JALT

Welcome to a new era for JALT. On behalf of the entire International Alliance for Learning, we thank Nancy Omaha-Boy for her years of service as Editor of the Journal and especially for establishing the on-line format that makes publishing so much more easy and efficient. Nancy was also a national president of IAL and has earned a well-deserved rest from the responsibilities of the editorial grind. Well done, Nancy, and thank you for agreeing to continue a relationship to JALT by occasionally reviewing articles.

I have just retired from a 26-year professorship that began after a stint at Iowa State University where I met Dr. Don Schuster and Charles Gritton, Allyn Prichard , and other early American pioneers of AL. As I look back now, attending the first AL conference was a landmark event in my life, since it included a two-day class in Italian taught by Evelina Gateva and Georgi Lozanov. In 1989 I served as your national president for AL in the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, as we were then known, setting up the San Diego and Chicago conferences.

Over the years, the greatest treasure of the organization has been the Journal, because it is the repository of the documentation of the international movement to improve instructional effectiveness and to enhance the experience of learning. The Journal is the location of refereed articles that can be cited as definitive documentation with a permanent address. It has been a privilege to participate with so many good friends, keen intellects and energizing colleagues in such an uplifting endeavor. Every person in this movement has a stake in assuring that the Journal record s the steady progress of documentation that can be referenced over the years. You would be amazed at the demand for readily accessible and up-to-date information for scholars and journalists writing about AL. Remember, in order to be remembered, referenced, known, shared, events and efforts must recorded.

Lyelle Palmer

I invite you to join in making the Journal an integral part of our network in several ways.

Whenever someone excitedly tells you of results, ask that the report be written and submitted to JALT.
If you know of someone who has recently written a dissertation, thesis, book, article, please send us the contact information , and a full reference, if possible.
If you have data or want to gather data for analysis and documentation, scholarly resources are available with in the organization to assist in analyzing and writing research studies.
I request that any scholars wishing to assist others in writing up such studies to please contact me so that an assistance registry can be established for easy contact.
Book review are always welcome. Reviews of older books are also needed so that newcomers can learn about sources.
We remind scholars that many articles and books are also to be found in ERIC , and are now available on-line.
Please read the JALT submission guidelines.

Lyelle L. Palmer, Ph.D., JALT Editor
504 Lake Street
Winona, MN 55987
Tel: 507-452-1652
Fax: 507-457-2487
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