Dr. Nevarez-La Torre will be featured at NYSABE’s Fall Speaker Series on October 13, 2010. Her presentation will focus on the research and findings discussed in her book, “The Power of Learning from Inquiry” For more information see flyer here.
Terry A. Osborn, Professor and Chair of the Division of Curriculum and Teaching was recently elected President of the International Society for Language Studies. The International Society for Language Studies, Inc., (ISLS--www.isls-inc.org) is an interdisciplinary association of scholars from Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and South America who explore critical perspectives on language. Within these perspectives, language is understood as both shaping and being shaped by historical, political, social, and cultural contexts. Research on language from such perspectives has historically been marginalized as well as compartmentalized within artificially constructed academic disciplines. The primary purpose of ISLS is to bridge these arbitrary disciplinary territories and provide a forum for both theoretical and empirical research, from existing and emergent research methodologies, for exploring the relationships among language, power, discourses, and social practices. The society sponsors both a bi-annual conference and an international journal, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, published by Routledge. "The society's goals of promoting social justice and language scholarship echo the Fordham Graduate School of Education's commitments to the same," says Osborn. Dr. Osborn's term as President is 2010-2012.
King awarded $750 TAA Publication Grant
Dr. Kathleen P. King, a professor of education at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education in New York City, has been awarded a $750 TAA Publication Grant for expenses incurred in researching her book, The Professor's Guide to Taming Technology: Leveraging Digital Media, Web 2.0 and More for Learning, which will be published by Information Age Publishing, Inc. in July 2010. "This grant is not only a surprise and tremendous monetary help, it is extremely validating as well," said King. "I am very grateful on each account. In the past, some of my books have been based on funded research or were less intensive in the editing process. However, this book has turned into a large project because we have a unique, very valuable contribution to the literature as our goal. From all of the TAA members, thank you for your forward thinking in providing a potential source of funding for us to pursue special projects that we might not be able to otherwise." The entire grant will be used to defray a good part of the costs King personally incurred in the book’s development, including research assistant searches, transcripts and copyediting assistance. Please see the association website for the complete article and more details: http://www.taaonline.net/notes/index.html#11notes
Recent student publications in Perspectives: the New York Journal of Adult Learning, edited by Dr. Kathleen P. King:
Foley, John F. (2009). The Making of an RFP. Perspectives: the New York Journal of Adult Learning 8(1),35-44
Cherrstrom, Cathy. (2009) A Yoga Journey to Transformative Learning. Perspectives: the New York Journal of Adult Learning 8(1),45-69
Cortez, John. (2009). Review of Schmidt & Mosenthal, "Reconceptualizing Literacy". Perspectives: the New York Journal of Adult Learning 8(1),70
Kathleen Riley spoke on a panel with experienced researchers who have influenced her teaching. Her portion of the talk, "Theory into Practice: My Journey with Code-Switching," engaged audience members who ultimately asked her more questions than they did the expert researchers!3 Students presented at the National Council of Teachers of English convention the weekend of 11/21/09. To quote their mentor and sponsor, Dr. Kristin Turner: "They have been a part of this study from its conception, and they handled themselves expertly in their presentation. All have gained valuable professional experience from the process of preparing and delivering their presentations.": Jeta Donovan and Eytan Apter presented findings from a research study in their talk "Online and In Step: Community, Convention, and Self-Expression."
Shemeka M. Peters (MS Adult Ed and HRD student) and Dr. Kathleen P. King (Prof C&T) co-presented at the national conference of adult and continuing education in Cleveland, OH in November, 2009 (AAACE) (www.aaace.org) The subject of their session was "The meaning of coaching and mentoring for adult education"Their ground breaking work in opening new ways of thinking about adult learning as coaching was very well received by an audience excited about the work of these academic colleagues.
Dr. Kathleen P. King, Professor, GSE, was elected member at large to the Executive Board of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education at the Cleveland Ohio annual meeting November 2009. http://www.aaace.org/cpae. CPAE is the premiere international national association of professors of adult education.
