Official launch of Faculty of Education journal and books

No fewer than seven books by Faculty members and an online journal were officially launched at a special event at the Green Lounge, Le Meridien Phoenicia on June 27 to commemorate the Faculty of Education's 25th anniversary. Over 30 persons, including the Director General for Education, academics and educational practitioners, attended this event that also included a publications display consisting of books, monographs, papers in refereed journals and edited anthologies and Cds by academics from the Faculty of Education.

The event testified to the strong research and publications profile enjoyed by this faculty. The importance that the faculty attaches to research was underlined in the opening address by the outgoing Dean of the Faculty of Education, Professor Mark G. Borg, author of several studies in educational psychology published in UK and other foreign refereed journals.

The incoming Dean, Dr Carmel Borg, and Mr Bernard Agius, from the Faculty's Teacher Resource Centre, provided a powerpoint display concerning the new online refereed journal, Journal of Maltese Education Research. The journal has an editorial team consisting of Faculty members with a proven track record in international academic publishing. They are assisted by an international advisory board consisting of established academics from different parts of the world, including four Maltese academics based in foreign universities. Each manuscript submitted for consideration to be published in the journal is sent to two referees.

Dr Borg mentioned the possibility of having special issues and underlined the advantages of having this journal on the web. He also acted as compere for the rest of the programme, which consisted of book presentations authored or edited by Faculty members during academic year 2002-2003.