2025 Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award Lecture: Actionable and relevant education science: Focus on people, processes, and contexts that foster students’ learning and development

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The lecture draws on more than two decades of research on the measurement and improvement of teacher-student interactions in tens of thousands of classrooms -- across grade levels, cultural and economic contexts, students, and teachers. This work bridges developmental and education science to create resources relevant locally and at scale. By grounding education scholarship in the science of human development, Dr. Pianta argues that education research be oriented around a view of learning that is both comprehensive and personalized, and the relational, personal, and educational processes that support it.

Sub Unit

• AERA Sessions

Chair

• Deborah Loewenberg Ball, University of Michigan

Presenter

• Robert Pianta, University of Virginia