Seventy years of educational knowledge production in the journal Studies in Teaching and Education

Abstract

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the journal Studies in Teaching and Education, this paper offers an analysis of its contribution to creating and disseminating educational knowledge in Serbia. It looks at the characteristics of educational knowledge production in the journal, seeking to answer the following research questions: who creates knowledge, when, how and why certain knowledge emerges, and how it is transformed over time. The analyzed sample consists of the contents of eight volumes of the journal published in ten-year intervals since its launching up to the present day. The main conclusion is that the journal Studies in Teaching and Education is an important source of production and circulation of various forms of educational knowledge (theoretical knowledge, knowledge derived from academic research, and knowledge meant to be applied in practice) in numerous areas of education. It is primarily members of the academic community but also practitioners who participate in the production of this knowledge. As a result, the journal Studies in Teaching and Education has occupied a significant place among education scholars and practitioners ever since it was established 70 years ago.

Keywords

• educational knowledge
• forms of knowledge
• production of knowledge
• journal studies in teaching and education