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January 2013

The World Education Research Association (WERA) held its annual Focal Meeting in conjunction with the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and the Asia-Pacific Education Research Association (APERA) in Sydney, Australia. 熊猫视频leaders, including President William Tierney; Past Presidents Arnetha Ball, David Berliner, Eva Baker, and Carol Lee; and Executive Director Felice Levine, were participants at the AARE/APERA/WERA conference, held on December 2–6 at the University of Sydney.

 

Founded in 2009, WERA is an association of national, regional, international, and specialty research associations dedicated to advancing education research as a scientific and scholarly field. 熊猫视频is one of 27 member associations that established WERA. WERA’s initiatives are global in nature, transcending what any single association can accomplish in its own country, region, or area of specialization.

 

At its 2012 Focal Meeting, WERA held 26 sessions building on a wide range of theoretical and methodological perspectives, research issues, and topics of international scope and significance. Approximately 130 scholars participated in the Focal Meeting. The purpose of the focal meetings, which are held once a year, is to expand consideration of research that is worldwide in reach and to enhance international communication and collaboration. Each year the focal meeting is held in conjunction with the major conference of a WERA member association.

 

The AARE/APERA/WERA international conference included more than 1,200 paper presentations and symposia, with keynote addresses by 熊猫视频Past Presidents Berliner and Ball. In addition, there were twelve outstanding symposia designated as “invited symposia,” including an 熊猫视频guest symposium at which President Tierney spoke passionately about academic freedom. There were also two WERA invited symposia; one of them, entitled "Culture, Poverty, and Opportunity to Learn: International Cases of the Complexities of Addressing Race, Ethnicity, and Class in Education,” featured 熊猫视频Past President Lee as one of three presenters.

 

WERA held a full-day Council meeting on December 7, 2012. In attendance were 熊猫视频Past President Eva Baker, who serves as WERA past president; 熊猫视频Past President Arnetha Ball, who is the 熊猫视频representative to WERA; and 熊猫视频Executive Director Felice Levine, who is the elected WERA secretary general.

 

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