#28 - Notes on Education Journals
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In Teacher’s College I loved to spend a lot of my free time reviewing papers in educational journals around the world. I had access to the university library database and often made notes of ideas I could take into the classroom from the research published in these papers. I was frustrated that I did not see as many voices from the classroom in these papers. This got me curious to understand why and how educational research is published and disseminated around the world.
In this post I will create a list of 10 education research journals with the following details: founding date, mission statement and website link. I want to conduct this personal investigation to understand and document the variety of academic research being published in different countries around the world today. I used information from ERIC and Scimago to complete this list.
Education Journal List
The Review of Educational Research was first published in 1931 and publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education. Such reviews should include conceptualizations, interpretations, and syntheses of literature and scholarly work in a field broadly relevant to education and educational research.
The American Educational Research Journal was first published in 1964 and publishes original peer-reviewed analyses that span the field of education research across all subfields and disciplines and all levels of analysis and features articles that advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education and learning.
The British Educational Research Journal was first published in 1975 and is an international peer reviewed medium that is interdisciplinary in approach, and includes reports of case studies, experiments and surveys, discussions of conceptual and methodological issues and of underlying assumptions in educational research, accounts of research in progress, and book reviews.
The Australian Educational Researcher was first published in 1985 and provides a forum for education researchers to debate internationally relevant issues across all levels of education, including: early childhood, primary and secondary school education, alternative education, adult education, vocational education and training, and higher education. The contents include original research articles employing quantitative, qualitative or mixed-methods, methodological and theoretical discussion papers and education policy analyses.
The Canadian Journal of Education was first published in 1991 and prioritizes research and scholarly writing that is of relevance to the Canadian education community. The journal is read by scholars worldwide, and aims to represent the valuable contributions that Canadian scholars in education continue to make to the field. The Journal accepts and publishes both French and English articles and book reviews. CJE on occasion also publishes international papers that shed light on shared issues and that include Canadian authors as references.
The Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction was first published in 2004 and its coverage includes critical examination of ecosystems and issues surrounding the processes of meaningful teaching and learning and better educational practices. These could be addressed at micro level (e.g., innovative modes of delivery, instructional design and technology, learning engagement, instructional settings) or at macro level (e.g., motivation, engaging curriculum, impact of socio-psychological and cultural factors on learning).
The New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies was first published in 2005 and presents original reports, critical reviews of educational theory and policy, discussions and commentaries on conceptual and methodological issues in educational research, reports on research in progress, and book reviews. Its multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach aims to nurture and promote educational research.
The Hungarian Educational Research Journal was first published in 2016 is an international online, peer-reviewed Open Access academic journal featuring articles that advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education and learning. Its mission is to provide a forum for emerging researchers as well as established scholars from around the world to exchange and discuss their research results, views and opinions and welcomes submissions of the highest quality, reflecting a wide range of perspectives, topics, contexts, and methods, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work.
The Scandinavian Journal of Education was first published in 1971 and focuses on central ideas and themes in educational thinking and research from the Scandinavian region. It was formerly known as Pedagogisk Forskning.
The Indonesian Journal of Educational Research and Review was first published in 2018 and provides a forum for publishing research or review articles related to education and instruction.
Notes and Observations
Many of the early journals were published in Western Countries like the US, UK, Canada and Australia.
The first journals related to Education were an amalgamation of a variety of different issues related to education. Over time more specialised journals were published in areas like Psychology of Education, Sociology of Education, Teacher Education, Online Teaching Journal.
A majority of the research in these journals is published by academics. There is a need to include more voices from the classroom by teachers, parents, students and leaders.
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Abhishek
14/08/2023
Great list! I am a regular at 1,2,3 but will definitely look at the others, especially the asian ones!