Call for chapters for an edited volume, “Advances in Teaching and Teacher Education” series (Brill/Sense)

Deadline: March 31, 2021

The aim of this edited volume is to provide thorough discussions on visual approaches to teaching along with examples of practical application of the discussed activities or educational interventions.

The proposed chapters can focus on activities from across disciplines, or on specific visual approaches/methods of teaching in higher education. However, instead of describing a sole teaching/learning activity or an exercise, contributors are invited to situate it in a wider theoretical and conceptual context. The chapters may focus on educational experiments or interventions, or elaborate on the projects that aim to develop students’ visual competency, or to advance the general practices in visual education in culturally or disciplinary specific contexts.

The theoretical background of each chapter should be outlined in a clear manner, providing short elaboration of the key concepts, considering the differences between the terms, such as, visual literacy, visual pedagogy, visual communication, visual competency, etc. The book is intended for an international audience, and thus, each chapter has to be situated in a particular educational context, bringing its key characteristics to the reader. Contributors are also asked to write in a manner accessible to readers outside of their respective fields.

REVIEW PROCESS

This publication project will be conducted in a collaborative manner, including two or three rounds of the rigorous review process that can result in either acceptance or rejection. By submitting your chapter manuscript for this edited volume, you agree to participate in the review process and to act as both the prospective author and a peer-reviewer.

TIMELINE

• abstract submission (200 words, and 100 words bio) — 31 March 2021
• full chapter submission — 30 June 2021
• review process (2-3 rounds): editorial screening, external review and peer-review
• final revised chapters’ submission — October 2021
• book manuscript submitted to the publisher — Nov./Dec. 2021
• envisioned publication date — May/June 2022

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION GUIDELINES:

• submit only original work, not previously published elsewhere in the same or similar form;
• maximum length of the manuscript is 5.500-6.000 words, including references and footnotes, excluding abstract and keywords;

• include an abstract of about 200 words and 6-8 keywords,
• include a short bio (100 words) intended for the ‘Notes on Contributors’;
• use a Word editor for submission (at the later stage you will be asked to convert your chapter using Brill publication style);

• consider visually rich submission (you can include up to 4-6 figures in your chapter);
• apply APA reference style; all in-text references should be included in the Reference list at the end of your manuscript;

• use footnotes instead of endnotes;
• use American spelling throughout your manuscript;
• conduct language-editing and/or language-check before submitting your manuscript — it always helps to get the reviewers on your side; neither the publisher nor the editor can cover the language editing costs;

• carefully prepare your submission, considering that we all do voluntary work when reviewing each others papers;

• send your chapter manuscript to Joanna Kedra: joanna.kedra@jyu.fi

You are welcome to discuss with the editor your ideas for the chapter before submitting the full manuscript. You can contact the editor, Joanna Kedra, via email: joanna.kedra@jyu.fi

About the editor:

Dr. Joanna Kędra works in the Department of Language and Communication Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Joanna is a Vice-Chair of the ECREA Visual Cultures Section, and Chair of the International Presence Committee for the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA). Her research interest is in visual culture, photography and visual research methods as well as in visual literacy and visual pedagogy in a higher education context.