Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning (ISSN 1833-4105) is an international, scholarly, independently and anonymously peer-reviewed journal that focuses on issues and trends in pedagogies and learning in local and global contexts and leadership in educational research.

The aim of the journal is to publish high quality research that focuses on the essence of pedagogy and learning and related issues and trends. While stimulating discussion of authoritative and emerging pedagogies and forms of learning, it will encourage the sharing of ideas that contribute to the transformation of contemporary conceptions of pedagogy and learning in order to reshape and revitalise educational provision from the perspectives of educators and learners alike. These ideas are intended to be simultaneously anchored in local, regional and national contexts and to be international and transnational in intent and impact.

 

Section Policies

Editorials

  • Editorial submissions are sought from the editorial board of the journal for regular and special issues. Authors wishing to submit editorials should contact the Editorial Team.

Stream 1 - Second language teaching, Computer-assisted language learning, Language teacher education

Submissions to this section should relates to these topics:

  • Second language teaching
  • Computer-assisted language learning
  • Language teacher education.
Submissions to this section will be desk-reviewed and edited by Jeong-Bae Son.

Stream 2: Socio-cultural contexts, Lifelong education, Regional and rural education

Submissions to this section should relates to these topics:

  • Socio-cultural contexts
  • Lifelong education
  • Regional and rural education.
Submissions to this section will be desk-reviewed and edited by Patrick Danaher.

Stream 3: Language testing, Literacies education, Language and cognition, Crosscultural communication, Early childhood education, Sustainable life practices, Educational leadership, Transformative pedagogies

Submissions to this section should relates to these topics:

  • Language testing
  • Literacies education
  • Language and cognition
  • Crosscultural communication
  • Early childhood education
  • Sustainable life practices
  • Educational leadership
  • Transformative pedagogies.
Submissions to this section will be desk-reviewed and edited by Shirley O'Neill.

isIPAL 2010 Conference Papers

  • This special section is for papers submitted to and presented at the 'Pedagogies and Sustainable futures: Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Meaningful Practices' 2010 conference.
  • Authors are invited to contact the Editors to discuss their approach in advance of submitting papers. 

Vol 7_1 Cross-cultural pedagogies and the interface between > Islamic and Western pedagogies and epistemologies

Vol 7_3 Quality pedagogies and quality learning in contemporary > higher education: Debates, > innovations, opportunities

 

Peer Review Process

Each article is refereed by two anonymous peer reviewers who do not know the author's(s') identity(ies) or the identity of the other reviewer.

The reviewers will assess each article against the following criteria:

  • consistency of topic with journal title
  • clarity of focus of introduction
  • strength of literature review
  • strength of conceptual framework
  • strength of research design/methodological framework
  • strength of data analysis
  • strength of implications section
  • clarity of focus of conclusion
  • logic of, and support for, argument
  • contribution to knowledge
  • clarity of expression
  • accuracy and completeness of referencing.

Each peer reviewer will assign a recommendation to the article:

  • Accept
  • Accept with revisions
  • Resubmit for review
  • Resubmit elsewhere
  • Decline.

It is anticipated that if the peer reviewer does not accept the article outright he or she will provide comments justifying his or her recommendation and giving feedback about the article.

The Editors will collate the peer reviewers' comments and recommendations and communicate them to the author(s), as well as any required changes in the case of that being the agreed recommendation about the article.

In the case of inconsistent recommendations by the two peer reviewers, the Editors will solicit a review of the article by a third anonymous peer reviewer. They will base their final decision about the article's acceptance for publication or otherwise on the majority view among the three peer reviewers.

Authors will be notified by email of the outcome of the process. Reviewers may give conditional acceptance of a paper, requesting authors to make changes. Such requests and authors' responses are facilitated by Editors to maintain author/peer reviewer anonymity.

 

Publication Frequency

The International Journal of Pedagogies & Learning publishes three issues per year including a topic-based special issues each year.

 

Availability

The International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning (ISSN 1833-4105) is available as an 'online plus print' subscription with volumes 1–4 only available online.

Pay per View (PPV) access for individual articles is available from Atypon.

Discounted individual and NGO/Non-profit subscription rates are available.

Subscription information is available on the journal website.




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