SCIPIE News

2009 Conference Update

Online registration is now available for the 3rd Biennial SCIPIE conference to be held November 6th and 7th, 2009 at

the University of Nevada, Las Vegas at: https://www.regonline.com/scipie

Please book your hotel or on-campus housing ASAP before the rates go up (see details below)!!

Thank you!

~Lisa Bendixen, SCIPIE President and Conference Coordinator

Housing Information

The official hotels for the SCIPIE conference are within walking distance to UNLV’s campus and are:

Embassy Suites Hotel
4315 Swenson Street
Las Vegas, NV 89119-6736
PH: 702-795-2800
Conference rate: $126.00* (the conference rate will be available until 10/23/09 so please book ASAP!)

And

Hyatt Place Las Vegas
4520 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Ph: 702-369-3366
FAX: 702-369-1689
Conference rate: $109* (the conference rate will be available until 10/14/09 so please book ASAP!)

*When you call to book your hotel, please indicate you are with the SCIPIE meeting.

 

On-campus Housing is also available at:

Tonopah North, UNLV campus
Conference rate: $25 per night/per person (Double room, with linen service)

Please book your on-campus housing at https://www.regonline.com/scipie

We are also planning a Fiesta Buffet on Friday evening so please join us!

 

Conference Documents/Readings

For recommended readings for conference sessions click here.

Conference Theme

The third SCIPIE conference will bring together researchers to examine diverse responses to the question: “How

does culture influence teaching and learning?” At the macro level, culture encompasses diversity in language,

traditions, and identities. At a micro level, culture refers to specific educational contexts such as those found in urban

schools, rural schools, and in individual classrooms. We are particularly interested in conversations about the

challenges and opportunities represented at the intersection between the macro and micro levels. It is your original

ideas that drive the mission underlying SCIPIE working conferences. Opportunities may include enriching our

understanding of motivation, epistemology, and emotions by viewing these constructs through particular cultural

lenses. Issues of methodology (research design, measurement of constructs, valid assessment of student

performance, evaluation of programs, etc.) present considerable challenges as well. [Learn More]

 

Participant Roles

For information on participant roles click here.