Wednesday, November 07, 2007

CONFERENCES: Call for Submissions 23rd Annual Adult Development Symposium of the Society for Research in Adult Development

Call for Submissions

23rd Annual Adult Development Symposium of the Society for Research in Adult Development

An Affiliate Pre-conference of The American Educational Research Association

New York City - Saturday and Sunday, March 22-23, 2008

This two-day meeting will focus on positive adult and life-span development from an interdisciplinary perspective. Our aim is to have constructive conversations about key theoretical, methodological, and practical issues in researching adult development. These symposium provides a productive arena for researchers to meet and share their work in this exciting and expanding field. The symposium-style meeting features thematic poster sessions that include group discussion and synthesis. Topics include (but are not limited to): Measurement, models and methodological issues; post-secondary education; emotional development; professional development; development of relationships in educational settings; motivation; development outside of formal education; organizational and corporate influences including organizational culture; company success in world economy and stage of development; coaching and corporate training; evaluating management and sales; and attribution systems within organizations. Challenges to conventional wisdom are especially welcome.

Submissions are due by December 31, 2007.

Visit

http://adultdevelopment.org/

for more information and submission guidelines.

My best,

Michael Lamport Commons, Ph.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Harvard Medical School

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

234 Huron Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138-1328

commons@tiac.net

http://www.dareassociation.org/

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