Focus and Scope
Focus
ANANDA: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Anak Usia Dini publishes original research and scholarly reviews on the education, learning, and development of children aged 0–8 years. Published by the Islamic Early Childhood Education Study Program (PIAUD), Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, IAIN Datuk Laksemana Bengkalis, the journal gives particular attention to Islamic perspectives and Malay local wisdom in early childhood education, while welcoming studies from diverse contexts. It serves researchers, lecturers, teachers, and policymakers in early childhood education.
Scope
- Child development — religious and moral values, physical-motor, cognitive, language, social-emotional, and artistic development; child developmental psychology.
- Curriculum, learning, and assessment — learning strategies and models, instructional media, educational play tools (APE), early literacy and numeracy, developmental assessment, Kurikulum Merdeka in early childhood settings, and the early childhood to primary school transition.
- Teachers and institutional management — teacher competence and professional development, management and leadership of early childhood institutions, and early childhood education policy.
- Family and community — parenting, family-school partnership, child empowerment and protection, cross-cultural education, and local wisdom in early childhood practice.
- Inclusive and holistic-integrative early childhood education — children with special needs, health, nutrition, stunting prevention, and child welfare.
- Innovation and technology — digital learning, educational technology, and children's media use.
Article types. The journal accepts empirical research articles (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, research and development, and classroom action research) and systematic or critical literature reviews. Manuscripts may be written in Indonesian or English.
