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Paul R. Messier,
Ph.D.
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Education:
Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Michigan State University.
M.S. in Counseling Psychology, Columbia University.
Education Certificate, San Diego University.
Bachellor's, Lowell University.
Fulbright Scholar, postdoctoral research.
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Experience:
Dr. Paul Messier is director of the
National Learning Foundation in Washington, DC. He was a
Senior Research Analyst for the United States Department of
Education and Director of the Quality Mentoring Project for
the One to One Program. His commitment to education has been
of long standing as a teacher on all levels, Fulbright Scholar,
researcher, and, in gathering the
most effective and innovative strategies for teaching and learning,
as director of the White House Task Force on Innovative Learning.
During the Education Summit on Lifespan Learning, Dr. Messier
presented his "Education Bill of Rights" for the 21st Century.
In it he describes the need to "identify and applaud schools that
work, methods that work, and models that work,
and work in ways that transcend traditional modes,
that work by doing more than disseminating knowledge and skills,
that develop self-starting, self-confident,
self-actualizing individuals who know how to learn and
also how to thrive on learning. Dr. Messier believes that
"models are needed to engage broader human capabilities
and achieve massive enhancements of education, enhancements
that alter our fundamental perceptions of learning and learners."
Dr. Messier entered the United States Office of Education
as a Research Specialist in 1963. He has served as
Associate Director of Research and Development for
Project Head Start. In the US Department of Education he
has served as Director of Regional Research and Development,
Associate Deputy Commissioner, Director of the Division of
Development, Director of Special Studies, and Acting Director of
the Education and Society Division, Office of Research, Office of
Educational Research and Improvement.
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