | Teaching Practice: Learning Trajectories in Mathematics | Moderator: Megan Franke, Professor and Chair of Education, University of California, Los Angeles Presenters: Caroline Wylie, Research Scientist, Educational Testing Service; Marge Petit, Marge Petit Consulting |
| Horace Mann 152 | Teaching Practice: Educational Tools and Technologies | Moderator: Magdalene Lampert, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education, University of Michigan Presenters: Daniel Chazan, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland Patricio Herbst, Associate Professor of Education, University of Michigan Wendy Aaron, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Gary Natriello, Ruth L. Gottesman Professor in Education Research, Teachers College, Columbia University |
| 3:45 - 4:00 pm • Coffee (HM 2nd Floor) | ||
| 4:00 - 5:15 pm | Session 4: Developing a Practice-orientation to Knowledge and Theory and Teacher Preparation Framing question: What would be a “practice-orientation” toward research about teaching and learning and how could it be developed? | Moderator: Deborah Loewenberg Ball, William H. Payne Collegiate Chair; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Dean of the School of Education, University of Michigan Panelists: Elizabeth Davis, Associate Professor of Elementary Teacher Education, University of Michigan Megan Franke, Professor and Chair of Education, University of California, Los Angeles Bill Gaudelli, Associate Professor of Social Studies and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University Elham Kazemi, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Washington Magdalene Lampert, George Herbert Mead Collegiate Professor of Education, University of Michigan |