The growing out-of-school time field : past, present, and future

Current Issues in Out-of-School Time, is designed with a purpose to disseminate original research and promising practices that further the OST field. This first book sets the foundation on which the series rests upon, by offering an analysis of the progress made since the 2000s, as well as by lookin...

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Other Authors Donahue, Tara (Editor), Malone, Helen Janc (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2018]
SeriesCurrent issues in out-of-school time.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806608447
DOI10.1108/978-1-64113-030-1
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 329 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Endorsements
  • Foreword / Dale A. Blyth
  • Introduction / Helen Janc Malone
  • Section I. Ost as a vehicle for young people's development
  • Chapter 1. 15 years after community programs to promote youth development / Sandra Simpkins, Yangyang Liu, and Nickki Pearce Dawes
  • Chapter 2. High quality ost activities and programs: Using the rise approach (relationships, interest and sparks, empowerment) to promote thriving in youth and their settings / Peter C. Scales
  • Section II. Social and cultural dimensions in ost
  • Chapter 3. Access to out-of-school time programs for underserved youth / Nickki Pearce Dawes
  • Chapter 4. Responding to shifting demographic contexts / Judith Cruzado-Guerrero and Gilda Martinez-Alba
  • Chapter 5. The role of out-of-school time programs in bridging the diversity gap and improving educational opportunities for African American students / Mavis Sanders, Karen Lewis-Watkins, and Keshara Cochrane
  • Section III. Professional development within ost
  • Chapter 6. The state of professional development: Past, present, and future / Elizabeth Starr and Ellen S. Gannett
  • Chapter 7. Core competencies for the ost field / Gina Hilton Warner, Heidi Ham, and Melissa S. Pearman Fenton
  • Chapter 8. Taking it to a new level: Inquiry-based professional development as a field-building enterprise / Sara L. Hill, Joy Connolly, Thomas Akiva, and Anne McNamara
  • Chapter 9. The leadership imperative / Elizabeth M. Fowlkes and Tony McWhorter
  • Section IV. Research- and evaluation-informed field
  • Chapter 10. The growth, evolution, and state of ost evaluation / Christina A. Russell
  • Chapter 11. Innovative use of data as game changer for ost programs: The example of stem / Gil G. Noam, Patricia J. Allen, Ashima Mathur Shah, and Bailey Triggs
  • Chapter 12. Exploring the need for research-practice partnerships / Ken Anthony
  • Chapter 13. Building quality in out-of-school time / Jaime Singer, Jessica Newman, and Deborah Moroney
  • Section V. Ost advocacy
  • Chapter 14. Meeting the growing demand for afterschool and summer learning programs: The role of federal education policy in closing the opportunity gap / Jen Rinehart and Nikki Yamashiro
  • Chapter 15. Closing the summer gap / Sarah Pitcock
  • Section VI. Future directions for the ost field
  • Chapter 16. Out-of-school time learning and 21st century skills: Building on the past to shape the future / Elizabeth Devaney and Deborah Moroney
  • Chapter 17. Knowing better, doing better: Three gaps to fill in the next decade of research in out-of-school time / Joseph L. Mahoney and Shannon Haley-Mize
  • Chapter 18. Securing the future: Pivoting ost from where and when to what and how / Karen Pittman
  • Chapter 19. Conclusion / Tara Donahue. Biographies.