Turkish Journal of Education

Our mission is to disseminate knowledge that informs practice in the field of education.

TURJE, as a refereed journal, offers four themed issues each calendar year that include research articles, explications of theory, reflections, and essay reviews of academic/professional books.

Every article describes implications for practice beyond the setting in which the work was conducted.

Editorial Objectives

Turkish Journal of Education is an international journal that publishes high-quality research papers to advance education

Topicality

The journal helps researchers and professionals communicate novel ideas, applications and developments in education in order to maintain their competitive edge.

Key Benefits

This scientific journal is published under the guidance of an expert international board and presents fully refereed papers on practice and progress in the field.

Key Journal Audiences

The journal reaches a global audience of academics and researchers in the field of education and surveying disciplines, educational leaders, teacher trainers, teachers, and students.

Types of publication

Turkish Journal of Education publishes regular papers on topics of interest to international audiences of educational researchers. Regular issues have an open call for manuscripts.

Publication Frequency

Turkish Journal of Education, an internationally peer-reviewed journal, is published four times a year in January 31, April 30, July 31, and October30.

Publication Language

All the serial issues have been published in English in Turkish Journal of Education. The manuscripts submitted to the journal should have a plain and clear language quality and should be consistent with the scientific literature and language rules. Manuscripts should be written in a fluent language which is free of foreign words.

Emerging topics published in Turkish Journal of Education include:

Computer Education
Curriculum Development in Education
Education Management
Educational Informatics
Educational Psychology
Engineering Education
Foreign Languages Education
Instructional Technology
Mathematics Education
Measurement and Evaluation in Education
Music Education
Science Education
Social Sciences Education
Special Education
STEM Education
Teacher Training
Physical Education and Sport
Psychological Counseling and Guidance
Technology Education
Turkish Language Education

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR TURKISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATION

 

For manuscript submission

Registration

In taking a step toward expediting the publication process, the Turkish Journal of Education uses a web-based submission and peer review. If you have not already created an account, go to www.turje.org and create an account (register) for yourself in the system on the left side of the website.

To monitor the progress of your manuscript throughout the review process, just log in to our system periodically and check the status of the paper.

 Preparing Manuscript

When preparing your manuscript, please use and follow our template.

TURJE employs an anonymous review policy (i.e., masked review). Therefore, the author's (authors’) name(s) and affiliation should not appear on any part of the article.

Prepare your manuscript and illustrations in the appropriate format, according to the instructions given below. Please also be sure that your paper conforms to the scientific and style instructions of the Journal, given below here.

 TITLE

The article title should be intriguing for readers and max. 12 words. The title should be written in sentence order. Make sure that only the first letter of your article's name is capitalized.

ABSTRACT

Each manuscript should include an informative, comprehensive abstract of 150 to 170 words with 10 pts. The abstract should explain the critical information related to the paper's aim, method, findings, results, and conclusions.

Keywords: Three - five keywords should also be given after the abstract. Keywords should be given in order according to their initials A to Z. Also, your keywords should be written in sentence order. Make sure only the first keyword starts with a capital word.

 

ÖZ (It is not mandatory for non-Turkish authors)

Her yazının 150-170 sözcük arasında bir ÖZ’ünün bulunması gerekir, ÖZ ve ABSTRACT’ın tamamen uyumlu olması beklenir. Yazının ÖZ’ü amacı, yöntemi, bulguları ve sonuçları hakkındaki kritik bilgileri vermelidir.

Anahtar Sözcükler: Her yazının keyword’lerinin Türkçeleri verilmelidir.

ÖZ Türkiye adresli çalışmalarda zorunludur.

 

General Rules:

The manuscript should be typed in using MS Word (6.0 or latest versions), A4 (21x29,7 cm.) paper size, Times New Roman (Font) and 11 pts (excludes, Title and abstract), single spaced with 2,5 cm margins on all sides and align full.

HEADINGS

The headings should be prepared according to the Turkish Journal of Education Manuscript Template.

Heading 2 (Flush Left, Boldface, Title Case Heading)

The text starts a new paragraph.

Heading 3 (Flush Left, Boldface, Italic, Title Case Heading)

The text starts a new paragraph.

        Heading 4 Indented, Boldface, Title Case Heading Ending With a Period: Paragraph text continues on the same line as the same paragraph. 

        Heading 5 Indented, Boldface Italic, Title Case Heading Ending With a Period: Paragraph text continues on the same line as the same paragraph.

Figures
Number all figures with Arabic numerals sequentially. The figure names should be given below the Figure and the name “figure” should be italicized. An example is presented below:
Figure 1. (10 pt. Bold)
The model fit of Abortion dimension (10 pt. Italic)


Tables
Number all tables with Arabic numerals sequentially. The table names should be placed above the table. In the first line, there should be the word “Table”. In the second line, the brief explanation of the title should be found and italicized. The tables should be prepared in Times New Roman font, in 10 pts., and should not have background colors.

Table 1 (Regular and Bold)
The Name of Table (Italic and Title Case)

Note: SD= strongly disagree; D=disagree; U=undecided; A=agree; SA=strongly agree (Notes should be double spaced)

Correct Use of Hyphenation
The most important principle for writing temporary compounds, such as non-vulnerable, best-selling, is to use hyphens to prevent misreading.
Words with prefixes and suffixes are written without hyphens according to APA rules. (ex. covariate, preexisting)
Correct Use of Numbers
When using numbers from 0-9 in your manuscript, spell these numbers out in letters. If you are using numbers 10 or higher, use digits to write them on your manuscript, but there are some exceptions:
Do not use numerals at the beginning of the sentence.
Common fractions, such as ¼ or ½ should be spelled out.
For other fractions, functions, percentages, etc., use numerals in your manuscript.
Important Punctuation Rules
If you use decimals, use full stop.
Do not use any bullet-points on your manuscript.
Abbreviations
Unless the abbreviations that you aim to use are common, such as, e.g., AIDS or IQ, the abbreviations should be written with their full definitions right next to them in the first use.
Here are some common abbreviations:
c.f.; compare
e.g.; for example
etc.; and so forth
i.e.; that is
viz.; namely
vs.; versus or against
et al.; and others

Note; ibid. (idibem, the same place) cannot be used in APA.

METHODOLOGY
This section of the manuscript should be about the techniques and methods you used in your study. Here are some questions that can help you form your methodology.
How did you collect the data, or how did you generate the data?
Which research methods did you use?
Why did you choose these methods and techniques?
How did you use these methods for analyzing the research question or problem?
In addition to these, add details of the ethics committee in the methodology.

CITATION RULES
Please use APA 7th edition (American Psychological Association, 2020) for in-text and end-text citations. This section of the document aims to explain and remind the authors of some of the rules of APA style citation. For more information, you can check the website provided below;
https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines

In-text Citations
There are two types of in-text citation: paraphrasing and quoting.
When you paraphrase some other researchers’ studies, use the styles below:
According to Jones (1998), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners. APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 1998).
If there is more than one author to cite, use the format below:
Research by Cebesoy and Yeniterzi (2016) supports...
Research findings indicated that … (Cebesoy & Yeniterzi, 2016)
If the citation has 3 or more authors, write the first author’s last name followed by “et al.” in the first mention in signal phrase or in parentheses.;
The study by Aykutlu et al. (2021) shows that...
(Aykutlu et al., 2021)
There are some rules you must follow when citing using paraphrasing.
If there are two studies in your paper, both of which abbreviate to the same et al. form, add as many surnames as needed to disambiguate.
If there are multiple references in your paper with the same author(s) and publication dates, append letters to the years.
If there are multiple studies in your paper with the first authors with the same name but have different initials, add initials next to the authors’ name in the in-text citations.
Direct quotation is used when duplicating an exact definition, when the author has said something memorable, or when you want to respond to the exact wording. The quotation should be a maximum of 40 words.
“The decline of American marriage has been a favorite theme of social commentators, politicians, and academics over the past few decades” (Cherlin, 2005, p. 34).
If the quotation has 40 words or more, it is written in block quotation format. Here’s what you need to know about block quotation;
Block quotations start with a new line.
Quotation marks do not surround them.
The entire quotation, just like in a new paragraph, should be indented 1.27 cm (0.5 inch) and the spacing must be 1.5.
The text after the quotation starts with new line, separated from the quotation.
The example of block quotation with a parenthetical citation:
Researchers have studied how people talk to themselves:
Inner speech is a paradoxical phenomenon. It is an experience that is central to many people’s everyday lives, and yet it presents considerable challenges to any effort to study it scientifically. Nevertheless, a wide range of methodologies and approaches have combined to shed light on the subjective experience of inner speech and its cognitive and neural underpinnings. (Alderson-Day & Fernyhough, 2015, p. 957)
The example of block quotation with narrative citation:
Flores et al. (2018) described how they addressed potential researcher bias when working with an intersectional community of transgender people of color:
Everyone on the research team belonged to a stigmatized group but also held privileged identities. Throughout the research process, we attended to the ways in which our privileged and oppressed identities may have influenced the research process, findings, and presentation of results. (p. 311)
Note; When citing a picture or a figure, write its citation under or on the top of the cited material. If that is not possible, then make sure you have written the citation in the next page.
End-Text Citations
Every reference on the reference list must be cited in the text, and every cited reference should appear on the reference list.
Each research material has a different way of writing an end-text reference. Here are some examples of how to write each research material.
Journal Articles
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article.Title of Periodical, volume number (issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy
Akbana, Y. E., Rathert, S., & Ağçam, R.. (2021). Emergency remote education in foreign and second language teaching. Turkish Journal of Education, 10(2), 97-124. https://doi.org/10.19128/turje.865344
Books
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher.
Kaufman, K. A., Glass, C. R., & Pineau, T. R. (2018). Mindful sport performance enhancement: Mental training for athletes and coaches. American Psychological Association.
Chapter in a Book
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication).Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Publisher.
O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: A metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). Springer.
For Thesis/Dissertation
Surname, F. N. (Year). Title of dissertation (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Name of Institution.
Tortop, T. (2011). 7th-Grade students’ typical errors and possible misconceptions in graphs concept before and after the regular mathematics instruction. (Unpublished master’s thesis). Middle East Technical University.
Thesis/Dissertation from a Database
Horvath-Plyman, M. (2018).Social media and the college student journey: An examination of how social media use impacts social capital and affects college choice, access, and transition (Publication No. 10937367) [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
Electronic Sources
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number (issue number if available).http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For people who make Websites, 149. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving
Proceedings- Published
Contributor, A. (Year).Title of contribution. Proceedings of the Conference Name, (pp. xxx-xxx). Publisher
Werner, M., Schwanewedel, J., & Mayer, J. (2014). Does the context make a difference? Students’ ability in decision-making and the influence of contexts. In C. P. Constantinou, N. Papadouris& A. Hadjigeorgiou (Eds.), Proceedings of the ESERA 2013 Conference: Science Education Research for Evidence-based Teaching and Coherence in Learning. (pp. 81-90). European Science Education Research Association.
Proceedings- Unpublished
Contributor, A. (Year, Month). Title of contribution., Conference Name, Location.
Fowler, S. R., Zeidler, D. L., (2010, March). College students’ use of science content during socio-scientific issues negotiation: Evaluation as a prevailing concept. Paper presented at the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Philadelphia, PA.
Posters
Contributor, A. (Year, Month). Title of the poster. Poster, Conference Name, Location.
Cebesoy, Ü. B., & Tekkaya, C. (2012, September).Are in-service science teachers genetically literate? Some preliminary findings. Poster presented at Applied Education Congress (APPED), Ankara, Turkey.
Government Publications
Author, A. A. (Or Government Name).Name of Government Agency.(Year).Title: Subtitle (Report No. xxx [if available]). Place of Publication: Publisher.
Pillsbury, M. (2000). China Debates the future security environment. Report prepared for U. S. Department of Defense. Institute for National Strategic Studies. Washington: National Defense University Press.
Published with missing information
There may be some materials with missing information. Here are what you should do in these situations.
If the name of the author is missing, first write the title, then the date and sources.
If the publication date of the material is missing, first write the author's name, then write “n.d.” for “no date” in the place of the date.
If there is no title provided, first write the author's name and date, then describe the material in square brackets in the place of the title.
If the DOI number is not available, omit this information from the reference.
Citation of Sources of Data
If there are more than 50 sources of data, these references should be written at the end of the references list. If the number of sources is less than 50, add the citation of sources to the references list in alphabetical order, add asterisks at the beginning of every source of data citation, and write the note “References marked with an asterisk indicate studies included in the meta-analysis” at the beginning of the list.
Citing Non-English Sources
When you quote from a non-English text, you MUST write both the translation and the original, or just the translation of the text.
When writing an end-text reference of the text written in a different language, write the English title of the text, if there is an English title and abstract. If there isn’t one, write the original title first, then write the English translation of the non-English title in square brackets. 

APPENDIX 1.

If the Manuscript has APPENDIXES Should Be Given After Reference List



TÜRKÇE GENİŞLETİLMİŞ ÖZET (It is not mandatory for non-Turkish authors.)

Çalışmanın son sayfasında, en az 750 sözcükten oluşan Türkçe bir özet bulunmalıdır.

Türkçe Genişletilmiş özette metin, 11 punto büyüklüğünde, “Times New Roman” karakteri kullanılarak hazırlanmış olmalıdır. Türkçe Genişletilmiş Özet alt başlıklar içermemeli ve genel olarak;

Çalışmanın kapsamını,

Problem durumunu,

Hipotezleri (varsa) ve amacını verebilmeli,

Yöntemini açıklamalı,

Öne çıkan bulgular ve sonuçları hakkında tatmin edici bilgiler sunabilmelidir.

TÜRKÇE GENİŞLETİLMİŞ ÖZET Türkiye adresli çalışmalarda zorunludur.

Please check these points before you submit your manuscript:

• Make sure that the heading does not exceed 12 words.
• Please add a running head to your manuscript (The running head is an abbreviated version of the title of your paper (or the full title if the title is already short).
• Please delete “Turkish Journal of Education Manuscript Template, 2021” from the footer.
• The manuscript should be prepared in single-spaced with 2.5 cm margins on all sides and justified.
• The “Abstract” and the “Öz” should be on the same page.
• The ‘Abstract’ and the ‘Öz’ should not exceed the second page.
• Three or five keywords should be given after the abstract. Keywords should be given in order according to their initials A to Z. Also, the keywords should be written in sentence order. Make sure that only the first letter of your keyword is capitalized.
• Please mention the details of your ethics committee approval in your methodology part. (The number and date are enough for review. The institution name should be anonymized for blind review)
• All the figures and tables should be cited within the text.
• The self-citations should be anonymized for blind review both in-text and in reference (e.g., It could be stated that ….. (Author A, 2020; Cebesoy & Öztekin, 2018)
• If the citation has 3 or more authors, write the first author’s last name followed by “et al.” in the first mention in a single phrase or in parentheses.
• Make sure that you have searched every resource possible to find these DOI numbers.
• You should indicate the thesis as Master's or Doctoral Dissertation.
• For the authors with double surnames, do not put hyphens between surnames.
• Please do not cite multiple works parenthetically in your manuscript in order to show the studies made about the sentence you have mentioned.
• Please use Turkish characters when you write authors' names.
• The tables and figures should not extend to the next page.
  

Upon certifying that neither the manuscript nor its main contents have already been published or submitted for publication in another journal, papers are accepted for possible publication process which can be found at the journal website, must be signed by the corresponding author on behalf of all authors and must accompany all papers submitted. Please see the form for additional copyright details. After a manuscript has been submitted, it is not possible to add,  remove or change the order of authors. If authors do so, their submissions will be canceled.

Manuscripts may be rejected without peer review by the editorial team if they do not comply with the instructions for authors or if they are beyond the scope of the journal. After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, i.e. after referee-recommended revisions are complete, the author will not be permitted to make changes from the manuscript that was accepted by the editor. Before publication, the galley proofs are always sent to the authors for corrections. Mistakes, which occur due to some negligence on our part during final printing will be corrected in an errata section in a later issue, if they exist. However, that process does not include those errors left uncorrected by the author in the proof.

TURJE follows the guidelines, given by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for any publication disputes.

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

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is essential for the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. Therefore, it is important for all parties involved in the publication process: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, and the publisher to agree upon the standards of expected ethical considerations.


Responsibilities of Authors:

The authors who submit their manuscripts to Turkish Journal of Education are expected to comply with the following ethical responsibilities:

· Authors obliged to participate in peer review process.

· Each author must contribute to the research equally.

· Authors should state that all data in article are real and authentic.

· Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

· Authors should list the references and any financial support.

· Authors should document that there is no plagiarism, no fraudulent data in their studies.

· Authors are forbidden to publish same research in more than one journal.

· If the manuscripts submitted to be published are subject of conflicting interests or relations, these must be explained.

· 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) should provide (is their study required) Ethics Committee Approval Certificate. More information please click here

· Author(s) must upload the originality report of their study while submitting a study. More information please click here



Responsibilities of Reviewers

The review process at the Turkish Journal of Education is carried out on the principle of double-blind review which has a direct influence on the publication quality and ensures confidentiality by objective and independent review. Reviewers do not contact the authors directly, and the reviews and comments are conveyed through the journal management system. Therefore, the reviewers working for the Turkish Journal of Education are supposed to accept the following ethical responsibilities:

Reviewers must:

· review the manuscript objectively.

· have no conflict of interest with regard to the research, the authors, and/or the research funders.

· point out relevant published work that is not yet cited.

· treat the articles confidentially.

· review the manuscript in a constructive and kind tone, and avoid making personal comments including hostility, slander, and insult.

· review the manuscript on time and in accordance with the ethical rules stated above.

· inform the editor if they encounter a conflict of interests and decline to review the manuscript during the review process.


Responsibilities of Editors:

Editors are responsible for each study published in Turkish Journal of Education. Therefore, the editors must comply with roles and responsibilities based on the guides "COPE Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors" and published as open Access by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Editors must:

· ensure that each manuscript is reviewed in an unbiased, fair and timely manner.

· make sure that articles in the journal are published in accordance with the publication policies of the journal and international standards to ensure the quality.

· have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article;

· have no conflict of interest with regard to articles they reject/accept;

· ensure the continuous development of the journal,

· promote publication of correction or retraction when errors are found.

· preserve anonymity of reviewers.

· monitor publishing ethics by editorial board;

· maintain the integrity of the academic record;

· exclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards;

· always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.

· select the new members of the editorial board from those who can contribute to the journal and are qualified enough.

· send manuscripts for review based on the subject of expertise of the editorial board members.

· regularly communicate with the editorial board.

· publish ethics issues

· arrange meetings with the editorial board for the development of publication policies and the journal.



Responsibilities of Publisher

Turkish Journal of Education is committed to ensure that commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. Also, TURJE will cooperate with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful to editors. Publisher must hold the following responsibilities:

· Editors are responsible for all the processes that the manuscripts submitted to TURJE will go through and the decision-makers are the editors.

· The publisher accepts to have an independent editorial decision made.

· The publisher must protect the intellectual property rights of all the articles published in TURJE and keep a record of each unpublished article.

· The publisher bears all the responsibility to take the precautions against scientific abuse, fraud and plagiarism.



Plagiarism Detection

The use of third parties’ ideas or words in their original form or slightly changed without a proper citation is considered as “plagiarism” and will not be tolerated. Even if a citation is given, if quotation marks are not placed around words taken directly from another author’s work, the author is still guilty of plagiarism. Reuse of the author’s own previously published words, with or without a citation, is regarded as self-plagiarism. All manuscripts received must be submitted with the Originality Report, which compares the content of the manuscript with the other published materials. In the case of a solid similarity to other published materials, the submitted materials are directly rejected and will not be considered for publication. Author(s) must upload the originality report of their study while submitting a study. More information please click here

The peer review process is of utmost importance for the success of scientific publishing. Committed to the protection and enhancement of the peer review process, TURJE has an obligation to assist the scientific community in all aspects of publishing ethics, especially in cases of (suspected) duplicate submission or plagiarism.

When a reader discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a paper published in the Turkish Journal of Education or has any other complaint about editorial content (plagiarism, duplicate papers, etc.), he/she should make a complaint by e-mail to: turjeorg@gmail.com. Considering complaints as an opportunity to improve, we try to respond quickly and constructively.



Article Withdrawal

Articles can be withdrawn and the author can be added only at the pre-review process.

Turkish Journal of Education uses DergiPark for scientific publication processes. There is NO article processing or submission charge in TURJE.