Call for papers

Special Issue of Cadmo: 2011: Call for papers

Innovation in Assessment to meet changing needs

Invitation to Submit

The special issue of Cadmo in 2011 will be the responsibility of AEA-Europe. The issue will focus on Innovation in Assessment to meet changing needs.

The requirements of life in modern society constantly become more demanding and change continuously at an increasing rate. This change is most visible in the use of technology, but is also in social structures, occupational pressures and leisure pursuits. All this puts a new emphasis on skills such as adaptability, the location and evaluation of information, decision making, understanding risk and team working. It also requires a disposition to adapt to, or even welcome, change. In response to these developments, the structures, expectations, methods and content of education are also evolving. Some of the trends apparent are modernising the curriculum, adjusting teaching methods and styles, and reconceptualising assessment.

This call for papers invites relevant articles from those working in this area. Written versions of presentations made at the 2009 AEA-Europe conference are welcome. Articles must be acceptable to a general readership and relevant to the journalâ??s European readers.

Contributions could consider

• Curriculum change and new forms of assessment needed to match these
• Assessment of the skills emphasised in modern society, including team work, adaptability, managing information etc
• New approaches to analysis of data reflecting new types of assessment
• Technological change in delivering, taking or marking assessments

Management of change in assessment systems, both political and organisational Articles may be in any mainstream European language, but authors should know that the journal will include over half the articles in English. Articles should begin with a structured abstract in English of 100-700 characters (10-12 lines) and include up to six keywords. The article should be around 20,000 to 30,000 characters.

Follow this link to the Journal's website: http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/sommario.asp?IDRivista=117 

Download a pdf-document with guidelines for authors here

Articles must be submitted by e-mail to the Lead Editor, Guri A. Nortvedt, at g.a.nortvedt@isp.uio.no by 31 July 2010 at the latest. Submissions must be clearly labelled as submission for Cadmo Special Issue 2011. Late submissions cannot be considered.

Submissions will be subject to the Journalâ??s rigorous peer review process, based on initial editorial screening (all submissions) and refereeing by at least two anonymous referees for submissions selected from the initial screening.