The Education School will launch the Curry Education Research Lectureship Series today, with the first of several speakers seeking to promote further discussion of education-related ideas. The series, Education School officials said, will feature four speakers this semester, all of whom are involved in conducting education-based research in a variety of fields, including psychology and mathematics.
Education School Communications Director Audrey Breen said the purpose of the speaker series is to tie in the rest of the University and the local community to the educational research and services found at the Education School. She said the program will help to provide new and innovative ways to look at the educational sciences.
“The thought is connecting research to the work that is being done, either in the lab or in research projects, and how [that translates] into making change in education,” Breen said.
Series organizer Dan Berch, Education School associate dean for research and faculty development, explained that the speaker series is not only meant for students and faculty in the Education School, but is also open to other community members. He said he wants to include students in other fields of study, such as those enrolled in the Engineering School or the Darden School, who are interested in applying what they have learned in their respective fields to the field of education.
“We hope that this series will appeal to broader audiences and convey the exciting kinds of research that are being carried out across the country, as well as at [the Education School], that I think are, in fact, directly relevant to improving educational policies and practices,” Berch said.
Berch and Breen emphasized that the Education School’s broader mission, conveyed via three words featured on the school’s Web site, played a large role in setting up the new offering: “discover,” “create” and “change.”
“It’s really important for [Education] students and faculty to think about the role of research and teaching and learning along these terms ... to discover new ideas, to be creative in their research in education and to change the way education is approached,” Breen said.
Speakers in the research lectureship series will give presentations on various Fridays throughout the semester at the Ruffner Hall Auditorium from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Berch and Breen said. The first speaker, Arthur Graesser, co-director of the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis, will speak today.By Dalia Mortada
Cavalier Daily Senior Writer
The Education School will launch the Curry Education Research Lectureship Series today, with the first of several speakers seeking to promote further discussion of education-related ideas. The series, Education School officials said, will feature four speakers this semester, all of whom are involved in conducting education-based research in a variety of fields, including psychology and mathematics.
Education School Communications Director Audrey Breen said the purpose of the speaker series is to tie in the rest of the University and the local community to the educational research and services found at the Education School. She said the program will help to provide new and innovative ways to look at the educational sciences.
“The thought is connecting research to the work that is being done, either in the lab or in research projects, and how [that translates] into making change in education,” Breen said.
Series organizer Dan Berch, Education School associate dean for research and faculty development, explained that the speaker series is not only meant for students and faculty in the Education School, but is also open to other community members. He said he wants to include students in other fields of study, such as those enrolled in the Engineering School or the Darden School, who are interested in applying what they have learned in their respective fields to the field of education.
“We hope that this series will appeal to broader audiences and convey the exciting kinds of research that are being carried out across the country, as well as at [the Education School], that I think are, in fact, directly relevant to improving educational policies and practices,” Berch said.
Berch and Breen emphasized that the Education School’s broader mission, conveyed via three words featured on the school’s Web site, played a large role in setting up the new offering: “discover,” “create” and “change.”
“It’s really important for [Education] students and faculty to think about the role of research and teaching and learning along these terms ... to discover new ideas, to be creative in their research in education and to change the way education is approached,” Breen said.
Speakers in the research lectureship series will give presentations on various Fridays throughout the semester at the Ruffner Hall Auditorium from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Berch and Breen said. The first speaker, Arthur Graesser, co-director of the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis, will speak today.
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