Aims and Scope

International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education (IEJEE) is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary scholarly journal dedicated to advancing knowledge, research, theory, policy, and practice related to elementary education, childhood, learning, teaching, and the wider social, cultural, technological, economic, and institutional contexts of education.

The journal aims to provide an inclusive academic platform for researchers, educators, practitioners, policymakers, and scholars from around the world to disseminate original research, exchange interdisciplinary perspectives, and contribute to evidence-informed educational policy and practice. IEJEE particularly encourages studies that connect elementary education with the broader social sciences, humanities, behavioral sciences, and interdisciplinary fields.

The journal welcomes quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, theoretical, conceptual, comparative, historical, systematic review, meta-analysis, and interdisciplinary studies. Research addressing local, national, regional, and international educational contexts is encouraged.

Scope

IEJEE welcomes manuscripts related to elementary and primary education as well as multidisciplinary research relevant to children, schools, teachers, families, communities, educational systems, and society. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Elementary, primary, and basic education

  • Early childhood education and child development

  • Curriculum and instruction

  • Teaching and learning

  • Teacher education and professional development

  • Educational psychology and developmental psychology

  • Sociology of education

  • Philosophy and history of education

  • Economics of education

  • Educational policy, leadership, administration, and management

  • Comparative and international education

  • Educational assessment, measurement, and evaluation

  • Special education and inclusive education

  • Guidance, counseling, and student well-being

  • Language education, literacy, and multilingual education

  • Mathematics, science, STEM, and STEAM education

  • Social studies and citizenship education

  • Arts, music, physical, and health education

  • Educational technology, digital learning, artificial intelligence, and media literacy

  • Distance, online, blended, and technology-enhanced education

  • Family, school, and community relationships

  • Parenting, childhood studies, and family studies

  • Gender studies and education

  • Cultural studies, anthropology, and education

  • Social psychology and behavioral sciences

  • Communication, media, and information studies

  • Political science, public policy, and education

  • Economics, management, and organizational studies related to education

  • Social work, community development, and child welfare

  • Human rights, social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion

  • Migration, globalization, multiculturalism, and intercultural education

  • Sustainability, environmental education, and education for sustainable development

  • Rural, urban, and community education

  • Religion, ethics, values, and moral education

  • Educational law, governance, and institutional studies

  • School health, well-being, and interdisciplinary public-health research relevant to education

  • Creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and twenty-first-century skills

  • Other areas of the social sciences, humanities, and interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary research that have clear implications for education, childhood, learning, schools, teachers, families, or educational development.

Multidisciplinary Orientation

IEJEE recognizes that contemporary educational challenges cannot always be understood through a single disciplinary perspective. The journal therefore actively encourages multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research drawing upon education, psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, political science, communication, management, social work, cultural studies, philosophy, history, geography, law, public policy, technology, and other relevant fields.

Manuscripts from broader social science disciplines are welcomed when they demonstrate a meaningful connection to education, children and young people, teaching and learning, educational institutions, families and communities, or educational policy and practice.

Through this broad international and multidisciplinary scope, IEJEE seeks to promote scholarly dialogue across disciplines, countries, cultures, and methodological traditions and to contribute to the improvement of educational research, policy, and practice worldwide.