No. 16 (9): Beyond the classroom. January-June 2018

Educational research is a broad field, with many branches to explore the phenomenon of teaching and learning. The topics for research on formal education systems are more than enough to occupy researchers exclusively in this area. However, due to deficiencies in the quality and coverage of formal education, it is also essential to evaluate the projects that are developed with and for people excluded from these systems, projects that seek to "guarantee" the right to education. For this reason, Dialogues about Education. Current topics in educational research seeks to offer a forum to analyze the educational projects carried out beyond the traditional spaces for teaching.

There are countless educational projects provided by religious, academic and community groups, civil society organizations, and others interested in going beyond traditional school spaces and formal models to teach. These grassroots initiatives often lack formal design, impact assessments and basic resources. However, over the past decade there have been numerous efforts from the academic field to professionalize and strengthen projects of this type. We hope that this issue of the journal will help publicize the accomplishments of some successful programs and provide a critical analysis of the roll that education occupies outside the classroom.

Issue coordinator: Rebecca Danielle Strickland