About the Journal
The Journal of Geography Education in Africa – JoGEA (eISSN 2788–9114) is an accredited, open-access, double-blinded peer-reviewed international journal. The scope of the journal is that it is concerned with the theory, practice and communication of new research in Geography, Environmental and Sustainable Development Education and related fields, with a specific geographical focus on Africa and the developing world. JoGEA is the journal of the Southern African Geography Teachers' Association (SAGTA – NPC: 2017/035104/08).
The specific objectives of the journal are:
- To encourage the continued professional growth and support of educators and researchers in the fields of geography, environmental and sustainable development, and to support and encourage teaching and research scholarship in these fields at all levels.
- To build the importance of Geography as a globally relevant subject within schools, universities and other training institutions.
- To promote African scholarship.
With reference to its scope, JoGEA promotes the professional development of the field of Geography, Environmental and Sustainability Education in Africa and welcomes Short Communication and Research Articles from academics, teachers, students and all others with an interest in Geography, Environmental and Sustainability Education. We are especially interested in promoting emerging scholars in our journal. One volume of the journal is published each year in open-access format. The latest volume, which fills up with fully published and citable articles throughout the year, is presented below.
The Journal of Geography Education in Africa – JoGEA (eISSN 2788–9114) is an open-access, double-blinded, peer-reviewed journal focusing on Geography and Sustainability Education.
This is an open-access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her/their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, print, search, or link to the full text of the published articles or use them for any other lawful purpose without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
For instructions for authors on how to submit to the journal, please see here. If you have any questions about the journal, its scope or policies, please contact one of the journal’s editors. They are:
Assoc. Prof. Mary Evans, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, mary.evans@wits.ac.za
Prof. Jasper Knight, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, jasper.knight@wits.ac.za
The DHET accredits JoGEA and appears on the List of Approved South African Journals.
JoGEA is also indexed in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) SA collection; see here.
Current Issue
Vol. 7 (2024)
