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Author Guidelines

Founded in 1966, the McGill Journal of Education is now an online, open-access journal that supports thoughtful and critical discussion of issues related to education, broadly-conceived, to include formal, non-formal, informal and incidental forms of teaching and learning in a range of social settings. The MJE aims to engage academic readership, as well as practitioners and broader publics. The journal publishes scholarly submissions which undergo blind peer-review, develops forms of editorially-reviewed (non-peer reviewed) material, and serves as a medium for interactive forums, discussions, dialogues and interviews. 

Since we anticipate a broader readership, we encourage authors to imagine a well-informed, interested, but possibly non-specialist reader. That means that a little more background might be necessary and key terms should be carefully if briefly defined where appropriate. We accept English and French articles in the form of theoretical essays, descriptive reports of research, reviews of books, and commentaries on current educational issues and policies.

As noted, articles meeting our criteria for peer-reviewed contributions will be sent for blind review, so authors’ names must not appear anywhere on the manuscript or in the file properties of the manuscripts. When submitting an article please follow the steps for removing all identifying information from the manuscript file. These steps can be found by clicking the “ENSURING A BLIND REVIEW” link which is located directly to the right of the upload button on step 3 of the 5 step submission process. Authors of accepted papers are required to assign all rights to copyright to the journal by means of a standard form (see Copyright Notice).

MJE is also developing a forum for non-peer reviewed contributions in a number of formats and anticipates expansion into multimedia such as podcasts alongside its ongoing commitment to continue as a scholarly publication.

Please note that all submissions require you to register as an author at http://mje.mcgill.ca/ and follow the manuscript submission steps. If you have problems please contact us at mje.education@mcgill.ca.

 

TYPES OF ARTICLES ACCEPTED

1) Peer-reviewed submissions

Conventional journal articles (up to 8000 words). These are understood as original contributions to theory, practice and research likely to be of interest both to practitioners and researchers, and are expected to be of a high intellectual standard and well-written.

Review essays (4000-6000 words). These are overviews of particular literatures, particular theoretical traditions and so on, and are intended as expert introductions to their subject for the benefit of researchers and practitioners who are not yet familiar with the area.

2) Editorially-reviewed submissions

This is material which, by its nature, it is not appropriate to put through the full peer review process. It thus involves a direct communication between the author and the editor, in the course of which the editor will often request rewrites to make the material suitable for the journal and useful to its intended readership. New sections are currently in preperation, please check back regularly. Initially, book reviews are included within this category with future sections in preperation, please check back:

Book Reviews: We invite individuals to write and submit book reviews for publication in the MJE. Reviews should be no longer than 1000 words in length. A good book review does more than summarize, it places the book in a larger context of scholarship. Ideally it describes the value and usefulness that the book might have for scholars, and practitioners. Your review should provide readers with an overview of the book, including basic content and structural organization, the recommended audience and scholarly aim(s) of the book, and how the author situates this work within the larger context of the area or field. The review should provide a critical commentary of the book, assessing its contribution to the field. When reviewing edited volumes, authors should provide a sense of the range of contributions in the collection. The review should be written in a language and style that is accessible to readers across various disciplines. Please cite book details at the start of your review, including: author(s)/editor(s), title, city of publication, publisher, year of publication, number of pages, price, ISBN number, For example:

Wayne Martino, Michael Kehler, & Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower (Eds.). The Problem with Boys’ Education: Beyond the Backlash. New York, NY: Routledge. (2009). 290 pp. $43.95 (paperback). (ISBN 978-1-56023-683-2).

 

SUBMISSION PROCESS

All submissions must be sent using the online on the MJE website (see above). 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.

• Peer-reviewed submissions should be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 120 words, which outline: a) a concise statement of the article's purpose; b) a brief explanation of the study's materials and methods; c) a summary of the study's results; d) conclusions supported by the investigation's results. Please include in the document 5-10 keywords to enhance the searchability of the article.

• Manuscripts must be prepared according to the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA Order Department 1-800-374-2721 or via the Internet at: http://www.apastyle.org). Manuscripts that do not meet this requirement will be returned to the author.

• Heading levels must be clearly indicated – FIRST LEVEL: UPPER CASE; Second level: Upper/lower case, italicized. Third level: Upper/lower case, italicized, underscored. Please limit manuscripts to three levels of headings. 

• All figures and tables must appear in their proper place within the text, and must not exceed our page size: 4.25᾿ x 7.25᾿ (10.75 cm x 18.4 cm)

• All notes should be manually entered as end notes. Please remove all automatic formatting from end notes.

• Peer reviewed manuscripts undergo a double blind review. Please remove any references to the author both in the body of the text and the reference list. Please remove identifying information from the file properties. (Steps on how to do this can be found by following the link "ENSURING A BLIND REVIEW" at "Step 3" of the 5 step submission process.

• Submission date must be shown in upper right corner of the first page of the manuscript. If the manuscript is a revision of the original submission, "Revised" and the date of the revised submission must be shown in the upper right corner of the first page of the revised manuscript.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

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.

  1. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  2. 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).
  3. All URL addresses in the text (e.g., http://mje.mcgill.ca/) are activated and ready to click.
  4. IF SUBMITTED FOR PEER-REVIEW (e.g., Articles, Review essays), the text has had the authors' names removed. If an author is cited, "Author" and year are used in the bibliography and footnotes, instead of author's name, paper title, etc. The author's name has also been removed from the document's Properties, which in Microsoft Word is found in the File menu.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal. In particular, citations and references follow the Publication Manual of the Americal Psychological Association, most recent edition (APA Publication Manual).
  6. All charts, figures, graphics, tables etc. appear in their proper place in the text and are formatted to fit within a journal page (maximum 4.25" x 7.25" or 10.75 cm x 18.40 cm). Charts, figures, graphics, tables which are not legible at this size cannot be included in the published version.
  7. End note reference numbers have been manually inserted in the text.
  8. Date of submission is shown in upper right corner of the first page of the manuscript. If the manuscript is a revision of the original submission, "Revised" and the date of the revised submission is indicated in the upper right corner of the first page of the revised manuscript. If the manuscript is intended for a special issue, please inidicate on the upper right corner of the first page of the manuscript the name of the issue for which it is to be considered.
 

Copyright Notice

Those wishing to reproduce all or part of any material published on this website are asked to acknowledge the McGill Journal of Education.

Authors must transfer copyright of their article to MJE. Authors may use all or parts of their work in any future publication with the article's origin in MJE acknowledged in the customary manner.

A copy of our standard form may be requested from mje.education@mcgill.ca

 

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ISSN: 1916-0666