NCELA Call for Papers: Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Work with English Learners

AccELLerate! is the quarterly review of the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition, covering issues of interest to stakeholders in the education of English learners.

NCELA invites contributions to the spring 2011 special theme issue that focuses on preparing pre-service teachers to work with English learners. They seek papers that, among other topics, explore

Conceptual frameworks to facilitate candidates’ understanding of effective teaching and learning;
Examples of good teaching practices oriented toward ELs and effective strategies for teacher educators to help pre-service teachers learn these practices; and
The effects of pre-service teacher education programs on the practices and abilities of teachers.

Papers may speak to general teacher preparation issues and/or preparation of content-area teachers who will work with EL students (e.g., STEM teachers) and teachers who plan to work with specific populations of ELs such as young ELs, newcomers, and ELs with special needs. NCELA also welcomes papers that examine ways to deal with particular challenges, including differentiating instruction for a range of student academic and English language proficiency levels, implementing curriculum that addresses the literacy needs of ELs, communicating with parents of ELs, and understanding ELs’ home and community experiences.

Three categories of papers are published in the review. Full-length articles (approximately 1,000 words including all references, tables, and figures) should provide objective synthesis and interpretation of a subject of importance to the field or report original research. Success Stories (around 500 words) describe successful projects and programs or provide brief reports of new observations, concepts, or methodologies. Teachers’ Gems of Wisdom (around 250 words) share professional insights and best practices.

Preference is given to manuscripts that are well-prepared, well-organized, and well-written. Papers that have been published or are under consideration for publication elsewhere in an accessible, retrievable form are not acceptable for submission to the review on grounds of prior publication. However, summaries of previously published work may be submitted.

Manuscripts including contact information (phone number and email) for the primary author and one-sentence biography with the name, title, and affiliation of each author should be submitted to Natalia Romanova, coordinator for AccELLerate! , no later than January 9, 2012 (romanova at gwu dot edu).

Manuscript preparation guidelines
The acceptable format for manuscript submission is MSWord. For writing and editorial style, authors must follow guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition, 2009). However, in order to improve the readability of the publication, references should be cited in the text in bracketed numbers, with the references following each article in the same numerical order; other notes are indicated by consecutively numbered superscripts; and paragraphs are not indented, but separated by a blank line.

NCELA Call for Papers: Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Work with English Learners. NCELA List (NCELA@HERMES.GWU.EDU, 1 Nov 2011).