The Social Educator
Subject: Social education research and practice
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
ISSN: 1328 - 3480
Information for Intending Contributors
The Social Educator provides a forum for innovative practices and research in relation to social education. The journal encourages submissions of manuscripts from educational researchers, teachers and teacher educators and invites contributions which address social education curriculum broadly and the teaching and learning of it in schools and tertiary education
Different focus areas
The journal invites authors to submit manuscripts on any of the following areas:
Research and scholarship
This section of the journal focuses on original research. The papers may include critical and theoretical research as well as scholarly reflections and debate on contemporary social education matters.
Practitioner exchange
These papers describe innovative social education course developments and teaching practices in varying contexts – such as education institutions and the community. Such papers may be case studies and narratives.
Resources review
This section includes reviews of materials such as books and other kinds of media that are of interest to the journal's combined audience of practitioners, scholars and researchers. These materials could include professional resources of interest to teachers, teacher educators and pre-service teachers.
The Editorial Committee may consider soliciting reviews from the SEAA membership. Books, curriculum material and resources relevant to social education may be sent to The Editor. Please mail these materials to The Editor, c/- The Social Educators’ Association of Australia (SEAA), 150 Palmerston Street, Carlton, VIC, 3056.
Call for Papers
Guidelines for Manuscripts
Articles for consideration should be sent in electronic format to The Editor, c/- Neil Todd, SEAA (seaa@sev.asn.au).
Papers should address social education curriculum broadly and/or the teaching and learning of it in schools, tertiary education and/or community contexts.
Articles should be no more than 5000 words in length (inclusive of references and spaces taken by tables and/or figures which are calculated at 500 words per page).
Papers are to be typed in 12 point font, paginated, with generous margins and formatted with 1.5 line spacing. All pages are to be numbered. Each paper should include an abstract of approximately 150 words. Resource reviews may be between 1000 and 3000 words in length. Authors will be asked to use a proforma for such work. Articles are to follow conventions for scholarly work and be print ready. Any images should be high resolution. Acronyms should be explained in full when first mentioned.
Please note: If you are using images and figures, please contact the editor to ensure that the work will meet print requirements.
For anonymity in reviewing, author's name(s), affiliations, postal addresses, email and telephone numbers should only be on a separate covering page.
References should follow the guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA). Authors are asked to avoid the use of footnotes and to use endnotes sparingly. References should be cited within the text of your paper and be listed alphabetically, in full, at the end of the paper, using the APA Style:
Dowden, T. (2007). Relevant, challenging, integrative and exploratory curriculum design: Perspectives from theory and practice for middle level schooling in Australia. The Australian Educational Researcher, 34(2): 51 – 71. Retrieved August 21, 2009 from
http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=163863;res=AEIPT
Gilbert, R. (2004). Studies of society and environment as a field of learning. In R. Gilbert (Ed.), Studying society and environment: A guide for teachers (3rd. ed., pp. 4 - 21). South Melbourne: Macmillan.
Reynolds, R. (2009). Teaching studies of society and environment in the primary school. South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (2005). Victorian Essential Learning Standards: Overview. East Melbourne: Author. Retrieved July 19, 2005 from http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/about/overview.html
Copyright
The Social Educators’ Association of Australia (SEAA) holds copyright for all material published in The Social Educator. It is a condition of copyright that all authors include transfer of copyright agreement when submitting articles. Access the transfer of copyright agreement on the SEAA website at http://www.afssse.asn.au/seaa/copyright.htm
