The American Psychological Association Children, Youth and Families Office will be hosting a 2-part webinar series at 12PM ET April 20th and April 27th on Minority Children’s Mental Health.
Goals of this series are to: (a) increase practitioners’ awareness of mental health disparities in children and youth, (b) expand knowledge of the environmental factors contributing to children and youth mental health and service utilization, and (c) build practitioners' competence and confidence in their ability to treat, ameliorate, and prevent negative mental health outcomes in children and youth. Please visit https://bit.ly/2pVu4AL to register for the first session and https://bit.ly/2uGx20z to register for the second session. CE will be offered and free for the first 100 participants of each session. For more information about this topic please visit http://www.apa.org/pi/families/
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I’d like to announce the 2018 edition of the Midwestern Cognitive Science Conference. It will be held in Bloomington, Indiana on May 12th and 13th. It's a great opportunity for you to hear about cognitive science research from all around the midwest and to present your own. Check out the conference web site at:
http://www.indiana.edu/~pcl/mwcogsci/ Not all of the pages for the site are operational yet, but the basic information is there, and, critically, the pages for submitting abstracts and registering for the conference are operational. General Information
Date and Time: Saturday, February 17, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Location and Directions: The conference will take place at the Friday Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Friday Center is located a short distance from the main campus. Directions and a map can be found here . Contact: If you have any questions, please email us at: [email protected] . Keynote Speaker Dr. Ian Dobbins, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Washington University. Prof. Dobbins is a leading researcher in the psychology and cognitive neuroscience of memory. Call for Papers and Posters There will be two types of talks at the conference:
We will also have a poster session. We invite you to submit talks (either regular or data-blitz) or posters. Submissions for talks and posters are now open at the website: https://nccognition.web.unc.edu/ Submissions should be received by January 31, 2018. Registration The registration fee is $30 for faculty and $10 for students and post-docs. This includes morning and afternoon coffee service and lunch (a buffet lunch including vegetarian and vegan options). Registration is now open at the website: https://nccognition.web.unc.edu/ Please register by February 15, 2018. Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 9th International Conference on Robotics in Education – RiE 2018. The main aim of the conference is presentation and discussion of the latest results and methods in the fields of research and development in Educational Robotics. The conference will be held Wednesday through Friday, April 18-20, 2018, in Malta. All accepted papers that meet the requirements and standards of Springer will be published as a special volume in the prestigious Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series. The volumes of this series are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services including ISI Proceedings, EI-Compendex, DBLP, SCOPUS, Google Scholar and Springerlink. For more Information about the book series and about indexing visit Springer website: http://secure-web.cisco.com/1ZPWzmwmyzijk6N7E-i3pTAUuxPlv__T5-QgxGc8HANwM2ZROBHOsvxn-u_zEDeao8B9wm1rsOq5o_B29C48ISWaq2K7mpqi2HK1TFuEAuyGMemwY4Sx4Uhp0WXCyBgU2ozkjkiD-xtH3I3RxvLtNi_MaRl4K8yhmzth9icUEWzvEC8QrGtFq1wA4EekgG2sZjaAf420T1GlKJxIpSa4KRk1aLpn_YsqTzBEeM8ulEsX0Y00Q4Yd3KggCtlis1xbKNC1ld5EDHNuACX2CDKJGAGf-AFCi4OrGiCJywJMY8_bMozVeVeQXXL7mYz-bek9OoGfdBkgUTi_1TXiMdBndRDhMowzl7i9SNTcdlGkAQYF3246q6geIYkMVqzVrY20QsbqgjbwPnEdOSfI7zwIKS0-AQm9t5esIDb0u5YiLKXcrxTPq6e5mFxRp2JuPQZ5j/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fseries%2F11156 Papers related, but not limited, to the following topics of interest are welcome: • Robotics in school • Robotics curricula • International trends in educational robotics • Project-based learning and robotics • Didactic approaches in educational robotics • Exemplary robotics projects in classes • Web-based robotics and simulation • Assessment and evaluation of robotics–enhanced class activities • Integration of robotics in school science/informatics/technology curricula • Integration of robotics in other subjects and school curricula • Evaluation criteria and tools for measuring the impact of robotics on students’ learning • Constructivism/constructionism and robotics • Teacher training in educational robotics • Methodologies for teaching robotics • Robotics competitions/contests and their educational impact • Robotics through edutainment, museums, personal robots and their educational value • Web-based robotics, simulation, remote educational robotics • Humanoid robots in education • Dextrous autonomous robots and humanoids • Cognition, natural and automated – cognitics The Important Dates are: Paper submission: 12.01.2018 Authors notification: 09.02.2018 End of early registration: 15.03.2018 Final paper version: 23.03.2018 End of regular registration: 13.04.2018 Conference: 18-20.04.2018 More details on the RiE 2018 and other accompanying events can be found on the website: www.rie2018.info We are looking forward to receiving your papers and to meeting you in Malta in April 2018! Sincerely yours, Dr. Munir Merdan Practical Robotics Institute Austria (PRIA) Email: [email protected] The Science of Learning Institute and the Department of Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins University is seeking a highly qualified post-doctoral research fellow to join an interdisciplinary research team to develop and evaluate a novel spatially-enhanced 3rdgrade science curriculum and teacher supports. This project is a newly-funded 4-year collaborative partnership between cognitive scientists, developmental scientists, and educators to advance evidence-based STEM educational student and teacher practices through a new curriculum and professional development.
The fellow will work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of scientists and educators on the project, and will be involved in all aspects of the research, including (1) working with school district curriculum developers and leaders to develop the curriculum and teacher supports, (2) developing and piloting measures, (3) conducting focus groups and field-tests of the curriculum and teacher training, and (4) evaluating the effectiveness of the curriculum and teacher training compared to a control group. There will be substantial opportunity for the fellow to broaden his/her translational science and evaluation skill set as well as to interact with the Science of Learning community at Johns Hopkins and the education community in Maryland. Project Background and Aims: The United States faces several key challenges regarding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and training: we consistently score at or below average proficiency levels on math and science international assessments (OECD, 2012) and the demand for STEM jobs is outpacing the supply of well-trained workers (U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, 2012). These statistics have motivated new approaches to K-12 STEM education such as the Common Core State Standards for math and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Such efforts aim to facilitate students’ knowledge and scientific problem solving relevant to STEM careers (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, 2010; NGSS Lead States, 2013); however, students may lack a critical building block underlying success - spatial thinking. Decades of research show that spatial thinking skills are related to entrance into and achievement within STEM fields (Shea, Lubinski & Benbow, 2001; Wai, Lubinski & Benbow, 2009). Despite the apparent value of students “learning to think spatially,” virtually no efforts have been made to infuse spatial research into science curricula. The goal of this partnership between Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) is to advance evidence-based STEM educational student and teacher practices through new curriculum and professional development. The project has three specific aims:
The ideal candidate will be passionate about the translation of research to practice and will have the following training and specialized knowledge and skills. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience. ·Ph.D. in Cognitive Science, Psychology, Developmental Science, Education, or related field required. ·Knowledge of spatial thinking skills required. Knowledge should include a deep understanding of (1) how these skills develop in children and adults, (2) what tools/techniques facilitate their development, and (3) the connection between spatial thinking skill and achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. ·Knowledge of human learning and child development preferred. ·Knowledge of elementary science education preferred. ·Ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people across different environments, including senior leadership and staff across academic sectors and education. ·Ability to synthesize literature and write in a clear, concise manner for educational audiences. ·Demonstrate strong organization, problem-solving, and project management skills. ·Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills. ·Demonstrate a high degree of professionalism. ·Extensive, working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Publisher, etc.), Adobe Acrobat Professional, and statistical software (e.g., SPSS) required. Knowledge of other presentation, word processing, publishing, data management, and website development software preferred. ·Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator) or other graphic design software preferred. Applications: Applicants should submit the following information to Dr. Kristin Gagnier ([email protected]): ·Letter of interest, with a brief overview of the applicant’s (a) expertise in spatial thinking, (b) knowledge of science education, human learning, and/or child development, (c) his/her qualifications for the position, (d) how the postdoctoral fellowship will build upon his or her current training, and (e) how the postdoctoral fellowship will facilitate his/her career goals. ·The names of three references who will be writing recommendation letters. · CV ·2 writing samples and 2 presentation samples, preferably for different target audiences (e.g., scientists, teachers) Applications will be reviewed promptly. The position can start July 1 but will be open until the right candidate is identified. For more information, interested applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Kristin Gagnier ([email protected]). This two-day workshop will bring together different perspectives on event cognition, joining forces from the fields of (psycho-)linguistics and language typology (including multimodal communication), neuroscience (perception, action and memory) and developmental science. We aim to identify general principles in event cognition shaped by our underlying neurobiological and cognitive infrastructure, and the domains in which the human capacity for language(taking into account cross-linguistic diversity and multimodality) may influence event perception and understanding.
The workshop will be organized in thematic sessions, with invited lectures and discussions by renowned scholars, plus a poster session. Confirmed invited speakers Gerry Altmann (University of Connecticut) Silvia Gennari (University of York) Sarah Gerson (Cardiff University) Peter Hagoort (MPI & Donders) Angeliek van Hout (University of Groningen) Yuki Kamide (University of Dundee) Anna Papafragou (University of Delaware) Brent Strickland (ENS & Institut Jean Nicod) Christiane von Stutterheim (Heidelberg University) Jeffrey Zacks (Washington University, St. Louis) Call for submissions We invite submissions of anonymous abstracts for paper or poster presentations on recent work on one or more of the workshop themes. We also welcome submissions for poster presentations on ongoing work or new project proposals. Submissions should be in Word or PDF format, maximally 500 words (excluding references), and sent to [email protected] Abstract submission deadline: ** June 15, 2017 ** (extended) Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2017 Workshop dates: October 27-28, 2017 Location: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Workshop organizers: Monique Flecken (MPI) Ercenur Ünal (Radboud & MPI) Aslı Özyürek (Radboud & MPI) Website: http://www.mpi.nl/events/evrep We gratefully acknowledge funding by the MPI for Psycholinguistics and by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) (VICI grant). The British Psychological Society
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