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Author Guidelines

1. Articles submitted to this journal follow the APA Publication Manual with specific technical writing standards as follows: a) Manuscript must be typed in MS Word, using Times New Roman, 12-point font.size. b) Heading and sub-headings follow the APA five levels (See Table 1). c) A header “Running Head: THE SHORT FORM OF THE TITLE” is typed on the first page. On other pages, the header becomes “THE SHORT FORM OF THE TITLE.” 2. The journal covers four sections: teachers’ voices, current issues, research reports, and book reviews.. 3. Criteria for acceptance: a) new insights and authenticity; b) no plagiarism and self-plagiarism c) clarity, significance, and relevance. 4. Submission: Send your article with (see Ensuring a Blind Review) a) a cover letter mentioning the name(s) of the author(s), title of the manuscript, names and contact info for all authors; b) abstract (200 words); c) manuscript, including tables, figures, references and acknowledgments, if any: (a) research reports (5000-10000 words). (b) teachers’ voices and current issues no more than 3000 words, (c) book review 2000 words For the purpose of a blind review process, please do not write your name or other identities on the manuscript.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; Times New Roman type font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
 

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