Call for papers

From the World in the Child to the Child in the World: New Perspectives on a Century of Piagetian Legacy

• The Revista de Educación announces a call for papers for a special issue to mark the centenary of the publication of The Child’s Conception of the World (Piaget, 1926), a foundational work for developmental psychology, educational psychology, and the very identity of early childhood education. By placing children’s activity at the center of knowledge construction, Piaget introduced a decisive shift in the understanding of learning processes and meaning-making.

  One hundred years later, his legacy is reflected in new theoretical and methodological frameworks that conceptualize knowledge construction as a relational, distributed process deeply situated in social and material interaction. Contemporary research shows that communication and early learning emerge from the coordination of multiple expressive and perceptual resources in everyday, dynamic contexts. The body, gestures, voice, gaze, rhythms, and the exploration of objects create shared spaces of meaning that sustain early cognition, highlighting how joint action and attention refine children’s capacity to anticipate, understand, and act upon the learning opportunities afforded by their environment.

  On the occasion of this anniversary, the Revista de Educación will devote a special issue to reflecting on these advances and on current debates surrounding the relevance of constructivism, children’s agency, multimodal communication, and the constitutive role of objects and educational environments in knowledge construction in early childhood. The journal invites the research community to submit original articles (theoretical, methodological, or empirical) that contribute to this debate and offer relevant implications for early childhood education and teacher education.

• Guest Editor:

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  Prof. Dr. Ana Moreno-NúñezSalto de línea (Autonomous University of Madrid)

• Keywords:

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  Piaget – Early development – Interaction – Multimodality – Materiality – Early childhood education

• Deadline for manuscript submission:

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  June 30, 2026

• Information for authors:

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  https://www.educacionfpydeportes.gob.es/revista-de-educacion/en/normas-presentacion/articulos.html

Effective Schools? 60 Years Since the Publication of the Coleman Report

The Revista de Educación announces a call for papers for a special issue marking the 60th anniversary of the Coleman Report, a pioneering study on educational equality of opportunity in the United States, whose impact remains decisive in both educational research and public policy design.

Published in 1966 under the coordination of sociologist James S. Coleman (Johns Hopkins University), the report —Equality of Educational Opportunity— became an international reference point on the influence of social and school contexts on educational achievement and equity. Its legacy continues to inspire debate on the relationship between social structure, education, and learning opportunities.

To commemorate this milestone, the Revista de Educación will dedicate a special issue to reflecting on current advances, challenges, and evidence concerning equity and school effectiveness. The academic community is invited to submit original articles —theoretical, methodological, or empirical— that contribute to this discussion.

Guest Editor:

Prof. Dr. Luis Lizasoain HernándezSalto de línea (Retired Professor, University of the Basque Country)

Keywords:

Educational inequality · Social structure and education · Empirical evidence in educational policy · Effects of school context · Equity and educational opportunity · Effective schools · Coleman Report

Deadline for manuscript submission:

May 31, 2026

Information for authors:

https://www.educacionfpydeportes.gob.es/revista-de-educacion/en/normas-presentacion/articulos.html