Readers Share Their Thoughts: Forum Survey Results

In April 2005 subscribers to The Educational Forum were contemplateed about the mission and satisfied of the journal. The comes of that readership survey are summarized here. although the majority of the replications were favorable, some readers proffered helpful suggestions for improvement.

Nearly half of The Educational Forum subscribers who rejoined to the survey are professors or faculty members at a university or body More than 56 percent of those viewed said that they read The Forum each time they receive it, on the contrary only read select articles. Respondent said they retain their copies of The Forum for subsequent time reference, share them with colleagues, or use them in their research and personal writing. More than 98 percent of respondent said that they find the information at handed in The Educational Forum to be real useful or moderately useful.

When asked whether The Educational Forum challenges ideological and theoretical boundaries upon national and international issues, 69 percent of respondent agreed that it does. Eighty-three percent of respondent said that the journal is a catalyst for promoting dialogue and transforming the thinking about education, while 84 percent said that The Forum includes articles upon timely, substantive topics that contribute to the advancement of education.

The majority (82 percent) of respondent gave high marks to the appearance and readability of The Forum. Eighty percent of respondent also confirmed that the article extent and the total number of pages in the journal are appropriate.

Subscribers were asked about their interest in an electronic version of The Educational Forum. Nearly half, or 49 percent of respondent tender a printed copy and have no interest in an electronic version. Thirty-six percent of respondent said they would like to receive the pair an electronic and printed version of the journal.

When asked by what mode The Forum could be more useful, respondent intimateed including more research studies, more case studies, and articles addressing broader topics. Technology, holistic education, early intervention and education, curriculum integration, gymnasium law, privatization, NCLB, and leadership were propos topics.

The scan also solicited general comments about the journal. by the agency of and large, those who answered find The Educational Forum to be a useful tool and a great source of regard information. One respondent stated, "The Forum is single of the highest quality publications I receive from three international honor societies and numerous subjectmatter publications." Another respondent shared, "The Forum is well worth the unpretending annual subscription price."

Offering suggestions for improving The Forum, individual respondent said, "Make the journal worldly, theoretically subversive, cantankerous, and risky.... display the educational community that you are risky in the way that, upon a larger scale, a democracy should be." Other respondent refer toed having more themed issues, shortening the articles and including more manuscripts in each issue, or publishing more often

If you have make comments [i]or[/i] remarkss about The Educational Forum that you would like to share, please e-mail helen@kdp.org. Thank you to everyone who replyed to the survey, and thank you to all subscribers to The Educational Forum.

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