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Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

Editors-in-Chief

Elliott Ostler, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Shari DeVeney, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Julie Bell, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Special Issue Call for Proposals.

Special Issue on Action Research in Education. Call for submissions for Spring 2025:
The purpose of action research is to improve practice based on questions that arise from recognizing problems in the researcher’s own experience. Action research is cyclical, as the researcher begins by gathering data from participants in their own context, then implements interventions or solutions, gathers and analyzes more data, and uses the results to change their practice.
Questions to Guide Action Research:
* What is the problem of practice phrased as a research question? Why are you focusing on this area?
* What current literature informs data-based decisions about practice?
* What strategies or interventions did you implement to see change?
* How did reflection support your growth / continuous improvement?
* What informed action will you take?
The Special Issue Will:
* Highlight research educators or education professionals are doing in their own contexts.
* Connect to current trends in education (e.g., learning loss, social-emotional learning, mental health, education professional retention / shortage, increased student needs, instructional practices, intervention practices, assessment).
* Offer ideas or solutions that are practical and applicable across contexts.
For the purposes of this special issue, manuscripts considered for publication should include the following:
* Rationale (problem of practice expressed as a research question): demographics, explanation of need,
* Literature framework: current literature (majority within the last 5 years),
* Action plan (proposed solution, implementation, data collection),
* Data analysis (qualitative and/or quantitative),
* Reflection / Discussion (growth, continuous improvement, informed action)
Submission Procedures:
Manuscripts should be 5,000 to 8,000 words (references included), in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, in APA Seventh Edition format. All submissions will be blind peer-reviewed. Manuscripts must be submitted via the journal's website.
Submission Deadline: September 6, 2024
CTLLE Editor: Dr. Julie Bell
Guest Editors: Dr. Amanda Steiner and Dr. Chris Wilcoxen.
The Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in Education (CTTLE) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal with no author fees maintained through the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. The journal was developed in 2016, and since that time, has published 7 volumes, 9 issues (including 3 special-topic issues), and over 65 articles on a wide range of educational and education-related topics from authors across the United States and the world. The readership distribution is far-reaching as CTLLE articles have been downloaded in over 175 different countries by colleagues at over 3,000 distinctive institutions. As always, CTLLE continues to accept manuscripts from a wide range of education professionals and education-related topics regardless of eligibility for special issue status. There is no deadline for standard submissions.