Event: University Liggett School lecture "Gender and Achievement Choices"
Date: November 8, 2012
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: University Liggett School, 1045 Cook, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
Parking: Parking lot
Cost: Free
RSVP (required): www.liggetteccleslecture.eventbrite.com
Other info:
University Liggett School is hosting a lecture series to celebrate our school's legacy of educational excellence and tradition of educating girls. These lectures are free and are open to the community. The first lecture will be by Dr. Jacquelynne Eccles. She will give a lecture on "Gender and Achievement Choices". Dr. Eccles is the McKeachie/Pintrich Distinguised University Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Michigan, as well as a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research, also at UM. She is Director of the Gender and Achievement Research Program at ISR and editor of Developmental Psychology. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Eccles has conducted research on a wide variety of topics, including gender-role socialization, teacher expectancies, classroom influences on student motivation, and social development in the family and school context. She will present an interesting conversation for women, parents, teachers, and anyone interested in understanding how and why we make the choices we do.
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