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Author Guidelines
Journal of Early Childhood Studies which accept the research articles, review articles, book reviews and article on professional experience in Turkish and English is a double blind peer review academic journal. Journal of Early Childhood Studies is published online and there is no hardcopy version of journal.
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PS: It is mandatory to do proofreading for English manuscripts before publication. This is author(s) responsibility. Author/s can submit the proofreading certificate to the the journal system or send as an e-mail to eccd.jecs@gmail.com.
Writing Format:
Articles which submitted to Journal of Early Childhood Studies main body should be Garamond style 12 fonts, 1.5-line spacing, auto space between paragraphs. References should be prepared based on APA 6 reference displaying essences. Direct quotations are written within“. If the direct quotation is longer than 40 words, then it should be written without using“ as a separate paragraph, indented and in 10 fonts.
Article in English
Title of Article
Title of Article in Turkish (it will be added after accepting by journal)
Abstract: Abstract of the article should be provided general idea about research to readers, abstract should be written Garamond 9 font, between 100 to 150 words.
Abstract in Turkish (it will be added after accepting by journal)
Introduction: It includes information about the purpose, significance, conceptual “theoretical framework and study in general.
Method: It gives information about the method and the process followed in the study. This section should be included research design, research sample or group, data collection tools and process, analysis of data.
Results: It is the main section in which the collected data and findings are presented.
Conclusion and Discussion: It is section where the conclusion reached through findings is presented and referring to similar studies about the same topic and discussions in literature.
References: References of article should be presented in APA 6 Style
CITING and REFERENCES WRITING RULES
The citation and reference presentation of works, which is to be submitted to the Journal of Early Childhood Studies, should be prepared in accordance with APA 6 rules.
References in the article should be cited according to APA 6 rules (e.g. Bitner, 1994). If more than one citation is used, the citation should be given in alphabetical order. For example, the reference should be given as (Bitner, 1994, Ekici, 2002, Kara & Özden, 2005, Russell & Hollander, 1975, Yıldırım & Çirkinoğlu, 2005).
When preparing the bibliography form, in MS Office Paragraph Indent and Space Tab on the Special section hanging next to the value should be 1.25 cm; Line Spacing should be single-spaced, and line spacing for lower and upper part should also be set to 6 nk, the text align should be set to justified (As shown in Figure 1).
Figure 1. Reference format
References in APA 6 Style:
Article:
Surname, A. (2017). Title of the article. Journal of Early Childhood Studies 1(1), 11-18.
Adams, K. (2014). What is a child? Children’s perceptions, the Cambridge Primary Review and implications for education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 44(2), 163-177.
Book:
Surname, A. (2017). Title of the book. City: Publisher
Buckingham, D. (2000). After the death of childhood: Growing up in the age of electronic media. Cambridge: Polity.
Chapter in Edited Book:
Surname A. (2017). Title of the chapter. In B. Surname (Eds.) Name of edited book (p.15-38). City: Publisher
Prout, A., and James, A. (2015). A new paradigm for the sociology of childhood? Provenance, promise and problems. In A. James and A. Prout (Eds.) Constructing and reconstructing childhood: Contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood (p.6-28). New York: Routledge
Translated Book:
Surname, A. (2017). The book name in translated language. (B. Surname, trans.). City: Publisher
Foucault, M. (1977). Discipline and punish (A. Sheridan, trans.). New York: Pantheon
Unpublished Doctorate and Master Thesis:
Surname, A. (2017). Title of the doctoral thesis (Unpublished Doctorate Thesis). University, City.
Savahl, S. (2010). Ideological constructions of childhood (Unpublished Doctorate Thesis). University of the Western Cape, Bellville.
Surname, A. (2017). Title of the master thesis (Unpublished Master Thesis). University, City.
Salim, M. (2011). Geçmişten Günümüze Türkiye’de Çocuk Koruma Politikaları ve Sosyal Hizmetler ve Çocuk Esirgeme Kurumu (Unpublished Doctorate Thesis). Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta.
Congress and Symposium:
Surname, A. (Year, Month date). Title of paper. Paper presented at Title of Conference: Subtitle of Conference, Location. Place of publication: Publisher.
Brown, S., & Caste, V. (2004, May 24). Integrated obstacle detection framework. Paper presented at the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Detroit, MI.
Internet Documents:
Surname, A. (2017). Title of the article. 30 January 207 retrieved from http:www.journalofomepturkey.html
National Association for the Education of Young Children [NAEYC](2009). NAEYC standards for early childhood professional preparation programs. 28 July 2015 retrieved from https://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ProfPrepStandards09.pdf
Anonymous Internet Documents:
Anonymous. (2017). Citing from the page title. 30 January 2017 retrieved from http:www.journalofomepturkey.html
Copyright Notice
The authors of the studies published in the Early Childhood Studies Journal are considered to agree to the following terms:
- The author holds the copyright of his or her work in hand and gives the journal the right for the first publication.
- The author of the study published in the journal can separate contractual arrangements for distribution (e.g. be sent to a corporate data bank or published in a book) without full authorization.
- Before sending authors' works to the journal or while submission process continue, the authors are encouraged to share their works over the internet (e.g. in corporate databases or on their websites). This, both the productive exchange of ideas can lead to get more citations earlier than you expect. (Look Impact of Open Access).
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