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
Revised CALL - Projects in companies - Action learning - Internships -
Service Learning - Communities of Practice