By Michelle Hines, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-5371
Posted 4-18-07
GREENSBORO, NC – Research is power.
The School of Education will hold a research symposium for educators Friday and Saturday, April 20-21.
The symposium showcases faculty and graduate research activities within the School of Education, including research by the Southeastern Vision for Education (SERVE) Center, an internationally recognized educational policy and evaluation research center located at UNCG.
Two world-renowned researchers – Dr. Bruno Zumbo of the University of British Columbia and Dr. Marilyn Cochran-Smith of Boston College – will deliver keynote addresses at the symposium, held in Ferguson Auditorium on the first floor of the Ferguson Building. Zumbo and Cochran-Smith will discuss the do’s and don’ts of good research.
Dr. Terry Ackerman, chair of the Department of Educational Research Methodology, said he wants to see the symposium become an annual regional educational research event. He would further like to see it expand to include collaborative research between School of Education faculty and regional education partners such as the Guilford County and Forsyth County school districts, and area colleges and universities such as Guilford College, High Point University, NC A & T, Bennett College and Elon University.
“We’d like to share our research with teachers, researchers, faculty and administrators from the surrounding area.” Ackerman said. “The goal of our symposium is to infuse enthusiasm and energize future collaborative research efforts.”
Schedule of Sessions
Friday, April 20
1 p.m.: Welcome, Provost A. Edward Uprichard
1:15-3p.m.: Faculty Research Summaries:
3-3:15 p.m.: Break: (247 Ferguson)
3:15-3:45 p.m.: Student/Faculty Poster Session
4-5 p.m.: Keynote Speaker, Dr. Bruno Zumbo
Saturday, April 21
8:30 a.m.: Welcome, UNCG Graduate School, Chancellor Patricia A. Sullivan
8:45-9:15 a.m.: SERVE research activities update, Dr. Ludy Van Broekhuizen
9:15-10:45 a.m.: Graduate Student Research
10:45-11:00 a.m.: Break (113 Ferguson)
11:00-12:00 noon: Keynote Speaker, Dr. Marilyn Cochran-Smith
12:00-12:15 p.m.: Closing Remarks and Poster Awards, Dale Schunk, Dean of the School of Education
For more information, call Ackerman at (336) 334-3474, or email him at taackerm@uncg.edu.
