[AISWorld] KM&EL CFP: Special Issue on Concept Mapping & Pedagogic Frailty

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Call for Papers

Knowledge Management & E-Learning (KM&EL) (Indexed by SCOPUS)

Special Issue on “Concept Mapping & Pedagogic Frailty”

Guest Editors
Prof. Ian M. Kinchin
Department of Higher Education,
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Email: i.kinchin at surrey.ac.uk
Prof. Paulo R. M. Correia
School of Arts, Sciences & Humanities,
University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Email: prmc at usp.br

This special issue of the KM&EL international journal is dedicated to
exploration of the potential of pedagogic frailty and its components as
revealed through concept mapping. The idea of pedagogic frailty (Kinchin,
2015) has been developed to promote a simultaneous focus on a number of key
factors that contribute to teaching development and the enhancement of the
student learning experience. These factors include the values discourse
that underpins teaching, the relationship between the discipline and its
pedagogy, the role of the research-teaching nexus and the locus of control
that determines how teaching is organized and regulated. The key to
determining pedagogic frailty is the ways in which these dimensions are
connected (Figure 1). In this regard, the application of concept mapping
has been crucial – showing the variability in interpretation from one
discipline to another and one academic to another (Kinchin et al., 2016).
Figure 1: The dimensions of pedagogic frailty.(see
http://kmel-lab.org/website/pdf/CPF2017_9_3_Figure1.pdf)
In this call we invite papers that explore advances in the theorization and
application of pedagogic frailty as revealed by Novakian concept mapping in
post-compulsory education. Papers should contribute to discussion about the
enhancement of the student experience and/or the professional development
of university teachers.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• - Interrogation of the pedagogic frailty model – in part or in whole
• - Enhancement of academic/faculty development through concept mapping
• - Developing a shared values literacy through concept mapping
• - Describing the values systems that underpin university teaching
• - Academic professional identities
• - Autoethnography as method in constructing teacher narratives
• - Teaching issues faced by international faculty
• - Teacher agency vs. pedagogic frailty
• - Ecological models of teacher development
• - Visualising teaching discourse through concept mapping
• - Relating the structure of disciplines to conceptions of teaching
• - The application of frailty profiles in institutional development
• - Examination of the structure of the research-teaching nexus
• - The role of disciplinary threshold concepts within knowledge structures
• - Examining quality assurance of university teaching
• - Examining causes of stress and burnout among university teachers
• - Exploring the nature of teacher resilience

This issue is designed to elicit both theoretical and applied papers that
describe efforts to consider the enhancement of university teaching through
the lens of Novakian concept mapping and/or pedagogic frailty in novel
contexts using innovative theoretical frameworks that will help to embed
the model into academic practice more widely.
For informal discussions about the suitability of potential submissions,
please contact the special issue editors, i.kinchin at surrey.ac.uk or
prmc at usp.br.

References:
1. Kinchin, I. M. (2015). Pedagogic frailty: an initial consideration of
aetiology and prognosis. Paper presented at the annual conference of the
Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE). 9th – 11th December,
Celtic Manor, Wales.
https://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2015/abstracts/0026.pdf
2. Kinchin, I. M., Alpay, E., Curtis, K., Franklind, J., Riverse, C., &
Winstonef, N. E. (2016). Charting the elements of pedagogic frailty.
Educational Research, 58(1), 1 – 23.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131881.2015.1129115

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of paper outlines/abstract (500-750 words): February – March 2017
Submission due: 1st May, 2017
Notification of acceptance: 1st July, 2017
Publication schedule: September, 2017 (Vol. 9. No. 3)

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Electronic submission by email to Guest Editor is required (
i.kinchin at surrey.ac.uk).
***Please include “KM&EL Submission” in the e-mail subject line***

Papers must not have been published, accepted for publication, or presently
be under consideration for publication elsewhere. A standard double-blind
review process will be used for selecting papers to be published in this
special issue. Authors should follow the instructions outlined in the KM&EL
Website (see URLhttp://
www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions
)
For more information about the KM&EL, please visit the web site:
http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication
KM&EL Journal Metrics (Scopus):
2014 SJR (SCImago Journal Rank): 0.359 | Ranking: 82/155 Management of
Technology and Innovation | 411/914 Education
2014 SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): 0.64 | Ranking: 77/118
Management of Technology and Innovation | 401/687 Education