About the Journal

The International Journal of Education & the Arts (IJEA) is a publication of Penn State Libraries Open Publishing.

 **Thank you for your interest in publishing in IJEA. IJEA is an all-volunteer journal. Due to the limited number of volunteers and transitions within the editorial board, we will be suspending submissions from June 1, 2026 to October 1, 2026. Previously submitted manuscripts and manuscripts that are under review are still being processed. 

IJEA uses OJS online submission system for submission. Please create an account at the site to start the online submission process. Please read the author guidelines carefully. To avoid important messages from our automated system from going to your spam folder, please identify the email address coming from OJS as a trusted email, or by marking it as “not junk” or “not spam.” 

Inquiry of your submission should be sent to ijeaassistant@gmail.com.

IJEA welcomes:

Features:

Articles should be research-based and pertain to issues in any of the various fields of arts education. These fields include, among others, music education, visual arts education, drama education, dance education, aesthetics, arts-based inquiries and theories, and integrative literary and narrative studies. Holistic or post-disciplinary studies that cross or transcend the arts fields or transcend the boundaries of the arts field and another discipline are welcomed as long as they also focus upon some aspect of arts education. Empirical articles should utilize qualitative (or primarily qualitative in the case of mixed methods), or arts-based research methods. Theoretical articles should be well-grounded in a theoretical perspective or framework as well as relevant literature and focus squarely upon some aspect of arts education. 

Lived Aesthetic Inquiries:

Works portraying inquiry across disciplines, interests, and settings, coming to form as art does, "as a complex mediation and reconstruction of experience" (Pinar, Reynolds, Slattery, & Taubman, 1995, p. 567). Conceptual, ideological, and/or philosophical frameworks must infuse such inquiries, offering theorized accounts intended as generative mediums for others to engage, gaining vivid and tangible access to the embedded significances for all involved.

Literature Reviews:

Reviews of literature should pertain to issues and topics in one or more of the various fields of arts education, and they should be conducted for the purpose of drawing implications for arts education practice and/or research. Strong manuscripts will utilize a theoretical or conceptual framework to craft a clear research problem, and a rationale should be provided to clarify the ways that the manuscript will contribute meaningfully to the discipline. Manuscripts should provide a brief statement of method to declare the parameters and procedures for conducting the review, including limitations for the search and justifications for such parameters. The conclusion of the review should elucidate implications for practice and/or research.

Book and Media Reviews:

Book and media reviews should be between 2000-3000 words inclusive of references. The review should:

  • provide potential readers with a comprehensive summary of the contents as they relate to arts education practice and/or arts education research so that readers may discern the value of the book as it pertains to each.
  • go beyond a mere summary and connect with other relevant literature including competing or complementary titles as well as relevant book chapters and articles (particularly those published in IJEA as well as other top journals in the respective field).
  • include a clear articulation of the unique contribution that the book offers to the field. 
  • offer a constructive critique by pointing out areas where the author could have developed ideas more fully, including contemporary issues left unaddressed, or including future directions for practice and research.

Additionally, IJEA publishes by invitation only:

Interludes: Scholarly essays of a conceptual or interpretive nature offering insights and perspectives calling attention to timely issues and considerations to arts (and other) educators.

Research Publishing Ethics Guidelines

As a leading publisher of arts research and scholarship, the International Journal of Education & the Arts (IJEA) is committed to meeting high standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. 

These Guidelines outline the publishing ethics responsibilities of IJEA, contributing authors, peer reviewers and editors.

The International Journal of Education & the Arts (IJEA) makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in our publications. However, IJEA, Penn State’s School of Visual Art, and The Pennsylvania State University Libraries make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Penn State’s School of Visual Art, and The Pennsylvania State University Libraries. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. IJEA and Penn State University shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to, or arising out of the use of the Content. 

Editorial Board

The International Journal of Education & the Arts is supported by recognized arts researchers and scholars. The full names, affiliations and contact information for each editors and advisory board members can be found on our website editors page. 

Publication Ethics

IJEA takes seriously the process of identifying and preventing the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred. In no event does IJEA encourage such misconduct, or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place. In the event that IJEA’s editors or advisory board members are made aware of any allegation of research misconduct, noted allegations will be promptly and appropriately addressed. IJEA’s guidelines for retracting or correcting articles when needed is outlined below:

IJEA’s editors will consider retractions, corrections or expressions of concern in line with COPE’s Retraction Guidelines. If an author is found to have made an error, IJEA will issue a corrigendum. If the journal is found to have made an error, they will issue an erratum. Retractions are usually reserved for articles that are so seriously flawed that their findings or conclusions should not be relied upon. Journals that publish Accepted Manuscripts may make minor changes such as those which would likely occur during typesetting or proofreading, but any substantive corrections will be carried out in line with COPE’s Retraction Guidelines. In the case of books, if someone raises a legal, ethical or security concern about a Cambridge University Press publication, we would inform the author(s) and editor(s) involved. Our next step would be to investigate the concern and, if appropriate, address it through dialogue or negotiation with any third parties involved or by referring it to a relevant institution for investigation. If the concern relates to the integrity or accuracy of the content itself, we would consider issuing a correction, or a retraction. Where any content is retracted, we would do so in a way that still preserves the integrity of the academic record and of other affiliated works (for example, other volumes in a series). This includes maintaining any associated metadata and, if legally possible, the abstract.

How to raise a concern

Anyone who believes that research published by IJEA has not been carried out in line with these principles should raise their concerns with the relevant editor, or email ijeaassistant@gmail.com.

Generative AI Policy

In order to ensure scholarly integrity, the submission and publication of content, results and images generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI), language models, machine learning, or similar technologies is not allowed, unless it is part of the research methods, in which case, authors must provide detailed information, including a description of the content that was created, the name of the model or tool and version number, in the Materials and Methods section or in a relevant section of the manuscript.

Authors may use large language models (LLM) to assist with writing style, grammar and language. While we recognize that editing assistance (where AI is used to suggest edits of a text that has been provided by the authors) might be helpful if properly supervised and declared, we do not accept the use of content assistance, where a new text is generated by AI tools. In any case, specific details on the use of AI assistance as well as the name of the language model or tool need to be disclosed in the declaration of AI use at the end of the main body of the text and before the Reference List (see Submission Guidelines).

AI cannot distinguish between true and false information and requires supervision. Authors should carefully review and edit the results of all AI-assisted content. Researchers should also be aware that when using AI tools, text provided as input is generally offered without copyright protection for others to use freely; likewise, any generated text they use may breach copyright. All authors are fully responsible for any submitted material that includes AI-assisted technologies.

Any allowed use of AI must be disclosed, explained, and properly cited per APA7 recommendations, and authors are fully responsible for the accuracy and attribution of all content within their manuscript. All manuscripts must include a Generative AI disclosure statement at the end of the body of the manuscript and before the Reference List. The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that are largely AI Generated or where AI use is not fully disclosed, explained, and properly cited. 

Copyright and Access

IJEA's open access articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC). This license ensures that original authorship is properly and fully attributed and that IJEA is recognized as the original place of publication. IJEA allows the authors to hold the copyright without restrictions.

Copyright and Licensing History

Articles published in volumes 1 through 12 of the International Journal of Education and the Arts (previously the Arts & Learning Research Journal), were not published under an open license. Copyright was retained by the author. All rights are reserved. Readers wishing to reproduce or reuse content from these volumes should contact the original author(s) for permission.

Beginning with volume 13, articles were published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States License. Under this license, readers may share content with attribution for non-commercial purposes. This license was updated to the  (CC BY-NC 4.0 International) starting with volume 18. Please refer to the appropriate license for questions about permissions and reuse.

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