June 4, 2009
Educators gather for UW Early Learning Conference June 5-6
Educators, counselors, lawmakers, advocacy groups and parents will meet at the UW Friday and Saturday for the UW Conference on Early Learning, to be held at UW Tower.
The conference, sponsored by the UW College of Education and UW Educational Outreach, is designed to start a discussion on the best educational and policy practices to benefit the children of Washington state.
Topics will include nurturing children’s cognitive, emotional and social abilities; early diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities; rethinking children’s capacity for scientific understanding; and maximizing mathematical abilities.
The two-day conference will be hosted by Patricia Wasley, dean of the UW College of Education, and Gail Joseph, assistant professor of educational psychology, and will feature several UW researchers presenting on educational issues. These include:
- Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology, presenting on the “Writing Route to Preventing Reading and Writing Problems.”
- Carolyn Webster-Stratton, professor of family and child nursing, presenting on “Research and Practice Update on Preventing and Treating Behavior Problems in Young Children: A Parent-Teacher-School Partnership.”
- Elham Kazemi, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, and student Adrian Cunard presenting on “Engaging Young Children’s Mathematical Thinking by Mathematizing the World.”
- Andrew Shouse, associate director of the UW Institute for Science and Mathematics, presenting on “Rethinking Children’s Capacity for Scientific Understanding.”
- Jean Kelly, professor of family and child nursing, presenting on “Research and Practice Update: Applying Attachment Theory in Early Childhood Practice: Promoting First Relationships.”
- Gail Joseph, assistant professor of educational psychology and early childhood and family studies presenting on “Child Care Quality and Early Learning.”
- Ellen Dissanayaki of the UW School of Music presenting on “Children’s Inherent Ability to Respond to the Arts and Insights into the Implications for Early Education.”
Click here for more information on the conference.
