>Please find below the call for papers for 'Educational Technology & Society
>(ISSN 1436-4522) peer-reviewed journal on special theme:
>
>"Technologies and Their Effect on Learning as a Biological Process"
>
>http://ifets.gmd.de/periodical/
>
>Pedagogies, and technologies in particular, tend to be evaluated on their
>ability to adequately and effectively transmit information. A great deal
>of experiential evidence points, however, to the probability, if not the
>certainty, that real learning involves something beyond the reception of
>information. This issue is intended to examine the position that
>learning takes place in the brain of the learner, and that pedagogies and
>technologies should be designed and evaluated on the basis of the effect
>they have on student brains.
>
>Those who believe that learning does change the brain of the learner and
>who have strong opinions, or evidence for relationships between
>technologies and their overall effect on a learner, are invited to submit
>proposals for this issue of the ET&S Journal.
>
>It is anticipated that many submissions will be speculative or reflective,
>but any experimental research that addresses this specific problem will be
>particularly welcome.
>
>Papers that report research, or represent an original synthesis of
>knowledge from disparate fields, or take the form of insightful reflection
>on the topic, should be in the 4,000 to 7,000 word range. Book reports or
>presentations of small scale research should be in the 1,500 word range.
>
>A pre-paper proposal is required and it should contain the essential
>elements of the thesis, synthesis, or research. Proposals should be
>400-800 words; book review proposals can be shorter, but should provide
>evidence for the book's important contributions.
>
>Proposals can be sent to the guest editor by e-mail or surface mail. If by
>e-mail, they MUST NOT be sent as attachments. Word processor documents
>should be "cut and pasted" as plain e-mail text. Details about final
>submission procedure will be provided once the pre-paper proposal is
>accepted by the guest editor.
>
>Proposals should be sent to the guest editor:
>
>Robert N. Leamnson
>Prof. Biology
>UMass Dartmouth
>285 Old Westport Rd.
>Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300
>USA
>Email: rleamnson who-is-at umassd.edu
>
>
>Due Dates:
>Initial proposals: Fri. Feb. 25, 2000
>Decisions on proposals: Fri. April 28, 2000
>Full papers: Fri. Aug. 4, 2000
>Reviewers' response: Fri. Sept. 29, 2000
>Final versions: Fri. Nov. 10, 2000
>Publication: January 2001
>
>To get familiarity with the style of the journal, please see previous
>issues
>at:
>http://ifets.gmd.de/periodical/
>
>Please provide following details with each submission:
>- Author(s) full name(s) including title(s)
>- Job title(s)
>- Organisation(s)
>- Full contact details of corresponding author including email address,
> postal address, telephone and fax numbers
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