Video of Michael Faggella-Luby’s CRL Learns guest lecture, The End of an Error: Considering Disciplinary Literacy as Lever of Change in Secondary School Reform, is now available.

The End of an Error: Considering Disciplnary Literacy as Lever of Change in Secondary School Reform
CRL Learns Guest Lecture – February 2, 2010

Michael Faggella-Luby
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut

Dr. Faggella-Luby is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut (UConn). He is also a research scientist at the Center for Behavioral Education and Research (CBER) and an associate research scholar at the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability (CPED).

Dr. Faggella-Luby’s primary research interest focuses on embedding instruction in learning strategies into subject-area courses to improve reading comprehension for all levels of learners. He received the 2006 Outstanding Researcher Award from the Council for Learning Disabilities and the 2007 Annual Dissertation Award from CEC’s Division of Learning Disabilities for his dissertation study Embedded Learning Strategy Instruction: Story-Structure Pedagogy in Secondary Classes for Diverse Learners. In 2009, he received the Neag School of Education’s Early Career Scholar Award for his continued work in this area.

Before joining the faculty at University of Connecticut, Dr. Faggella-Luby was a doctoral fellow at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning under the direction of Drs. Donald Deshler and Jean Schumaker. He earned his doctorate from the Special Education Department at the University of Kansas. Dr. Faggella-Luby is a former high school administrator and teacher of both English and Chemistry.

The End of an Error: Considering Disciplinary Literacy as Lever of Change in Secondary School Reform
Michael Faggella-Luby
Assistant Professor of Special Education, University of Connecticut

WHEN: Noon February 2, 2010
WHERE: Room 522 JRP

Disciplinary or content literacy instruction often oversimplifies meaningful differences between different subject areas. This presentation will examine disciplinary literacy as a framework for understanding secondary school reform through research related to instruction in science, history and English curricula.

Download the PowerPoint presentation for this lecture.

About Our Guest Speaker:
Dr. Faggella-Luby is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut (UConn). He is also a research scientist at the Center for Behavioral Education and Research (CBER) and an associate research scholar at the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability (CPED).

Dr. Faggella-Luby’s primary research interest focuses on embedding instruction in learning strategies into subject-area courses to improve reading comprehension for all levels of learners. He received the 2006 Outstanding Researcher Award from the Council for Learning Disabilities and the 2007 Annual Dissertation Award from CEC’s Division of Learning Disabilities for his dissertation study Embedded Learning Strategy Instruction: Story-Structure Pedagogy in Secondary Classes for Diverse Learners. In 2009, he received the Neag School of Education’s Early Career Scholar Award for his continued work in this area.

Before joining the faculty at University of Connecticut, Dr. Faggella-Luby was a doctoral fellow at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning under the direction of Drs. Donald Deshler and Jean Schumaker. He earned his doctorate from the Special Education Department at the University of Kansas. Dr. Faggella-Luby is a former high school administrator and teacher of both English and Chemistry.

CRL Learns Book Study

When: Monday, February 15
Time: 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Where: JRP Hall Room 247

Motion Leadership: The Skinny on Becoming Change Savvy
By: Michael Fullan

The CRL Learns lunch-time book study sessions are informal discussions in which KU staff and students come together to discuss new books relevant to education over lunch. In February, our book study will be Michael Fullan’s newest book: Motion Leadership: The Skinny on Becoming Change Savvy. This very short book summarizes more than 30 years of study of the issue of educational change.

If you are interested in participating in this book study, please e-mail chatton@ku.edu or phone Carol Hatton (785-864-0629) to reserve your copy of the book. The Kansas Coaching Project at the Center for Research on Learning will provide copies of the book and cookies for all participants.

Visit the page for Eamonn Kelly’s CRL Guest Lecture entitled New Developments in Design Research Methodologies and Perspectives on the Federal Funding Climate to watch the video of the presentation.

New Developments in Design Research Methodologies and Perspectives on the Federal Funding Climate
CRL Learns Guest Lecture – January 13, 2010

Eamonn Kelly
Professor, George Mason University

Eamonn Kelly, professor of educational psychology at George Mason University, is interested in the intersection of where the creative space of innovative practices meets the pruning function of research methods (that is, design-based research). The 2009-2010 Fulbright New Century Scholar has written extensively about design research and was the lead editor of 2008’s Handbook of Design Research Methods in Education: Innovations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Learning and Teaching (published by Routledge). His current work includes three National Science Foundation awards investigating American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending in education; the learning needs of megacities; and learning and assessment in cyberinfrastructure.

New Developments in Design Research Methodologies and Perspectives on the Federal Funding Climate
Eamonn Kelly
Professor, George Mason University

Wednesday, January 13, 2009
12:00 p.m. in room 245 JRP

Eamonn Kelly, professor of educational psychology at George Mason University, is interested in the intersection of where the creative space of innovative practices meets the pruning function of research methods (that is, design-based research). The 2009-2010 Fulbright New Century Scholar has written extensively about design research and was the lead editor of 2008’s Handbook of Design Research Methods in Education: Innovations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Learning and Teaching (published by Routledge). His current work includes three National Science Foundation awards investigating American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending in education; the learning needs of megacities; and learning and assessment in cyberinfrastructure.

On Nov. 4, 2009, Ron Ferguson, senior lecturer in education and public policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, met with CRL staff members to discuss their current research and projects. Visit the page for Ron Ferguson’s Meeting with CRL Researchers to watch the video.

On Nov. 4, 2009, Ron Ferguson, senior lecturer in education and public policy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, met with CRL staff members to discuss their current research and projects.

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