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New publishing opportunity

New Forums Press is initiating a numberof book series. I will be the Senior Editor for their new Student CenteredLearning series. A description of the series is presented below. If youare interested in publishing a book or a book chapter in an edited bookplease email me (tpanitz@capecod.net). Also, please visit the New Forumssite for more details.

http://www.newforums.com/newsstudentseries.htm

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Publishing Opportunity- StudentCentered Learning Series

The New Forums Press- Student Centered Learning Series isbeing launched to encourage college and university faculty in the searchfor ways to achieve a focus on learning that is student centered versusteacher centered. What differentiates this series from others is its’ focuson students as active, involved learners versus focusing on teachers andteaching styles.

Teachers who embrace student centered learning (SCL) encouragestudents to:

take responsibility for their own learning,
involve students directly in the discovery of knowledge,
use materials that challenge students to use their priorknowledge to create new and deeper understandings of concepts,
embrace the concept that learning is enhanced through socialactivities such as cooperative learning, problem based learning, etc.
use school, work, home, and community as resources for collaborativelearning,
involve all constituents in contributing to student learning(faculty, students, staff, alumni, employers, family, and others),
use activities beyond the classroom to enhance the learningexperience.

Specific learning approaches that have strong student centeredcomponents include but are not limited to:

Cooperative Learning
Collaborative Learning
Learning Communities
Problem Based Learning
Project Based Learning
Service Learning
Case Method
peer based learning, paired or grouped courses
adult learning
experiential learning
Constructivist learning

We are interested in identifyingauthors who wish to contribute to the literature on student centered learningand provide information that will be helpful to teachers and administratorsinterested in adopting student centered learning approaches in their coursesand institutions.

Submission of manuscripts dealing with the following areasare sought. Also additional suggestions for books or book chapters willbe entertained.

*Theory based books

*Practical applications of student centered learning paradigms

*Case studies showing successful student centered learningapproaches

*How to implement student centered learning approaches

*Ideas for edited books covering a variety of studentcentered learning topics

For additional information about the first books to beoffered in the series please visit our site at:
http://www.newforums.com/newsstudentseries.htm

Please send a written description, your existing manuscript,or proposal for a new work to:

Ted Panitz-
Senior Series Editor- New Forums Press
Box 120
Centerville, MA 02632
http://home.capecod.cod/~tpanitz

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