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Author Guidelines

south african journal of education

Information for Contributors:

The South African Journal of Education (SAJE) publishes original contributions from any of the disciplines in Education in any of the official languages of South Africa. The following categories of contributions focusing on education will be published:
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 will not appeal to the broader readership of the Journal, should preferably not be submitted for consideration by the Editorial Committee.
All articles will be submitted to referees (national and/or international). If an article is submitted in a language for which it is difficult to find suitable referees, the author can be requested to submit a translation of the article (in English) for refereeing purposes. 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 con-tributions.
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 properly 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 are payable:
Members: ZAR R140 per page, for the first fifteen (15) pages, and ZAR R180 for each additional page. Non-members: ZAR R180 per page. Total number of pages must 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 (maximum 15 words) but specific, to facilitate retrieval, followed by the author(s) name(s) and e-mail address(es).
An abstract in English (approximately 190 words) must be provided. If an article is not written in English, the abstract must commence with an English translation of the title. Such articles must also contain an extended English summary of approximately 1 000 words. Up to 10 keywords that characterise the article may follow the abstract.
The text of the article should be divided into unnumbered sections (e.g. Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Appendix, in that order). If necessary secondary headings may be used for further subdivision. Do not use footnotes.
Authors must observe the publishing conventions, e.g. using the past tense for reporting their own results found during their research, which indicates that their findings were valid for their research sample only. The present tense is reserved for validly published information that can be accepted as fact for a whole population. Authors should not use terminology that can be con-strued as sexist or racist.

Figures should be clear, good-quality originals. No fill or grey shading may be used. Tables or
figures should be numbered consecutively, with a brief descriptive heading or caption. Infor-mation
should not be duplicated in the text and tables. Each table/figure must be referred to in
the text by number — not ‘above’ or ‘below’. These will be placed at a suitable position after the
first reference.

References
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 author 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. (Dai!y 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 are listed, in alphabetical order, under References. Bibliographic information should be in the language of the source document (not in the language of the article).
References should be presented as indicated in the following examples. Special attention should be paid to the required punctuation.
Journal articles: Name(s) and initial(s) of author(s), year of publication, title of article, unabbre-viated title of journal, volume (not issue number), and pagination, e.g.
Johnson DW & Johnson RT 1999. Gifted students illustrate co-operative learning. Educational Leadership, 50:60-61.
Books: Name(s) and initial(s) of author(s) or editor(s), year of publication, title, volume, edition, place of publication, and publisher, e.g. Van Zyl R (ed.) 1994. Recent advances in classroom research. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Chapters in books: Name(s) and initial(s) of author(s), year of publication, title of chapter, editor(s), title of book, place of publication, and publisher, e.g. Dukzec S 1988. Gender issues. In: Hicks D & Brown J (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:
No author:
Violence and discipline problems in US schools 2001. Available at ttp://www.nces.ed.gov/pubs98/violence/98030001.html. Accessed 2 March 2005.
Published under author’s name:
Wilson J 2000. The blame culture. British Educational Research Journal, 26. Available at EBSCO Host: Academic Search Premier. Accessed 20 April 2005.
Personal communications are not retrievable and not listed.

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

E-mail submissions:
Manuscripts and covering letter must be e-mailed to Mrs Vorster at nsosaje@nwu.ac.za

Submissions via internet:
Website: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za
Use the "Register as Author" link to register and submit your article. This will enable you to track
the status of your article on the website.

For inquiries contact south african journal of education

Information for Contributors:

The South African Journal of Education (SAJE) publishes original contributions from any of the disciplines in Education in any of the official languages of South Africa. The following categories of contributions focusing on education will be published:
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 will not appeal to the broader readership of the Journal, should preferably not be submitted for consideration by the Editorial Committee.
All articles will be submitted to referees (national and/or international). If an article is submitted in a language for which it is difficult to find suitable referees, the author can be requested to submit a translation of the article (in English) for refereeing purposes. 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 con-tributions.
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 properly 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 are payable:
Members: ZAR R140 per page, for the first fifteen (15) pages, and ZAR R180 for each additional page. Non-members: ZAR R180 per page. Total number of pages must 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 (maximum 15 words) but specific, to facilitate retrieval, followed by the author(s) name(s) and e-mail address(es).
An abstract in English (approximately 190 words) must be provided. If an article is not written in English, the abstract must commence with an English translation of the title. Such articles must also contain an extended English summary of approximately 1 000 words. Up to 10 keywords that characterise the article may follow the abstract.
The text of the article should be divided into unnumbered sections (e.g. Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Appendix, in that order). If necessary secondary headings may be used for further subdivision. Do not use footnotes.
Authors must observe the publishing conventions, e.g. using the past tense for reporting their own results found during their research, which indicates that their findings were valid for their research sample only. The present tense is reserved for validly published information that can be accepted as fact for a whole population. Authors should not use terminology that can be con-strued as sexist or racist.

Figures should be clear, good-quality originals. No fill or grey shading may be used. Tables or
figures should be numbered consecutively, with a brief descriptive heading or caption. Infor-mation
should not be duplicated in the text and tables. Each table/figure must be referred to in
the text by number — not ‘above’ or ‘below’. These will be placed at a suitable position after the
first reference.

References
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 author 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. (Dai!y 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 are listed, in alphabetical order, under References. Bibliographic information should be in the language of the source document (not in the language of the article).
References should be presented as indicated in the following examples. Special attention should be paid to the required punctuation.
Journal articles: Name(s) and initial(s) of author(s), year of publication, title of article, unabbre-viated title of journal, volume (not issue number), and pagination, e.g.
Johnson DW & Johnson RT 1999. Gifted students illustrate co-operative learning. Educational Leadership, 50:60-61.
Books: Name(s) and initial(s) of author(s) or editor(s), year of publication, title, volume, edition, place of publication, and publisher, e.g. Van Zyl R (ed.) 1994. Recent advances in classroom research. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Chapters in books: Name(s) and initial(s) of author(s), year of publication, title of chapter, editor(s), title of book, place of publication, and publisher, e.g. Dukzec S 1988. Gender issues. In: Hicks D & Brown J (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:
No author:
Violence and discipline problems in US schools 2001. Available at ttp://www.nces.ed.gov/pubs98/violence/98030001.html. Accessed 2 March 2005.
Published under author’s name:
Wilson J 2000. The blame culture. British Educational Research Journal, 26. Available at EBSCO Host: Academic Search Premier. Accessed 20 April 2005.
Personal communications are not retrievable and not listed.

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

E-mail submissions:
Manuscripts and covering letter must be e-mailed to Mrs Vorster at nsosaje@nwu.ac.za

Submissions via internet:
Website: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za
Use the "Register as Author" link to register and submit your article. This will enable you to track
the status of your article on the website.

For inquiries contact nsosaje@nwu.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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