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Thank you for your interest in "Expanding Our Vision for the Arts in Education," the upcoming special issue of the Harvard Educational Review. The proposal deadline has now passed and no further proposals will be accepted at this time.

Please also stay tuned for our call for stories from children, youth, and adult arts learners which will be released soon.

REFLECTIVE ESSAYS AND NARRATIVES

“Expanding Our Vision for the Arts in Education”
A Special Issue of the Harvard Educational Review
Guidelines: Reflective Essays and Narratives from practitioners (teaching artists, arts educators, arts specialists, general classroom teachers, teacher educators, practicing artists, arts and innovation entrepreneurs, school leaders, arts administrators, community organizers, religious leaders, coaches, etc.). Maximum 3,000 words.
- Proposal Deadline (Maximum 500 Words): February 3, 2012
- Target Response Date: March 1, 2012
- Final Paper Deadline for Invited Manuscripts: August 1, 2012
- Target Publication Date: Spring 2013
HER believes that it is critically important to listen to the voices of people who are working, teaching, and learning inside a variety of educational settings and arts learning environments throughout the world. Therefore, for its upcoming Special Issue Expanding Our Vision for the Arts in Education the Harvard Educational Review is in search of reflective essays and narratives that feature voices of art practitioners who have important knowledge and expertise about teaching and learning in arts education. We are interested in articles focused on what those involved with arts in education have learned through their practice and/or research. We are particularly interested in essays and narratives that contain detailed and thoughtful reflection along with rigorous analysis of ideas, situations, and experiences.

Authors should familiarize themselves with our call for proposals, including our suggested focal lenses, before preparing their proposals.

Proposals should be double-spaced with a 12 point font size, and one-inch margins. All proposals must be written in English, submitted in .doc or .docx form, and be no more than 500 words in length. Each proposal should also include the following:
- Proposed manuscript title.
- A brief description of the topic of your proposed manuscript and rationale for publication.
- A brief discussion of how this proposed manuscript will contribute to the field of education and inform HER’s generalist audience.
- The proposed manuscript length.
- Author information including name, institutional affiliation, email address, phone number, and mailing address.
The Editors of HER welcome submitting authors to use audio, video, still images, or other forms of digital media to complement their manuscripts. Potential use of such media or images should be noted in all proposals.

All submissions should be in the form of an email with an attached electronic copy of the proposal (described above). The subject line of the email should be: Proposal for Special Issue: Reflective Essays and Narratives. The body of the email should include a statement to the editors confirming your interest in being considered for this Special Issue. All proposals should be emailed to: hersi@gse.harvard.edu.

Please note that acceptance of a proposal and invitation to submit a complete manuscript does not guarantee publication. All submissions will be carefully reviewed by the Editors. You will receive more information about the review process if your proposal is accepted for consideration.

Please send all proposals to hersi@gse.harvard.edu by 11:59 p.m. EST on February 3, 2012.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at hersi@gse.harvard.edu.

Thank you!

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