Aims and Scope

The quarterly journal Elementary Education in Theory and Practice (EETP) is a peer‑reviewed scholarly journal devoted to research on early childhood care and education, preschool and early primary education, as well as the broadly understood issues of child upbringing in family and institutional contexts. The journal serves as a forum for scholarly exchange concerning the relationships between theory and practice in early childhood and early primary education.

Elementary Education in Theory and Practice (EETP) is a peer‑reviewed, open‑access quarterly journal devoted to international and comparative research on early childhood care and education, preschool education, and early primary education. The journal provides a scholarly forum for the analysis of the theory–practice nexus in the education and upbringing of young children in family, social, and institutional contexts, with particular attention to evidence‑based educational practice and policy implications.

The aim of the journal is to publish original empirical research, theoretical analyses, and systematic review articles that contribute new knowledge to the international academic debate on elementary and early childhood education. EETP addresses researchers, academic teachers, and educational practitioners interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the study of childhood, education, and upbringing.

The thematic scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to:

• early childhood care and education (ECCE),
• preschool and early primary education,
• education, professional development, and working conditions of elementary education teachers,
• child upbringing in family, social, and institutional environments,
• historical, cultural, and social contexts of childhood and child upbringing,
• childhood studies,
• educational research methodology in the field of child and elementary education.

The journal publishes empirical studies (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed‑methods), theoretical contributions, interdisciplinary research, and systematic literature reviews.

The primary academic discipline of the journal is education (social sciences), with a particular focus on preschool and early primary education. At the same time, the journal welcomes high‑quality research from related fields, including psychology, family studies, sociology, history, literary studies, and other humanities and social science disciplines that are closely connected with the study of childhood, education, and child development.