Ahi Evran University Journal of Kırşehir Education Faculty (KEFAD) aims to be a pioneering platform that shapes global and regional developments in educational sciences, blending technological transformation with pedagogical depth and offering evidence-based solutions to educational challenges.
The journal publishes methodologically rigorous research across all levels of education—from early childhood to higher education—focusing on themes such as interdisciplinary learning, career planning, digital transformation, family engagement, and lifelong learning.
KEFAD prioritizes original studies with high citation potential that go beyond descriptive findings to test theoretical models, deepen scientific inquiry through advanced statistical analyses (e.g., SEM, Path Analysis), or provide qualitative depth through longitudinal and phenomenological designs.
The activities prioritized by KEFAD are as follows:
• Establishing the link between theory and practice and supporting teacher training processes,
• Examines in depth the fields of educational management, supervision, planning and economics, as well as issues such as educational supervision, leadership, school and classroom management,
• Transferring the thoughts of students, parents, teachers and administrators in natural education environments into well-designed studies,
• Evaluates local policies, programs and innovations from an international perspective,
• Helping to develop new educational models, measurement tools, and interdisciplinary research designs,
• Combining learning environments with technology,
• Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies (e.g. STEM),
• Educational measurement tools that are based on strong justifications and have adequate statistical analysis have been developed,
• Including the integration of technology to help improve educational practices,
• Developing a new theoretical or practical educational model and evaluating this model,
• Supporting teachers' professional development processes.
*Even though they have the above features, studies that contain at least one of the following features will not be included in the evaluation process.
The following types of work are outside the focus of KEFAD:
• Analysis of textbooks
• Simple quantitative studies conducted with only one independent variable (For example, the effect of variable x on variable y),
• Simple qualitative or quantitative studies conducted only through a data collection tool (For example, analyzes conducted only according to demographic variables, studies conducted only through interviews or scales),
• Studies based solely on the opinions of participants,
• Quantitative studies that have not been conducted on a sufficient number of samples (In such studies, accepted formulas in the literature should be taken into account and the minimum number of samples based on the population should be set.),
• Studies measuring the characteristics of university students' attitudes, behaviors, etc. towards a course they take.
• Studies that have limited scope, are based on local information and do not contribute to the international literature,
• Studies outside the focus of educational sciences (For example, studies such as nursing education, engineering education, architectural education are outside the publication focus of our journal.),
• Studies that were conducted with weak scientific methods and have low validity and reliability (For example, studies that were called content analysis but no content analysis was performed, studies with poor quality of quantitative/qualitative data analysis),
• Studies whose place and importance in the literature are not clearly explained (For example, studies whose contribution to the literature on the relevant subject, its theoretical place and infrastructure are not explained in a qualified manner).