Author Guidelines

The manuscripts

Submitted manuscripts can be empirical research-based or literature-based papers that sufficiently contribute to the development of new knowledge, theories, or methods in education literature. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using the Teacher in Educational Research online submission procedure. The corresponding author should also state that the manuscript is not concurrently being considered for publication elsewhere. The Editors will ignore submissions that do not follow these procedures.

Structure of the manuscripts

1. Title. The title should be clear, attractive, informative, and contain no more than 15 words.
2. Author's names and institutions. The author's name should be accompanied by the author's institution and email address without any academic title. For a joint paper, one of the authors should be notified as to the corresponding author.
3. Abstract, keywords, and MRBM classification numbers. The abstract should be less than 200 words. Please provide the abstract in English for an international readership, followed by 3 to 5 keywords relevant to the literature search.
4. Introduction. This section explains the background of the study, a review of the previous research in the area, and the aims of the manuscripts. Importantly it should also showcase the significance and novelty of the research.
5. Methods. This section describes the appropriate analysis tools along with the data collection and their analyses.
6. Results and Discussion. This section explains the results of the analysis. These should be presented clearly and concisely. The author (s) should explore their findings' novelty or contribution by comparing them to the existing literature and theories in education literature.
7. Conclusion. This section concludes and provides the study's practical, theoretical, and policy implications. The conclusion(s) should be drawn from the items discussed in the previous section of the manuscript (discussion).
8. References. This section lists only the papers, books, or other types of publications referred to in the body of the manuscript.

General Writing Format

1. The manuscript is prepared in an A4 paper, single-sided, and single-line spacing format. A new paragraph should start five characters from the left margin, using 11-size, Times-new-Romans font type.
2. The manuscript is written in proper English.
3. The manuscript should be between 12 to 15 pages long.
4. The top and bottom margins are 1,5 inches.
5. The title is written using capital letters only at the first word or special name (example: location name), 14 font size, centre position.
6. Subtitles are written using capital letters only at the first word or special name, 11 font size, starting from the left margin.
7. Subs of subtitles, if any, are written using capital letters only at the first word or special name. They should be started from the left margin.
8. Subs of subtitles, if any, are written using capital letters only at the beginning of each word except for connecting words, all in italics. They should be started from the left margin.
9. References should be those of the last ten years' publication (>80%), except for key references (80%). Referring to any textbook should be minimized (<20%).

Specific Writing Format

1. Equations and formulas should be numbered as (1), (2)...etc appearing to their right.
2. Estimation results from a software package are not allowed to be directly presented in the paper. They should be presented in summary tables.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures should be presented as follows:

1. The name of tables and figures should follow a numbering system (Arabic numbering system). The title of the tables and figures are placed at the top and the bottom, respectively.
2. The tables and figures should provide the source of information, if any, at the bottom. 
3. Any table should contain only the heading and contents. The table contains row lines only without column lines. Note(s) and source(s) should be included underneath the table where appropriate. 

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment, if any, should be written as the footnote of the manuscript's title.

Subjects and Authors Index

The authors should provide an index of the subject, namely the specific terms in the manuscript. The authors should also provide the index of authors, namely the key authors of papers referred to in the manuscript. Please write the family name followed by the given name.

Citation

Citation in the text body should be written using the family name and years of publication. Example:

1. Hill (2001) suggests that the objective of depreciation is...
2. Inflation targeting would be sufficient (McCain, 1982).
3. The definition of contagion is ... (Wagner, 1976; Rhonda, 2009).
4. The Authors are recommended to use Mendeley Reference software.

References

The manuscript is expected to involve approximately 20-25 primary and up-to-date references to assert high-quality contributions to knowledge development. Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) style. References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript. Consulting the APA style manual (http://www.apastyle.org/pubmanual.html) is strongly recommended for completing manuscript submissions.

Manuscript Template

The manuscript should be prepared according to the following MS Word template:

How to send the manuscript

1. The manuscript in Microsoft Word should be sent to the editor by clicking the Online Submission tab on our Website.
2. A brief bio containing full name, academic title, institution, telephone, mobile number, and others should be written in the data fields when registering online in the website submission.

Final Decision

Taking into account the results of the peer-reviewing process, the decision as to the acceptability of each manuscript for publication will be notified to the author(s) through the website system in the following alternative conclusions:
a. Accepted without revision or
b. Accepted with minor revision, or
c. Accepted with major revision, or
d. Rejected.