American Educational Research Association

The AERA LIves of Teachers SIG? Invites Nominations for the? Michael?Huberman?Award?for Outstanding Scholarship The Michael?Huberman?Award?is an AREA-sanctioned honor for which nominations are sought by December 13, 2024. The?Huberman?Award?is a highly prestigious?award?and signature undertaking of the Lives of Teachers SIG.??The?Award?is presented biennially to a scholar of unquestionable reputation for contributions to research on teachers’ lives.?The?Huberman?Award?Scholar delivers a lecture at an AERA session allocated for this purpose and is recognized by an engraved plaque presented as part of a special session and receives an honorarium.? Those eligible for the AERA 2025 Michael?Huberman?Award?must exhibit outstanding scholarship that contributes to the Lives of Teachers community of teachers and scholars that: 1 - Furthers understanding of the rich complexity and diversity of teachers’ lives, including as it relates to race, class, ethnicity, and geographic region.? 2 - Captures teachers’ perspectives and teachers’ voices in a socio–historical and professional context; 3 - Transcends national boundaries in scope, relevance, and applicability.? Seeks to identify and? highlight the unique qualities that characterize the teaching profession; 4 - Has been disseminated through publications, presentations and other collegial activities that promote interest in the study of the lives of teachers. The?Huberman?Award?Scholar is selected through a rigorous process conducted by the Huberman Award Committee. To date, the?Huberman?Award?has been given to the following scholars: Ivor Goodson, University of Brighton (UK) (2005) Robert Bullough, Jr.,??Brigham Young University (US) (2007)? Christopher Day, University of Nottingham (UK) (2011) D. Jean Clandinin, University of Alberta (Canada) (2013) Cheryl?J.?Craig, University of Houston (US) (2015) Geert Kelchtermans, University of Leuven (Belgium) (2017) Beatrice Avalos, University of Chile (Chile) (2019) Lily Orland-Barak, University of Haifa (Israel) (2021)? Maria Assun??o Flores, University of Minho (Portugal) (2023) Eligibility:? All scholars of teachers’ work may be nominated. Self nominations are not allowed AERA and Lives of Teachers SIG membership are not required. The recipient must be able to participate in the 2025 Annual Meeting of AERA and to give a lecture, related to Lives of Teachers, at the LOT SIG awards ceremony. Current officers of the Lives of Teachers SIG are not eligible for the award Please submit a letter of nomination, along with your nominee’s up-to-date CV via the application form: https://lnkd.in/gDykQA9u

A study in Review of Educational Research suggests ways to bolster understanding of problems created by motivated reasoning, misinformation, and conspiratorial thinking and argue for increased attention to the affective and political nature of these challenges in educational research. https://lnkd.in/eHUUr5xy

A study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis on the effects of immigration enforcement actions found a greater number of immigration arrests correspond to immediate spikes in student absenteeism, as high as 11% points for certain student demographics. https://lnkd.in/eZsj2cks

AERA members are encouraged to submit nominations for education researchers to be honored as AERA Fellows in the 2025 cohort. Nominations are due December 11. https://lnkd.in/eYH6rJdx

The AERA Executive Director Search Committee is accepting applications and nominations for the next Executive Director of AERA. Read the description here: https://lnkd.in/eDNxp7sD

Submissions are open for the Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Roundtable Series at #AERA2025. The December 3 deadline is approaching! Learn more about the opportunity here: https://lnkd.in/eNcE9sVp

The application deadline for the AERA Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop has been extended to December 10. https://lnkd.in/eYfc2eXx

Graduate students are the future of education research – and the need to help emerging scholars has never been more critical. Give now to the AERA Annual Meeting Graduate Student Assistance Fund to provide support for graduate students at #AM2025. https://lnkd.in/eTX7mw98

NCES is accepting proposals for the Data Users Conference, which will take place virtually February 11-13, 2025. The deadline closes on December 1 at 11:59 PM EST. https://lnkd.in/eububijG

Teacher satisfaction drops steadily as absenteeism increases, according to Educational Researcher, via Education Week. https://lnkd.in/eXwfbhAY