Call for Papers: Scope (Teaching & Learning) - Capability

Scope Contemporary Research Topics is an open access, peer reviewed journal published annually by Otago Polytechnic. Scope (Learning and Teaching) is concerned with views, critical debate and reflections on learning and teaching theory and practice. We seek to address current topical matters in the field of tertiary education. Our focus is on building a sense of community amongst researchers from an array of New Zealand institutions with the goal of linking with a wider international community. This 2018 issue will focus on the theme of Capability: people, practice and frameworks.

Submissions for Scope (Learning and Teaching) - Capability are invited from those involved in any aspect of teaching and learning. Submissions should be sent in electronic format for review and potential inclusion to the Editors Oonagh McGirr and David McMaster by email to Su Bolland, Portfolio Assistant by 30 June 2018.

Submissions should contribute to critical debate and reflect new understandings concerning capability of people, practice and/or frameworks within the context of learning and teaching. High standards of writing, proofreading and adherence to consistency through the Chicago referencing style are expected. For general submission guidelines, see below.

Formats include: editorials; articles; essays; logs and travel reports; book and educational software reviews; residencies; publications; interviews and round-tables; and reflective pieces. Other suggested formats will also be considered; and special topics comprising submissions by various contributors may be tendered to the editors.

General submission guidelines

• Send a digital Word document to Su Bolland by 30 June 2018.
• Cover sheet (a separate cover page) to include: Name of author(s); contact email; contact telephone number; postal address; word count; number of images included in text.
• Author’s biography: Include a short biography of no more than 50 words of each author with your submission, briefly outlining their professional background and experience.

Detailed submission guidelines

Text

• Submit only Word document files which are clearly named, e.g. “smith.doc”.
• Word limit:
• Feature articles and essays: 2500-4000 words
• Logs and travel reports; residencies; publications; interviews and round-tables; and reflective pieces: 1500-2000 words
• Book and educational software reviews: 200-700 words
• Single line spacing:  between paragraphs; with no hard returns between lines of text in a paragraph; between full stop and first word of next sentence.
• Please do not apply indentations, tabulations or any such formatting to text.
• Captions for images should be numbered, should be complete, and should adhere to a sequence of information. See examples in previous issues online.
• Referencing should be in the form of endnotes with superscripted Arabic numerals in text and following the Chicago Style Manual.
• As no extra reference list is required, please include all bibliographical details in the endnotes.
• Include low resolution images (maximum 72dpi) embedded in your word document where you would ideally prefer to have them placed and supply full captions underneath them.
• Please remove all identifiers such as authors’ names and identifying meta-data (such as “file created by.....” data). This is to facilitate blind reviewing of the submission.
• The submission should be cleaned off all
• All abbreviations must be spelled out upon first mention in both the summary and main text, followed by the abbreviated form in parentheses. Thereafter, you may use the abbreviated form.
• All funding sources should be credited in the Acknowledgments section. In addition, people who contributed to the work but who do not fit the criteria for authors should be listed along with their contributions.

Images

• Format:  Images must be supplied as jpeg (minimum size 2MB) or TIFF or eps formats.
• Colour:   Greyscale or CMYK
• Quality:  300dpi - maximum image print area is 140mm wide x 190 deep.
• Orientation: Ensure your image is oriented correctly.
• Labelling: Label all image files with your name and number the images in the order they appear in your text and caption document, e.g. “smith.1.tif”, “smith.2.tif”.