South African Journal of Childhood Education
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

South Africa

Journal ISSN: 22237674, 22237682

Publisher: African Online Scientific Information Systems

History: 2019-2021

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Scope/Description:

The South African Journal of Childhood Education SAJCE is a peerreviewed journal that provides a forum for the dissemination of research in childhood learning and development and the care and education of children from birth to 12 years. The journal is interdisciplinary in scope and seeks to stimulate the exchange of ideas in a variety of subjects contexts and issues in childhood education and childcare. The editors welcome articles showing evidence of robust empirical research that is also theoretically strong. SAJCE aims to be a scholarly forum in a specialised field that has long been neglected in the South African and regional educational research community. The journal is open to a range of research genres and designs. The choice of studies includes statistical research on young childrens learning and development large scale surveys of learning environments evaluation studies of teaching practice and school management as well as ethnographic and case studies of individuals and groups of children or their teachers and care providers. The journal has relevance to policymakers researchers classroom teachers school managers and teacher educators in childhood education and care. The following are topical areasNumeracy and mathematics learning and pedagogyChildrens development of science technology engineering and mathematics STEM conceptsLanguage and literacy learning and its pedagogyChildhood play and childrens design thinkingCare and education for vulnerable childrenTeacher education and development for primary school and early childhood development ECD