Lessons Learned From Edmund W. Gordon at 100: Policy and Practice Implications of the Centennial Celebration of an Interdisciplinary and Visionary Scholar

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This 2022 AERA Presidential Session will highlight the key takeaways from the June 2021 Edmund W. Gordon Centennial Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University, Dr. Gordon’s longest-term intellectual home. The conference, titled “Learning and Thriving Across the Lifespan: Building on the E. W. Gordon Scholarship on Affirmative Development, Equitable Education for Every Learner, and Assessment FOR Learning” was organized around four themes:
1. Affirmative Development of Intellective Competence and Agency
2. “Next Generation” Affirmative Pedagogies, Situated and Social Learning
3. “Next Generation” Affirmative and Formative Assessments for Learning
4. Rights-based and Equity-centered Pedagogy, Assessment, and Policy
This Presidential session will focus on the 2nd and 4th themes from the TC Conference as a way to complement and augment other Gordon Centennial-related AERA and NCME 2022 sessions that will focus more specifically on affirmative forms of assessment. This session will enable AERA members to explore the implications of Dr. Gordon's scholarship on Affirmative Development, Equitable Educational Opportunity and Assessment for Learning

Sub Unit

• AERA Honorary President Edmund W. Gordon Series

Chairs

• Madhabi Chatterji, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Erica Walker, University of Toronto - OISE

• Amy Stuart Wells, Teachers College, Columbia University

Papers

• Dr. Gordon’s Legacy in Historical Context - Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University

• Toward Rights-Based and Equity-Centered Pedagogy, Assessment, and Policy - Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University

• The Quest for Educative Assessment in Policy and Practice - Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute

• Dr. Gordon’s Legacy in the Current Education Policy Context - Marshall S. Smith, Carnegie Foundation

Discussants

• Maisha T. Winn, University of California - Davis

• Ezekiel J. Dixon-Roman, Teachers College, Columbia University