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Afterschool Matters Spring 2006, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time
Afterschool Matters Spring 2006, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time
Afterschool Matters
From Promise to Participation: Afterschool Programs through the Lens of Socio-Cultural Learning Theory
By Meredith I. Honig and Morva A. McDonald
Studies of the effects of afterschool programs on student learning have yielded equivocal findings. This paper argues that such findings stem from weak conceptualizations of the relationship between afterschool programming and learning. The authors use socio-cultural learning theory to reveal specific dimensions of afterschool programs that have positive impact on learning, drawing on almost 200 documents from the afterschool literature to substantiate and elaborate these dimensions. Findings illuminate why afterschool programs that provide "more school after school" significantly limit …
Afterschool Matters Occasional Paper Spring 2005, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time
Afterschool Matters Occasional Paper Spring 2005, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time
Afterschool Matters
In between Work and School: Youth Perspectives of an Urban Afterschool Multimedia Literacy Program
By Katherine Schultz, Edward Brockenbrough, and Jaskiran Dhillon
In recent years, afterschool programs have come to be envisioned as sites for addressing the failure of urban schools to provide adolescents with the requisite skills and knowledge to participate in a rapidly shifting social, political, and economic landscape. The purpose and nature of such educational endeavors has taken many varied forms, as a growing number of stakeholders become invested in shaping the direction and implementation of afterschool programming. However, youth, as the recipients of these programs, have …
Afterschool Matters Spring 2005, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time
Afterschool Matters Spring 2005, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time
Afterschool Matters
So You Want to Be a Superhero? How Making Comics in an Afterschool Setting Can Develop Young People’s Creativity, Literacy, and Identity
By Sarita Khurana
A unique afterschool class in making comic strips and comic books, taught by a professional comic artist, encourages both literacy development and identity development in adolescent participants. 9 pages.
"It Means Thank You": Culturally Sensitive Literacy Pedagogy in a Migrant Education Program
By Theresa McGinnis
Multilingual and multimodal literacy practices in a out-of-school migrant education program support Cambodian (ethnic Khmer) youth in using diverse modes of communication, revealing the intimate connections among literacy, language, culture, …
Afterschool Matters Spring 2006, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time
Afterschool Matters Spring 2006, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time
Afterschool Matters
Youth Media Citizenship: Beyond "Youth Voice"
By Elisabeth Soep
In stories about democratic society that take place in a democratically structured environment, Youth Radio walks the fine line between professional journalism and youth development in ways that question the automatic equation between "youth voice" and freedom of expression. 11 pages.
Creating Engaged Citizens: Using Young Adult Novels and Thematic Units to Encourage Democratic Action
By Mary Cipollone
Pairing age-appropriate novels with thematic units on the civil rights movement and the presidential election allows one afterschool practitioner to bring democracy to life for inner-city middle school students. 8 pages.