2016 UNL/Brazil Partners Working Meeting

Working Meeting Agenda

Day 1: Concepts and Content - Wednesday, May 18th
Renaissance Marriott Hotel, Amazonia Room, Lower Level
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
  • Coffee, tea, and pastries will be provided. Participants will also be able to pick up translation headsets at this time.
8:30 – 9:00 Introductions & Orientation
  • Susan Sheridan, Director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (CYFS); George Holmes University Professor, College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)
  • Eduardo Queiroz, CEO, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal (FMCSV)
  • Ricardo Zuniga, Consul General (Consulate General of the United States, São Paulo)
  • Ronnie Green, Chancellor-Elect, UNL
9:00 – 10:00 Structured Networking Session
  • This session is meant to jump-start the development of new research partnerships. Feel free to share information about yourself, your research or anything that can help others get to know you.
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 – 11:00 Big Needs and Priorities in Early Childhood in the U.S. and Brazil
  • This session will provide a summary of significant early childhood education challenges in the U.S. and Brazil through presentations about the state of the field by representatives from the U.S. and Brazil.
Presenters:
  • Maria Malta Campos, Researcher, Fundação Carlos Chagas; Professor, Catholic University of São Paulo
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  • Helen Raikes, Willa Cather Professor, CEHS, UNL
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11:00 – 11:30 Structured Breakout Session #1
  • This session will be an open discussion about needs and priorities of early childhood in Brazil and the U.S.
11:30 – 12:20 Topics in Early Childhood Education: Research to Address Big Issues in Practice
  • This session will introduce the research topics of early learning, ecological approaches, program quality, and professional development.
Presenters
  • Claudia Berlim de Mello, Professor, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
  • Lisa Knoche, Director, Nebraska Early Childhood Research Academy; Research Associate Professor, CYFS, UNL
  • Susan Sheridan, Director, CYFS; George Holmes University Professor, CEHS, UNL
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12:20 – 1:50 Lunch
  • Lunch will be provided in the Terraco Jardins Restaurant, located inside the Renaissance Hotel.
1:50 – 3:30 Panel 1. State of the Science in the U.S. and Brazil
  • Panelists will present specific examples of applied, research-based programs in the areas of early learning, ecological approaches, program quality, and professional development.
Panelists:
3:30 – 3:50 Coffee break
3:50 – 5:00 Structured Breakout Session #2
  • This session will allow participants to begin to apply information from today’s sessions to potential projects. Small groups of participants from the U.S. and Brazil with shared research interests will discuss potential joint projects.
5:00 – 5:30 Report back to large group
  • A representative from each small group will share initial project ideas with the larger group.
5:30 – 5:45 Closing remarks, and overview of day two
  • Susan Sheridan, Director, CYFS; George Holmes University Professor, CEHS, UNL
6:30 – 8:00 Cocktail reception
  • Reception will be held in the Yukon Room at the Renaissance Hotel.
Day 2: Methods and Action - Thursday, May 19th
Renaissance Marriott Hotel, Pantanal Room, Lower Level
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
  • Coffee, tea, and pastries will be provided. Participants will also be able to pick up translation headsets at this time.
8:30 – 8:45 Orientation and Welcome
  • Lisa Knoche, Director, Nebraska Early Childhood Research Academy; Research Associate Professor, CEHS, UNL
8:45 – 10:00 Panel 2. Assessment and Evaluation: Methods to Drive Best Practices
  • Panelists will describe the importance of rigorous methods to advancing research-based practice in early childhood, and review practical research and evaluation methods for the early childhood field.
Panelists:
  • Ricardo Paes de Barros, Professor, Insper; Coordinator, Center for Research in Science Education for the Center for Public Policy
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  • Michelle Howell Smith, Research Assistant Professor, Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics, and Psychometrics, CYFS, UNL
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  • Greg Welch, Director, Nebraska Bureau for Education Research, Evaluation and Policy; Research Associate Professor, CYFS, UNL
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10:00 – 10:20 Coffee break
10:20 – 11:45 Panel 3. Research Priorities and Potential Funding Opportunities
  • Panelists will link research priorities with short-term pilot project funding and long-term research support opportunities.
Panelists:
  • Ronnie Green, Chancellor-Elect, UNL
  • Eduardo Marino, Project Manager, FMCSV
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  • Susan Sheridan, Director, CYFS; George Holmes University Professor, CEHS, UNL
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11:45 – 12:45 Structured Breakout Session #3
  • The purpose of this session is to formulate ideas for UNL-Brazil Pilot Impact Projects.
12:45 – 1:15 Report back to group
1:15 – 2:30 Lunch
  • Lunch on your own; participants can identify options inside or outside of the hotel.
2:30 – 5:00 Collaborative research team development
  • The purpose of this collaboration is to develop plan for UNL-Brazil Pilot Impact Projects funding proposals. Researchers, methodologists, and funding agency representatives will be available for consultation and conversation.
  • Coffee and refreshments will be provided
5:00 – 5:15 Closing
  • Susan Sheridan, Director, CYFS; George Holmes University Professor, CEHS, UNL

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