Guidelines for Contributors
Contributions
Papers
should normally be between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length, preceded by a
100/150 word abstract or summary and about five key words (which we use for the
search facility).
Manuscripts
should be prepared as you
wish them to appear. We ask for tables and diagrams to be included
in the text (unlike some publishers) - please be aware of pagination. Your
submission should be supplied via email to editor@education-today.net. Hardcopy manuscripts are not accepted. All documents are checked for viruses on
receipt. You can avoid difficulties by
ensuring that no macros are attached to documents before they are sent. We prefer submissions in Microsoft Word, but
will accept them in Rich Text Format. If
you wish, you may submit an HTML version of your document, but we will still
convert it to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) before publication. If you do use HTML, it should be compatible
with the HTML 4.01 (W3C, 1999). If you
wish to submit directly in PDF, please discuss the possibility with us first.
Please
include your title, name and contact details as you wish them to appear, and a
short biography. The biography will accompany your article upon publication and
should not exceed 50 words for a single author and 25 words each in the case of
multiple authors.
References
References
should use the Harvard system, and be in the following style:
Books
Kram, K. (1988) Mentoring at Work, University Press of
McDermot,
Journal Articles
Prochaska, J., DiClemente, C. and
Norcross, J. (1992) ‘In search of how people change - applications to addictive
behaviours’, American Psychologist, 47(9), 1102-1114.
Websites
Turner, R. (1993, accessed
Bibliographic references in the text
should use the author-date system (e.g. Kram, 1988).
Following
acceptance, your paper will be published in Adobe Portable Document Format
(PDF), so all figures and tables should be included in the submitted
document. To ensure accurate translation
of tables you are encouraged to use Word's table utility. (The spaces, line break and tab characters
that are often used to position text or numbers ready for printing do not
convert well, and misalignment of columns can result.) Where diagrams have been constructed from
separate graphic elements (lines and boxes for example) it is recommended that
these should be "grouped" to ensure safe transfer of the finished
diagram.
You
should use double quotation marks, except for quotes within quotes, which
should be single. Quotations of more than three lines should be displayed
indented, i.e. to a narrower measure than the main text. Please use a clear style of writing and avoid
jargon; define technical terms and acronyms when first used. We ask that you use non-discriminatory
language and plurals rather than he/she.
We
suggest that you submit an outline or initial draft in order to ensure that
articles are broadly consistent with editorial policy as early as
possible. Contributors are responsible
for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material, whether text or
illustrations.
You
will receive reviews of your article and will be asked to send corrections to
the editor, Prof. Ray Williams.
Following
publication, you will receive a pdf version of your
article, and its URL so that you can quote it.