CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: March 15, 2015
Handbook of Research on Community Engagement in 21st Century Education
A book edited by
Dr. Cathryn Crosby, (University of Delaware)
Dr. Frederick Brockmeier, (Northern Kentucky University)
To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1Cv7KPy
For release in the Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, & Leadership (AEMAL) Book Series
Series Editor(s): Siran Mukerji (IGNOU, India) and Purnendu Tripathi (IGNOU, India)
ISSN: 2326-9022
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Series Description
The Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, & Leadership (AEMAL) Book Series strives to
provide publications that address all these areas and present trending, current research to assist professionals,
administrators, and others involved in the education sector in making their decisions.
Introduction
The work of service-learning has been around since the 1960s, and the literature on the implementation of it,
primarily in the higher education context, has developed over the last two decades to include publications in
peer-reviewed journals and chapters in edited books. Collectively, the research to date indicates that servicelearning is becoming more frequently implemented across educational contexts to help students find their place
in the world, where they have power and agency, and where they can make a change. However, there are few
edited collections solely focused on the implementation of service-learning in all educational contexts. There
are chapters on service-learning embedded in edited books on related topics (e.g., “Engaging STEM: ServiceLearning, Technology, Science Education and Community Partnerships” in Higher Education, Emerging
Technologies, and Community Partnerships: Concepts, Models and Practices)However, there isn’t a collection
solely dedicated to service-learning. The few edited collections published to date focus mostly on the
implementation of service-learning in the higher education context. It goes without saying that it is necessary to
focus on the research on the practical aspects of service-learning implementation in all educational contexts. So,
it is beneficial to have an edited collection focused on service-learning in multiple educational contexts, that
spotlights current practice, pedagogy, and research.
Objective of the Book
The "Handbook of Research on Community Engagement in 21st Century Education" examines how
community-engagement is carried out in various educational contexts in the 21st Century. The handbook
highlights a variety of community-engagement projects carried out across various educational contexts,
including the PK-12 and higher education contexts, the traditional and online classrooms, and in volunteer
organizations. The book provides PK-12 teachers and administrators, university faculty and administrators,
community volunteers - "change agents" - with information and ideas for preparing everyone to be successful
members in a global society.
Target Audience
The book provides PK-12 teachers and administrators, university faculty and administrators, and community
volunteers - all "change agents" - with the research, information, and ideas they need to implement community-
engagement in their classrooms, both face-to-face and online. Therefore, this book would be an important
resource for PK-12 teachers and administrators considering implementing community-engagement in their
educational context and wondering how others have implemented it in similar contexts to help prepare students
to be successful in a global society. The book would also be a significant resource for university faculty and
administrators who are also interested in implementing community-engagement within the higher education
context to build bridges between the university and their communities.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Best practices in community-engagement research praxis
Research on the assessment of community-engagement
Best practices in community engagement research and agency participation
Community engagement with students in PK-12
The use of community-engagement with English language learners in the PK-12 context
Community-engagement as a method of training content-area teachers to work with English language learners
Community-engagement as a language learning method for English as a Second Language students in higher
education
Community-engagement in higher education in a global context
The global significance of service-learning for PK-12 students
Research on the implementation of service-learning with refugee and immigrant students in adult education
classes
Assessment of community engagement initiatives from partner agencies
Assessment of the impact on learning in higher education based on service-learning projects
Interdisciplinary community engagement projects
The impact of community engagement on the teaching and learning of literacy
Implications for the furtherance of social justice with service-learning
Service learning and community action on a global scale
Social media's role in community engagement learning
The global expansion of community engagement to partners in other countries and to groups in regions
representing global peoples and issues
Information literacy and community engagement
Social learning and the use of technological tools
Disruption in education caused by MOOCs
Self-paced instruction and the use of community engagement therein
Community engagement with virtual communities.
Service learning and the benefits of a distributed community
Community engagement and its applicability to the Common Core
Deepening of critical thinking skills through the use of civic engagement
Civic engagement in the understanding of cultural differences and similarities
The use of self reflective learning in civic engagement
Civic engagement and macroeconomics
Best practices of service learning from multiple perspectives (academic, community, student, teacher, etc.)
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 15, 2015, a 2-3 page chapter proposal
clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will
be notified by April 15, 2015 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are
expected to be submitted by July 30, 2015. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review
basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication,
"Handbook of Research on Community Engagement in 21st Century Education". All manuscripts are accepted
based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.
Full chapters may be submitted to this book here: Submit a chapter
All proposals should be submitted through the link at the bottom of this page.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic
publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information
Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global
specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic
research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine
and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public
administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science.
For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is
anticipated to be released in 2016.
Important Dates
Proposal Submission: March 15, 2015
Proposal Acceptance: April 15, 2015
Full Chapter Submission: July 30, 2015
Review Results to Authors: September 15, 2015
Revised Chapter Submission: October 15, 2015
Final Acceptance Notifications: November 15, 2015
Inquiries can be forwarded to
Dr. Cathryn Crosby
ccrosby@udel.edu
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