LUCERNE,
SWITZERLAND
January 5 - 9, 2000
This conference provides opportunities for participants to learn from and to share with experts and colleagues innovative creative teaching approaches and methods. The emphases are on "Teaching and Learning" through interactive workshops and by sharing of research and teaching/training applications. The methods discussed and presented include the case method and related instructional approaches in a variety of educational settings. Participants will have ample opportunity to meet colleagues from around the world with whom they can forge research/teaching partnerships. ACT and WACRA® conferences are interdisciplinary, multinational forums for scholars in the disciplines and professional fields such as business, education, engineering, law, medicine, public policy, social work and practitioners in business and industry, education and government.
Papers are solicited that report on Creative Teaching practices and proposals. Priority will be given to papers that are innovative, interdisciplinary, and/or international. Papers reporting the application of creative teaching and learning in university and professional training programs in diverse settings and papers on the evaluation of such methods and its related forms for teaching and learning are encouraged.
Proposals and papers will be evaluated through a blind peer review process on the basis of (a) originality; (b) the appropriateness of the topic for an interdisciplinary audience; (c) the technical adequacy of the inquiry; and (d) the contribution to the understanding of teaching/learning issues.
Submissions should include three copies of the (1) a cover page including: title, name, affiliation, address, tel. & fax numbers and e-mail address of the author(s), (2) a proposal summary (not exceeding 4 pages) or the completed paper (not exceeding 15 pages). Download the manuscript guidelines from our website or contact us directly. The summary should state clearly the objectives, the framework, and the nature of the proposal and be responsive to the criteria used for review. The name of the author(s) should not appear on the summary page to facilitate the blind peer review.
Include two stamped, self-addressed envelopes
(for submissions from outside the U.S.A. include a Post Office
International Answer Coupon) which will be used to acknowledge receipt
of the proposal/paper and the results of the review. Send your
proposal NOW!
Completed papers received prior to December 15,
1999 will be considered for publication. Register
for the conference NOW. For further details, including the
Swissair/Delta Flight-Accommodation-Conference package, refer to
the conference registration form on the home page or contact us directly.
A C T - W A C R A®
ACADEMY FOR CREATIVE TEACHING and
WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR CASE METHOD RESEARCH & APPLICATION
23 Mackintosh Ave NEEDHAM (BOSTON) MA 02492-1218 U.S.A.
Tel. +781-444-8982 E-mail: wacra@msn.com Fax: +781-444-1548
Conference Office: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Lally School of Management & Technology
in North America call 1-800-523-6468, other countries +860-548-2438
http://www.agecon.uga.edu/~wacra/wacra.htm
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