Issue 28 of the Portuguese Journal of Educational Research is dedicated to the theme "Education, Public Space, Democracy and Justice (in the 50 years since 25 April)".

In this issue, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of 25 April, the journal proposes some assessments of the progress made over the last five decades in the areas of access to and massification of education, early childhood education, school management, regulation and autonomy, and intercultural education.

“Democracy owes a lot to education and education owes a lot to democratic policies, in a spiral movement of continuous interaction, with clear gains in human and social development, equity and social justice," says Joaquim Azevedo, faculty at the FEP and director of the journal.

This issue also includes research on curricular equity and self-regulation of learning.

“After half a century, major new challenges are emerging in society and in schools, mainly as a result of rapid socio-cultural and technological changes. It's always good to remember that public education policies depend on our choices, they don't fall from the sky. Everything remains open, in our minds and in our hands. And it's great to have a way to go," he adds.

Issue 28 of the journal contains eight peer-reviewed academic articles on the following topics:

• Regulation and autonomy: measures and legitimation of hybrid policy
• Pre-school education in Portugal: fifty years constructing a building
• Low qualifications, massification and comprehensive education in education. Reflection from a systemic perspective 50 years after the revolution
• Sensory processing in a child's routines: an exploratory study
• Intercultural education in Portugal: between normative and translations
• Expected or desperate curricular justice? A study model and the portrait of Portuguese public schools from the perspective of external evaluation
• Rethinking education in the maritime-port sector to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s professionals
• Preliminary study of a self-regulation program for higher education students

About the Portuguese Journal of Educational Research

The Journal, published by Universidade Católica Editora, is dedicated to the study, practice and research in the field of Educational Sciences or Social and Human Sciences relevant to the field of Education. It has traditionally been published in paper format and, since 2011, in electronic format.

It is affiliated to the Research Centre for Human Development (CEDH) and co-financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).