Policy Futures in Education |
ISSN 1478-2103 |
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Policy Futures in Education is a peer-reviewed international journal that is futures-oriented and committed to promoting debate in education among university academics, practising policy analysts in government and local government, national and international policy advisors, politicians, members of policy think-tanks and world policy agencies such as the World Bank, OECD and the European Union. The journal has a strong experimental focus and emphasises innovative thinking in education policy and theory from a range of diverse viewpoints. A Policy statement is available. Articles accepted for publication become the copyright of the journal, unless otherwise specifically agreed. All contributions should be original and should not be under consideration elsewhere. Authors should be aware that they are writing for an international audience and should use non-discriminatory language. All submissions to the journal are peer-refereed (anonymously) so they are published in accordance with international academic standards for research publication. Articles for consideration should be sent by email attachment to the Executive Editor, Professor Michael A. Peters, Policy Futures in Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 360 Education Building, 1310 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA (mpet001@uiuc.edu). Books for review should be sent to David Chalmers, Policy Futures in Education, 3a Craiglockhart Terrace, Edinburgh EH14 1AJ, United Kingdom (david-s-chalmers@tiscali.co.uk). The journal publishes five kinds of submissions:
The Editors are interested, in particular, in themed issues. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Manuscripts should be submitted as email attachments in RTF (Rich Text Format), but any major word-processor is acceptable. Please do not over-format the manuscript with the word-processor as this impedes the publication process. The author's name and affiliation should appear at the beginning of the article, together with full postal and email addresses. This should be followed by a short description of their current position and research/teaching interests. It is essential that an Abstract (100-200 words) be provided for each article. Figures and tables should have their positions marked clearly and be provided on separate pages. Figure numbers should be shown as Arabic numerals, table numbers as Latin numerals. Headings and sub-headings should be clearly distinguished. References should be provided in the text with the authors name followed by the year in brackets, for example: Yelland & Grieshaber (1998). If a direct quote is used the page number will need to be added. For example: Yelland & Grieshaber (1998, p. 13). All material/works cited in the article need to be included in an alphabetical reference list at the end. Please use the following style: Book Chapter in a book Article in a journal Online documents When first mentioned, acronyms should be preceded by the title in full. Journal titles should not be abbreviated.. Footnotes should not be used. Endnotes need to be located in the text by numbers within square brackets ([1], [2] etc) as normal-size numbers/brackets and not as superscripts. Proofs will be sent in PDF format to the author designated to receive them, and should be corrected and returned immediately to the Editors. Contributors will be notified when the article has been published on the Journal's website. Please contact our publishers (info@symposium-journals.co.uk) if you have any questions or need further information about the preparation of word-processed documents for publication. |
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quality academic articles (generally 6-7000 words)
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