Focus and Scope
Teachers and Curriculum provides an avenue for the publication of papers that:
- Raise important issues to do with the curriculum, pedagogy and assessment;
- Reports on research in the areas of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment;
- Provides examples of innovative curriculum, pedagogy and assessment practice; and
- Review books and other resources that have a curriculum, pedagogy and assessment focus.
Teachers and Curriculum welcomes:
- Innovative practice papers with a maximum of 3500 words, plus an abstract or professional summary of 150 words, and up to five keywords;
- Research informed papers with a maximum of 3500 words, plus an abstract or professional summary of 150 words, and up to five keywords;
- Thinkpieces with a maximum of 1500 words; and
- Book or resource reviews with a maximum of 1000 words.
Peer Review Process
All contributions undergo rigorous peer review by at least two expert referees. The Editors reserve the right without consulting the author(s) to make alterations that do not result in substantive changes. The Editors’ decisions about acceptance are final.
Publication Frequency
A Teachers and Curriculum general issue is published annually and periodically an additional special issue is published.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Guest Editor Special Issue Policy
Guest Editor Special Issue Initial Proposal
All Special Issues must receive initial approval from the Editorial Board of Teachers and Curriculum. Proposals should be emailed to the Editor, Kerry Earl Rineheart at [email protected].
There are two formats proposals can take:
A detailed formal proposal that includes the titles and abstracts of the proposed articles. This proposal format must contain:
- The title of the Special Issue
- A brief CV of the proposed Guest Editors (usually no more than three)
- A statement of the Special Issue’s relevance for Teachers and Curriculum
- Titles and draft abstracts of each of the proposed articles
- Brief details of contributors
- A rough timeline
A proposal for a Special Issue Call for Papers. This proposal format must contain:
- The title of the Special Issue
- A brief CV of the proposed Guest Editors (usually no more than three)
- A statement of the Special Issue’s relevance for Teachers and Curriculum and the likely content to be covered
- A draft of the Call for Papers
- A rough timeline
The Editorial Board will consider whether the initial proposal is of interest to the journal and the proposed Guest Editors will be informed of approval. A member of the Editorial Board will liaise with Guest Editors regarding progress of the Special Issue and any queries that arise throughout the process.
Guest Editors are expected to oversee the peer review process for the Special Issue and make decisions about structure and length of article types. Guest Editors will also be given full support and guidance regarding the use of the online submission and reviewing system used by Teachers and Curriculum.
General information
Length
As a general guide, a full Special Issue should comprise of 8–12 articles. Where the review process results in fewer articles than this, a Special Section can be published.
Timeline
Authors should work to clear deadlines set by the Guest Editors.
Publishing Ethics Policy
The Publishing Ethics Policy for the Teachers and Curriculum Journal is comprised of:
The peer review process and ethical guidelines for peer reviewers.
Online submission and ethical guidelines for authors and authorship.
Complaints procedure
Should authors, readers or reviewers have a complaint, this must be sent in writing to the General Editor, outlining the basis of the complaint.
The General Editor will review any complaint on the basis of Teachers and Curriculum policies and procedures. The General Editor may convene an extraordinary Editorial Board meeting to resolve matters before responding to the complainant with a final ruling and/or next steps.
Journal Sponsor
This journal is published by the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, Division of Education, University of Waikato.
Submission Publication Checklise
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.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed. Note you need to include both a "NOT FOR REVIEW" copy which includes all authorship and affiliation information and a "BLIND REVIEW" copy which is blind review ready - under the two separate categories. Add the "NOT FOR REVIEW" copy first. When instructed to 'add another file', click here and select Blind Review. Make sure ALL future options are show as NOT a revision. Both versions will be visible, once you confirm the uploads.
- All references are correctly listed in APA style.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- Where available, doi numbers for articles have been provided. Consistent with current APA Guidelines, Teachers and Curriculum requires authors to include the doi of manuscripts they reference where this information is available. One quick resource for doing this is provided HERE
- The text is one and a half 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.
- Authors must declare any potential conflict of interest—be it professional or financial—which could be held to arise with respect to the article Please provide a detailed explanation in Comments to the Editor.
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