Estonian Journal of Education: call for papers

We are inviting submissions for a special issue of Estonian Journal of Education (Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri), Vol. 11 No. 1, the topic of which is Inclusive Education. The editors of the issue are Professor Äli Leijen from the University of Tartu, Accosiate Professor Tiia Õun  from Tallinn University and Assistant Professor Tiiu Tammemäe from Tallinn Univeristy. This special issue is scheduled to be published in May 2023.

Estonian Journal of Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal. The journal is interdisciplinary in nature and aims to open up critical discussion and debate across subject areas by involving all those who share a commitment to the field of education. The journal uses Open Journal Systems (OJS) and will be published in collaboration with the University of Tartu and Tallinn University by the University of Tartu Press twice a year. The journal is indexed in the database Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), EBSCO Academic Search Complete, and Google Scholar.

In the forthcoming special issue, we welcome articles related to teacher professionalism and professional development. More specifically we expect to receive articles on  the following themes:

• Conceptual and legal foundations of inclusive education

• Approaches and perceptions of inclusive education

• Models of inclusive school organisation

• Inclusive school culture

• Inclusive teaching

• Impact of inclusive education

• Cooperation between different parties in implementing inclusive education

• The role of support specialists in implementing inclusive education

• Professional development of teachers and support specialists in the context of inclusive education

The deadlines for the publication are as follows:

1. Author(s) will send the topic of the article(s) accompanied by the abstract in Estonian to Äli Leijen (ali.leijen@ut.ee). The abstract of no more than 200 words should summarise the theory of research, the objective(s), the methodology as well as the (expected) outcomes of the study – 10 April 2022.
2. The editors send confirmation about the acceptance of the manuscripts to the corresponding authors – 5 May 2022.
3. The authors will submit properly formatted manuscripts with a summary in English – 5 September 2022.
4. The editors will inform the authors about the review results – 1 November  2022.
5. The authors will revise the manuscripts suggested by the reviewers – 15 December 2022.
6. Second revision of the manuscripts by the authors (if necessary) – 10 January 2023.
7. Language editing of the manuscripts – 1 March 2023.
8. Lay-out of the journal at University of Tartu Press – March–April 2023.
9. Date of final publication – 1 May 2023.

In the next free issue we welcome articles in the field of education and related areas and it is due to be published in November 2023. Information about the journal as well as the requirements for the submitted manuscripts can be found on the journal’s website (http://eha.ut.ee/en/). For further enquiries, please contact Krista Uibu (krista.uibu@ut.ee).