- Focus and Scope
- Section Policies
- Peer Review Process
- Publication Frequency
- Open Access Policy
- Archiving
- Plagiarism Policy
Focus and Scope
Guru Kita Journal aims to be a scientific platform that presents various aspects of education from various perspectives. This journal contains various topics that are relevant to the development and improvement of the education system, policies, learning methods, and updates in the world of education. The focus of this journal is as follows:
1. Teacher Professional Development
This journal focuses on the continuous development of teachers, including training, curriculum development, competency development, and best teaching practices.
2. Early Childhood Education
This journal discusses early childhood development and education, including appropriate learning approaches, children's social, emotional, and cognitive development.
3. Learning Evaluation and Measurement
This journal explores various methods of evaluating and measuring learning outcomes, including formative and summative assessments, performance-based assessment techniques, and the use of data to enhance learning.
4. Global Citizenship Education
This journal explores teaching and learning related to global citizenship, inclusion of democratic values, human rights, and active participation in global society.
5. Language and Literature Education
The focus of this journal is on language and literature learning, including strategies for teaching a second language, literary literacy, and developing speaking and writing skills.
6. Inclusive and Disabled Education
This journal focuses on efforts to integrate students with special needs into the general education setting, including adapted learning strategies and development of inclusive curricula.
7. Character Education
This journal discusses character education and moral values in the context of formal education, including the implementation of character building programs in schools.
8. Technical and Vocational Education
This journal focuses on technical, vocational, and skills education, including technical curriculum development, job training, and student preparation for industry.
9. Mathematics and Natural Sciences Education
This journal discusses the teaching and learning of mathematics and the natural sciences, including innovative teaching strategies, research on conceptual understanding, and the application of technology in learning.
10. Art and Creativity Education
The focus of this journal is on arts education, including visual arts, music, dance, and theatre, as well as the application of creativity in cross-disciplinary learning processes.
11. Media Literacy Education
This journal discusses media literacy education, helps students understand and critically analyze media content, and promotes responsible media use.
12. Information and Communication Technology Education
This journal explores the use of information and communication technology in learning, including the use of e-learning platforms, learning applications, and technology integration in the curriculum.
13. Project Based Education
This journal focuses on a project-based learning approach, in which students learn through hands-on experience completing real projects.
14. 21st Century Education
This journal discusses how education can adapt curricula, methods, and approaches to prepare students for the demands of the 21st century, such as critical thinking skills, creativity, and collaboration.
15. Social Science and Humanities Education
This journal focuses on the teaching and learning of the social sciences, including history, economics, sociology, and other humanities disciplines, highlighting relevant teaching methods.
Make sure to choose the focus and scope of the journal that best fits the interests and latest trends in education.
Section Policies
Articles
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
1. Peer Review Principle
The Guru Kita Journal adopts an independent and anonymous peer review system. Each manuscript will be assessed by reviewers who have expertise in a field relevant to the topic of the manuscript.
2. Assessment Criteria
Reviewers will assess the manuscript based on the quality of research methods, originality, relevance of contributions in the field of education, proper data analysis, clarity of presentation, and potential impact on educational development.
3. Openness and Transparency
The peer review process will be carried out in a transparent manner, but the identities of the authors and reviewers will be kept confidential (double-blind peer review). The review report will not be leaked or distributed without written permission from the author.
4. Speed Rating
We commit to complete the peer review process within 4-6 weeks after receipt of the manuscript. If any extension of time is required, the author will be notified in a timely manner.
5. Conflict of Interest Policy
Reviewers are required to inform editors of potential conflicts of interest or relationships with authors that could affect their independence in evaluating manuscripts.
6. Peer Review Ethics
Reviewers are expected to maintain the confidentiality of the manuscript being reviewed and avoid using information from the manuscript for personal gain. The presence of plagiarism and attempts at data manipulation must be reported immediately.
7. Action on the Review Report
The editor will submit a review report to the author with detailed suggestions and criticisms from the reviewers. Authors are asked to make revisions based on the report or explain their reasons if they choose not to revise.
8. Review Back
If the authors feel there is significant injustice or discrepancy in the review report, they can request another review by submitting strong arguments to the editor.
9. Improved Peer Review Quality
We are committed to continuously improving the quality of the peer review process by listening to feedback from authors and reviewers. This policy will be reviewed periodically to adapt to developments in the scientific publishing world.
10. The Role of the Editor
Editors are responsible for coordinating the peer review process and ensuring that assessments are conducted fairly and efficiently.
Publication Frequency
The Guru Kita Journal publishes articles four times a year, namely in March, June, September, December
Open Access Policy
This journal provides direct open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports greater global exchange of knowledge.
Archiving
The journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed filing system among participating libraries and allows those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.
Plagiarism Policy
The Editorial Board of Guru Kita Journal has realized that plagiarism is an unacceptable act. Therefore, we have authorized the following policy that stipulates specific actions (penalties) against cases of identification of plagiarism or similarity in articles submitted for publication in the Guru Kita Journal. Guru Kita Journal will use Turnitin software to check the originality of the article manuscript and compare it with the final version of the article ready for publication. We allow up to 24% similarity in submitted papers. If a similarity index of more than 24% is found, the article will be returned to the author for correction and resubmission.
Each paper must be original, not previously published, and not submitted for publication elsewhere. Any material taken directly from other sources must be clearly identified through indentation, quotation marks, and indication of the source.
If any text exceeds fair use standards (which we define as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent) or if any graphic material is taken from another source, then permission from the copyright holder should be obtained, where possible, along with an indication of the original source.
When plagiarism is detected, the Editor-in-Chief will review the paper and will take appropriate action according to the level of plagiarism identified, in accordance with the following guidelines:
Level of Plagiarism
Minor Plagiarism:
This involves plagiarizing a small number of sentences or short paragraphs from another manuscript without taking significant data or ideas from another paper or publication.
Action: The author will be given a warning and asked to correct the manuscript and cite the original source correctly.
Intermediate Plagiarism:
This involves plagiarizing significant data, paragraphs, or sentences from an article without including appropriate citations from the original source.
Action: The submitted article will be automatically rejected.
Severe Plagiarism:
This includes plagiarism that involves a large part of the article and includes reproduction of original results (data, formulations, equations, laws, statements, etc.), ideas, and methods that have been presented in other publications.
Action: The paper will be automatically rejected and the author will be prohibited from submitting further articles to the journal."