Author Guidelines
Journal of Childhood, Education & Society which accepts research articles and review articles in English is a double-blind peer-review journal.
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Please prepare your manuscript according to the template of the Journal of Childhood, Education & Society.
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*Authors could use either British (-ise) or American spelling for their manuscript; however, one style should be used consistently throughout the manuscript.
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Writing Format:
Articles submitted to the Journal of Childhood, Education & Society main body should be Palatino Linotype style 10 fonts, single line spacing, the first line indented 1 cm and 6 nk between paragraphs. References should be prepared based on APA 7 references and citing displaying essences. Direct quotations are written within “”. If the direct quotation is longer than 40 words, then it should be written without using “” as a separate paragraph, indented and in 8 fonts.
Word Limit: The JCES is more flexible in terms of the length of the article. Therefore, there are no word limits for any type of article.
Research Article Body
Abstract: The abstract of the article should be provided with a general idea about research to readers, the abstract should be written in Palatino Linotype, 8 fonts, between 150 to 250 words.
Introduction: It includes information about the purpose, significance, conceptual–theoretical framework and study in general.
Method: It gives information about the method and the process followed in the study. This section should be included the research design, research sample or group, data collection tools and process, and analysis of data.
Results: It is the main section in which the collected data and findings are presented.
Conclusion and Discussion: It is the section where the conclusion reached through findings is presented and refers to similar studies about the same topic and discussions in the literature.
Declarations
All manuscripts must contain the following sections under the heading 'Declarations': Acknowledgements, Authors’ contributions, Competing interests, Funding and Adherence to ethical concerns.
References: References should be prepared based on APA 7 reference and citing displaying essences.
CITING and REFERENCES WRITING RULES
The citation and reference presentation of works, which is to be submitted to the Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, should be prepared following APA 7 rules. For more information please visit the APA website: https://apastyle.apa.org/
References in the article should be cited according to APA 7 rules (e.g. Bitner, 1994). If more than one citation is used, the citation should be given in alphabetical order. For example, the reference should be given as (Adams, 2014; Brown and Caste, 2004; Toran et al., 2019).
References
References should be prepared based on APA 7 references and citing displaying essences.
Articles:
Surname, A. (2017). Title of the article. Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, 1(1), 11-18. doi
Adams, K. (2014). What is a child? Children’s perceptions, the Cambridge Primary Review and implications for education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 44(2), 163-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2013.860082
Online first articles with DOI number
Surname, A. (2017). Title of the article. Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, Online first. doi
Chan, H. F., Guillot, M., Page, L., & Torgler, B. (2015). The inner quality of an article: Will time tell?. Scientometrics. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-015-1581-y
Books:
Surname, A. (2017). Title of the book. Publisher
Buckingham, D. (2000). After the death of childhood: Growing up in the age of electronic media. Polity.
Edited Book, No Author
Surname, A. A (Ed.). (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. DOI (if available)
Leitch, M. G., & Rushton, C. J. (Eds.). (2019). A new companion to Malory. D. S. Brewer.
Chapter in Edited Books:
Surname, A., & Surname, B. (2017). Title of the chapter. In A., Editor and B. Editor (Eds.) Name of edited book (pp.xx-xx). Publisher
Prout, A., & James, A. (2015). A new paradigm for the sociology of childhood? Provenance, promise and problems. In A. James and A. Prout (Ed.) Constructing and reconstructing childhood: Contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood (pp.6-28). Routledge
Books with more than one edition:
Surname, A. (Year of publication). Title (xx ed.). Publisher
Belcher, W. (2019). Writing your journal article in twelve weeks: A guide to academic publishing success (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Press.
A few volumes in a multi-volume work:
Surname, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle (Vol. #). Publisher. DOI (if available)
David, A., & Simpson, J. (Eds.). (2006). The Norton anthology of English literature: The Middle Ages (8th ed.,Vol. A). W. W. Norton and Company.
Unpublished Doctorate and Master Thesis:
Surname, A. (Year of publication). Title of the doctoral thesis [Unpublished doctorate thesis]. University.
Savahl, S. (2010). Ideological constructions of childhood [Unpublished doctorate thesis]. University of the Western Cape.
Edited Conference Proceedings
Surname, A. A., & Surname, A. A. (Eds.). (Year). Title of Proceedings. Publisher. URL (if applicable)
Huang, S., Pierce, R., & Stamey, J. (Eds.). (2006). Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM international conference on the design of communication. ACM Digital Library. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1166324&picked=prox
Presentation Without an Online Source
Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., Surname, C. C., & Surname, D. D. (Year, Month Day). Title of contribution [Description of contribution]. Title of Symposium/Conference, Location.
Matson, E. (2018, Nov. 5). Drones and autonomous vehicles: The latest new technology to come with potential threat [Conference session]. Dawn or Doom 2018 Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Presentation with Online Source
Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., Surname, C. C., & Surname, D. D. (Year, Month Day). Title of contribution [Description of contribution]. Title of Symposium/Conference, Location. URL
Bailey, C. (2019, April 5). How to get your brain to focus [Address]. TEDxManchester, Manchester, U.K. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4Yvq-g7_Y
Individual Presentation in A Larger Symposium/Panel/Congress/Conferences
Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., Surname, C. C., & Surname, D. D. (Year, Month Day). Title of contribution. In E. E. Chairperson & F. F. Chairperson (Chairs), Title of larger symposium/panel [Description of symposium/panel] Title of symposium/conference, Location. URL if available
Fabian, J. J. (2020, May 14). UX in free educational content. In J. S. Doe (Chair), The case of the Purdue OWL: Accessibility and online content development [Panel presentation] Computers and Writing 2020, Greenville, NC, United States.
Internet Documents:
Surname, A. (Year of publication). Title of the article. URL
National Association for the Education of Young Children (2009). NAEYC standards for early childhood professional preparation programs. https://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ProfPrepStandards09.pdf
Magazine News article:
Surname, A. A. (Year, Month Date). Title of article. Title of Publication. URL
Richards, C. (2019, December 9). Best music of 2019: Lana Del Rey sings lullabies about the end of America. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/best-music-of-2019-lana-del-rey-sings-lullabies-about-the-end-of-america/2019/12/06/6e82c5ec-15d8-11ea-a659-7d69641c6ff7_story.html
Federal or State Statute
Name of Act, Public Law No. (Year). URL
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Publ. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (2010). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-111publ148/pdf/PLAW-111publ148.pdf
Report by A Government Agency or Other Organization
Organization Name. (Year). Title of report. URL
United States Government Accountability Office. (2019). Performance and accountability report: Fiscal year 2019. https://www.gao.gov/assets/710/702715.pdf
Report by Individual Authors at Government Agency or Other Organization
Surname, A. A., & Surname, A. A. (Year). Title of report. Organization Name. URL
Palanker, D., Volk, J., Lucia, K., & Thomas, K. (2018). Mental health parity at risk: Deregulating the individual market and the impact on mental health coverage. National Alliance on Mental Illness. https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/Publications-Reports/Public-Policy-Reports/Parity-at-Risk/ParityatRisk.pdf
Reports prepared by civil society organizations with the known author(s):
Surname, A. (Year of publication). Title of the report (Report No. XXX). Organization Name. URL
Stuster, J., Adolf, J., Byrne, V., & Greene, M. (2018). Human exploration of Mars: Preliminary lists of crew tasks (Report No. NASA/CR-2018-220043). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20190001401.pdf
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