Open Journal of Transformative Education & Lifelong Learning (OJ-TELL) 

A peer-reviewed journal dedicated to renewing education through truth, transformation, and lifelong learning.

Journal Description

The Open Journal of Transformative Education & Lifelong Learning (OJ-TELL) is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication that invites critical, practical, and forward-thinking scholarship on education across all stages of life—from early childhood to adult learning, from formal institutions to grassroots knowledge systems. The journal seeks to promote educational research that restores meaning, cultivates wisdom, respects cultural rootedness, and advances authentic human development.

OJ-TELL affirms that education is not merely a tool for workforce preparation or global conformity, but a sacred and ongoing pursuit of truth, virtue, and liberation. We welcome contributions from secular educators, faith-based institutions, and independent scholars whose work challenges reductive systems and revives learning as a transformative, lifelong journey.

The journal is especially committed to amplifying diverse educational models—those emerging from local traditions, underrepresented communities, or postcolonial contexts—and to exploring the spiritual, ethical, and philosophical dimensions of teaching and learning.

Scope and Areas of Interest

OJ-TELL publishes original research, theoretical essays, reflective practice reports, curriculum studies, and policy critiques in areas such as:

• Transformative Pedagogies: Learner-centered, dialogical, inquiry-based, and emancipatory approaches to teaching and learning

• Faith and Learning: The role of belief, spiritual formation, and moral instruction in formal and informal educational settings

• Lifelong and Adult Learning: Non-traditional pathways, vocational education, elder education, and community-driven knowledge-sharing

• Educational Philosophy and Epistemology: Rethinking the aims, methods, and sources of knowledge in a fragmented world

• Curriculum Innovation: Contextualized and decolonized curriculum models that align with national values and local relevance

• Digital and Alternative Education: Critical perspectives on e-learning, AI in education, virtual classrooms, and open learning networks

• Education and Human Flourishing: How education contributes to character formation, cultural stewardship, and meaningful work

We welcome critical perspectives that resist the commodification of education, question technocratic or metrics-driven models, and offer redemptive alternatives rooted in truth, freedom, and community.

All manuscripts undergo blind peer review and are evaluated for originality, analytical depth, ethical clarity, and alignment with the journal’s commitment to transformational and lifelong learning.