Focus and Scope

FOCUS AND SCOPE

FOCUS

Epistemic: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan publishes empirical and systematically conducted research in the broad field of education, with particular attention to the intersections of education, religion, and religious education.

The journal welcomes studies that investigate educational problems, teaching and learning, institutions, policies, technologies, communities, and socio-cultural contexts. Epistemic also publishes research on religion and religious education when it demonstrates clear relevance to educational practice, policy, institutional development, or theoretical and conceptual advancement.

The journal is committed to enriching scientific knowledge that can support educational practice, policymaking, institutional development, and further research. It seeks to provide reliable evidence, data, and scholarly analysis for researchers, academics, educators, educational leaders, religious education practitioners, governmental institutions, and policymakers.

Manuscripts should demonstrate a clear relationship between the research problem, objective, method, evidence, findings, and scholarly contribution.

SCOPE

Epistemic welcomes manuscripts in the following areas:

1. Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum
   Curriculum development, teaching strategies, instructional design, assessment, learning outcomes, student engagement, and educational innovation.
2. Teacher Education and Professional Development
   Teacher competence, teacher education, professional learning, training, supervision, teacher performance, and professional development.
3. Educational Technology and Digital Learning
   Artificial intelligence, digital learning, online and blended learning, learning platforms, digital literacy, educational media, and technology-enhanced learning.
4. Educational Management, Leadership, and Policy
   Educational leadership, governance, institutional management, quality assurance, supervision, educational planning, policy implementation, and data-informed decision-making.
5. Community Education and Lifelong Learning
   Non-formal education, adult education, lifelong learning, community empowerment, literacy, vocational learning, and community-based education.
6. Social, Cultural, and Inclusive Issues in Education
   Inclusion, equity, diversity, multicultural education, gender, local knowledge, social inequality, culture, and socio-cultural contexts of education.
7. Religion and Religious Education
   Religious education, Islamic education, religious curriculum and pedagogy, religious literacy, values and character education, religious moderation, interreligious education, madrasah and pesantren education, faith-based education, religious education policy, religious teacher development, religion and social change, and digital or AI-supported religious learning.

Epistemic also welcomes interdisciplinary studies involving education, religion, sociology, psychology, culture, management, public policy, technology, and related fields, provided that they maintain a clear and substantive connection to education or religious education.

SCOPE BOUNDARY

Studies focusing primarily on religion may be considered when they demonstrate a clear contribution to education, religious education, educational policy, institutional development, social learning, or relevant theoretical and conceptual frameworks.

Purely normative religious discussions, theological arguments, doctrinal legal studies, historical descriptions, literary analyses, or cultural studies without a clear educational dimension, systematic research method, and identifiable scholarly contribution are normally outside the scope of Epistemic.

Core Position

Epistemic is an interdisciplinary education journal that advances empirical and systematic research at the intersections of education, religion, religious education, policy, technology, institutions, and society.