| Abstract: | The Award for Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training and the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training are given by the Board of Educational Affairs in recognition of the efforts of psychologists who have made distinguished contributions to education and training, who have produced imaginative innovations, or who have been involved in the developmental phases of programs in education and training in psychology. These contributions might include important research on education and training; the development of effective materials for instruction; the establishment of workshops, conferences, or networks of communication for education and training; achievement and leadership in administration that facilitates education and training; or activity in professional organizations that promotes excellence. This document lists the winners of these awards from 1987 to 2006, and provides the citations, brief profiles, and bibliographies for the 2006 recipients of the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training, Janet E. Helms and Michael C. Roberts. Helms' award address, Fairness Is Not Validity or Cultural Bias in Racial-Group Assessment: A Quantitative Perspective (see record 2006-21079-024) and Roberts' award address, Essential Tension: Specialization With Broad and General Training in Psychology (see record 2006-21079-026), are also included here. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
