Harvard Educational Review
Encyclopedia
The Harvard Educational Review is a peer-reviewed
academic journal
of opinion and research dealing with education
, associated with the Harvard Graduate School of Education
, and published by the Harvard Education Publishing Group. The journal was established in 1930.
Since 1945, editorial decisions have been carried out by an autonomous graduate student editorial board
. This student board works together to bring to publication manuscripts on a wide range of topics and from a number of disciplines.
Peer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
of opinion and research dealing with education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, associated with the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
The Harvard Graduate School of Education is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University, and is one of the top schools of education in the United States. It was founded in 1920, the same year it invented the Ed.D...
, and published by the Harvard Education Publishing Group. The journal was established in 1930.
Since 1945, editorial decisions have been carried out by an autonomous graduate student editorial board
Editorial board
The editorial board is a group of people, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take.- Board makeup :...
. This student board works together to bring to publication manuscripts on a wide range of topics and from a number of disciplines.
Alumni
Notable alumni of the Harvard Educational Review include:- Lisa DelpitLisa DelpitLisa D. Delpit is an American educationalist and author. She is also an Eminent Scholar and Executive Director of the Center for Urban Educational Excellence at in Miami, Florida and Felton G...
, educationalist and MacArthur Fellow - Sara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-LightfootSara Lawrence-Lightfoot is an American sociologist who examines the culture of schools, the patterns and structures of classroom life, socialization within families and communities, and the relationships between culture and learning styles...
, educational sociologist and MacArthur Fellow - Orval Hobart MowrerOrval Hobart MowrerOrval Hobart Mowrer was an American born psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Illinois from 1948 to 1975 known for his research on behaviour therapy. Mowrer practiced psychotherapy in Champaign-Urbana and at Galesburg State Research Hospital. In 1954 Mowrer held the...
, psychologist and former president of the American Psychological AssociationAmerican Psychological AssociationThe American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States. It is the world's largest association of psychologists with around 154,000 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. The APA... - Lauren ResnickLauren ResnickLauren B. Resnick is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the cognitive science of learning and instruction. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, and was previously director of the University's Learning Research and Development Center. In...
, educational psychologist - Theodore Sizer, educationalist and founder of the Coalition of Essential SchoolsCoalition of Essential SchoolsThe Coalition of Essential Schools is an organization created to further a type of whole-school reform originally envisioned by founder Ted Sizer in his book, Horace's Compromise. CES began in 1984 with twelve schools; it currently has 600 formal members.-Horace's Compromise:Horace's Compromise...
- Julian StanleyJulian StanleyDr. Julian Cecil Stanley was a psychologist, an educator, and an advocate of accelerated education for academically gifted children...
, psychologist and founder of the Center for Talented YouthCenter for Talented YouthThe Center for Talented Youth is a gifted education program for school-age children, founded in 1979 by Dr. Julian Stanley at Johns Hopkins University. It was initially a research study of the rate at which gifted children can learn new material and became the first program of its kind to identify...