Opportunities

Project Focus
The Journal of Expanded Learning Opportunities (JELO) is a peer-reviewed, online, open-access publication of the Central Valley Afterschool Foundation.

Project Description
The aim of this journal is to promote scholarship and consciousness of the ways in which students’ engagement in afterschool and expanded learning activities contributes to their learning and development through the publication of original empirical, practical, and theoretical manuscripts. The JELO will connect research and promising practices throughout California and the nation, fostering a dialogue that engages both researchers and practitioners in the field.

The journal solicits original papers in two categories:

Research-based: presentation of new research using data that includes an abstract, an introductory paragraph, a brief literature review, methods (quantitative and/or qualitative), results, and implications. An example would be an academic or field study.

Practitioner-based: presentation of an essay or brief focused on a specific promising practice that includes an abstract, introductory paragraph, discussion of the practice, and recommendations for implementation, sustainability, and scaling. An example would be a review of a program project/activity.

Suggested topics are inspired by the Learning in Afterschool and Summer (LIAS) principles and include:

•     Active, project-based learning
•     Collaborative learning and programs
•     Applied learning activities
•     Learning that supports mastery
•     Learning that expands horizons
•     Instructional strategies that promote student learning

For the full call, go to: http://www.centralvalleyafterschool.org/case-for-afterschool/the-journa…