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Journal of Primary and Early Childhood Education
Empirical studies, design-based research, and critical reviews on learning in the early years — play, literacy, inclusion, and teacher professional learning.
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April and October
Two issues a year, with free submission while the inaugural volumes are still taking shape.
Early-years scholarship
Play, literacy, inclusion, and teacher professional learning — from preschool through primary classrooms.
2 issues each year — April & October
Submit once. Double-blind review. Open access under CC BY-SA 4.0.
About this journal
Where classroom practice becomes scholarship
Journal of Primary and Early Childhood Education is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for research on learning in the early years. It publishes empirical studies, design-based research, and critical reviews on play-based pedagogy, early literacy and numeracy, inclusive classrooms, teacher professional learning, and family–school partnership.
Published twice yearly, in April and October, under Buana Education Collective Press.
- Open Access CC BY-SA 4.0
- Review Double-blind
- Platform OJS 3.3
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Current Issue
Issues coming soon
The inaugural issue is in preparation. Authors may still submit manuscripts.
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Jul 2026
Call for Papers
Call for papers — April & October
We invite researchers and practitioners to submit manuscripts. Submission is free and fully open access.
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Jun 2026
Policy
Open access policy
JPECE publishes under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Authors retain copyright while enabling worldwide reuse with attribution.
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Jun 2026
Platform
Journal platform launch
The journal is now live on Open Journal Systems 3.3 with open-access publishing and double-blind peer review.
Now open for manuscripts
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Empirical studies, classroom research, and reviews for the April and October issues — free submission, open access.
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