Oct. 5, 1998
Contacts: Carolyn Callahan, (804) 924-0791
or cmc@virginia.edu
Jim Cooper, (804) 924-0860 or jmc2n@virginia.edu
								    
					     

EXPERT ON IMPROVING TEACHING WILL BE FIRST
SPEAKER IN U.VA.'S COOPER LECTURE SERIES

	Lee S. Shulman, a highly regarded teacher-education scholar,
will be the inaugural speaker in the Cooper Lecture Series at the
University of Virginia.
	Shulman, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching, will describe the teaching profession in his
speech beginning at 9:15 a.m. in Ruffner Hall Auditorium on Saturday,
Oct. 17.  In his presentation, titled "The Character of Professional
Education and Implications for the Education of Teachers," Shulman is
expected to show how teaching is both similar to and different from
other professions.
	Currently on leave from Stanford University, where he is the
Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education and Psychology, Shulman is
well known for his research on improving and assessing the quality of
teaching.  A recipient of the American Educational Research
Association's Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to
Educational Research and the American Psychological Association's E. L.
Thorndike Award for Distinguished Psychological Contributions to
Education, Shulman also studies methods and quality of educational
research.
	Shulman is the first speaker in a lecture series established to
honor James M. Cooper, who served as dean of U.Va.'s Curry School of
Education from 1984 to 1994.  Created by gifts from faculty, alumni and
friends, the lecture series will annually bring a teacher-education
scholar to U.Va. to broaden educators' knowledge and understanding of
research and practice in teaching.
	"Lee Shulman is a marvelous speaker -- funny, witty and
profound.  He has a long and distinguished career in research on
teaching and teacher education, which is the focus of the new lecture
series," said Cooper, a Commonwealth Professor at U.Va.
			After Shulman's talk, panelists will offer
responses.  Panelists will include Paul Stapleton, 

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the Virginia State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Daniel
Duke, a professor in U.Va.'s Curry School.  Other panelists will be Ann
Parks, a clinical instructor at Greenbrier Elementary School, and Megan
Murray, a University supervisor of student teachers.  	
	After the panelists' comments, Shulman will offer follow-up
comments and answer questions from the audience. The event is free and
open to the public.

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