Adult Education Journal of Educational Thought

About the Journal

The Journal of Educational Thought (JET) is a peer-reviewed academic publication of the Department of Adult Education, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria. Its mission is to promote excellence in educational research by generating and disseminating new knowledge to service providers, practitioners, and policymakers across diverse fields of education.

JET provides a scholarly forum for publishing a balanced mix of rigorous research, covering empirical and theoretical studies, research reviews, case studies, book reviews, fieldwork reports, and pedagogical issues across all fields, levels, and forms of education and training. The Journal also welcomes articles that explore the intersections of education and training with other disciplines.

All manuscripts submitted to JET undergo a stringent double-blind peer-review process to ensure the highest standards of academic quality. Contributors are required to adhere to the APA referencing style (6th or 7th edition). The Journal is published biannually, in May and September, with submission deadlines in April and August, respectively. Special issues featuring commissioned papers, lecture series, seminars, workshops, and conference reports are also published periodically.

For further enquiries, please contact the Managing Editor, Prof. Adeola Funmilola Afonja, at the Department of Adult Education, University of Lagos, or via email at aafonja@unilag.edu.ng.

 

Mission

The mission of the Journal of Educational Thought (JET) is to serve society through the promotion of excellence in educational research. JET is aimed at generating and disseminating new knowledge to service providers, practitioners, and policymakers across diverse fields of education.

The Journal provides a forum for publishing and disseminating a balanced mix of well-grounded research studies in education. The scope of JET covers empirical and theoretical research studies that contribute to knowledge and practice, research reviews, case studies, book reviews, field work reports, as well as pedagogical issues in all fields, levels, and forms of education and training. In addition, the Journal publishes articles that address education and training in relation to other disciplines.

 

Editorial Policy

All manuscripts submitted for consideration in the Journal must conform to JET GUIDELINES. In preparing the articles, contributors should follow the American Psychological Association (6^th or 7^th ed.). The manual provides instruments on referencing- including electronic media, tables, figures, reiteration, and non-sexist language.

All manuscripts will undergo a very stringent double-blind peer-review process, where both the identities of authors and reviewers remain undisclosed in order to guarantee the highest quality of the journal. All manuscripts (except for Editorials, Commentaries, and Book Reviews) will be sent out for review, and at least two review reports per manuscript will be collected. All reviewers will be carefully selected by the journal's Editors for each submitted manuscript.

After receiving recommendations from the reviewers, the Editorial Board determines whether the assessed manuscript is to be accepted, sent for revision, or rejected. In each case, the author will be duly notified. The Editor reserves the right to vary these processes. Authors of all articles accepted for publication will be required to pay a publication fee to be determined from time to time by the Editorial Board.

The Journal is published in May and October of each year. The deadline for submission of manuscripts for the May and October editions is February and August, respectively. Special issues are published to include commissioned papers/topics; lecture series, book reviews, seminars, workshops, and conference reports, etc.