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Applications Now Being Sought for
EDITOR
Elementary Science
Education Dedicated Issues
(formerly The
Journal of Elementary Science Education)
With the Journal of
Science Teacher Education
Association for
Science Teacher Education
The publications
committee of the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) is seeking
applications for Editor of the
Elementary Science Education (ESE)
(formerly the Journal of Elementary
Science Education [JESE])
as two dedicated issues (published in March and November) within the
Journal of Science Teacher Education
(JSTE). The duration of appointment is for five
years, beginning in June, 2010. Until that time, Kevin Finson will continue
to serve as ESE
editor and will assist the new editor with the transition.
The new editor will assume full editing responsibilities of
ESE issues from June 2010 to December 2015, with a half-year overlap with the
next editor from June to December 2015.
Recent increases in
publication costs have made it necessary to modify the way
JESE is published
and provided to subscribers. The ASTE Board recently approved a contract with
Springer to publish JESE
as two dedicated issues of the
Journal of Science Teacher Education. JSTE,
the official journal for ASTE,
serves as a forum for disseminating research and theoretical
position statements concerning the preparation and inservice education of
science teachers. JESE
will now be published in conjunction with
JSTE. Additional
information about JSTE and JESE is available at
http://www.springer.com/education/science+education/journal/10972?detailsPage=description.
http://www.wiu.edu/jese/about.php
The
Elementary Science Education
issues of JSTE will be part of an international refereed journal,
which is devoted to the issues of elementary science education. The purpose of
ESE is to
communicate ideas, theories, research, and field-oriented information related to
supervision, curriculum, and instruction. The audience of
ESE will include
universities with teacher education programs, elementary schools, and state and
local education agencies. ESE
is published to provide discussion of a broad range of
concepts, theories, and issues and to provide dissemination of the knowledge
base to professionals.
The
Elementary Science Education (ESE)
issues editor must be a member in good standing with ASTE.
This individual should have expertise in research in elementary science
education and science teacher education as well as experience publishing and
reviewing manuscripts for professional refereed educational journals. In
addition, the editor will be expected to attend annual meetings of ASTE and
serve on the ASTE Publications Committee.
Responsibilities: The
Elementary Science Education Issues Editor will:
• Maintain
academic standards that are comparable to those of the
Journal of Science Teacher
Education
•
Assign manuscript submission to three review board
members
• Consider
reviews, decide disposition of manuscripts, and communicate decision
with authors
• Solicit
manuscripts for the
Elementary Science Education issues.
• Originate the
call for and the selection of manuscript reviewers
• Maintain
communication between ESE,
JSTE, and ASTE.
• Maintain
correspondence with ESE
reviewers (including annual thank-you letters)
• Compile
statistics and maintain files as appropriate for the section - Ensure
that reviewers are thanked publicly on an annual basis.
• Collaborate
with other ASTE publications editors to present a "Publishing in Science
Education" session at the annual ASTE meeting.
•
Submit semi-annual
board reports to ASTE through the Publications Committee.
Applications for the
position are due by March 31, 2010 and should include a cover letter of
application, vita(s), and a statement detailing institutional support.
Please send these
materials to the Chair of the
ESE/JSTE Editor Search Committee:
Kathy Cabe Trundle
Chair ESE Issues with
JSTE Editorial Search Committee
School of Teaching and
Learning
The Ohio State
University
1945 N. High Street
333 Arps Hall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Ph. (614) 292-5820
Email:
trundle.1@osu.edu
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