Events
WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panels discussions and other events throughout the year, including the Wisconsin Ideas in Education and Carl A. Grant series, and the annual UW-Madison Education Research Poster Fair.
Nearly all these events are free, and open to the campus community, as well as to other educators, community leaders and members of the interested public.
You can scroll event descriptions beginning with the most current on this page, get a larger view and subscribe to WCER’s Google calendar, visit the individual pages for each type of event or use the search.
Past Events
(Re)Imagining First Grade: Perspectives From a Texas School Serving Children of Latina/o Immigrants
Jennifer Keys Adair, Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education, University of Texas at Austin
April 29, 2015, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Piketty, Wealth and Education: Solution or Problem?
Susan L. Robertson , Centre for Globalisation, Education and Social Futures, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
April 22, 2015, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
External and Mental Representation of Numbers
Andreas Obersteiner, Postdoctoral Researcher, Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) School of Education, Munich, Germany
April 14, 2015, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Carl A. Grant Lecture: Exploring the Benefits of Ethnic Diversity, from Birth to Old Age
Adrienne Nishina, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of California, Davis
April 9, 2015, 12:00 to 1:00 pm , Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Against Captivity: School Discipline and Black Girls in the Afterlife of Slavery
Connie Wun, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Chicago
April 8, 2015, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Knowledge-Action Gaps: The Difficulties of Providing Useful Information for Families
Susanna Loeb, Barnett Family Professor of Education, Stanford University
March 18, 2015, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Neural and Behavioral Foundations of Early Numeracy
Daniel C. Hyde, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March 4, 2015, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Carl A. Grant Lecture: Equity-Minded Public School Reform
Tina Trujillo, Assistant Professor, University of California–Berkeley
February 27, 2015, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Teacher Education in Stressful Times: Recruitment, Retention, Responsibility and Morale
Katy Heyning, Dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
February 18, 2015, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
New Governance Through New Policy Networks in Education
Gary Anderson, Professor of Educational Administration at New York University
February 4, 2015, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Carl A. Grant Lecture: Factors That Influence African-American Males’ Educational STEM Aspirations
James L. Moore III, Ph.D., Ohio State University
December 4, 2014, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Applying Cognitive Science Principles to Promote Durable and Efficient Learning
Sean Kang, Dartmouth College, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Director of the Dartmouth Cognition & Education Laboratory
December 3, 2014, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Spatial Cognition and STEM Learning: When, How and Why?
David Uttal, Northwestern University, Professor of Psychology
November 19, 2014, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
The Land and the Hand or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Glass
Bryan McGovern Wilson , Fellow of the Creative Glass Center of America, Artist in Residence, The Everglades National Park
November 5, 2014, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Carl A. Grant Lecture: Reflective Learning Using Immersive Virtual Environments (rLIVEs)
Aroutis N. Foster, School of Education, Drexel University
October 29, 2014, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
