About the Journal

Dance and Education is a journal of the Hungarian Dance University. It publishes studies on the frontier of dance and social sciences, especially education and psychology, on the following topics:

  • the history of dance education
  • the philosophical aspects of dance education
  • dance teacher training
  • dance education in the light of different subject pedagogical features
  • dance education in the light of different age characteristics
  • dance education in the light of different geographical and ethnic characteristics
  • dance education in the light of different socioeconomic characteristics
  • dance pedagogy and identity formation
  • dance (pedagogy) and cultural heritage
  • dance and special education
  • dance and therapy
  • dance and body image
  • dance and creativity development
  • dance and social mobility
  • dance and social awareness
  • dance and disability
  • dance education and talent management
  • methodological characteristics of dance education
  • dance education and the school system
  • dance and curriculum
  • the impact of dance on cognitive abilities
  • the effect of dance on the emotional-volitional abilities
  • the effect of dance on learning performance
  • evaluation criteria in the practice of dance education
  • the educational design and didactic characteristics of dance education
  • opportunities to teach complementary dance techniques
  • the meeting of dance education and new technology, ICT applications in the service of dance education
  • the position of dance education on the spectrum of art education
  • the pedagogical relationship between physical education, sport, and dance
  • new methodological possibilities for the research of dance education
  • the personality of the dance teachers in light of their professional career

In the Papers section, we are waiting for publications on empirical research, theoretical studies, and systematic literature reviews (30000-40000 n). In the section Methodology, we will publish methodological descriptions in the field of dance education (20000-25000 n). In the Reflections section, we publish discussion papers and commemorations that can be associated with dance, such as analyses of dance works (15000-25000 n). In the section Review, we are waiting for reviews of important foreign and Hungarian dance pedagogical books (5000-10000 n).

Only original articles that have not been published elsewhere and have not been submitted to another journal may be published in the journal. We accept studies in English and Hungarian evaluated by anonymous reviewers requested by the Editorial Board in a double-blind procedure. The authors may revise their manuscript once based on the reviews of the reviewers, and they will be notified electronically of the results of the review. 

Dance and Education journal is published twice a year online and in print, but manuscripts are accepted only through the online interface, which requires registration and login.

Archiving policy

The journal meets the criteria for diamond open access, so no fees are charged for publication or access. All content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the 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. The authors do not pay or receive any fees for the publication. Publications must be cited in accordance with the citation standards when partial or full use occurs. The archived content can be found in the REAL-J Repository and in the Matarka database. The full articles of the journal are also available in the EBSCO International Bibliography of Theater and Dance,  DOAJ, and ERIH PLUS databases.

Copyright statement

The authors shall retain the copyrights but give the right of first publication over to the journal.

Content of Dance and Education is distributed according to the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The authors of the works accept the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) allows others to copy, distribute, edit and make changes and use as a basis for their works, but have to cite properly the bibliographic data of the original work, published in Dance and Education.

The journal does not charge a "publication fee," an Article Processing Charge.

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