Slovenský časopis pre pedagogické vedy / Slovak Journal for Educational Sciences
Časopis Pedagogika.sk

Guidelines for Authors

Pedagogika.SK is an electronic journal published by the Slovak Education Society within Slovak Academy of Sciences. It brings original scholarly articles, information about events and book reviews. A
broad
range
of
articles
related
to educational sciences are welcome which expand the knowledge base of education. Special attention is paid to theory and methodology of educational research, history of ideas in education, theory of instruction, andragogy, pedeutology, educational psychology, social aspects of education, and sociology of education. The journal brings analytic reviews of books as well as information from events in the educational community in both Slovakia and abroad, especially in EU. The manuscripts are reviewed by two anonymous reviewers.

  • The journal accepts manuscripts in Slovak, Czech or English. If submitted in English, it is recommended to have the text proofread by a native English speaker.
  • Manuscripts should be e-mailed to the executive editor: silvia.donceva@gmail.com
  • Manuscripts are received with the explicit understanding that they are original pieces of work and not under simultaneous consideration by any other publication.
  • The name of your file must contain the first four words of the title of your article, e.g., Quality_of_Teacher_Life.doc
  • The length of articles should be as follows: Theoretical or empirical articles – max. 25 standard pages (45.000 characters), information about events – max. 4 standard pages (7.200 characters), book reviews – max. 6 standard pages (10.800 characters). The editorial board does not accept the so-called collegial reviews, i.e., a review written by a person who is of the same affiliation as the book author.
  • The scholarly article must contain an abstract of 10-15 sentences and have 5-6 keywords.
  • In the end of the text the author will provide the full name, academic titles, affiliation or home address, and e-mail address. Authors of scholarly articles attach also their professional profile of 10 lines.
  • Text editor: MS Word.
  • Page margins: left and right 2.5 cm, upper and lower 3.5 cm.
  • Lines: single spaced.
  • Pagination: centred.
  • The tabulator or the space key should not be used at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Do not use spaces between characters in a word, e.g., m e a s u r e .
  • Do use capitals (except names of authors in References).
  • Do not underline words, instead, use bold or italics.
  • Place the heading of a table above the table.
  • Place the heading of a graph or picture under it.
  • Diagrams should be created as pictures in MS Word. Use commands Insert/Picture/New drawing.
  • In the text, please refer to literature as follows: (T. Cummings, 2005, p. 21) or (Broom, Brozman, 2009, p. 33).
  • References should be gathered at the end of the article (not at the foot of each page).
  • The List of References style examples:

ROGOFF, B. 1991. Aprenticeship in Thinking. Cognitive Development in Social Contest. 2nd ed. Oxford: The Oxford University Press. 179 p. ISBN 7184-767-4.

PAULÍNY, E. – RUŽIČKA, J. – ŠTOLC, J. 1998. Základy lingvistiky. Praha : Karolinum. 179 s. ISBN 80-888421-57-X.

WRIGLEY, W. 1968. Parish Registers and the Historian. In STEEL, D. J. National Index of Parish Registers. London : Society of Genealogists. vol. 1, p. 155 – 167.

BELMONT, J. M. 1989. Cognitive Strategies and Strategic Learning. In American Psychologist, Vol. 44, No. 4, p. 54 – 59.

MARHOLD, K., HINDÁK, F. (eds.) 1998. Zoznam nižších a vyšších rastlín Slovenska. [CD-ROM] Bratislava : Veda, vydavateľstvo SAV. 688 s. ISBN 80-224-0526-4.

VITIELLO, G. 2001. A European Policy for Electronic Publishing. In  The Journal of ElectronicPublishing. [online] Vol. 6, No. 3. [viewed Oct. 15, 2002]. Retrieved from <http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/06-03/vitiello.html>