Herb Alpert Educational Village symposium for researchers and education reformers

Santa Monica, CA (openPR) 3 October 2010

26 October, to meet the political leaders in the field of educational research and reform at the Village Herb Alpert Education in Santa Monica, CA to discuss, developments in educational research, the implications for the improvement of the nation? s schools and fulfill the tasks of the race and invest in innovation programs. School organized by the new roads? S Center for Effective Learning (C4EL) â? New directions in education reform? Features guest presenters Philip J. Kellman, Ph.D., professor and director, Laboratory of human perception, University of Southern California (UCLA), Vandana Thadani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, and William Saunders , D. Ph.D., research psychologist at UCLA. The program includes a presentation of C4EL director and teacher, Joe Wise, illustrated C4ELâ? S work to translate the latest research on teaching practice in New Roads School.

said Joe Wise, â? The symposium is the first in a planned series at the Village Herb Alpert education. Our goal is to provide a tool for collaboration in research and education experts to ensure the implementation of innovative and effective methods to promote student success. In over thirty years of teaching in public and private schools, I have not seen the time when this type of dynamic and pragmatic cooperation these exciting opportunities for large and positive impact on teaching and learning outcomes.â ????

The Herb Alpert Educational Village is currently under construction on the site of the new road from high school on Olympic Boulevard in Santa Monica. After its completion, The Village C4EL ;???? New Roads School’s High School and Santa Monica High School campus, new visions of the Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to innovation in education and a Performing Arts Center and the lead with a 350 theater seating, more office and meeting space for nonprofit organizations dedicated to educational innovation and progress.

About the Centre for effective learning (C4EL) and New Roads School

C4EL is the branch of educational research in New Roads School, innovative ways to students in the process of lifelong learning to engage. C4EL has a history of leadership and cooperation in the areas of education reform and faculty development, including working with the National Science Foundation, NASA, UCLA? S perception of the human laboratory and UCLA? S Center for Embedded Network Detection (CENS).

New Roads School was established in 1995 with the mission to provide quality, college preparatory, independent formation of a population that represents the diversity of Los Angeles. Currently, new roads is more than 600 students, grades K-12 at three locations in Santa Monica, Los Angeles and Malibu, California. With about 50% of students of color, and about 50% of our students to receive financial assistance, is determined to build new roads, and in a unique position to implement and evaluate new approaches and educational interventions.

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Joseph Wise is the director of C4EL and deputy head of school programs and evaluation at the school for new roads. In over 35 years in the class, Joe has extensive experience developing and integrating technology into the K-12 classrooms to improve learning. Joe is a founding member of the Los Angeles Physics Teachers Alliance Group (LAPTAG) and education / public relations manager for NASA? S Dawn mission to the asteroid belt.

, Ph.D., is professor and chairman of the cognitive space in the department of psychology at UCLA and director of the UCLA laboratory of human perception. A researcher in cognitive science, visual perception and learning, he served as president of the Science and Engineering at Swarthmore College, a senior scholar at NASA Ames Research Center and University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kellman is the founder and president of Insight Learning Technology, Inc., a computer company on learning, and has won several national awards for scientific research.

, Ph.D., is assistant professor of psychology at Loyola Marymount University. You will have to assess technology initiatives in education K-12 districts and universities across the country and focuses its research on the relationship between education, professional development and student outcomes.

, Ph.D. is a psychologist, a researcher at UCLA. Former high school teacher and director of the project in writing at UCLA, Mr. Saunders, for the last twenty years, research in the areas of literacy, education of English learners, improving schools and teacher together.

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