Call for Papers

 

Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education: Special Issue on ‘Educational Innovation and Reform in the Decision Sciences Using Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Practices’ (Educational Innovation and Reform in the Decision Sciences Using Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Practices)

Guest Editors: Nebil Buyurgan, Mary Meixell, Qunnipiac University

 

Motivation and Background

 

As business practices evolve and become increasingly integrated, the boundaries between disciplines fade. As such, multiple perspectives in education become essential to adequately prepare students for the workforce, and to achieve the curricular integration that is becoming increasingly common in both business and engineering programs. Multidisciplinary education is the practice of using the approaches and methods of two or more disciplines in curriculum design, pedagogy development, and course delivery. Similarly, collaborative education refers to educational endeavors that employ instructors and students from multiple disciplines. Both approaches bring together faculty and students with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints to provide rich learning experiences.  They also provide opportunities for instructors to see their disciplines from fresh perspectives, which may enhance teaching and learning.

 

Multidisciplinary education in the decision sciences can take on different forms. For example, it can involve closely related fields such as marketing and management, related but distinct disciplines such as entrepreneurship and engineering, or offer integration with general education topics. It can also involve different modalities. For example, technologies such as ERP and simulation, experiential approaches such as service learning, and pedagogies such as inquiry based learning or team teaching, can all be used to offer deliver diverse educational experiences that cross traditional discipline based boundaries.

 

This special issue solicits submissions that offer new insights or innovations in multidisciplinary or collaborative education in the decision sciences. Submissions are sought that not only explore boundary spanning initiatives within the domain of business, but those that involve other domains such as engineering, health sciences, communication, and general education. Topics of interest include but are not limited to

 

• The importance of multidisciplinary and collaborative education within and across disciplines
• Student perceptions of and attitudes to multidisciplinary education
• Educational models, methods, and pedagogies for effective, innovative multidisciplinary education
• Curriculum development, course objectives, learning goals and assessment
• Developing and effectively using technology in multidisciplinary education
• Faculty issues, i.e., instructor development, faculty evaluation

 

Submission Deadline: August 1, 2014

 

DSJIE is a peer reviewed publication of the Decision Sciences Institute. Its mission is to publish significant research relevant to teaching, learning, and education in the decision sciences - quantitative and behavioral approaches to managerial decision making. For more details visit www.dsjie.org.

 

 

Vijay R. Kannan, Ph.D.

Editor, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education

email: dsjie.editor@gmail.com