Socialfoundations.org, and more

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A Few Important Announcements:

There are now two addresses that will take visitors to our CSFE site:  csfeonline.org  and a new address — socialfoundations.org  Please share either of these links with those who might be interested in learning about the Standards and other Council work.

If you would like to support the work of the Council, please consider joining as an individual (sustaining) member.  The cost is minimal ($10).  Membership forms are available for download through the “Membership” page to the right.  For leaders of social foundations organizations, this would be an ideal time to submit membership dues as well.  See membership forms for details.

This year, the CASA committee of AESA has been reviewing and drafting proposed revisions of the CLSE/AESA Standards. We will try to get the word out as opportunities for comment become available.

And finally, it is time for us to elect new CSFE officers.  In the near future, I will appoint a nominations committee to prepare a slate of candidates for those whose terms of office have expired.  We will also be working to identify current voting members (member organization delegates) in order to hold a proper online election.  A call for nominations will be posted here, and on the AESA listserve soon.

Jan Armstrong, CSFE President

Session on AESA/CSFE Standards at AESA Meeting

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Announcing: A Conversation about the AESA/CSFE Social Foundations Standards

2011 AESA Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Saturday, November 5,  5:30 – 7:00PM

Reframing the Discipline: Standards for Academic and Professional Instruction in Foundations of Education, Educational Studies, and Educational Policy Studies

Participants:

Sandra Winn Tutwiler, Washburn University

Kathleen deMarrais, University of Georgia

Yolanda Medina, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY

David Gabbard, East Carolina University

Pamela Konkol, Concordia University

Andrea Hyde, Western Illinois University

Huey-li Li, University of Akron

Joseph Rayle, SUNY Cortland

Amy Swain, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fall CSFE and CASA Business Meetings

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The CSFE Fall 2011 business meeting will be held on Friday, November 4, 8:00 – 9:30 PM, in conjunction with the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Annual Meeting at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark Hotel, in St. Louis, Missouri.

The CASA (AESA’s Committee on Academic Standards and Accreditation) meeting will be held on Thursday, November 3, 8:00 – 9:30PM.

 

Society of Professors of Education 2011 Awards

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The Society of Professors of Education (SPE) has announced that this year’s  Wisniewski Award for Teacher Education will be awarded to the Graduate School of Education and Counseling, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon.  (Visit http://www.unm.edu/~jka/spe/spe_wisniewski.html for a list of past recipients of this award.)

Other SPE award recipients include William Schubert, University of Illinois at Chicago, DeGarmo Award and Lecture, and William Watkins, University of Illinois at Chicago, Raywid Award and Lecture.

The Society will hold its business meeting in conjunction with the AERA meeting on April 9, 2011.  All are welcome to attend. For more information about the Society’s April 9 schedule of activities, read this document, or  visit http://www.unm.edu/~jka/spe/

Handbook of Research in Social Foundations

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The new Handbook of Research in the Social Foundations of Education is now in print. A portion of the royalties from this publication will be transferred to the Council to support its work on behalf of social foundations. We would like to thank Steve Tozer for taking the lead on this on behalf of CSFE.  All of the editors and the contributors who made this volume possible are to be congratulated for their work on this important project.

Update

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Information on the Council for Social Foundations of Education’s history, goals, and current involvement in national accreditation (NCATE) has been added to this site.

The AESA Committee on Academic Standards and Accreditation (CASA) has convened a Task Force to explore whether the AESA/CLSE Standards should be revised. Sandra Winn Tutwiler, CASA Chair, is leading this effort.