Call for Papers: Special Issue of Canadian Psychology on Learning

Deadline for submissions: March 1st, 2017 / Date de tombée: 1ier mars 2017
LES ARTICLES PEUVENT ETRE SOUMIS EN FRANÇAIS OU EN ANGLAIS. Papers can be submitted in French or in English.

Canadian Psychology, a Canadian Psychological Association journal published jointly with the American Psychological Association, invites the submission of manuscripts for a special issue on LEARNING.

Examples of topics include, but are not limited to:

•   The conditions (in the school, at home, etc.) associated with successful or unsuccessful learning
•   The policies (institutional, social, etc.) that support or hinder learning
•   Access to services to support optimal learning in the school system
•   Difficulties in learning, and learning disabilities
•   The neuropsychological mechanisms of learning or learning disabilities
•   Giftedness
•   The assessment of learning difficulties
•   The treatment of learning difficulties
•   The technologies used to support learning
•   Practice guidelines related to the assessment of learning difficulties and/or to remedial services.
•   Adult education
•   Learning and best practices in education and teaching
•   Schools policies and learning
•   Etc.

We encourage submissions from a range of disciplines within psychology including educational psychology, clinical psychology, school psychology, counselling psychology, neuropsychology, etc.

While review papers are preferred, different types and formats of papers will be accepted for this special issue, including:

• review and scoping papers (e.g., a review on the efficacy of intervention programs for learning disabilities, etc.)
• original studies if they are of potential interest to a BROAD proportion of psychologists (e.g., a survey of psychologists about their experience working within a response to intervention program for learning disabilities, etc.)
• opinion papers, commentaries and letters to the Editor

Review papers, including meta‐analyses, are strongly invited. We will accept articles of no more than 30 pages, including references (systematic reviews may have up to 40 pages or more if needed). All submissions will undergo peer‐review. Manuscripts can be submitted via our online portal. Authors must indicate clearly that their submission should be considered for this special issue. The deadline for submissions is March 1st, 2017. Papers can be submitted in French or in English.

For questions or further information please contact the Editor, Dr. Martin Drapeau at [email protected].