American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Mission-Striving to use research to improve education, AERA is committed to the “advance educational research and its practical application”.
Cost of Membership-$120 annual, plus journal subscriptions for a $20 additional fee. Members may access journal on-line.
Publications-
American Educational Research Journal
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics
Review of Educational Research
Review of Research in Education
Conferences and Meetings-The 2011 conference will be in April in NOLA.
Opportunities for Professional Development-This site features a repository of webcasts. These include keynotes dating back to 2004. Also available to members is a newsletter and ListServ.
Although unaware of AERA before this class, it could be useful to me professionally. While I do not plan to participate in educational research, I could certainly benefit from findings this group might release.
American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
Mission-The site brags right up front that it is the largest organization “dedicated to the training and development field”.
Cost of Membership-$199 for a 1-year membership, plus opportunities for additional resources (print and electronic) at further fees.
Publications-T + D (monthly magazine) plus e-publications and books.
Conferences and Meetings-There are several conferences slated for the first half of 2011 as well as additional opportunities for topic specific training.
Opportunities for Professional Development-Joining this organization gives you a line to many forms of professional development, from on-line resources to “celebrity series” trainings held throughout the year in NY.
ASTD seems to offer a variety of training opportunities, which is always useful to someone in education. While joining this organization would certainly be advantageous to me, the associated fees are a little higher than what I'm used to paying for TCEA and TLA.
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