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European Educational Research Association

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The European Educational Research Association (EERA) is an association of national and regional associations representing educational researchers in Europe. EERA aims to encourage collaboration amongst educational researchers in Europe, promote communication between educational researchers and international governmental organisations and disseminate and highlight state-of-the-art findings of educational research, primarily through the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) and its associated journal, the European Educational Research Journal (EERJ).

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History

EERA was founded in June 1994 as a result of discussions among many national educational research associations and several major research institutes throughout Europe which identified the need for a European association to foster the exchange of ideas amongst European researchers, promote collaboration in research, improve research quality and offer independent advice on educational research and policies to European and national policy-makers, administrators and practitioners. From 1994 to 2007, EERA was constituted as a Charity under British Law and based in Glasgow, Scotland. Since 2008, EERA has been operating from its new office in Berlin, Germany, and is constituted as a non-profit organisation under German Law.

Objectives

EERA aims to encourage collaboration amongst educational researchers and their respective associations in Europe. It promotes communication between educational researchers and international governmental organisations, such as the EU, Council of Europe, OECD and UNESCO. Furthermore, EERA seeks to disseminate the findings of educational research and to ascertain that the contribution of educational research to policy and practice is recognized and desired.

Membership

EERA is constituted as an association of associations (i.e. there are no individual members). Its membership is made up of more than 30 national and regional Educational Research Associations from all parts of wider Europe.

EERA member associations

  • Armenia – Educational Research Armenian Centre (ERAC)
  • Austria – Österreichische Gesellschaft für Forschung und Entwicklung im Bildungswesen (ÖFEB)
  • Belarus – Belarus National Association "Innovations in Education" (IE)
  • Belgium – Association Belge des Chercheurs en Education(ABCEduc) and Vlaams Forum voor Onderwijsonderzoek (VFO)
  • Cyprus – Cyprus Pedagogical Association (CPA), and Cyprus Educational Sciences Association (KEB-DER)
  • Czech Republic – Česká asociace pedagogického výzkumu (CAPV)
  • Denmark – Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA)
  • Estonia – Eesti Akadeemiline Pedagoogika Selts (EAPS)
  • Finland – Finnish Educational Research Association (FERA) and Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA)
  • France – Association des Enseignants et Chercheurs en Sciences de l'Education (AECSE)
  • Germany – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE)
  • Greece – Hellenic Educational Society (HES)
  • Hungary – Hungarian Educational Research Association (HERA)
  • Iceland – Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA)
  • Ireland – Educational Studies Association ofIreland (ESAI)
  • Italy – Società Italiana di Pedagogia (SIPED)
  • Lithuania – Lithuanian Educational Research Association (LERA)
  • Netherlands – Vereniging voor Onderwijs Research (VOR)
  • Norway – Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA)
  • Poland – Polskie Towarzystwo Pedagogiczne (PTP)
  • Portugal – Centro de Investigação, Difusão e Intervenção Educacional (CIDInE) and Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Educação (SPCE)
  • Slovakia – Slovenskápedagogická spoločnosť (SPaedS)
  • Slovenia – Slovensko društvoraziskovalcev na področju edukacije (SLODRE)
  • Spain – Asociacion Interuniversitaria de Investigacion Pedagogica (AIDIPE) and Sociedad Espanola de Pedagogia (SEP)
  • Sweden – Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA)
  • Switzerland – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Bildungsforschung (SGBF)
  • Turkey – Eğitim Araştırmaları Birliği (EAB) and Eğitim Yöneticileri ve Eğitim Deneticileri Derneği (EARDA)
  • United Kingdom – British Educational Research Association (BERA) and Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA)

    • Organisation

    EERA is governed by Council and the Executive Board.

    The Executive Board is made up of the President, the Treasurer and the Secretary General who are elected for a four-year term:

  • Lejf Moos, EERA President
  • Marit Honerød Hoveid, EERA SecretaryGeneral
  • Herbert Altrichter, EERA Treasurer

    • Council consists of the representatives of the member associations and the co-opted Council members – the Networks’ Representative on Council, the editor of EERJ and the Convenor of the Emerging Researchers' Group.

    Networks

    The academic work of EERA and especially the ECER conference is organised in networks. They are either discipline oriented or focus on certain research themes within educational research.

  • 1. Continuing Professional Development: Learning for Individuals,Leaders, and Organizations
  • 2. Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)
  • 3. Curriculum Innovation
  • 4. Inclusive Education
  • 5. Children and Youth at Risk and Urban Education
  • 6. Open Learning: Media, Environments and Cultures
  • 7. Social Justice and Intercultural Education
  • 8. Research on Health Education
  • 9. Assessment, Evaluation, Testing and Measurement
  • 10. Teacher Education Research
  • 11. Educational Effectiveness and Quality Assurance
  • 12. LISnet - Library and Information Science Network
  • 13. Philosophy of Education
  • 14. Communities, families, and schooling in educational research
  • 15. Research on Partnerships in Education
  • 16. ICT in Education and Training
  • 17. Histories of Education
  • 18. Research in Sport Pedagogy
  • 19. Ethnography
  • 20. Research in Innovative Intercultural Learning Environments
  • 22. Research in Higher Education
  • 23. Policy Studies and Politics of Education
  • 24. Mathematics Education Research
  • 25. Research on Children's Rights in Education
  • 26. Educational Leadership
  • 27. Didactics - Learning and Teaching
  • 28. Sociologies of Education
  • 29. Research on Arts Education
  • 30. Research on Environmental and Sustainability Education
  • 31. Led – Network on Language and Education
  • 32. Organizational Education
  • Emerging Researchers’ Group (former Postgraduate Network)

    • Learn more about the focus of EERA networks at their websites'.

    Emerging Researchers’ Group

    EERA actively promotes the work and professional development of early researchers and PhD students and has therefore established the Emerging Researchers´ Group (ERG).

    The Emerging Researchers' Group seeks to:·

  • provide a European research community for Emerging Researchers (including those undertaking a Doctorate) ·
  • provide a forum for dissemination of Early Career Research at the Emerging Researchers’ Conference.·
  • offer support and guidance for article and poster production via the 'Best Paper Award' and 'Best Poster Award'·
  • offer support for researchers from Central and Eastern Europe and other low-GDP countries to attend ECER and engage with peers through the bursary program·
  • train researchers by offering Season Schools, such as the Summer School on Educational Methodology.
  • Moreover, the ERG supports EERA networks in conducting season schools.

    • European Conference on Educational Research (ECER)

    EERA’s most visible contribution to the dissemination of educational research is the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER).

    The first ECER took place in Twente, Netherlandsin 1992. Numbers of attendants have grown steadily since then. ECER 2012 inCádiz was attended by some 2.700 participants from more than 60 countries.

    The European Conference on Educational Research 2014 will take place at University of Porto, Portugal.

    Conferences held sofar took place in: 2013 Istanbul; 2012 Cádiz; 2011 Berlin; 2010 Helsinki; 2009 Vienna; 2008 Gothenburg; 2007 Ghent; 2006 Geneva; 2005 Dublin; 2004 Crete; 2003 Hamburg; 2002 Lisbon; 2001 Lille; 2000 Edinburgh; 1999 Lahti; 1998 Ljubljana; 1997 Frankfurt; 1996 Seville; 1995 Bath; 1992 Twente.

    Other activities

    EERA supports cutting-edge research and training for young researchers and established scholars by funding season schools, projects, seminars, workshops and roundtables of its networks.

    European Educational Research Journal (EERJ)

    The European Educational Research Journal (EERJ) is the official journal of the European Educational Research Association (EERA). It is an international peer-reviewed journal with an Editorial Board drawn from across Europe and representing leading scholars in the educational field. The EERJ Editor is a member of the EERA Council

    References

    European Educational Research Association Wikipedia
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