Tied to the 2024 Annual Meeting theme are 38 AERA Presidential Sessions which provide rich and compelling content designed to engage attendees on key issues in education research, policy, and practice.
Along with AERA Awards Lectures, these premier sessions offer unparalleled opportunities to hear from thought leaders, exemplary researchers, and champions of education research.
The Research and Science Policy Forum will offer a series of sessions focused on important issues at the intersection of education research and science policy.
The “Spotlight on Philadelphia and the Region” Series will delve into research focused on pressing education issues in the Philadelphia area, including public school reform, educator diversity, culturally relevant instruction, and more.
In collaboration with the World Education Research Association and numerous other international organizations, the Annual Meeting not only spotlights research from around the globe but also supports and advances the worldwide impact of the field.
The AERA Annual Meeting is the world's largest gathering of education researchers and a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative studies in an array of areas.
Major events such as the Opening Keynote Lecture, the AERA Presidential Address, the AERA Distinguished Lecture and the Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture, the AERA Awards Ceremony and Celebration, and more, should be on every attendee’s schedule.
In addition to major lectures and high-profile AERA-wide sessions, hundreds of paper, roundtable, and poster sessions and symposia will be held by AERA divisions, SIGs, and committees.
“As education researchers, scholars, and practitioners, it is our responsibility to examine the most complex issues and challenges facing the spectrum of educational contexts and to report our findings, discoveries, and insights.
Be certain to check out the sessions offered by those AERA units that align with your research interests.
Among the special features this year are e-Lightening Ed-Talks, where selected authors will present their research in the form of a brief and engaging presentation in the Exhibit Hall.
The 2024 Annual Meeting is a place-based conference being held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 11-14.
We perform this craft in manners that require us not to avoid but to embrace the most vexing problems that individuals and communities face in the pursuit of education.
Presenters include policy leaders from key federal science offices and agencies, foundation heads, and important scholars.