About this journal

The International Journal of Science Education (A) is firmly established as an authoritative voice in the world of science education. IJSE(A) publishes scholarly papers that focus on the teaching and learning of science in school settings ranging from early childhood to university education. It bridges the gap between research and practice, providing information, ideas and opinion. As a truly international journal, IJSE(A) welcomes contributions from any country provided that the authors explain their local contexts and demonstrate the significance of their work for a global readership.

Special emphasis is placed on applicable research relevant to educational practice, guided by educational realities in systems, schools, colleges and universities. The journal publishes papers in several categories, outlined below. From time to time, a special issue, guest-edited by one or several acknowledged experts, is devoted to a topic of major interest and importance.

IJSE(A) is concerned with science education but also welcomes manuscripts on the integration of science education with other disciplines, in particular, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) or, geography, social sciences and the arts.

Submissions that are concerned with science (as distinct with science education) or with general educational matters will not be considered for publication. Authors with any questions about the likely acceptability of a paper are invited to contact the Editor-in-Chief before making a submission.

IJSE(A) carries the following types of articles:

• Empirical research papers

These are accounts of empirical investigations that are theory-based and embedded in a critical review of relevant literature. Manuscripts should include an account of the methodology and procedures used, explain the analysis carried out and the conclusions reached, draw implications for educational theory and practice, and point to possible future research.

• Position papers

These consist of analytical, interpretive, or persuasive essays on the origin, nature, and possible address to, identified problems, challenges, or opportunities, either being faced or likely to be faced by the practice of science education across the world, including educational, social, or philosophical issues and trends. This category particularly seeks to promote informed dialogues about science education and carefully reasoned papers representing disparate viewpoints are welcomed.

• Theoretical papers

These discuss the nature and academic standing of theories about research into and the practice of science education. Theoretical papers can be written from a particular historical or philosophical perspective. Critical reviews and analyses of the research literature about a certain topic or theme fall into this category.

• Comments and criticisms

These should contain expressions of opinion or information relating to articles published previously, or to matters of interest to science educators. This section of IJSE allows readers the opportunity to express any reasonable view on a matter relevant to science teaching and learning. Submissions for this category are limited to 2000 words.

IJSE’s associated journal, International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, is concerned with the communication between, and the engagement by, individuals and groups concerning evidence-based information about the nature, outcomes, and social consequences, of science and technology.

Readership:

Science education researchers and science educators worldwide.

Peer Review Policy:

All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized referring by at least two anonymous referees.

Editors-in-Chief:

Professor Ron Blonder - Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel.

Professor  Gail Jones -  College of Education , North Carolina State University, 326 Poe Hall, Campus Box 7801, Raleigh, NC 27695-7801, USA.

Editors:

Professor Valarie Akerson  - School of Education,University of Indiana, 201.N. Rose Ave., USA

Professor Sarah Carrier -  College of Education , North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7801, USA.

Professor Justin Dillon -  University College London, London, UK

Professor Sibel Erduran - University of Oxford, Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford, OX2 6PY, UK.

Professor Hans Fischer -  Department of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Schutzenbahn 70, Essen D-45117, Germany.

Professor Vanessa. Kind   - University of Leeds, UK

Professor Knut Neumann - Leibniz-Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Germany.

Professor David Treagust -  Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845.

Professor Chin-Chung Tsai -  Program of Learning Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, No.162, Sec. 1, He-Ping E. Rd., Taipei 10610, Taiwan.

Assistant Editor:

Inbal Salomon Hai -  Weizmann Institute of Science,234 Herzl Street, POB 26, Rehovot 7610001 Israel

Editorial Board:

F. Abd-El-Khalick - University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, USA

E. Adadan - Bogazici University

A. Afonso - Universidade do Minho

M. Jimenez Aleixandre - University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain 

G. Ampatzidis - University of Thessaly, Greece

M. Andrée - Stockholm University

S. Avargil - Technion, Isreal Institute of Technology, Israel

C. Bae - Virginia Commonwealth University

D. Baker - Arizona State University

S. Bartels - Valparaiso University, USA

N. Bautista - Miami University

A. Bellocchi - Queensland University of Technology

J. M. Bennett - University of York, UK

S. Birdsall - University of Auckland

W. Boone - Miami University, USA

A. Borowski - University of Potsdam

M. Braund - University of York, UK

D. Brown - University of Illinois, USA

C. Buty – University Lyon

Y. Chen - Arizona State University

M. M. W. Cheng - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

G. Childers - Texas Tech University, USA

A. Childs - University of Oxford, UK

V. Christidou - Aristotle University of Thessalonki

R. K. Coll - The University of the South Pacific, Fiji

C. Constantinou - University of Cyprus, Cyprus

B. Crawford - The University of Georgia

G. Crowther­ - Everett Community College

D. Dani - Ohio University

R. Darner - Illinois State University

B. Davidowitz - University of Cape Town, South Africa

V. Dawson - University of Western Australia, Australia

T. de Jong - University of Twente, The Netherlands

C. Delgado - North Carolina State University

I. Devetak - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 

J. DeWitt - King's College London, UK

L. Ding - Ohio State University

B. Dorfman - Weizmann Institute of Science

H. Drummond - North-West University

B. Eilam - University of Haifa, Israel

M. Ennes - University of Florida

R. Evans - University of Copenhagen

S. Fang - National Taiwan Normal University

Y. Feldman-Maggor, Weizmann Institute of Science 

A. Fitzgerald - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

M. Fleer - Monash University, Australia

B. France - University of Auckland, New Zealand

P. Friedrichsen - University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

G. Fulmer - University of Iowa

G. Gardner - Middle Tennessee State University, USA

N. Gericke - Karlstad University

M. Goedhart - University of Groningen, The Netherlands

M. Grace - University of Southampton,UK

D. R. Green - University of Aberdeen, UK

R. Hagevik - The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

M. Hammann - University of Muenster, Germany

B. Hand - University of Iowa, USA

P. He - Washington State University, USA  

B. Heddy - University of Oklahoma

S. Hennessy - University of Cambridge, UK

R. Hite - Texas Tech University

G. Holliday - University of Akron

Z.-R. Hong - National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

S. Hsi - BSCS Science Learning, CO

A. Hume - University of Waikato, NZ

R. Justi - Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

H. King - King's College London, UK

A. Kauertz - Landau University, Germany

T. Lee - East Carolina University

H.-S. Lin - National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

P.-Y. Liou - Korea University, Korea

S. Liu - Ocean University of China

D. Lombardi - University of Maryland

M. Lucero - Ysleta Independent School District

R. Millar - University of York, UK

A. Morgan - University of Plymouth

C. Murphy - Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland

R. Nehm - Ohio State University, USA

A. Nehring - Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

B. Nielsen - VIA University College

P. Nilsson - Halmstad University, Sweden

P. Okebukola - Lagos State University

J. Osborne - Stanford University, USA

I. Parchmann - University of Kiel, Germany

S. Park - North Carolina State University

E. Peters-Burton - George Mason University

D.S. Pimentel, Brown University 

J. Plummer - The Pennsylvania State University

H. Pol - University of Twente, The Netherlands

V. Prain - Deakin University, Australia

S. Ramanathan - National Institute of Education, Singapore

S. Rap – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

P. Reis - University of Lisbon, Portugal

M. Reiss - UCL Institute of Education, UK

M. A. Park Rogers - Indiana University, USA

M. Rollnick - University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

D. Rudge - Western Michigan University, USA

E. Rybska - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan,

V. Sampson - University of Texas at Austin

E. Savelsbergh - University of Utrecht, Netherlands

P. Schmiemann - University of Duisburg-Essen

K. Schönborn - Linköping University

S. Simon - UCL Institute of Education, UK

R. Smit - St.Gallen University of Teacher Education

M. Smith - Mercer College, USA

B. Stagg - University of Exeter

S. M. Stocklmayer - The Australian National University, Australia

S. Southerland, Florida State University

E. Sumfleth - University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany

R. Summers - University of North Dakota

K. Taber - University of Cambridge, UK

V. Talanquer - University of Arizona, USA

D. Tan -Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

G. Taasoobshirazi, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA

A. Tiberghien - University of Lyon, France

G. Tsaparlis - University of Ioannina, Greece

R. Tytler - Deakin University, Australia

E. Van Den Berg -Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Hogeschool van Amsterdam, The Netherlands

C. Von Aufschnaiter - Justus-Liebig-University, Germany

M. Won - Monash University, Australia

S.-L. Wong - University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

A. Yarden - Weizmann Institute, Israel

J. Yeo - National Institute of Education, Singapore

J. Zhai - Zhejiang University, China 

A. Zohar - Hebrew University, Israel

News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

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