About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The collection cover a wide range of scientific disciplines including the history of education, general education theories and practice, comparative pedagogy.
Particular attention is paid to the history of educational thought, educational systems and institutions in different countries, educational reforms and innovations, innovative technology and socio-humanistic vectors in professional training in all types of higher schools.
Peer Review Process
All papers submitted to the editorial office are peer reviewed. The review process is carried out in order to assess the theoretical and methodological level of the paper, its relevance and scientific significance.
Double-blind review is performed by the members of the Editorial Board and independent experts in relevant fields (the reviewers don't know the author of the article and the author does not know the reviewers; their named are not revealed to each other). It also involves two steps: first, the editorial board considers the content of the paper to be sure it fits the scope of the journal; then the paper is sent for consideration to two independent experts (according to the field of study).
According to the double-blind review process, there are three possible variants of a reply to an author:
1) the article is approved;
2) the article should be corrected by an author;
3) the article cannot be published.
The author receives a detailed review of his/her paper with the recommendations for the correction or the reasons why his/her article cannot be published in the journal. The term for providing information lasts up to three months from the date of the article receiption to the Editorial office.
Ethical Obligations of the Editorial Board
1. The Editorial Board bears the responsible for the publication.
2. All materials submitted for publication are carefully selected and reviewed. The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject the article or return it for further revision. The author must revise the article according to the comments of the reviewers.
3. The editorial board shall, without prejudice, examine all manuscripts submitted for publication, evaluating each article appropriately, regardless of the race, religion, nationality, or the position or place of work of the author(s). The editorial board shall make fair and impartial decisions, independent of commercial or other interests, and ensure a fair review process.
4. The editorial board may reject a manuscript without reviewing it if it considers that the work does not correspond to the profile of the magazine.
5. The editorial board of the magazine opposes falsification, plagiarism, sending the same work by the author to several magazines, repeatedly copying the content of the manuscript in different articles, misleading the public about the authors' real contribution to the publication.
6. The editorial board has the right to remove even a published article, in case a violation of one's rights or generally accepted norms of scientific ethics has been revealed. The editorial board shall inform the author who submitted the article and the organization under whose auspices the manuscript was written about the fact of the article being removed.
7. The editor and the editorial staff shall not disclose the information related to the content of the manuscript under review to other persons than those involved in the professional evaluation of the manuscript. After a positive decision by the editor, the article is published in the magazine and placed at the appropriate electronic resources.
8. Inaccordance with the international law on the copyright of electronic information resources, the materials of a site, an electronic magazine or a project may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any form (soft or hard copies) without the prior written consent of the editorial board. When using published material in the context of other documents, the source shall be referred to.
9. The editors, authors, and reviewers should report on their interests, which may affect their objectivity when editing and reviewing articles (conflict of interest). Those may be intellectual, financial, personal, political or religious interests.
10. Prevention of unlawful publications lies within the responsibility of every author, editor, reviewer, publisher and organization.
Ethical obligations of reviewers
1. The reviewing of manuscripts is an important step in the process of publication.
2. The Editorial Board reserves the right to additionally appoint an independent reviewer.
3. The reviewer should provide an objective assessment of the quality of the manuscript, its exposition, and determine whether the manuscript complies with the high scientific and literary standards. The reviewer should respect the intellectual independence of the authors.
4. All members of the Editorial Board are reviewers.
5. Amanuscript submitted for review is a confidential document.
6. The reviewer must substantiate his or her opinion in a sufficiently convincing manner.
7. The reviewer should draw the editor's attention to any significant similarity between this manuscript and any other published article or manuscript.
8. The reviewer must provide timely feedback on the manuscript.
9. The reviewer shall not use or disclose unpublished information contained in the submitted manuscript unless the author or authors express their consent.
10. The reviewer and the author shall not know the identity of each other.
Publication Frequency
Periodicity - biannual (April, December).
Open Access Policy
This journal is practicing a policy of open access to published content, supporting the principles of the free flow of scientific information and global knowledge sharing for the general social progress.
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Sources of Support
Journal History
The collection addresses the issues of pedagogical theory and practice globally, in the retrospective and contemporary contexts. It contains original research articles that present theoretical assumptions. The articles cover a wide range of scientific disciplines including the history of education, theory and practice of education, comparative pedagogy.
The state registration of mass media: Order №4249/5 of 27 December, 2019. Series of Pedagogy is included in the list of scientific professional editions of Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MES Order № 886 of 2 July, 2020).
The collection is biannual (April, December).
The articles are published in several languages (Ukrainian, English).
Editorial team works to include collection in international electronic library catalogs and scientificmetric bases for entering into international scientific information and communication space. The collection is an arena for scientific debate, a forum for discussing teaching experience, a guide for scholars and educators to assist with their academic growth.
