About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Informática na educação: teoria & prática [Computers in Education: theory & practice] is a scientific journal edited by the Post-Graduation Program about Computers in Education (PPGIE) located at the Interdisciplinary Center for New Technologies in Education (CINTED), which has been published since 1998 and it is focused on regional, national and international interdisciplinary perspectives. Two editions of the journal are published annually with full papers, short papers and experience reports all of them related to researches and thesis in progress or concluded.

Mission: To work as diffuser agent of scientific, artistic and technological research on theoretical-conceptual or methodological-practical educational topics, relevant to the insertion, use and evaluation of informatics and other technologies. In this context, the Post-Graduation Program on Computers in Education (PPGIE) publishes the scientific journal Informática na Educação: teoria & prática [Computers in Education: theory & practice], in which the priority of the editorial line is to contribute to a philosophical-scientific-epistemologic debate, resulting from research and/or educational challenges, according to objectives guided by ethical and aesthetic commitments in the construction of knowledge, preservation of biodiversity and respect for difference.

Editorial line: Technologies, in this regard, are present and active in the modes of education in all areas of social and individual life, being inseparable from social human development. The information and knowledge society – in which we stand nowadays – provide immense challenges to subjective formations and educational processes, becoming relevant to all of those surveys of research and reflections that indicate the plurality of paths and their singularities. We affirm a composition of points of view that, through the possibilities offered by technology, can potentialize the ways of creation from the perspective of a finite, but always limitless horizon.

The selection of papers takes as reference their contribution to the editorial scope of the journal, taking into consideration their: interdisciplinary nature, originality, data treatment, consistency and accuracy according [to] their proposed theoretical approach. Each paper is reviewed by three ad hoc reviewers, or members of the Editorial Board, in the blind peer review system, being necessary two positive statements to allow its publication.

Recognizing the importance of contributing to the dialogue among peers, for theoretical approaches in the area and for the growing qualification of our criteria and processes, we announce that the Journal receives a continuous streaming of papers, essays, theses abstracts, experience reports and unpublished reviews that focus on theoretical-conceptual or practical and methodological topics, through the online system. Thus, after the author (submiter) registered himself/herself in the system, it is requested to observe the text formatting rules of the journal.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Ad Hoc Reviewers

The name of reviewers is listed on the 2nd number of each volume.

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Duties of Editors

The editors are responsible for deciding which of the papers submitted to the journal should be published. They may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements related to libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

An editor at any time evaluates a paper for their intellectual content without taking into account the nature of the authors or the host institution, including race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship or political philosophy of the authors.

The editor must not disclose any information about a submitted paper to anyone other than the corresponding author(s), reviewer(s), potential reviewer(s), other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

The content of unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted paper must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

When genuine errors in published work are pointed out by readers, authors, or members of the editorial board, which do not render the work invalid, a correction (or erratum) will be published as soon as possible. The online version of the paper may be corrected with a date of correction and a link to the printed erratum. If the error renders the work or substantial parts of it invalid, the paper should be retracted with an explanation as to the reason for retraction (i.e., honest error).

If serious concerns are raised by readers, reviewers, or others, about the conduct, validity, or reporting of academic work, the editor(s) will initially contact the authors and allow them to respond to the concerns. If that response is unsatisfactory, Informática na Educação will take this to the institutional level.

Informática na Educação will respond to all allegations or suspicions of research or publication misconduct raised by readers, reviewers, or other editors. Cases of possible plagiarism or duplicate/redundant publication will be assessed by the journal. In other cases, Informática na Educação [Computers in Education] may request an investigation by the institution or other appropriate bodies (after seeking an explanation from the authors first and if that explanation is unsatisfactory).

Retracted papers will be retained online, and they will be prominently marked as a retraction in all online versions, including the PDF, for the benefit of future readers.


Duties of Reviewers

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.
Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a paper or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Any papers received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except when authorized by the editor.

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the paper under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider papers in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

The editor will take reviewer misconduct seriously and pursue any allegation of breach of confidentiality, non-declaration of conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), inappropriate use of confidential material, or delay of peer review for competitive advantage. Allegations of serious reviewer misconduct, such as plagiarism, will be taken to the institutional level.


Duties of Authors

Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.­

Authors should ensure that submitted work is original and has not been published elsewhere in any language, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Applicable copyright laws and conventions should be followed. Copyrighted material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) should be reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement.

An author should not in general publish papers describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same paper to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and it is unacceptable.

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.