Ecological & Environmental Education Special Interest Group

CALL FOR EEE-SIG PROPOSALS - 2009-10

DENVER

Proposal Deadline:July 15, 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time)
Full Papers Due: March 23, 2010
Paper Presentations:April 30 to May 4, 2010

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The theme of AERA’s 2010 Annual Meeting—“Understanding Complex Ecologies in a Changing World”—is intended to encourage submissions that address the conceptual, methodological, and practical challenges and opportunities inherent in understanding how and what people learn across time and space.

Opportunities to learn within and across both formal and informal settings occur in the complex ecologies of peoples’ lives, not isolated in a single setting such as a school or family. These complex ecologies include people’s participation within and across multiple settings, from families to peer and intergenerational social networks, to schools and a variety of community organizations; and participation within and across these settings may be either physical or virtual.  Indeed, the EEE SIG is especially interested in learning ecologies that examine human relationships with local and global natural environments.

This call also solicits an intensified focus on the quality of environmental education research. We invite submissions on the criteria for evaluating the rigor and utility of research on ecological and environmental education. Additionally, we request theoretically based submissions, as well as new examples of the best practices in EEE curriculum and pedagogy. Similarly, we are interested in submissions that examine the relationships between EEE education and policy development.

For the full call for submissions, policies, and procedures for the online submission process: http://aera.net/Default.aspx?id=7704

As a reminder, the number of sessions we are allocated is the result of active membership (only $5) and the number of submissions we receive. Please be sure to renew your membership in the EEE SIG. I would be happy to discuss a possible submission with you. Please contact me at cbbrandt(at symbol)vt.edu.

Review information
Paper proposals should thoroughly describe all aspects of the completed research with particular attention to the information that will be needed to make judgments about the final paper. Paper proposals will be externally reviewed. It should be clear to the reviewers that authors have consulted the paper writing, formatting, and research quality resources as per the AERA website. Briefly, review criteria include:

1. research topic (originality, importance, relevance to program theme)
2.  relevance to EEE research
3. contribution to education
4.  frameworks (theoretical, conceptual, methods, knowledge of prior EEE research)
5. mode of inquiry (research design, methods, rigor, use of evidence, quality of data sources)
6. analyses and interpretations (significance of conclusions; implications for research, practice, or policy; usefulness of findings)
7. written proposal (quality of writing, clarity, logic, organization)
8. audience appeal (SIG membership, reviewers, EEE researchers, international)
9. format (appropriateness of format to content
10. opportunities for interaction with audience.

To submit your paper proposal, please access AERA's website at:
http://www.aera.net/meetings. Text length may not exceed more than 2000 words for individuals or 2,600 words for multiple presentation proposals. All proposals must be submitted electronically at the website and may not be submitted via email. Submission questions may be directed to questions@aera.net.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please consult the AERA website, the EEE-SIG website or contact cbbrandt(at symbol)vt.edu. EEE-SIG Program Chair, 2009-10

CALL FOR REVIEWERS
The EEE-SIG of AERA seeks experienced and new researchers to review proposals for the annual meeting. To indicate your interest in reviewing proposals please signup at the AERA website: www.aera.net/meetings.