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John Dewey Society Achievement Awards

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Dear JDS members,
Just a reminder that our Awards Committee is seeking nominations for JDS Achievement Awards. The date by which nominations should be received is February 15. A list of past JDS Award recipients is available on our website.

The Awards Committee has put together the following criteria and invites nominations for either of the awards:

John Dewey Society Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
The Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement will be awarded to the individual who, in the judgment of the committee, exemplifies, over a lifetime of work, the Deweyan tradition of connecting theory and practice. Each year, the award will recognize: a scholar-practitioner who, in the Deweyan tradition, connects the worlds of theory and practice in promoting the development of democratic citizens; or an exceptional explicator and interpreter of Dewey?s philosophy and educational theory.

John Dewey Society Award for Outstanding Achievement
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement will be awarded to those individuals who, in the judgment of the committee, have most strongly exemplified the Deweyan tradition of connecting theory and practice. Each year, the awards will recognize significant achievements in scholarship and/or in social, cultural, or educational practice accomplished within the two previous calendar years (January ? December).

Any member may nominate a candidate for either of the JDS awards, and members are free to self-nominate. A nomination must be sent to John Covaleskie, chair of the nominating committee, at jcovales@ou.edu, along with a letter explaining how the candidate qualifies for such an award, taking into consideration the specified criteria. If members of the awards committee are nominated for any award, they must recuse themselves from voting for that award.
Best wishes to you all,

Kyle

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SPE BOOK AWARD – Call for Nominations

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The Society of Professors of Education (SPE), since 1902 has provided a forum for addressing the issues facing our discipline and vocation.  As you know, it is a particularly challenging time for the field, which has become bitterly contested territory on a national and international level.  At this historical moment, it is more important than ever for this professional organization—founded, among others, by John Dewey—to have voice in the debates that currently divide the educational landscape as well as public opinion.

To serve this end, we are inaugurating a new award for education scholarship, and we would like to invite you to nominate your favorite book of 2012 (no more than one, please) that furthers the purposes of the Society as stated in our Constitution:

1. promotion of an increasingly comprehensive understanding of the relationship between education and the social complexities in which professors of education function;

2. recognition and appropriate utilization of the inherent power and responsibility of the Society in voicing its interest in and concern for the realization of desirable educational ends; and

3. concern for fostering inquiry into the history, current status, and future alternatives of the education professoriate.

The process will be modeled on the American Educational Studies Association’s Critics Choice Book Awards, which are presented to a list of recipients every year.  The announcement of the list of winners will allow authors and publishers to note the accolade on CVs and marketing materials, strengthening the impact of the work.

If you would like to nominate a book for inclusion on the first list of award recipients, please contact Isabel Nunez (isabel.nunez@cuchicago.edu) with the bibliographic information by March 8.  Nominations of books published in 2011 will also be accepted.  We know that your selections will be important contributions to the literature, and we look forward to reading them.

Many thanks,

The SPE Book Award Committee

(Jan Armstrong, Donna Breault, Bernardo Gallegos, Ming Fang He, Mina Kim, Pamela Konkol, Craig Kridel, Jonathan Lightfoot, Isabel Nuñez, Bill Schubert, and Wade Tillett)

AESA Meeting, CSFE Meeting, and CASA Call for Nominations

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The Annual Meeting of the American Education Studies Association(AESA) will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seattle, Washington, October 31 – November 4.  Rooms should be reserved before September 30.  Membership renewals and conference registration should be submitted by October 15.  Refer to the AESA website (educationalstudies.org) for additional conference information. Here is the final AESA Conference Program.

The Council for Social Foundations of Education (CSFE) will hold its annual business meeting at AESA this year on Friday, November 2, 3:30 – 5:00 in the Douglas Boardroom.  Kevin Kumashiro, University of Illinois at Chicago, will give the R.Freeman Butts Lecture at 5:30 that day with a reception at 7:00.  The Committee on Academic Standards and Accreditation (CASA) will hold an open meeting on Friday, November 1, from 1:45 to 3:15 to discuss the Revised Standards for Accreditation work.  CASA will hold a private meeting for members only on Thursday, November 1, 3:30 – 5:00 in the Douglas Boardroom.  James M. Giarelli of Rutgers will give the Kneller Lecture at 5:00 followed by a reception at 7:00 on November 1.  Check the program for other AESA and CASA events!

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In other AESA news, there is a Call for Nominations of Members for the Committee on Academic Standards and Accreditation (CASA), reprinted below from the AESA Weekly Roundup.

Dear AESA Membership, The nominations committee will receive nominations for three available appointments to the Committee on Academic Standards and Accreditation

(CASA) until October 5. CASA is an advisory committee to AESA with the responsibility for maintaining and, when appropriate, updating, the Standards for Academic and Professional Instruction in Foundations of Education, Educational Studies, and Educational Policy Studies. The committee is also responsible for making professional educators aware of the Standards; educating foundations of education faculties regarding the use of the Standards, and gaining the support of accreditation and state departments of education in the general enforcement of the Standards. CASA members serve three year terms and the committee meets each year at the annual conference.

You can read more about CASA in our By-Laws,

http://educationalstudies.org/resources/pdf/AESA.final.bylaws.9.26.06.pdf

Please send your nominations to Nancy Ares

nancy.ares@rochester.eduwithAESA as the subject heading.  You are welcome to self-nominate and/or make multiple nominations from the AESA membership.  Nominees should be members of AESA in good standing.  Please provide Nancy with your or your nominee’s current email address and phone number. The nominations committee will prepare a list of all CASA nominees and confirm the nominees’ willingness to serve. Each nominee will be asked to submit a brief statement of interest in working with CASA by October 15. This information will be given to current CASA members.

Invitations to accept an appointment will take place prior to the CASA meeting at the October annual AESA meeting. Invited appointees will be recommended to the Executive Council for final approval.