Deadline Extension:
November 1, 2000

The CYD Publishing Group is proud to announce a call for papers for the first annual CYD Anthology: a peer-reviewed book collection containing the best in original Community Youth Development research, inquiry, theory, lessons, and practice.

The CYD Anthology takes a broad view of scholarship, and hopes to build on the conceptual work of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in addition to B. Boyer's Scholarship Reconsidered (1990) in the process. As part of their work to enlarge our understanding of scholarship, the Carnegie team identified four forms of scholarship:

• The scholarship of discovery
• The scholarship of integration
• The scholarship of teaching and learning
• The scholarship of practice

CYD Anthology will be organized around two of these forms, discovery and practice, using the following definitions[1]:

Scholarship of Discovery.

This is the place of pure research, the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. For the CYD movement, this kind of scholarship needs to be assiduously defended, particularly in a society that generally thrives on short-term results rather than determining the lasting value of an effort. Here we might expect research and inquiry about basic premises of Community Youth Development. For example, what do we know about the effectiveness of youth-adult partnerships? Specifically, how does such a partnership effect what we call the "immutable building blocks" of healthy personalities, families, and communities (sense of belonging, independence, mastery, generosity, and interdependence)?

Scholarship of Practice

Some say this is the most distinctly American form of scholarship. Land Grant Colleges established in the 19th century were created precisely for applying knowledge to the enormous agricultural problems confronting society at the time. This mission of knowledge utilization matched the mood and need of the country.

Many agree the time has come again. There is a growing and disturbing gap between what is valued as scholarship and the pragmatic needs of the CYD movement. Because of vigorous debate around this issue, there is an emerging recognition of the legitimacy of another kind of knowing: knowledge that emerges from practice. While the dominant view of scholarship has research and theory standing in a hierarchically superior relationship to practice, with practice as the passive recipient of developed knowledge, the CYD field holds that knowledge emerges from the complexity and rigors of practice. Theory and practice are complementary and mutually enriching.

Given the reflective quality of so many CYD managers, researchers, policymakers, and community activities, we might expect contributions and inquiry about implementation lessons and original research using the CYD Framework for Action as a blueprint.

Some questions to consider include the following:

• What happens when young people are actively involved in the institutions that impact their lives?
• Do communities "improve" when young people are a driving force working in partnership with caring adults? How do they improve? Why?
• What do effective youth-adult partnerships look like? What makes them effective?
• What makes a healthy, thriving person? What role do the "immutable building blocks" play?
• How do we measure outcomes such as sense of belonging, independence, generosity, and interdependence?
• What does Community Youth Development mean to the general public? To those in youth-related fields?
• What are the model examples of community-based efforts where youth and adults work in partnership?
• What are the major barriers to youth-adult partnerships?
• What are the skills that adults need to engage youth in full and healthy ways?
• How are young people perceived in our communities today? Why?
• How do youth perceive adults? Why?

Awards and Recognition
Stipends will be awarded in each category for the three best-judged papers:

First Prize: $500
Second Prize: $300
Third Prize: $200

Submission Guidelines
Article length: Approximately 4000 words
Deadline: October 15, 2000
Directions:

• Submit articles via email attachment to submissions@cydjournal.org
• Include tables, charts, and/or graphs to illustrate text, as needed
• Send a "head and shoulders" photo to the snail mail address, below
• Include a brief author biography of 75 words or less

Additional Information
Ph: 617/522-3435; Fx: 617/522-3384
Web: www.cydjournal.org
Email: donna@cydjournal.org
Snail mail: CYD Anthology, P.O. Box 33, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Footnote

1. These definitions are drawn directly from the work of R. Eugene Rice and Laurie Richlin as presented in "Broadening the Concept of Scholarship in the Professions," Chapter 12 in Educating Professionals: Responding to New Expectations for Competence and Accountability, Lynn Curry, Jon F. Wergin and Associates. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco. 1993. (back)