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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.
  • 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.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses Times New Roman 12-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.

Author Guidelines

The Editorial Board of Teacher Educators’ Society of Nepal (TESON) calls for original articles to be considered for publication in its upcoming issue of the Journal of TESON. The journal accepts scholarly articles written based on empirical data, conceptual or theoretical concerns, and professional learning experiences, specifically related to the broader areas of teacher education. The potential authors/contributors are required to strictly follow the guidelines suggested by the Editorial Board for consideration for publication. To improve the quality of the scholarship, the publication adopts a double-blind peer-review process. Therefore, the authors are requested to strictly consider the guidelines (both general and formatting) before the submission of their original manuscripts.

General Guidelines

  • The manuscripts should be related to, but not limited to, the following areas of inquiry.
    • Teacher Education (in general as well as in subject-specific domains)
    • Assessment practices in teacher education
    • Teacher professional development
    • Teacher well-being
    • Action research
    • Teacher beliefs and teacher attitudes
    • Education leadership and management
    • Teacher training
    • Education policies and teacher education
    • Transformations in education
    • Mentoring and supervision
  • The articles should be original, professionally relevant, and intellectually engaging.
  • The articles should at least relate to the theoretical and/or practical aspects of Teacher Education or implications to teacher education.
  • Empirical data-based articles should explicitly mention the research design, the methods used, and the analytical framework adopted, supported by appropriate and necessary referencing from the established methodology resources.
  • Each initially processed submission will be followed by reviewers’ comments on the manuscripts. However, initial consideration for publication based on one or more rounds of comments/revision of the work will not guarantee the final publication.
  • The authors must submit the revised draft(s) within the deadlines as provided (see the timeline for publication process below). Late submission, at any stage of the review process, will NOT be considered for publication.
  • Please submit your manuscripts to editorialteson@gmail.com

Formatting guidelines

  • The entire manuscript, including the abstract, the reference list, and any tables or figures and their captions, should strictly follow the APA style (7th Edition). The authors are requested to refer to the APA Manual for the details on in-text citation and referencing. For quick access to the general referencing styles, the sample references are provided at the end of this guideline. Failure to maintain the prescribed standard guidelines will disqualify the paper for consideration for the review process.
  • The manuscripts must be written in English.
  • The manuscript should not exceed 8000 words (excluding references and appendices).
  • The manuscript should be typed in Times New Roman, 12 font size, with double space, and printable in A4 paper. A complete manuscript should be sent as an e-mail attachment in an MS Word file.
  • If the manuscript includes any special fonts (for the subjects such as mathematics, sciences, and any other subjects if relevant), please send the fonts attached along with the manuscript.
  • If the manuscript includes any tables then they should be numbered with an appropriate title, and the figures should be provided with a clear and concise caption. 
  • Footnotes must be avoided, instead, Endnotes can be maintained.
  • All articles should include the following sections/components in general. However, the additional sections (if required) can be considered as judged by the respective reviewer(s).
    • Title: No more than 12 words
    • Abstract: Not exceeding 250 words
    • Keywords: No more than five words
    • Introduction
    • Literature review: (if applicable with brief sub-headings)
    • Methods (if applicable)
    • Findings (Results and discussion)/Discussion of findings
    • References
    • Appendices (if any)

Sample referencing styles
The authors are advised to check their paper as par with the samples given below.

Journal Articles:
Duff, P. A. (2019). Social dimensions and processes in second language acquisition: Multilingual socialization in transnational contexts. The Modern Language Journal, 103, 6–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12534

Zhoc, K. C. H., King, R. B., Chung, T. S. H., & Chen, J. (2020). Emotionally intelligent students are more engaged and successful: Examining the role of emotional intelligence in higher education. European Journal of Psychology of Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10212-019-00458-0

Books:
Archer, M. S. (2012). The reflexive imperative in late modernity. Cambridge University Press.

Edited books:
Richards, J. C. & Nunan, D. (Eds.). (1997). Second language teacher education.  Cambridge University Press.

Book chapters:
Canagarajah, A. S. (2006). Ethnographic methods in language policy. In T. Ricento (Ed.), An introduction to language policy: Theory and method (pp. 153–169). Wiley-Blackwell.

Online resources:
Gallaudet Research Institute (2003). Literacy. Retrieved on 25th Jan. 2009 from: http://gri.gallaudet.edu/literacy

Darling-Hammond, L. (2000). Teacher quality and student achievement: A review of state policy evidence. Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 8(1). Retrieved on 25th Jan. 2009 from http://www.epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n1

Newspaper articles:
Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, pp. 1A, 2A.

(Note: For more details on APA style, please go to http://www.apastyle.org/).

In-text citation

Short Quotations (less than 40 words)
Lave and Wenger (1991) argue for “legitimate peripheral participation” (p. 34).

Long Quotations (more than 40 words)
Poudel and Choi (2020) noted the contemporary contexts that have contributed to fragile nature of policy implementations as:

     As societies are increasingly becoming complex, due to intersections of
     changes such as ever more complex demographic features, fast policies
     and reforms, and travelling neoliberal and other discourses, local policymakers’
     room to mobilise resources to realise their policy goals and subsequent
     practices is continuously curtailed (p. 16).

Paraphrasing:

Single author:
The metacognitive processes require self-regulated learners to set goals, self-monitor, and self-evaluate their learning processes (Zimmerman, 1990).  

Multiple authors:
The status of English has changed from the language of rulers to everybody’s language (Giri, 2015; Sharma, 2006).

Researchers argue that SRL is quite important for students, especially academic, thus, researchers and practitioners show great interest in how to improve students’ SRL skills (Dignath & Büttner, 2008; Kistner et al., 2010; Zimmerman, 2008)

Note: The Editorial Board would like to request the potential authors to consider the above guidelines. Failure to comply with them will lead to the disqualification of the paper for publication.

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(Updated: 24 January 2023)