Aims and scope

Practice: contemporary issues in professional learning is a fully peer-reviewed international journal for practitioners, professionals and researchers exploring innovative, creative and original approaches to work in the field of practitioner education. The journal has a strong inter-disciplinary focus and seeks to facilitate discussion and debate that crosses the boundaries of professional contexts and domains including compulsory and post-compulsory education, nursing, social work, allied health professions and the criminal justice sector.

The Editors welcome submission of a wide variety of high quality original manuscripts in a range of styles, genres and modes and from a variety of paradigms including:

Reports of recent research in the field;

• Impact accounts;
• Photo-essays;
• Reflections on policy in practice;
• Informed and analytical accounts of innovative practice;
• Critiques of recent policy developments;
• Short reports of research in progress;
• Book reviews.

The journal will be flexible about article ‘size’ and welcome contributions of different lengths to reflect the variety of contribution types outlined above. For guidance authors might submit:

• 5,000-7,500 word peer-reviewed articles
• 1,000-2,500 word peer-reviewed ‘provocations’ or ‘think pieces’
• up to 1,500 word impact accounts, ‘implications for practice’ or book reviews

The journal is particularly open to contributions that explore eclectic and experimental approaches to research and representing research outcomes. The journal is also keen to encourage authors taking a first step in to public conversations and will provide proactive support for new writers.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.