The Australian Educational Researcher (AER) provides a forum for education researchers to debate internationally relevant issues across all levels of education, including:
· early childhood,
· primary and secondary school education,
· alternative education,
· adult education,
· vocational education and training, and
· university education.
The journal includes contributions from local and international researchers, representing a variety of relevant disciplinary perspectives.
Contents include original research articles employing quantitative, qualitative or mixed-methods, scholarly essays, methodological and theoretical discussion papers, education policy analyses, and book reviews.
Note to prospective authors: As submissions to the journal are increasing and reviewers are in short supply, please be advised that manuscripts that are not sufficiently internationalised, and/or that do not engage with prior research published in AER, are unlikely to be sent out for review.
Special Issue Proposals
AER will publish occasional special issues to a maximum one per annum. It is expected that the guest editor(s) of the special issue submit a proposal to the Managing Editor who will then send it out to review to the Editorial Board.
The criteria upon which it will be judged are whether the issue addresses contemporary concerns in an innovative way that aligns with the journal’s aims.
The special issue proposal should outline:
· Statement of overall aims and rationale for special issue
· Contribution to the field
· Rationale for the selection of papers
· Appropriateness to AER
· A list of possible reviewers
Social Science Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, EBSCO, Academic OneFile, Academic Search, Australian Education Index, Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS), CSA Environmental Sciences, Current Contents / Social & Behavioral Sciences, Educational Research Abstracts Online (ERA), Educational Technology Abstracts, ERIC System Database, OCLC, SCImago, Sociology of Education Abstracts, Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts, Summon by Serial Solutions, Vocational Education and Training Abstracts
Managing Editor:
Linda Graham, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
l2.graham@qut.edu.au
Associate Editors:
Bruce Burnett, Queensland University of Technology
Barbara Comber, Queensland University of Technology
Cathie Doherty, Queensland University of Technology
Karen Dooley, Queensland University of Technology
Val Klenowski, Queensland University of Technology
Kathy Mills, Queensland University of Technology
Mary Ryan, Queensland University of Technology
Gordon Tait, Queensland University of Technology
Susan Walker, Queensland University of Technology
Sonia White, Queensland University of Technology
Editorial Board:
Catherine Beavis, Griffith University
Barbara Comber, Queensland University of Technology
Lesley Farrell, University of Technology Sydney
Peter Freebody, University of Sydney
Bill Green, Charles Sturt University
Rob Hattam, University of South Australia
Stephen Lamb, University of Melbourne
Terri Seddon, Monash University
Lesley Vidovich, Murdoch University
International Advisory Board:
Stephen Ball, London Institute of Education, UK
David Hogan, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Hilary Janks, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Chin-Ju Mao, National Taiwan Normal University
Ka-Ho Mok, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Jorunn Moller, University of Oslo, Norway
Michael Peters, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, USA
Michael Schratz, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Pat Thomson, University of Nottingham, UK
Lois Weis, University of Buffalo, USA
Susan Wright, University of Aarhus, Denmark
