About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The South African Journal of Education (SAJE) publishes original research articles reporting on research that fulfils the criteria of a generally accepted research paradigm; review articles, intended for the professional scientist and which critically evaluate the research done in a specific field in education; book reviews, i.e. concise evaluations of books that have recently appeared; and letters in which criticism is given of articles that appeared in this Journal.
SAJE only accepts empirical research articles focusing on education on school level as well as the training of undergraduate/postgraduate teachers for possible review.
Indicate the relevance of the study for education research where the education system is characterised by transformation, and/or an emerging economy/development state, and/or scarce resources. Research articles of localised content, i.e. of interest only to specific areas or specialists and which would not appeal to the broader readership of the Journal, should preferably not be submitted for consideration by the Editorial Committee.
Ethical considerations: A brief narrative account/description of ethical issues/aspects should be included in articles that report on empirical findings.
Sponsoring Organizations
South African Journal of Education is published by Education Association of South Africa
Publication Scheduling
Published quarterly.
Open Access Statement
Open Access
Licencing position
All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, unless otherwise stated.
Peer Review Process
All articles will be submitted to referees (national and/or international). The consulting editors/referees will have documented expertise in the area the article addresses. When reviews are received, an editorial decision will be reached to either not accept the article, accept the article without revision, accept the article with revision not requiring reconsideration by referee, accept the article with revision requiring reconsideration by referee or accept as short report.
The following aspects are evaluated: importance of article/relevance and appeal to national/international scholars; originality and independent research; presentation and readability; statement of problem(s)/aim(s)/objective(s); theoretical basis/ theoretical framework/literature review/clarification of concepts; appropriateness of research plan and design, data collection and procedure, data analysis, data presentation/discussion, conclusion/recommendations; to what extent is the line of argumentation in the article clear, cohesive and logical; contribution to theory; contribution to practice.
