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Educating Managers through REAL WORLD PROJECTS Eds. Charles Wankel and Robert DeFillippi
CALL FOR CHAPTERS
This fourth volume in the Research in Management Education and Development (Information Age Publishers) series will cover innovative uses of learning projects in management education and development. Learning projects are defined as educationally directed activities involving out-of-classroom action settings complemented by student and/or instructor directed reflection on the links between theory and practice. You can examine the volumes in this series at: http://management-education.net/
Each chapter should be grounded in relevant theory, empirical research and examples of best practice for the selected topic. Appropriate contexts for chapter proposals include undergraduate, graduate, executive management and corporate university-based management education and development.
Suggested topics include but are not limited to the following: • Action learning • Experiential learning • Service learning • Action science • Communities of practice • Reflective practice • Internships as learning vehicles • Cooperative education
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR PUBLICATION: Book chapter proposals due: Nov. 1, 2003 (extension to Nov. 8th granted upon request) Notification of accepted chapter proposals: December 1, 2003 Receipt of full book chapters: Aug. 25, 2004 Review book chapters and give feedback: Oct. 15, 2004 Receipt by editors of final draft of book chapters: Dec. 1, 2004 Final book received by publisher: January 15, 2005 Anticipated volume 4 publication: Summer 2005
Submit your chapter proposal by Microsoft Word email attachment. We would most appreciate a three to five page proposal outlining your chapter, identifying your perspective(s) on project-based learning theory and practice and identifying some key bibliographic references. Include as a separate file a brief biography covering your current institutional affiliation and position and a listing of your relevant publications and educational background.
Send proposals and inquiries to both: Charles Wankel wankelc@stjohns.edu And Robert DeFillippi rdefilli@suffolk.edu
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