Issue Summary

European Journal of Social Science Education and Research

Volume 1, Issue 1 · August 2014
ISSN 2312-8429 (Online) ISSN 2411-9563 (Print) Open Access · CC BY-NC 4.0 Double-Blind Peer Review

About this Issue

European Journal of Social Science Education and Research (EJSER) is a multidisciplinary, open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the frontiers of social science and educational research, publishing high-quality original research, comprehensive reviews, conceptual frameworks, and methodological innovations.

EJSER is indexed in SCOPUS, EBSCO, Google Scholar, IDEAS, J-Gate, RePEc, ROAD, Semantic Scholar and WorldCat, and applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) of £950 per accepted article. Read the full Aims & Scope and journal policies.

Publication Schedule

EJSER publishes 4 issues per year.

Issue 1
March
Publication date – 30 March
Submission deadline – 28 January
Issue 2
June
Publication date – 30 June
Submission deadline – 28 April
Issue 3
September
Publication date – 30 September
Submission deadline – 28 July
Issue 4
December
Publication date – 30 December
Submission deadline – 28 October

Late submissions may be considered at the editors' discretion; please contact the journal management office at [email protected].

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Stanley Tweyman, PhD
University Professor, Humanities and Graduate Philosophy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Managing Editor
Mihaela Ioana
Managing Editor, European Journal of Social Science Education and Research
International Editorial and Advisory Board (view all members)

Alison Taysum – Department of Education, School of Education, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Juergen Pretsch – Pretsch Management & Consulting, United States of America

Kaj Björkqvist – Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Irina Lešnik – Faculty of Education, University of Primorska, Slovenia

Marijona Barkauskaitė – Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Lithuania

Eleni Mavropoulou – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Ana Maria Costa Silva – Catholic University & CECS-UMinho, Portugal

Asta Meškauskienė – Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Lithuania

Franklin Etarh – Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Pipit Novita – School of Education, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Tiberiu Disca – Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad, Romania

Patricia González Aldea – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Steven A. Nijhuis – Utrecht University of Applied Science, Netherlands

Ana Paula Marques – University of Minho / CICS.NOVA, Portugal

Tal Shahor – The Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel

Miriam Aparicio – CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina

Olga Yanushkevichiene – Vilnius University / Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Lithuania

Stephen J. McNeill – Kennesaw State University, USA

Ingrida Grigaitytė – Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Olaniyi Makinde – Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Gabriela E. Gui – Grand Valley State University, USA

Alexandra-Valéria Sándor – Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Ekaterine Gulua – HPML, TSU, Georgia

Michela Zingone – University of Bologna, Italy

Emanuela Guarcello – University of Turin, Italy

Antonija Saric – Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia

Michael-Makri Stella – Kennesaw State University, USA

Veresné Somosi Mariann – University of Miskolc, Hungary

Thanapauge Chamaratana – Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Jean d'Amour Banyanga – Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Siavash Bakhtiar – University of Westminster, United Kingdom

Manuela Svoboda – University of Rijeka, Croatia

George Mobus – University of Washington Tacoma, United States

Fatjri Nur Tajuddin – Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany

Carlos-Adolfo Rengifo-Castañeda – Universities of Insubria and Genoa, Italy

Antonio Vito Pasquale Boccia – University of Bologna / University "Ippocratica Civitas" of Salerno, Italy

Sandra Martínez-Molina – Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Spain

Rafael Barberá González – Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain

Morakeng Edward Kenneth Lebaka – University of South Africa (Unisa), South Africa

Jalal Khademi – Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Sakineh Ghorbanzadeh – Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Luca Bottini – Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy

Puttharak Prabnok – Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Hateem al Khuja – Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Moreno Vallejo Jaime Rodrigo – Pablo de Olavide University Seville, Spain

Mariana Mourgova – University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Bulgaria

Dilbağ Tokay – Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul State Conservatory, Turkey

Maria João Cabral Sacadura – Catholic University of Portugal and University of Coimbra, Portugal

Roberto Adriani – State University of Milan, Italy

Jacqueline Marques – University Lusófona, Portugal

Elina Järvenpää – Finnish Rape Crisis Centre Tukinainen, Finland

Margarita Sanchez-Mazas – University of Geneva, Switzerland

Nada Puric – Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia

Simona Perfetti – Università della Calabria, Italy

Irene Corrêa Cavalieri – University of Coimbra, Portugal

Katerina Kourkouli – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Agnieszka Stanimir – Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland

Robert Kerštajn – University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mercanti-Guérin Maria – Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

Slađana Živković – University of Niš, Serbia

Table of Contents

Outdoor Play Environment in Early Childhood for Children
Florence Undiyaundeye
Prospective Science Teachers' Self-Assessments about the Use of Slowmation Approach in Teaching
Erhan Ekici, Fatma Ekici
Evaluation of Executive Selection from Perspective of the Corporate Reputation: a Research on Financial Institutions' Executives in Turkey
Zehra Topal, Yasemin Torun
International Investment (Trade) Factor and Its Effect on GDP: BRICS Case Study
Ercan Ekmekçioğlu, İsmail Çelik
The Positive Impact of Rural Migration
Ertuğrul Güreşci
Impact of the Economic Crisis on SMEs (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises): A General Evaluation on SMEs in Turkey
Oktay Aktürk
Economic and Social Policies Impacting on the Social under-Development – Case Study: Mining Restructuring in Valea Jiului
Mihnea Preotesi
Overview of the Romanian Rural Development Policy: 2007-2013
Flavius Mihalache
The Content of Peer Helping Program
Zehra Nesrin Birol
A Psychological Study of Relationship between Dysfunctional Attitude and Self-Esteem in Committing Suicide
Reza Jarchi, Mostafa Shahiditabar, Servat Shahiditabar

Journal Policies

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