Call for Submissions - Conflict Stories: Narrating the Meaning of School Conflicts
Call for Submissions Summer/Fall 2009 4th R!
Are you a scholar or practitioner in the field of Conflict Resolution Education?
Are you interested in sharing your work among your peers?
Here is your chance!
The Fourth R is the semi-annual newsletter of the Education Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution, and a venue for presenting conflict resolution education research, writing, and artistic works. After the successful issues of the 2007 and 2008, The Fourth R is back in action and pleased to announce the call for submissions for June 2009!
ACR’s Education Section provides resources and support for practitioners, educators, students, young people, trainers, community activists, and administrators in the fields of peace and conflict resolution in pre-K-12 to higher learning settings. Accessible to all, The Fourth R is a great way for the conflict resolution education community to network and share their work.
We Invite your articles of approximately 800-1500 words related to your research and work in the field of conflict resolution education. The Fourth R’s Summer/Fall 2009 issue will highlight works on Conflict Stories: Narrating the Meaning of School Conflicts.
The submissions should include:
1. A conflict story (parties: students, parents, staff, paraprofessionals, teachers, administrators; issues: relationships, harassment, bullying, individual education plans, access, quality, assessments, conflict of interests, union contracts, grade appeals, etc);
2. An analysis of the conflict or its impact on school culture;
3. A theoretical or research grounded resolution process.
Submissions for feature articles may cover current projects or evaluation of past endeavors, as well as related events or on-going research. Contributors are also welcome to submit book or curriculum reviews, poetry, pictures, cartoons, student reflections or work on peer mediation, short descriptions of innovative or peer mediation programs, news clips, announcements, and more.
Your work for the Summer/Fall 2009 issue must be submitted in an electronic, word-processing format (preferably Microsoft Word) by June 5, 2009. All work must be the original work of the author, and will be thoroughly reviewed by the editors. Submissions must include the author’s full name, a photograph, complete references (APA), institutional affiliation, and contact information (physical and e-mail addresses), as well as a short bio. We also encourage authors to include relevant photographs, graphics, and tables they would like to include with their article.
Please direct all inquiries and submissions to:
Dr. Robert Whipple and Jared L. Ordway, Editors
Contact: Dr. Robert Whipple - (360) 374-9725 Jared L. Ordway - (202) 460-2427
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