International e-Journal of Educational Studies

International e-journal of Educational Studies  (IEJES) aims to provide a forum for original and theoretical and research-oriented studies in education to improve the quality of research and to encourage mutual sharing of national and international academic research. The journal publishes fully refereed papers which cover applied and theoretical approaches to the study of education. Papers should constitute original research, and should be methodologically sound, theoretically informed and of relevance to an international audience. The journal is particularly interested in research that aims to inform educational practice(s) within and/or across sectors.

IEJES, more specifically, accept papers mostly on the subjects listed below:

 
Early Childhood, K-12, University/College Education; Cognitive, Affective, Social and Cultural Aspects of Teaching and Learning; Teacher Training/Education, Preservice Teachers; Teacher Professional Development; Curriculum Development in Education; Measurement and Assessment in Education; Educational Technology, ICT in Education; Educational Administration and Supervision; Education Policy and Leadership; Didactic/Pedagogical Issues; Teaching/Learning Strategies; Methodologies for Educational Research; Distance Education, E-Learning, Blended Learning; Educational Psychology; Guidance and Counseling; Mathematics Education; Science Education; Special Education; Art Education; History Education; Environmental Education;Statistics Education; Language Education;Music Education; Medical Education; Reading Education

Submission

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International e-journal of Educational Studies (IEJES) is an international, double peer-reviewed, free of charge journal covering the full scope of both education and educational studies. Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript as online submission after registration to the IEJES. Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx, .rtf),  files can be submitted. There is no page limit. If there is a problem while uploading the files of manuscript, please try to reduce their file size, especially manuscripts including embedded figures. Submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be accepted. The submitting author takes responsibility for the paper during submission and peer review. If for some technical reason submission through the online submission system is not possible, the author can iejes.editor@gmail.com for support.

Terms of Submission

Papers must be submitted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis) and are not currently under consideration by another journal. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article’s publication has been approved by all the other coauthors. It is also the authors' responsibility to ensure that the articles emanating from a particular institution are submitted with the approval of the necessary institution. Only an acknowledgment from the editorial office officially establishes the date of receipt. Further correspondence and proofs will be sent to the author(s) before publication unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition of submission of a paper that the corresponding author permit editing of the paper for readability. All enquiries concerning the publication of accepted papers should be addressed to iejes.editor@gmail.com Please note that IEJES uses iThenticate software to screen papers for unoriginal material. By submitting your paper to IEJES are agreeing to any necessary originality checks your paper may have to undergo during the peer review and production processes. Upon receiving a new manuscript, the Editorial office conducts initial pre-refereeing checks to ensure the article is legible, complete, correctly formatted, original, within the scope of the journal in question, in the style of a scientific article and written in clear English. Any article that has problems with any of the journal criteria may be rejected at this stage.

Peer Review

This journal operates double blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewer to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The author is required to upload the revised article to the system within 15 days by making the corrections suggested by the referee. The article will be rejected if there are no fixes in it. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor’s decision is final.

Title and Authorship Information

The following information should be included

Paper title: The title of study should reflect the content clearly. Except for the linkers, each word should be capitalized

Full author names 

Full institutional mailing addresses

Corresponding address

Email address

Abstract: The manuscript should contain an abstract. The title should be followed by an abstract of 150-250 words and 3 to 5 keywords.

Keywords: keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3 (keywords should not exceed 3- 5 words)

1. INTRODUCTION

Titles of the sections should be capitalized. Problem needs to be clearly stated in the introduction part.  The introduction should be followed by method, findings, discussion and results respectively.

Page Style: All the sections after this point should be written in Times New Roman font with size 11 and single-spaced. Articles that fail to comply with the publication rules will be returned to the authors without being sent to referees. Margins should be set as top & bottom: 2,5 cm and left & right 2,5 cm. The title should be followed by an abstract of 150-250 words and 3 to 5 keywords. Footnotes should be avoided and endnotes kept to a minimum. All pages should be numbered. References should follow American Psychological Association (APA) (Sixth Edition) style. 

Paper template: Author(s) might use this template for their paper(s) (click the icon to download, and edit the template). 

Tables and captions to illustrations: Tables must be typed out on the same document. Tables and figures should be numbered. The approximate position of tables and figures should be indicated in the paper. Captions should include keys to symbols.

Figures: All diagrams and photographs are termed “Figures” and should be numbered consecutively. Figures should be given short descriptive captions.

1.1. Second Level Subtitles Should Be in Lower Case

All subtitles should be in lower case, bold and in accordance with the above format.  As is here, in other sub-sections, the same format needs to be considered.

1.1.1. Third level subtitles should be in lower case

Symbols for variables, marks, labels, etc. must be identical in the text, equations, figures, tables, and nomenclature. Variables must be in italic style.

Tables in the article should be like the following example in terms of format.  It must reflect the content; the title of the table should be placed on the top, aligned to the left and bold.

Table 1. Each word of the table subtitle should be in lower case (Font size:10)

2. METHOD

In research articles, method should be placed here and the above mentioned principles should be considered.

The research type/model, research group,data collection/tools, validity/reliability, data collection techniques, data analysis, limitations and ethical committee approval (if necessary) of the research should be explaned exhaustively.

3. FINDINGS

In research articles, findings should be given here and the above mentioned principles should be considered.

The results of the research should be explained with tables, diagrams, graphics or pictures in a way that supports the aim and problem of the research.

4. DISCUSSION and CONCLUSION

Discussion/conclusion should be written here, and above mentioned principles need to be taken into consideration.

In the conclusion, the main ideas driven from the discussions should be explained

Suggestions that are suitable for the discussion and results of the research must be made.

5. REFERENCES

You should be prepared according to APA 6 – Citation Guide. The in-text references should be given in a way that accords with the language of the full text. For English manuscripts English referencing guidelines should be observed.

Acknowledgment

Generally the last paragraph of the paper is the place to acknowledge people (dedications), places, and financing (you may state grant numbers and sponsors here).

Preparation of Figures

Each figure can be integrated in the paper body or separately uploaded and should be cited in a consecutive order. Figure widths can be 4-6 inch as 300 dpi. The labels of the figures should be clear and informative.

Preparation of Tables

Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title and if numerical measurements are given, the units should be included in the column heading. Tables should be simple with simple borders and text written as left text.

Proofs

Corrected proofs must be returned to the publisher within 2 weeks of receipt. The publisher will do everything possible to ensure prompt publication. It will therefore be appreciated if the manuscripts and figures conform from the outset to the style of the journal.

Copyright

Open Access authors retain the copyrights of their papers, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations.

While the advice and information in this journal are believed to be true and accurate on the date of its going to press, neither the authors, the editors, nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.

Ethical Guidelines

New methods and ethically relevant aspects must be described in detail, bearing in mind the following:

Human Experiments. All work must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (1964). Papers describing experimental work on human subjects who carry a risk of harm must include:

A statement that the experiment was conducted with the understanding and the consent of the human subject.

A statement that the responsible Ethical Committee has approved the experiments.

 Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.

Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

The text is single-spaced; uses a 11-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring Double Blind Review have been followed.

The following ethical duties and responsibilities are written in the light of the guide and policies made by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Ethical Responsibilities of Authors

The authors who submit their manuscripts to “International e-Journal of Educational Studies” are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:
• Author(s) must submit original studies to the journal. If they utilize or use other studies, they must make the in-text and end-text references accurately and completely.
• People who have not contributed to the study at the intellectual level should not be indicated as author.
• If the manuscripts submitted to be published are subject of conflicting interests or relations, these must be explained.
• During the review process of their manuscripts, author(s) may be asked to supply raw data. In such a case, author(s) should be ready to submit such data and information to the editorial and scientific boards.
• Author(s) should document that they have the participants' consent and the necessary permissions related with the sharing and research/analysis of the data that are used.
• Author(s) bears the responsibility to inform the editor of the journal or publisher if they happen to notice a mistake in their study which is in early release or publication process and to cooperate with the editors during the correction or withdrawal process.
• Authors cannot submit their studies to multiple journals simultaneously. Each submission can be made only after the previous one is completed. A study published in another journal cannot be submitted to “International e-Journal of Educational Studies”.
• Author responsibilities given in a study (e.g.: adding an author, reordering of author names) whose review process has begun cannot be changed.

Ethical Responsibilities of Editors
The editor and field editors of “International e-Journal of Educational Studies” should hold the following ethical responsibilities that are based on the guides "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and "COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" published as open Access by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
General duties and responsibilities
Editors are responsible for each study published in “International e-Journal of Educational Studies”. In this respect, the editors have the following roles and responsibilities:
• Making efforts to meet the demand for knowledge from readers and authors,
• Ensuring the continuous development of the journal,
• Managing the procedures aimed to improve the quality of the studies published in the journal,
• Supporting freedom of expression,
• Ensuring academic integrity,
• Following the procedures without making concessions on intellectual property rights and ethical standards,
• Being transparent and clear in issues that require correction or explanation.

Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers
The fact that all manuscripts are reviewed through "Blind Review" has a direct influence on the publication quality. This process ensures confidentiality by objective and independent review. The review process at “International e-Journal of Educational Studies” is carried out on the principle of double blind review. Reviewers do not contact the authors directly, and the reviews and comments are conveyed through the journal management system. In this process, the reviewer views on the evaluation forms and full texts are assigned to the author(s) by the editor. Therefore, the reviewers doing review work for “International e-Journal of Educational Studies” are supposed to bear the following ethical responsibilities:
Reviewers must
agree to review only in their subject of expertise.
review in an unbiased and confidential manner.
inform the editor of the journal if they think that they encounter conflict of interests and decline to review the manuscript during the review process.
dispose the manuscripts they have reviewed in accordance with the principle of confidentiality after the review process. Reviewers can use the final versions of the manuscripts they have reviewed only after publication.
review the manuscript objectively and only in terms of its content and ensure that nationality, gender, religious and political beliefs, and economic apprehension do not influence the review.
review the manuscript in a constructive and kind tone, avoid making personal comments including hostility, slander and insult.
review the manuscript they have agreed to review on time and in accordance with the ethical rules stated above.
Unethical Behaviour
Should you encounter any unethical act or content in “International e-Journal of Educational Studies” apart from the ethical responsibilities listed above, please notify the journal by e-mail at “iejes.editor@gmail.com
Cite: http://egitimvebilim.ted.org.tr/index.php/EB/pages/view/guideForAuthors#ethicalResponsibilitiesOfPublisher

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