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Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Contributors

Editorial policy

The South African Journal of Education (SAJE) publishes original research articles reporting
on research that fulfils the criteria of a generally accepted research paradigm; review articles,
intended for the professional scientist and which critically evaluate the research done in a
specific field in education; book reviews, i.e. concise evaluations of books that have recently
appeared; and letters in which criticism is given of articles that appeared in this Journal.
Research articles of localised content, i.e. of interest only to specific areas or specialists
and which would not appeal to the broader readership of the Journal, should preferably not be
submitted for consideration by the Editorial Committee.

Ethical considerations: A brief narrative account/description of ethical issues/aspects
should be included in articles that report on empirical findings.

All articles will be submitted to referees (national and/or international). The consulting
editors/referees will have documented expertise in the area the article addresses. When reviews
are received, an editorial decision will be reached to either accept the article, reject the article,
request a revision (in some cases for further peer review), or request arbitration. As a rule not
more than one article per author or co-author will be accepted per year for refereeing and
possible publication.

Authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy and recency of the factual content of their
contributions. A signed declaration in respect of originality must accompany each manuscript.
On submission of the manuscript, the author(s) must present a written undertaking that the
article has not been published or is not being presented for publication elsewhere.

The author(s) must ensure that the language in the manuscript is suitably edited and the
name and address of the language editor must be supplied.

Copyright of all published material is vested in the Education Association of South Africa
(EASA).

Page charges

ZAR R185 per page. Authors will be invoiced for the required page charges.
Total number of pages should preferably not exceed 15 pages (± 5,500 words).

Preparation of manuscripts

The manuscript, including abstract, figure captions, tables, etc. should be typed on A4-size
paper and the pages numbered consecutively.
The title should be brief (max. 15 words), followed by the author(s) name(s), affiliation(s)
(Department and University), and an e-mail address for the corresponding author.
An abstract in English (approximately 190 words) must be provided, followed by up to
10 keywords, presented alphabetically.
The text of the article should be divided into unnumbered sections (e.g. Introduction,
Method, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Appendix, in that order). Se-
condary headings may be used for further subdivision. Footnotes, if any, will be changed to
endnotes.

Authors must observe publishing conventions and should not use terminology that can be
construed as sexist or racist.

Figures should be clear, black/white originals, on separate pages — not embedded in the
text. Grey or coloured shading must NOT be used. Tables/figures should be numbered
consecutively, with a brief descriptive heading/caption. Information should not be duplicated
in text and tables. Each table/figure must be referred to in the text by number — not ‘above’
or ‘below’. They will be placed where possible after the first reference.

References

Authors should cite at least three earlier articles in SAJE that are relevant to the subject matter
of their article.

References are cited in the text by the author(s) name(s) and the year of publication in
brackets (Harvard method), separated by a comma, e.g. (Brown, 1997).

If several articles by the same author and from the same year are cited, the letters a, b, c,
etc. should be added after the year of publication, e.g. (Brown, 1977a).
Page references in the text should follow a colon after the date, e.g. (Brown, 1997:40-48).
In works by three or more authors the surnames of all authors should be given in the first
reference to such a work. In subsequent references to this work only the name of the first au-
thor is given, followed by the abbreviation et al., e.g. (Ziv et al., 1995).
If reference is made to an anonymous item in a newspaper, the name of the newspaper is
given in brackets, e.g. (Daily News, 1999).
For personal communications (oral or written) identify the person and indicate in brackets
that it is a personal communication, e.g. (M Smith, pers. comm.).

List of references

Only sources cited in the text must be listed, in alphabetical order, after the article. References
should be presented as indicated in the following examples. Special attention should be paid
to the required punctuation.

Journal articles:
Johnson DW & Johnson RT 1999. Gifted students illustrate co-operative learning. Educational
Leadership, 50:60-61.

Books:
Van Zyl R (ed.) 1994. Recent advances in classroom research. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Chapters in books:
Dukzec S 1988. Gender issues. In D Hicks & J Brown (eds). Education for peace. London:
Routledge.

Unpublished theses or dissertations:
Squelch J 1991. Teacher training for multicultural education in a multicultural society. MEd
dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa.

Anonymous newspaper references:
Citizen 1996. Education for all, 22 March.

Electronic references:
Published under author’s name:
Wilson J 2000. The blame culture. British Educational Research Journal, 26. Available at
http://www.govsources/gtp%access. Accessed 20 April 2005.

Website references: No author:
These references are not archival and are therefore subject to change in any way and at any
time. If it is essential to present them, they should be included in a numbered endnote and not
in the reference list.

Personal communications:
Not retrievable and not listed.

Submission of manuscripts for publication:
Manuscripts may be submitted electronically by e-mail or via the internet. Manuscripts should
be submitted in MS Word format.

E-mail submissions:
Manuscript and covering letter must be e-mailed to Estelle.Botha@up.ac.za

Internet submissions:
Website: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za
Use the "Register as Author" link to register and submit an article. This will enable you to track
the status of your article on the website.
For inquiries contact Estelle.Botha@up.ac.za

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF document file format.
  3. All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca) are activated and ready to click.
  4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  5. The text has had the authors' names removed. If an author is cited, "Author" and year are used in the bibliography and footnotes, instead of author's name, paper title, etc. The author's name has also been removed from the document's Properties, which in Microsoft Word is found in the File menu.
  6. The article is approximately 5500 words or 15 pages.
  7. The text was approved by a language editor.
  8. Empirical data must be checked by a statistical consultant.
 

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If the article is accepted for publication, copyright of this article will be vested in the Educational Association of South Africa.

 

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