About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Ihya Madani: Journal of Community Empowerment and Education is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality, transformative, and sustainable community engagement initiatives, participatory action research, and social interventions in the field of education. The journal adopts the spirit of Ihya Madani (reviving and nurturing an educated, civilized, and empowered society), serving as a premier platform for academics, practitioners, and community builders to share impactful field experiences that bridge educational theory and sustainable social development.

The journal welcomes original articles, field reports, and program evaluation studies that demonstrate genuine collaboration between higher education institutions, schools, non-formal learning centers, and the community. We prioritize submissions that employ participatory methodologies (e.g., Participatory Action Research [PAR], Asset-Based Community Development [ABCD], Service-Learning, and CBR) within the following core areas:

1. Educational Empowerment and Teacher Capacity Building

  • Community-driven professional development, training, and workshops designed to enhance schoolteachers' and community educators' pedagogical, professional, and digital competencies.

  • Collaborative assistance in curriculum development, technology integration, and instructional media creation for underserved, rural, or marginalized educational institutions.

  • Capacity-building initiatives for early childhood centers (PAUD/RA), primary education (SD/MI), secondary education, and non-formal learning spaces (PKBM).

2. Family Empowerment, Parenting Education, and Lifelong Learning

  • Community literacy and numeracy programs, adult education, and lifelong learning initiatives tailored for community development.

  • Parenting education programs, family resilience interventions, and positive child-rearing practices to optimize child development and character building at home.

  • Implementation of holistic educational values (such as Al-Ghazali’s perspectives on moral cultivation and parent-teacher synergy) into contemporary family counseling and community counseling.

3. Public Health Advocacy, Nutrition, and Social Well-being in Education

  • Community-based educational interventions focused on public health advocacy, childhood nutrition, sanitation, and stunting prevention.

  • Collaborative training and empowerment programs involving community health centers (Posyandu), family welfare programs (PKK), and educational institutions to foster healthy, safe, and child-friendly village ecosystems.

  • Psychosocial support, mental health awareness, and educational safety nets for vulnerable children and marginalized families.

4. Culturally Responsive Community Engagement and Local Wisdom

  • Revitalization of traditional arts, folklore, indigenous knowledge, and local wisdom through educational community partnerships to strengthen character and cultural identity.

  • Utilization of local assets and natural resources to establish eco-friendly learning tools or enhance the economic and operational self-reliance of local community schools.

  • Ethno-pedagogical and community-based actions that integrate local ethics and cultural heritage into modern community empowerment frameworks.

Scope Restrictions (What We Do Not Publish)

To preserve its focus as a community engagement journal, Ihya Madani does not accept purely laboratory experiments, clinical trials, theoretical literature reviews without field applications, or standard classroom action research (PTK) that is strictly restricted to regular classroom teaching without broader community or stakeholder engagement.