Pedagogia: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Volume 17, Number 2 presents seven rigorously peer-reviewed articles that advance scholarly discourse on contemporary educational research and practice. The contributions in this issue critically engage with persistent and emerging challenges in education, including learning equity in underdeveloped regions, pedagogical adaptation to 21st-century competencies, multicultural character formation, context-responsive school management in the Society 5.0 era, the enhancement of science literacy through academic supervision, learning assessment frameworks, and the pedagogical potential of interactive multimedia in mathematics education.

This issue comprises the work of 21 authors affiliated with eight higher education institutions, representing both domestic and international academic communities. Such institutional diversity reflects the journal’s commitment to fostering cross-regional perspectives and promoting theoretically informed and empirically grounded educational research.

International Institution

• Malaysia: Sultan Idris Education University

Domestic Institutions (Indonesia)

• Aceh: Universitas Syiah Kuala

• Central Java: Universitas Negeri Semarang

• DI Yogyakarta: UIN Sunan Kalijaga

• East Java: Universitas Negeri Malang; Universitas PGRI Madiun

• Papua: Universitas Papua

• West Java: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Collectively, the articles in this issue offer conceptual insights, methodological rigor, and contextually relevant findings that contribute to evidence-informed educational policy and practice. By integrating diverse educational contexts and analytical approaches, Volume 17, Number 2 reinforces Pedagogia: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan’s role as a credible platform for disseminating high-quality research with both national relevance and international scholarly significance.