Focus and Scope

Global Perspectives in Education Journal publishes original articles on the latest issues and trends in education curriculum, instruction, learning, policy, and preparation of teachers to advance our knowledge of education theory and practice. Moreover, this journal also covers the issues concerned with environmental education. In addition to original articles, the journal features the following special sections:

Learning: consisting of theoretical and empirical research studies on learning. We invite manuscripts investigating learning and its change and growth from various psychological, social, cognitive, socio-historical, and affective lenses. Studies examining the relationship of learning to teaching, knowledge and practices, the learners themselves, and the contexts (social, political, physical, ideological, institutional, epistemological, and cultural) are similarly welcome.
Issues and Trends: consisting primarily of analytical, interpretive, or persuasive essays on current educational, social, or philosophical issues and trends relevant to the teaching. This special section particularly seeks to promote informed dialogues about current issues in education and carefully reasoned papers representing disparate viewpoints are welcomed. Manuscripts submitted for this section may be a position paper, a polemical piece, or a creative commentary.
Learning in Everyday Life: consisting of analytical, interpretative, or philosophical papers on learning outside the formal classroom. Papers should investigate experiences in settings such as community, home, the Internet, after-school settings, museums, and other opportunities that develop learning interest, knowledge, or practices across the lifespan. Attention to issues and factors relating to equity in learning is especially encouraged.
Teacher Education: consisting of original empirical and/or theoretical research that examines teachers' preparation, teachers' work, or how a broader context influences teachers' work. "Teacher education" refers to development throughout one's teaching career, from pre-service through induction into advanced professional teaching stages.
Education Policy: including reports about the goals and/or underlying principles of policies adopted by government, interest groups, school districts, etc., and their effect on teaching and learning. Additionally, research on science policy relates to a critical examination of how policy decisions influence education theory, research, and practice.
Comments and Criticism: provides a forum for expressing differing viewpoints and correcting misunderstandings regarding topics in published papers. Journal readers are earnestly invited to contribute their ideas to this forum. Contributions for the Comments and Criticism section should be brief, usually two to four manuscript pages, and will be published as rapidly as possible.

Global Perspectives in Education Journal invites any manuscript addressing a relevant education topic that employs an established and recognized scholarly approach and also impacts or is generalizable to national and international populations. Quantitative research reports that employ sophisticated research designs and qualitative research reports that rigorously follow naturalistic research methods are preferred. All manuscripts must provide a thorough review of the literature that establishes the research problem or the issue at hand and a thorough conclusion that addresses the implications and limitations of the research or argument.