Call for Papers - IJEDUR Special Issue 2026

2026-04-27

The diversity of educational contexts. Educational and pedagogical research on learning processes and intervention models.

 

Editors of the special issue:
Loretta Fabbri, University of Siena
Franca Zuccoli, University of Milan-Bicocca
Ezio Del Gottardo, University of Salento
Roberto Trinchero, University of Turin
Paolo Raviolo, Unicampus

 

Educational and teaching research has historically focused primarily on school settings, contributing significantly to our understanding of teaching and learning processes within formal education. In contemporary societies, however, educational processes span a variety of contexts – professional, associative, cultural, sporting, community-based and digital – in which significant, often decisive, learning dynamics unfold throughout the entire lifespan. To regard the plurality of educational contexts as a structural dimension of educational processes means broadening the scope of research without pitting school against non-school settings or prioritising one sphere over another, whilst recognising the shared educational responsibility of different social environments.

This special issue aims to promote contributions based on empirical research, both quantitative and qualitative, designed to analyse educational and training processes within the diverse contexts of social and professional life. Studies and research will be considered that are characterised by:

  • an explicit definition of the theoretical framework;

  • transparency, clarity and consistency in the research methodologies used;

  • a well-founded discussion of the implications for educational and training intervention.

Particular attention will be given to contributions which, in addition to describing the phenomena under investigation, propose interpretative models and operational guidelines supported by evidence.

The thematic areas of interest include, by way of example and without limitation:

  • training processes in professional and organisational contexts;

  • educational practices in associative, cultural and sporting spheres;

  • learning dynamics in digital and hybrid environments;

  • lifelong learning in formal and informal contexts;

  • design and evaluation of intervention tools and models in diverse contexts.

Contributions that are exclusively reflective or mostly in the form of essays, not deriving from empirical research, will not be evaluated.

 

Deadline: articles must be received by 25 June 2026.

Acceptation will be notified to authors by 10 September 2026.

Publication: the issue will be online from 15 November 2026.

Languages of the contributions: Italian and English

How to submit: articles, written according to the Guidelines for Author | ITALIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, must be sent only through the OJS Pensa MultiMedia platform (Information OJS) after registering as authors.

When uploading their article, authors must indicate the name of the call for papers: "The Plurality of Educational Contexts. Educational and Didactic Research on Training Processes and Intervention Models." (La pluralità dei contesti educativi. Ricerca educativa e didattica sui processi formativi e sui modelli di intervento).

Contributions that do not include a reference to the call for papers and that do not follow the journal's editorial guidelines will not be accepted.