Education

We hope you can join us on TODAY, November 23rd for the Workshop on Education.

Workshop on Education

MONDAY, NOVEMEBER 23, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM
HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, ROOM 140

Talking about writing: What we can learn from conversations between parents and their young children

RobinsTreiman

Rebecca Treiman,

Burke and Elizabeth High Baker Professor of Child Developmental Psychology

Washington University

We hope you can join us on Monday, November 23rd for the Workshop on Education.

Workshop on Education

MONDAY, NOVEMEBER 23, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM
HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, ROOM 140

Talking about writing: What we can learn from conversations between parents and their young children

Paper: RobinsTreiman

Rebecca Treiman,

Burke and Elizabeth High Baker Professor of Child Developmental Psychology

Washington University

Monday, November 23rd- Rebecca Treiman- Department of Psychology Washington University. ” The Problem of Decoding”

Monday, December 7th- Patrick Sharkey-Deparment of Sociology and the Wagner School of Public Service- NYU. ” The Actual effect of local homicides on children’s cognitive performance.”Homicide_Effects_Oct09

We hope you can join us on Monday, November 9th for the Workshop on Education. The paper is currently under review and will not be circulated at this time.

Workshop on Education

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM
HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, ROOM 140

Parental talk to children: The importance of quality versus quantity in predicting child vocabulary and narrative skill

Meredith Rowe,

Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development. The University of Maryland College Park

And

Ece Demir

Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Psychology. The University of Chicago

We hope you can join us on Today November 2^nd for the Workshop on Education.

Workshop on Education

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009
4:00-5:30 PM
HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, ROOM 140

HETEROGENEITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF READING

Francis Paper

Francis Paper

Department Chairman,
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor, and
Director of the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics

Workshop on Education

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009
4:00-6:00 PM
HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, ROOM 140

Unbiased Assessment of First Language Acquisition in English:

Distinguishing Development and Dialect from Disorder

Jill G.de Villiers,

PdeVSPIL2002

Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology and Philosophy, Smith College

We hope you can join us Monday for the first Workshop on Education presentation of the academic year.

Workshop on Education

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009
4:00-6:00 PM
HARPER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, ROOM 140

Unbiased Assessment of First Language Acquisition in English:

Distinguishing Development and Dialect from Disorder

Jill G.de Villiers,

Sophia and Austin Smith Professor of Psychology and Philosophy, Smith College

To be added to the Workshop on Education distribution list or with any questions, please contact me at dpatton@uchicago.edu The schedule is available at http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/edu/.

Please join us for a lecture by

Brian Jacob, PhD’01
Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy & Professor of Economics,
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

“The Effect of Employment Protection on Worker Productivity:
Evidence from Public Schooling”

Friday, October 9, 2009
1:30 pm
Harris School Room 142 (Lecture Hall)
1155 East 60th Street, Chicago

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This lecture is part of the celebration of the 500th Convocation of the University of Chicago. Following the convocation ceremony, a select group of distinguished alumni will offer lectures that are open to the University community.  This portion of the 500th Convocation celebration is sponsored jointly by the Alumni Association and the Alumni Board of Governors.
http://500convocation.uchicago.edu/

Logistics:

Time: Mondays from 4:00 to 6:00pm unless otherwise noted ^

Location: Harper Memorial Library, Room 140, 1116 E. 59th Street

Fall Quarter 2009 Schedule (additional speakers may be added):

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Greetings All:

Welcome to the Workshop on Education’s new blog. Here you will find all  information pertaining to the workshop including upcoming speakers, papers and additional events that may be related to the workshop.