Journals

In order to promote opportunities for publishing in areas of interest to the fields in which SORTI is engaged, The Centre has established two electronic journals. Both are edited by SORTI members, are fully refereed, have an international Editorial Board and full-text articles accessible free of charge.

Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology (AJEDP)

Edited by Dr Robert Cantwell, AJEDP is in its seventh year of publication, attracting authors from USA, UK, New Zealand, Canada, Portugal, Russia, Hong Kong, among others and from visitors’ institutions across Australia. The journal covers broad areas of educational and developmental psychology and aims to attract publications from a diversity of theoretical and methodological perspectives, encompassing research and scholarship relevant to understanding the learning processes across all age groups and across all educational settings. Articles in the current issue (Vol. 7, 2007) include Wan, M. W.,Long-term memory and school performance following cognitive transition at five to seven years; Cao, L., & Nietfeld, J.,College students’ metacognitive awareness of difficulties in learning the class content does not automatically lead to adjustment of study strategies and Robinson, R., & Bornholt, L.,Pathways theory of progression through higher education.

AJEDPwebsite:  http://www.newcastle.edu.au/journal/ajedp/

Studies in Research: Evaluation, Impact & Training (SIR)

Edited by Dr Jill Scevak, SIR is a new SORTI electronic journal launched in 2005. The current issue is Vol 3, 2007. SIR welcomes high quality empirical and theoretical papers and research review papers in the areas of research education and training across disciplines; the impact of research training and research outcomes in a wide variety of contexts including the workplace; the understanding and development of research and higher order problem solving skills; research pedagogies and epistemologies; research assessment and evaluation including the assessment of honours, masters and doctoral students, through to assessment and evaluation of research programs. There are plans for a special themed issue in 2007 on values in research, and research impact.

SIR website:  http://www.newcastle.edu.au/journal/sir/