Trakya Journal of Education is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes academic studies in different disciplines of teacher education.

The aim of our journal is to contribute to the field of teacher training by publishing original and ethical academic studies.

Submission Process

• Trakya Journal of Education takes studies prepared in Turkish, English or German into consideration.

• Articles prepared in accordance with APA 6 (American Psychological Association) standards are evaluated.

• Manuscripts which are accepted for publication are published in the written language of the article.

• Journal editors may refuse manuscript submissions that do not meet the preliminary editorial evaluation criteria expressed in the “Notes to the Authors” section.

• Studies that do not match the purpose and scope of the journal are not evaluated.

• No fee is charged for the articles published in the journal.

Trakya Journal of Education publishes:

• Studies on the subject of education, using a quantitative, qualitative, single subject or mixed research design.

• Literature reviews, meta-analysis, or meta-synthesis studies that extensively evaluate the field of education.

• Studies offering models that can be applied practically in education.

Evaluation Process

Studies to be sent to the journal should be prepared in accordance with the spelling rules presented in this manual and author guidelines section. Submitted studies are taken into consideration by the editor in terms of purpose, subject, content, presentation style and compliance with the rules of writing. Studies are evaluated by the field editor in the second stage.

The editorial pre-evaluation criteria of the journal are as follows:

For quantitative studies;

• Studies based on frequency, percentage, difference and relationship statistics, which include a continuous variable or two continuous variables, are evaluated according to the scope of the study.
• Priority is given to the studies prepared using advanced statistics such as single or multiple regression, path analysis, cluster analysis.

For the studies that develop a measurement tool;

• The authenticity of the measurement tool, its scope, the quality of the developed group, the competence of validity and reliability processes, etc. criteria are taken into consideration.

For experimental studies;

• Priority is given to experimental research, which is supported by qualitative data from research data.

For qualitative studies;

• The journal gives importance to the validity and reliability conditions of the research process and the in-depth analysis of the data.

For descriptive / theoretical studies;

• The journal aims to  publish analytical studies that reveal the basic problems of educational sciences and propose solutions to them. On the other hand, these studies are not expected to be in the style of book chapters.

For mixed methods research;

• The publication rate of the studies prepared in the mixed design is higher in our journal However, authors are expected to clearly explain why they used mixed methods. Quantitative and qualitative parts of the research are evaluated separately. Quantitative and qualitative parts are expected to meet the above criteria separately.

Also;

·     Studies based on measurement tools that are frequently used in the field and research on highly studied topics are expected to present a new orientation.

·      In the studies based on the master's thesis and doctoral dissertations, the authors are expected to present the whole study, to report all the data used in the thesis/dissertation, rather than presenting only some parts of it.

·       For all types of research, data are expected to be up-to-date. If the research data are older than than 5 years or more, the journal will not consider it for publication.

·  Corresponding author of the study whose preliminary evaluation has been completed is notified of the evaluation result. The studies that are prepared in accordance with the above-mentioned principles are taken into the referee evaluation process.

·        The editorial evaluation is completed within 4 weeks before sending a submitted study to the reviewer's evaluation.

·        Studies that pass through the editorial evaluation process are sent to at least two reviewers. In order for the manuscript to be published, it has to receive publication approval from at least two reviewers. However, this does not mean that the article will be accepted for publication. The editors and the editorial board decide if the article is suitable for publication in the journal.

·        If there is disagreement about the study in the reports of the reviewers, the editor consults to a third reviewer for evaluation.

·   The peer review process takes approximately 4-6 months. This period may be extended due to the work load of the reviewers.

·        Two-sided blind review is used in the evaluation process. Reviewer reports are confidential. The authors do not know who the reviewers are, and the reviewers do not know the author(s) of the study they are evaluating.

·        The author(s) must take into account the criticism, recommendations and corrections of the reviewers, the field editor and the editor. The author(s) should provide explanations if they disgree with the feedback. Authors are required to make the proposed corrections to the article in 4 weeks and upload the article to the journal system for post evaluation.

For details and principles of reviewer evaluation processes, refer to the reviewer guidelines section of the journal.

According to the recommendations of the reviewers, the editor chooses one of the following ways:

-may accept the study for publication, requesting partial or significant changes,

-may ask the author(s) to organize his/her work in accordance with the recommendations of the reviewer and initiate a new evaluation process,

-may reject the publication of the study.

Studies accepted for publication go through the following procedures:

·        Reviewer evaluation reports and editorial evaluations of the studies that are accepted for publication are sent to the author.

·        The journal editor reviews the revised version of the manuscript in accordance with the reviewer reports and makes a decision whether to direct the revised version of the article to the reviewers for re-evaluation or take the article to the editing process.

·        The corresponding author will be notified of the correction of his/her work and will be asked to recheck the article.

·        Articles that are organized according to the reviewer and journal criteria is sent to journal final version design.

·        Studies whose design has been completed are checked by the author for the last time and are queued for publication in the next issue.

·        Abstracts or extendedsummaries of the studies that go thorugh these processes can be pre-published online by assigning a DOI number first.

General Rules

Articles to be submitted to the journal should be in A4 page layout. Papers should be written using the Times New Roman 11 font size and set at 1.0 lines. Both sides of the manuscript must be aligned. The top, bottom and right margins must be 2 cm., and left margin must be 2.5 cm. There must be double space between titles. Tables and references must be written in font size 10. The manuscript must be up to 10000 words including references and appendix. Manuscript template can be downloaded from the Journal website and used for editing the manuscript.

1.       Title

The manuscript title should be max. 10-12 words, with font size 12, centered, and in capital letters. In articles written in Turkish, the English title should be placed under the Turkish title. In articles written in English, the Turkish title should be placed under the English title. Author name(s) (first name with lowercase, surname with capital letters, no qualification) must be written in font size 11, under the title and must be centered. The title, author affiliation/s and e-mail address of the author(s) should be written as a footnote.

2.        Abstract and Key Words

The abstract should be written in Turkish and English. The abstract shouldn’t be longer than 100-150 words. Abstracts must be indented 1 cm. from right and left sides. Key words (between 3-6 words) should be stated as “Anahtar Sözcükler” under the Turkish heading, and “Key Words” under the English heading. Abstract titles must be centered.  The first letters of the abstract title must be written in uppercase and the others letters must be written in lowercase.

3.       Sections and Sub-Sections

All section titles must be written in capital letters, centered and bold. The first letters of the subheadings must be written in uppercase and the others in lowercase, aligned to the left, bold and without indentation Main sections of the manuscript must be numbered consecutively and include INTRODUCTION, METHOD, FINDINGS, DISCUSSION and CONCLUSION, and REFERENCES sections.

4.        Tables

Table title and table number must be given above the table and must be aligned to the left. Its content must be explained as a title next to the table number. The first letter of the table title must be written in uppercase. Nothing should be written to the right and left sides of the tables. Tables should be aligned to the left.

5.        References

All the sources used in the text should be available in the list of “References”. References should be written according to the standards of APA 6^th Edition (American Psychological Association). More detailed information about referencing can be accessed through the following website http://www.apastyle.org/learn/.index.aspx.

6.        Submission Checklist

Before submitting an article, authors should ensure that their manuscript meet the following criteria, otherwise manuscripts will be sent back to authors.

• The study submitted to the journal should not have been previously published elsewhere or submitted for publication in another journal. (Detailed information is included in the Author Guidelines).

·         The manuscript is sent in the Microsoft Word (doc) format.

·         The manuscript is related to the field of Educational Sciences and Teacher Training.

·         If the manuscript is accepted for publication, Trakya Journal of Education withholds all rights of copyright and related publishing rights.

·         If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author(s) are required to submit the article submission report to the web address tuefder@gmail.com stating that the manuscript has been read, approved and not sent to another journal.

·         The manuscript is prepared in accordance with the standards of APA 6^th Edition.

·         There is no author information in the copy of the manuscript uploaded to the system for evaluation purposes.

·         The author/s has/have not submitted another article to Trakya Journal of Education during the last year.

Author Rights

The author may request that certain individuals not be reviewers for conflict of interest.

The Editor does not send manuscripts to the reviewers if:

·        the author/s have colloborated in other studies,

·        the reviewer has taken part in the preliminary reading of the work of the author/s,

·        the reviewer previously had problems with the author/s,

·        the reviewer will financially benefit from the publication of the study,

·        the reviewer and and the author are from the same department of the same university.

 Article Withdrawal

The author(s) may withdraw their work that has not yet been published before proceeding with the evaluation process.

Objection to Reviewer' Reports and Editorial Decisions

The authors always have the right to challenge the reviewer reports and editorial decisions. In such cases, the authors are asked to state their objections with clear reasons. The editoral board may initiate a new evaluation process if they find the author objections reasonable.

Published Work

The editor of the journal will give information to the authors on the requests that demand reprint of the article and the use of the article for other academic purposes etc.

Erratum

Due to errors in editorial process or printing process, the author may request erratum for the problematic areas of his/her published work or for errors in information originating from the author himself/herself.