Mahaguru: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar is an academic journal devoted to the publication and dissemination of scholarly works in the field of elementary school teacher education and primary education. The journal serves as a forum for lecturers, researchers, teachers, practitioners, students, and education stakeholders to publish research findings, conceptual studies, literature-based discussions, reflective studies, and classroom-based innovations.

The journal welcomes manuscripts that discuss the theory, policy, and practice of elementary education, including curriculum and instruction, teaching and learning in elementary schools, child-centered pedagogy, educational media, classroom assessment, inclusive education, character education, literacy and numeracy, teacher professionalism, educational leadership, and innovation in basic education.

Mahaguru also gives attention to studies on primary education in remote, rural, frontier, and underserved areas, including teaching and learning practices in limited-resource classrooms, contextual pedagogy for geographically isolated communities, and teacher challenges in providing equitable and meaningful learning opportunities.

Mahaguru accepts several types of scholarly manuscripts. All sections are subject to editorial screening and peer review to ensure relevance, originality, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and contribution to elementary school teacher education and primary education.

The peer-review process of Mahaguru is designed to ensure that each manuscript meets standards of scholarly quality, originality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and contribution to elementary school teacher education. Manuscripts are evaluated based on academic merit, relevance to journal scope, clarity of presentation, research validity, and usefulness for theory, practice, or policy in primary education.

1. Each submitted manuscript is first checked for administrative completeness, journal scope, formatting, ethical compliance, and similarity screening.
2. Manuscripts that do not meet basic requirements may be returned to authors for correction or declined before peer review.
3. Manuscripts passing initial screening are assigned to reviewers with expertise in elementary education, teacher education, pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, educational media, inclusive education, or related areas.
4. Reviewers evaluate originality, clarity, theoretical foundation, methodology, data quality, discussion, ethical sensitivity, and contribution to primary education.
5. Authors receiving revision requests must revise the manuscript according to reviewer and editor comments and provide a clear response when required.
6. Final publication decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief or appointed editorial team based on reviewer recommendations, editorial judgment, and journal policy.

Mahaguru: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar is published twice a year, in April and October. Manuscripts may be processed continuously through the editorial workflow according to submission readiness, review results, revision completion, copyediting, layout preparation, and publication scheduling.

Mahaguru: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar is an open access journal. All published articles are freely available to readers without subscription barriers. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of articles for lawful academic, educational, and research purposes, provided that proper acknowledgment of the original source is given.

This open access policy supports the wider dissemination of knowledge in elementary school teacher education, primary education, classroom pedagogy, literacy and numeracy, inclusive education, character education, and learning innovation.

Authors who publish with Mahaguru: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar retain copyright and moral rights to their published works. By submitting and publishing an article in Mahaguru, authors grant the journal the right of first publication and the right to disseminate the article through the journal platform, indexing services, repositories, academic databases, and other scholarly communication channels.

Rights of Authors

• Authors may share and disseminate published articles through institutional repositories, academic networks, personal websites, and scholarly platforms.
• Authors may use the article for teaching, research, academic presentations, and future scholarly work, provided that the original publication in Mahaguru is properly cited.
• Authors remain responsible for originality, accuracy, ethical compliance, permissions, and intellectual property matters related to the article.

Use of Published Articles

Readers may use, share, and adapt published articles for lawful academic and educational purposes, provided that proper attribution is given to the author(s), article title, journal, volume, issue, year, DOI when available, and official publication source.

Mahaguru: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar is committed to maintaining originality and academic integrity. Submitted manuscripts must be original works of the author(s) and free from plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate publication, data fabrication, data falsification, citation manipulation, and other forms of publication misconduct.

Similarity Screening

Manuscripts may be checked using plagiarism detection software or other similarity-checking tools before proceeding to peer review. The editorial team evaluates similarity results by considering references, direct quotations, article templates, common terms, and properly cited materials.

Forms of Plagiarism and Misconduct

• Copying words, sentences, paragraphs, tables, figures, or ideas without proper citation.
• Paraphrasing other works without acknowledging the original source.
• Reusing substantial parts of the author’s own previous work without proper citation.
• Using learning materials, student work, school documents, research instruments, images, or classroom documentation without permission or proper acknowledgment.
• Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time.

Mahaguru supports digital preservation and long-term accessibility of published scholarly content. Journal content may be preserved through institutional repositories, indexing systems, metadata storage, digital archiving services, and preservation mechanisms available through the Open Journal Systems platform.

Authors, libraries, institutions, and readers are encouraged to preserve bibliographic metadata and published article files for lawful scholarly, educational, and archival purposes, provided that the original publication source is properly acknowledged.

The journal may utilize archiving systems such as LOCKSS or other preservation mechanisms when available to ensure long-term access to published articles. More information about LOCKSS is available at http://www.lockss.org/.

This statement clarifies the ethical responsibilities of all parties involved in the publication process of Mahaguru: Jurnal Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher. It is intended to protect the integrity of scholarly publication and to ensure that research involving schools, teachers, children, communities, and educational institutions is conducted and reported responsibly.

Research Ethics in Primary Education

Research involving pupils, teachers, schools, parents, classroom documentation, student work, assessment data, or school records must protect privacy, dignity, informed consent, confidentiality, and child welfare. Authors must ensure that their research does not stigmatize pupils, teachers, schools, families, communities, or geographic areas.

Mahaguru is committed to preserving the accuracy and integrity of the published scholarly record. When significant problems are identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction depending on the nature and severity of the case.

Mahaguru recognizes that artificial intelligence and AI-assisted tools may be used to support writing, editing, translation, data analysis, literature organization, or manuscript preparation. However, authors must use such tools responsibly, transparently, and ethically. AI tools must not replace the author’s intellectual contribution, academic responsibility, or accountability for the manuscript.

Guidelines for Authors

• Authors must disclose substantive use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools in writing, editing, translation, summarization, data analysis, coding, or manuscript preparation.
• AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.
• Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, validity, ethical compliance, and integrity of the manuscript.
• AI tools must not be used to fabricate data, generate false citations, manipulate images, misrepresent findings, or create misleading educational claims.
• Authors must not upload confidential manuscripts, student data, school records, participant information, or unpublished research materials to public AI systems without proper safeguards.