Spring 2012 Seminar Series

Thursday, February 23, 4:30-6:00pm, 2515 Tolman Hall
Susan Moore Johnson, Harvard Graduate School of Education
What Factors buoy and motivate teachers in high-needs schools?
Many teachers burn-out in schools that serve high poverty students. Prof. Johnson's new study reveals how the context of everyday work advances teachers' engagement, collaboration, and relationships with students.


Tuesday, March 6, 4:30-6:00pm, 2040 Valley Life Science Building
George Loewenstein, Herbert A. Simon Professor of Economics and Psychology at Yale University
Behavioral Economics and Incentives in Health Care
Prof. Loewenstein has worked on emotions and decision making, intertemporal choice, taste prediction, neuroeconomics and health related interventions among other areas.

Monday, March 12, 4:30-6:00pm, 5101 Tolman Hall
Larry Steinberg, Department of Psychology at Temple University
Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy?
Prof. Steinberg will discuss whether and how brain science should inform social policies affecting adolescents with IHD member Ron Dahl as discussant.

Thursday, April 26, 4:30-6:00pm, 2515 Tolman Hall
Pam Grossman, Stanford University School of Education
From Measurement to Improvement: Leveraging Observation Protocols for Improving Teaching
While observation protocols are in the news for their use in teacher evaluation systems, there is less discussion of how to use these protocols to improve teaching quality. In her talk, Prof Grossman will discuss her new IES-funded study that is designed to leverage an observation instrument for targeted professional development.


Wednesday, May 2, 12:00-2:00pm, 2515 Tolman Hall
Cognitive Science Roundtable with Henry Wellman, Richard Aslin, Josh Tenenbaum, Noah Goodman, and Michael Frank
Probabilistic modelling approaches to development will be discussed.