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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 OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 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

Notes for contributors to the Journal of Educational Development & Practice (JED-P)

  1. Manuscripts should conform to style set forth in the publication manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition by having the following characteristics among other things:
  2. A title page with title of 10-12 words. Below the title should be written the author’s name in the following order: first name, middle and last name. Below the author’s name is the institutional affiliation of the author, mailing address(es), email address(es), phone and fax numbers.
  3. An abstract on page 2, written as a single paragraph and having a maximum of 200 words.
  4. A text which starts on page 3. Page 3 should begin with the title of the paper centered at the top. The text begins below the title without the label “introduction”. The sections of the text follow each other without a break. If the paper is a research report it should include an introduction (which comprises the background, purpose and research question(s)/hypotheses), methods, results, discussion, conclusion, recommendation(s) and implication(s).
  5. This list starts on a new page. References should be written in alphabetical order and should include only the cited works within the body of the paper. The APA Seventh Edition format should be followed in writing all references.
  6. Tables and figures should be presented using the APA 7th format and be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text.
  7. Manuscript should be typewritten using the Times New Roman with font size of 12, double-spaced throughout on A4 sheet of paper.
  8. All paragraphs should be indented five to seven spaces. Type all remaining lines of the manuscript to a uniform left hand margin.
  9. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright owners to reprint or adapt tables or figures or to print a quotation of 500 words or more.
  10. Manuscripts most acceptable to space requirement would be between 15-20 typewritten pages or 3500-6000 words including the references.
  11. Submit your manuscript file in MS word electronically to ioejedp@gmail.com. Authors are advised to keep a copy of their manuscript to guard against loss.
  12. Manuscripts are welcome throughout the year.
  13. Contributors to the journal have to pay a publication fee of GH₡100.00 (if in Ghana) for a complimentary copy of the journal. Those outside Ghana will pay a publication fee of $50.00. Monies are payable to the Institute of Education Accounts Officer or to Account number 3021130000055, Ghana Commercial Bank with the Account Name: Institute of Education Exams. Evidence of payment should be sent to the Accounts Officer, Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast Ghana, West Africa or to the email address jedp@ucc.edu.gh

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