Colleagues who have not already received the following message may be
interested in this new journal:

>Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:28:48 -0500
>Subject: Announcing a new journal in science education
>From: Kenneth Tobin <ktobin@...>
>To: NARST <narst-l@...>, ASTE <aste@...>
>CC: Harmen van Paradijs <Harmen.vanParadijs@...>
>Thread-Topic: Announcing a new journal in science education
>Thread-Index: AcYXrmkAp8KW+IOhEdqCkQARJIDryA==
>Sender: owner-aste@...
>Reply-To: Kenneth Tobin <ktobin@...>
>
>Dear ASTE and NARST colleagues: Michael Roth and I are co-editing a new
>journal called Cultural Studies of Science Education. The journal is
>published by Springer and issue 1 is available now. In fact a free copy of
>Volume 1, Issue 1 is available at the Springer booth at the annual meeting
>in Portland.
>
>If you are in Portland visit the booth to get a copy. We think you'll find
>some of the features of this journal to be engaging to readers and perhaps
>as an author you'll find it appealing too. The journal comes out in four
>issues a year--each issue being about 200 pages in length. A feature of the
>journal is that 3-4 papers are published in each issue; each article having
>an associated Forum -- a critical dialogue between leading science educators
>and scholars in either cultural studies and/or science education.
>
>Cultural Studies of Science Education aims to provide an interactive
>platform for researchers working in the multidisciplinary fields of cultural
>studies and science education. By taking a cultural approach and paying
>attention to theories from cultural studies, this new journal will reflect
>the current diversity in the study of science education in a variety of
>contexts, including schools, museums, zoos, laboratories, parks and gardens,
>aquariums and community development, maintenance and restoration.
>
>Here is just a short list of the features that you will find refreshing:
>
>The inclusion of the interactive forum in publishing each article.
>As soon as an article is accepted along with its associated forum they are
>available on line. The review cycle is very quick.
>An editorial style that incorporates respect for authors, quick feedback,
>and a rigorous form of peer review that encourages well argued differences
>in perspective.
>
>You can get information on the journal from the website:
>
>http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-40406-70-62177108-0,00.h
>tml
>
>Or by writing either of the editors or Harmen van Paradijs
>Harmen.vanParadijs@...
>
>I look forward to seeing you at ASTE and if not, at NARST/AERA.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>
>Ken (and Michael)
>
>Kenneth Tobin
>Presidential Professor, Urban Education
>The Graduate Center
>City University of New York
>365 Fifth Avenue
>New York, NY 10016-4309
>
>http://web.gc.cuny.edu/urbaneducation/tobin/
>
>212 817 8284
>ktobin@...
>
>AND
>
>Wolff-Michael Roth
>Lansdowne Professor, Applied Cognitive Science
>MacLaurin Building A548
>University of Victoria Tel: 1-250-721-7885
>Victoria, BC V8W 3N4 FAX: 1-250-721-7767
>Canada URL: http://
>www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth


--
Dr. Keith S. Taber
http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/staff/taber.html
University Senior Lecturer in Science Education
Programme Manager, Part-time Ph.D. in Education
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
184 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 2PQ
United Kingdom


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