American Educational Research Association

Meeting services: the organization has an annual meeting where scientists, scholars, researchers, and students present and discuss Research. The meeting aims to advance knowledge about education, and provide opportunities for attendees to present and learn about the latest Research.

Governance and divisions: the organization's governance structure is comprised of the council, executive board, and committees. Ad hoc committees, task forces and working groups may also be established for specific purposes and for limited periods. There are also 12 divisions of aera which are organized to represent major scholarly or scientific areas within education Research that add to the field. Each division is responsible for planning division-sponsored sessions for the annual meeting and facilitating ongoing communications among division members through listserv and other communications mechanisms throughout the year. Divisions also offer other programming.

Professional development: the aera professional development program builds capacity and enhances Research skills among graduate students, early career scholars, senior scholars, and others who produce and use education Research. This program involves professional development courses, and training initiatives in Research methods and conceptual and analytic issues related to Research excellence in the field. Advances in Research methods, statistical techniques, technology, and general modes and methods of Research make professional development within aera a continuing and ongoing process.

Membership and sigs

Education Research and Research advancement: aera pursues projects, initiatives, and activities to advance the field of education Research, promote cutting-edge lines of study, and deepen knowledge about education Research as a discipline, profession, and field. Key activities include centennial programs, aera's Research conferences program, which awards grants for conferences intended to break new ground in substantive areas of inquiry, stimulate new lines of study on issues that have been largely unexplored, or develop innovative Research methods or techniques that can contribute to education Research, international activities, and aera's education Research service projects program, which is designed to encourage education researchers to offer their pro bono expertise to Educational organizations, institutions, or other community groups that have identified and expressed a need for such assistance.

Publications: aera offers a comprehensive program of scholarly publications to advance education Research, to disseminate knowledge, and to improve the capacity of the profession to serve the public good. The purposes of the aera publications program are to foster Research and disseminate results to members, professionals in related disciplines, educators, and society. Aera also serves as a publisher of books of excellence and importance to the education Research community, and to practitioners and policy makers interested in education Research.

Supporting programs