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Pre-Conference Workshops

Thursday, November 17, 2016
Location: Westin Copley Place Hotel

1) Teaching Digital and Civic Citizens

(RP, 4th–12th Grade)

8:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Part I – Helping Students Become Safe, Savvy and Social
Mike Ribble, EdD

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Part II – Tackling Today's Civic Problems with Youth
Shira Eve Epstein, EdD

2) Student Empowerment

(RP, K–College)

8:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Neuroscience and Student Empowerment: Fostering Student Ownership of Mastery Learning in the 21st Century
Patti Drapeau, MS

3) Teaching Teenage Brains

(RP, 6th Grade–College)

8:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Part I – Nudging Teens Towards Success: Promoting Grit, Self-Control and a Growth Mindset
Caren Baruch-Feldman, PhD

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Part II – Teaching Teenage Brains to Foster Reasoning and Critical Thinking
Jacquelyn F. Gamino, PhD

4) Battling Boredom

(P, K-12th Grade)

8:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Battling Boredom to Engage and Motivate Students
Bryan K. Harris, EdD

5) Science of Reading

(RP, All Ages)

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Part I – The Neuroscience of Reading Ability and Disability
John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD

9:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Part II – The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders: Diagnosis and Intervention
Steven G. Feifer, EdD

6) Educator's Guide

(RP, All Ages)

8:15 AM - 12:15 PM
The Educator's Guide to Brain Research: How to Responsibly Bridge the Gap Between Research and Practice
Andrew C. Watson, MEd and Maya Bialik, MEd

CONCURRENT SESSIONS GUIDE

  • (RP)=Brain Research & Practical Strategies/Interventions
  • (R)=Mostly Brain/Child Development Research
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  • (P)=Mostly Brain-Based Practical Strategies and Interventions
  • (PREK=16)=Applicable Grade Levels

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Conference Day 1

Thursday, November 17, 2016
Location: Westin Copley Place Hotel

Opening Keynote Addresses: Empowered Minds: Teaching Students to Change the World

1:00 PM

Welcome: Daniel A. LaGattuta, PhD, President, Public Information Resources, Inc.
Opening Remarks/Presider: David B. Daniel, PhD, Department of Psychology, James Madison University
Keynote Room Location: America Ballroom

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Keynote Address I: Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World - Tony Wagner, EdD

2:05 PM – 3:05 PM

Keynote Address II: Turbocharge Visionary Brain Power: Equip Students to Improve Their World - Sandra B. Chapman, PhD

3:05 PM – 3:30 PM

Networking Coffee Break and Book Signings: Tony Wagner, EdD and Sandra Chapman, PhD

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM

Keynote Address III: Joining Character and Scholarship: Beautiful Student Work That Contributes to a Better World - Ron Berger, MEd

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

Keynote Address IV: Teaching Tomorrow’s Change Makers: The Power of Service, Citizenship and Social Change - Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD

5:15 PM – 6:15 PM

Meeting of the Minds Reception & Book Signings: Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD

CONCURRENT SESSIONS GUIDE

  • (RP)=Brain Research & Practical Strategies/Interventions
  • (R)=Mostly Brain/Child Development Research
  •  
  • (P)=Mostly Brain-Based Practical Strategies and Interventions
  • (PREK=16)=Applicable Grade Levels

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Conference Day 2

Friday, November 18, 2016
Location: Westin Copley Place Hotel

Morning Keynote Addresses: Citizen Minds: Empowering Civic Education & Digital Citizenship

8:30 AM

Presiders: Deborah Donahue-Keegan, EdD, Co-Director, MA Consortium for SEL in Teacher Education and Fay E. Brown, PhD, School Development Program, Yale University
Keynote Room Location: America Ballroom

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Keynote Address I: What Kind of Citizens? Educating Our Children for the Common Good - Joel Westheimer, PhD

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Coffee Break, Poster Sessions and Book Signing: Joel Westheimer, PhD

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Keynote Address II: Creating the 21st Century Schools and Citizens We Need - Chris Lehmann, MA

11:05 AM – 12:05 PM

Keynote Address III: Beyond Wit and Grit: Thoughts on Nurturing Good Citizens - Howard E. Gardner, PhD

12:05 PM – 12:30 PM

A Discussion and Conversation on Schools and Citizenship in the 21st Century

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM

Lunch Break (On your own) and Book Signings: Howard Gardner, PhD and Chris Lehmann, MA

1:45 PM to 3:50 PM Afternoon Concurrent Sessions ‘A’ (Breaks: Various times)

1) Engaged Students & Schools

Room: TBA

1:45 – 2:45 PM
Part I – Engaging Students: Classrooms of Choice, Collaboration and Deep Learning
Jennifer A Fredricks, PhD
(RP, K-12th Grade)

2:50 – 3:50 PM
Part II – Student Engagement for Deep Learning & Thinking
Bryan K. Harris, EdD
(P, K–12th Grade)

2) Engaged Youth in the 21st Century

Room: TBA

1:45 - 2:35 PM
Part I – Inspiring Engaged Thinking and Innovations in 21st Century Teens
Jacquelyn F. Gamino, PhD

(RP, 6th -12th Grade)

2:40 - 3:50 PM
Part II – Empowerment through Education: Equipping Today's Students with the Skills Necessary to Become the Leaders, Innovators and Problem-Solvers of Tomorrow
Amy Carrier, PhD
(RP, 9th-12th Grade)

3) Empowering Civic Learning

Room: TBA

1:45 – 2:45 PM
Part I – Children Are Citizens: Engaging Young Children in Their Community to Create Powerful Learning
Benjamin Mardell, PhD
(RP, Preschool-K)

2:50 – 3:50 PM
Part II – Promoting Purpose and Engagement Through Civic Education and Student Voice

Dana L. Mitra, PhD
(RP, K-College)

4) Motivation & Student Voice

Room: TBA

1:45 – 2:45 PM
Part I – Educating for Intellectual, Moral and Civic Purpose

William Damon, PhD

(RP, K-12th Grade)

2:50 – 3:50 PM
Part II – Empowering Youth Through Voice, Choice & Entrepreneurship
Michael J. Nakkula, EdD and Kari Guo, Doctoral Student
(RP, 7th Grade–College)

5) Empowering Writing/Literacy

Room: TBA

1:45 – 3:00 PM
Part I – Using Writing as an Avenue to Empower and Develop Deeper, Higher Thinking
Leslie E. Laud, EdD
(P, K–12th Grade)

3:05 - 3:50 PM
Part II – Transformational Learning: Reading, Writing and Speaking with Purpose
Ron Berger, MEd
(P, K-12th Grade)

6) Citizen Science & STEM Thinking

Room: TBA

1:45 - 2:05 PM
Part I – Using Citizen Science to Engage Students in STEM Education

Lisa K. Lobel, PhD
(RP, 7th Grade–College)

2:10 - 2:30 PM
Part II – Developing Students' Skills and Interest Through Citizen Science Inspired Investigations

Jennifer Fee, MS
(RP, K-12th Grade)

2:35 - 3:00 PM
Part III – Test Your Brain: Engaging Students in Citizen Science

Laura Germine, PhD
(RP, 9th Grade–College)

3:05 - 3:50 PM
Part IV – Engaging Young Engineers: Teaching Problem Solving & Decision Making Skills Through Student Centered Design

Kristen Wendell, PhD
(RP, PreK-5th Grade)

7) Cultivating Moral Behavior

Room: TBA

1:45 – 2:45 PM
Part I – Changing Moral Minds
Liane Young, PhD
(RP, All Ages)

2:50 – 3:50 PM
Part II – Humanitarian Neuroscience: Predicting Future Behavior, Education and Criminal Outcomes
John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD
(RP, All Ages)

4:00 PM to 5:15 PM Afternoon Concurrent Sessions ‘B’

1) Engaged Students & Schools

Room: TBA

4:00 - 5:15 PM
Documentary Film; Most Likely to Succeed
Engaging Students in the 21st Centry
(RP, K-12th Grade)

2) Engaged Youth in the 21st Century

Room: TBA

4:00 - 5:15 PM
Addicted to Sugar: Youth, Digital Technologies and Educational Practice
David B. Daniel, PhD

(R, 6th Grade-College)

3) Empowering Civic Learning

Room: TBA

4:00 - 5:15 PM
Revitalizing Civic Learning for Empowering Students
Meira Levinson, DPhil
(RP, K-College)

4) Motivation & Student Voice

Room: TBA

4:00 - 5:15 PM
Creating a Motivation Classroom Culture to Support Student Voice
Michael J. Middleton, PhD
(RP, K-12th Grade)

5) Empowering Writing/Literacy

Room: TBA

4:00 - 5:15 PM
Why is Interest Powerful for Learning and Writing and How Does it Work?
K. Ann Renninger, PhD
(P, PreK–12th Grade)

6) Citizen Science & STEM Thinking

Room: TBA

4:00 - 5:15 PM
Engaging Citizen Science and Empowering STEM Students and Programs
Bronwyn MacFarlane, PhD
(RP, K–College)

7) Cultivating Moral Behavior

Room: TBA

4:00 - 5:15 PM
Civility, Compassion and Courage: Embracing Your Influence to Be a Change Enterprise
Candice D. Barnes, EdD
(RP, All Ages)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS GUIDE

  • (RP)=Brain Research & Practical Strategies/Interventions
  • (R)=Mostly Brain/Child Development Research
  •  
  • (P)=Mostly Brain-Based Practical Strategies and Interventions
  • (PREK=16)=Applicable Grade Levels

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Conference Day 3

Saturday, November 19
Location: Westin Copley Place Hotel

Morning Keynote Addresses: Thinking Minds: Engaging Real–World Problem Solving

8:30 AM

L&B "Transforming Education Through Neuroscience" Award Award
Presenter/Presider: David B. Daniel, PhD, Department of Psychology, James Madison University
Keynote Room Location: America Ballroom

8:35 AM – 9:35 AM

Keynote Address I: Half-Truths and Lies: The Brain Science of Critical Thinking - Daniel J. Levitin, PhD

9:35 AM – 10:05 AM

Networking Coffee Break, Poster Sessions and Book Signing for Daniel J. Levitin, PhD

10:05 AM – 11:05 AM

Keynote Address II: The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries - Zoe Weil, MA, MTS

11:05 AM – 12:20 PM

Keynote Address III: An MBE Research-Informed Pathway for Purposeful Teaching, Learning and Thinking - Glenn Whitman, MALS and Ian Kelleher, PhD

12:20 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch Break (On your own) and Book Signings for Zoe Weil, MA

1:30 PM to 4:15 PM Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 'C'

1) Engaging Global Citizens

Room: TBA

1:30 – 3:30 PM
Part I - Global Citizenship: Empowering Students to Change the World
Michael Soskil, MS
(RP, K-12th Grade)

3:30 – 4:15 PM
Part II - Empowering Global Students and Citizens
Connie K. Chung, EdD

(RP, K-12th Grade)

2) Engaged Youth & Community Service

Room: TBA

1:30 – 2:45 PM
Part I - Engaging Parents, Schools and Communities in Support of Positive Youth Development
Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD
(RP, All Ages)

2:45 – 3:30 PM
Part II - Participation in School and Community-based Organized Activities: Academic, Behavioral, and Psychological Benefits
Jennifer A. Fredricks, PhD
(RP, 3rd-12th Grade)

3:30 – 4:15 PM
Part III - Contributing to the Civic Society: The Characteristics Associated with Civic, Community and Cultural Participation Among Adolescents
Sara K. Johnson, PhD
(RP, 6th-12th Grade)

3) Motivation, Mindsets & Choice

Room: TBA

1:30 – 2:30 PM
Part I - Motivation in Learning: Insights from Multi-Method Approaches
Ko Murayama, PhD
(RP, All Ages)

2:30 – 3:30 PM
Part II - Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Keys to Motivation
Mike Anderson, MS

(R, All Ages)

3:30 – 4:15 PM
Part III - Minding the Mind: Why Educators Should Care About Students' Motivating Mindsets
Chris S. Hulleman, PhD
(RP, 6th Grade-College)

4) Empowering Writing/Literacy

Room: TBA

1:30 – 3:30 PM 
Part I - Executive Functions and Language Skills Associated with the Writing Process
Naomi J. Steiner, MD and Lisa Phillips, MS, CCC/SLP
(RP, PreK-6th Grade)

3:30 - 4:15 PM
Part II - Empowering Literacy: Aligning Literacy to Human Rights, Brain Research, Learning and Community Initiatives
Jo-Anne Wilson-Keenan, EdD

(P, PreK-6th Grade)

5) Deeper Minds & Thinking

Room: TBA

1:30 – 4:15 PM 
Fostering Complex, Critical and Creative Thinking for the Classroom
Patti Drapeau, MS
(RP, K-12th Grade)

6) Ethical, Moral Minds

Room: TBA

1:30 – 2:30 PM
Part I - Empowering Your Students to Make School Meaningful Through Values, Ethics and Social Justice
Lauren H. Porosoff, JD and Jonathan Weinstein, PhD

(RP, K-12th Grade)

2:30 – 3:30 PM
Part II - Connecting Restorative Justice Practice and Brain Research to School Behavior and Bullying Prevention
Chuck Saufler, MEd

(RP, K-12th Grade)

3:30 – 4:15 PM
Part III - Moral Tribes: Emotions, Reason and the Gap Between Us and Them
Joshua D. Greene, PhD
(R, All Ages)

CONCURRENT SESSIONS GUIDE

  • (RP)=Brain Research & Practical Strategies/Interventions
  • (R)=Mostly Brain/Child Development Research
  •  
  • (P)=Mostly Brain-Based Practical Strategies and Interventions
  • (PREK=16)=Applicable Grade Levels

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.