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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 currenlty under review with another journal.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word document file format. Please advise the editor if you only have access to other software.
  • Where available, URLs and DOI for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 10-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); avoids footnotes,, and all illustrations, figures, and tables in the manuscript come at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the author guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the article has been prepared for blind review.

Author Guidelines

 

OTHER EDUCATION: THE JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVES

PREPARING YOUR ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT FOR PUBLICATION

As Other Education is a no budget journal, we have very limited capacity for editing and formatting your contribution. It is therefore greatly appreciated if you can submit the final version of your text as closely as possible according to our formatting guidelines. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

WORD PROCESSOR

Please submit your text as a Microsoft Word document, ideally as a Word 97-2003 document (which is a 'doc' document, not a 'docx' document).

 

THE MAIN TEXT

Word count should normally be between 6,000-8,000 words.

SETTINGS

You do not need to worry about the margins. Just use a standard setting (e.g., one inch from top and bottom and left and right, or 2 cm).

Make sure that your manuscript is single spaced and spacing (before and after) is set to 0 pt (zero point. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT; you can find the menu for this under 'page layout' and then the submenu 'paragraph').

Use the same typeface for the whole text (including footnotes and references), ideally Times New Roman pt12.

Align all text to the left.

TITLE, NAME, AFFILIATION, ABSTRACT AND KEYWORDS

Start with the title of your piece. Use title capitals (NOT: For the joy of other education  INSTEAD: For the Joy of Other Education).

On the next line put your name.

On the next line put your institutional affiliation, plus the country. (For example: University of New York, USA). If you are not affiliated to an institution, put 'Independent scholar'.

One white line.

Put your abstract here, starting with the word 'Abstract.' The abstract should be between 100 and 200 words.

One white line

Put between 3 and 8 keywords here, starting with the word "Keywords" and insert three white spaces.

One white line.

TEXT, REFERENCES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND AUTHOR DETAILS

Then start with your text.

Each section should have a title (including the first section which, if you don't have a specific section title, can simply be called 'Introduction'). First level headings are in bold; second level headings are without bold; third level headings are in italics without bold.

Use title formatting for your section headings (NOT The ends of education, BUT The Ends of Education).

There should be no white line between a section title and the text.

The first line of the section should not have a tab.

For each new paragraph use a tab, NOT a white line.

There should only be white lines between sections.

Ensure your text is entirely in black (and not dark grey in places) by highlighting all text and choosing font colour black.

If quoting more than 40 words, create a block quotation. No need for quotation marks. Indent by one cm either side of block and leave a space of one line above and below.

If quote is less than 40 words, leave in text, with double quotation marks  " " around. Where reported speech is embedded within this, put single '  ' mark around this only and close quotation at end with standard quotation double mark ".

Use footnotes, not endnotes. Use the word footnote option and put footnotes in the same font and font size you are using for the main text.

After the final line of your text: one white line.

Then a section with the title References.

Put your references in alphabetical order, with no white lines between references. Make sure you follow the formatting guidelines for APA 5th extremely carefully (see below).

After the references you have the opportunity for an acknowledgement. If you want to make use of this, separate it from the references with one white line, use the title 'Acknowledgements' and type your acknowledgements below the title.

Another white line.

Heading 'Author Details'

Below this heading put a very brief statement about yourself. Followed by your contract address. Use the following example:

Author Details

Jo Smith is Professor of Education at the University of Normington. Contact address: School of Education, University of Normington, Place City, PC1 QTA, Country. E-mail: jo.smith@normington.ac.uk

 

REFERENCING

We follow the APA (American Psychological Association) guidelines for referencing (a useful summary of the main principles can be found at  http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/tutorials/citing/apa.html).

 

In the text you need to use an author date system, the main formatting requirements are:

- a comma after the author's name

- a comma after the year of publication

- p. or pp. for the page numbers

- if there are two authors use '&' and not 'and'

- if there are three authors use a comma after the first and & after the second author

- if there are more than three authors, use the first author's name, followed by 'et al' (no need for full stop after 'al')

- multiple references should be separated by a semi-colon

Examples:

(Cook, 1992, p.14)

(Cook, 1992, pp.116-118)

(Cook & Campbell, 2007, p.31)

(Cook et al., pp.14-21)

(Cook et al., pp.14-21; see also Campbell 2009, p.8)

 

For the reference list:

Double check the references you have cited in text appear in the reference list in the end.  List references alphabetically and where a name is repeated, in year order with earliest first to most recent.

book

Blumer, H.F. (1969). Symbolic interaction. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

some things to note:

only use an initial for the author, not the full first name

put the year of publication in brackets, followed by a full stop

put the title of the book in italics; only capitalize the first word (and names of people and places)

a subtitle should begin again with a capital

put a full stop at the end of the title

 

journal article

Trankle, S. A., & Haw, J. (2009). Predicting Australian health behaviour from health beliefs. Electronic Journal of Applied Psychology, 5(2), 9-17

some things to note:

if there is more than one author, use the '&' sign, not 'and'

put the year of publication in brackets followed by a full stop

the first letter of the title of the article should have a capital (and also names of people and places)

a full stop at the end of the article's title

the journal's name should be in italics using capitals

it should be followed by a comma

the volume number should be in italics, followed by the issue number in brackets (not space), NOT in italics

then a comma

then the page numbers (WITHOUT 'pp.')

 

chapter in book

Ramsey, J. K., & McGrew, W. C. (2005). Object play in great apes: studies in nature and captivity. In A. D. Pellegrini & P. K. Smith (Eds.), The nature of play: Great apes and humans (pp. 89-112). New York: Guilford Press.

some things to note

the first letter of the title of the chapter should have a capital (and also names of people and places)

a full stop at the end of the chapter's title, followed by the word 'In' with a capital 'I'

use 'Ed.' or 'Eds.' with a capital (note that APA requires a full stop after Eds, which is grammatically not correct)

make sure you included the pages for the chapter in brackets after the title of the book

 

 

Peer Reviewed Articles

Articles are welcomed from affiliated and non affiliated scholars. The average word length for contributions is 6,000 words (including references, but excluding the abstract). The maximum length of published contributions is 7,000 words. Only VERY exceptionally will we publish any article over 7k. This is a new, stricter word limit as of 2022. Please ensure your article meets this guideline. Thank you.

Other Contributions

Text in this section is not subject to peer review, beyond a decision by the editors. Articles, interviews, reports and overviews as well as any other ideas that people might wish to suggest can be published in the Other Contributions section in order to widen our knowledge and understanding of educational alternatives.

Contributions in this section, as with articles in the peer reviewed section, are the opinions of the authors and contributors entirely and not those of the editors or editorial board of Other Education.

We encourage anyone - academic or non academic - to suggest pieces for this section. The presentation does not have to follow standard academic conventions. We welcome different genres, topics and styles as well as content so long as it contributes to the wider aims of this section and the journal more generally.

We are particularly interested to hear from people working in or with:

  • NGOs
  • Charities
  • Schools
  • Out-of-school settings
  • Home education
  • Adult education settings
  • Journalism
  • Local action-for-change groups
  • and any other relevant parties, including academics.

Contributions in this section are between approximately 500 - 3000 words. Providing weblinks wherever possible is helpful. A contribution would normally be concerned with practical, political, social, artistic and academic initiatives of interest to the readership of Other Education.

Inclusion in this section is at the discretion of the editors, to whom an email can be directly sent as a submission enquiry.

 

Book Reviews/Review Essays

Guidelines - general info
Please consider the focus and scope of Other Education when proposing a book to review. We are grateful to reviewers who commit themselves to this process. 
 
Book Reviews
More than a summary, a book review is intended to provide an engaged evaluation of the themes, arguments and approaches to the text, as well as to provoke further contemplation and interaction with what the book has (or, if found lacking, needs) to offer. Please try and contextualise the book being reviewed within the field of other related publications, if possible and appropriate for a comprehensive review. We encourage you to hold strong opinions but ask that you judge a book fairly, compassionately and rigorously based on academic standards of evaluation. The best kind of review is not just praise but a treatment of the book which may include consideration of what the book isn't doing but in such a case any justification of why something has not been achieved or included is welcome because a book is - or should be - an art form and we respect that. We would like to see book reviews which delve into analysis of author's motivations and reasoning for writing what they write and how they write it. We assume authors of books are intelligent and have reasons but we may not agree with their reasons or decisions. Comments on price points, publisher strategies or presentation, covers and other publishing matters are welcome. Comments on a book author's previous work of any kind that illuminates the present publication may add interest to a review. Some elements of a review essay (see below) can enter into a book review, but in brief.
 
Review Essays
A review essay is an enlarged and more lengthy opportunity to write beyond the book being reviewed to incorporate your own work/thinking/imagining, opening up and expanding debates that the book generates and contributes to. A larger word count is intended to facilitate a deeper engagement with the themes of the text placed in conversation with personal/professional reflections.
 
Other Reviews
In keeping with the journal's aims, potential reviewers are encouraged to consider and attempt departures, deviations, blurrings and otherwise experiment with standard academic review practice. This too applies to what is considered an educational book/a book on education. The above notes therefore are offered as guiding notes. 
 
Unless otherwise discussed and agreed upon, the format of book reviews/review essays are to follow Other Education manuscript guidelines: Book review format. A review may be returned to the author with suggestions for clarification and/or revision. 
 
Word Count
Book Reviews ~ circa 1000 words
Book Review Essays ~ 1500-3000 words
 

If you are interested in contributing a review, thank you! We will be pleased to hear from you. Please contact Cammie and Maryam via bookreviews@othereducation.org to discuss the book you would like to review and, if we like the idea, we will endeavour to get that book for you to read and review.

Conferences

This section is for those who would like to advertise conferences held, of relevance of the readership of Other Education.

Art and Poetry (Alt Ed)

This section holds art and poetry relating to alternative education, broadly conceived.

Copyright Notice


Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License of their choice (usually CCBY 4.0 unported, but determined at the proofing stage by consultation with the Editor - readers looking for copyright permissions are required to do this on a case by case basis) that allows others to share the work in some way with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. We appreciate authors placing a link to the Other Education site wherever they choose to offer a PDF download to the original OE article.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to us. We are committed to protecting your personal data.

This privacy policy

  • provides information about the personal data we collect, and how and why we collect, store, use and share your personal data; and
  • tells you about your rights in relation to your personal data and how to contact us or supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

 â€˜Personal data’ is any information that can directly or indirectly identify an individual (‘a data subject’).

Other Business Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 08567212 and registered office at Bernard Rogers Accounting, Bank Gallery, High Street, Kenilworth (we, us, our) are the data controller. This means that we determine the purposes for which, and the way in which personal data are processed. As a data controller we will comply with all applicable data protection laws.

Should you have concerns about the way we process your data or would like us to stop processing your data please contact Dr Helen E. Lees, The Editor, Other Education- The Journal of Educational Alternatives by email editor@othereducation.org

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?

We may collect and process the following personal information all of which you have provided yourself in response to registration to the journal proformas:

  1. Identity Data which includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title, university affiliation at time of registration with the journal (if you provide these)
  2. Contact Data which is email address and whatever other contact information you see fit to provide yourself such as postal address
  3. Profile Data includes your username and password
  4. Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving notices of journal issues information from us and your communication preferences, including possible contact in realtion to articles you may have submitted to the journal for consideration or for reviews of articles and other written items that you may have agreed to be involved with for the sake of academic and alternative education community work.
  5. Any other information, which you provide to us of your own free will.

We do not collect any special categories of personal data (which include sensitive personal information such as details about your race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, political affiliation and sexual orientation).

1.0  HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA

We collect most of this information from you directly, for example, Identity Data, Contact Data, when you fill in forms, correspond with us by email, phone, post or otherwise when you:

  • create an account on our website to register with the journal
  • submit an article

We may also collect information from

  • The Other Education website host providers about what articles are read and downloaded but this information is anonymous and cannot be traced to you in any way known to the journal owners. This information is never linked to an individual and there is no way this has ever or will ever occur.

 

 

2.0  HOW WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA

  1. Registering on our website
    To enable you to register with the journal largely to get updates on issues of the journal as they are released or to create an account for the submission of written work for consideration for publication or otherwise participate in the work of the journal.

 

Our Approach to Marketing

Our Website does not contain third party advertising.

We do not permit third party advertising (or targeted advertising) on our website. If you click on links to our social media pages, or to any third-party website, you may be subject to targeted marketing via that site.

 

 

Where we have obtained your specific consent (e.g. when you subscribe to our e-newsletter), we may engage in direct marketing, such as sending you e-mails to inform you of our services.

We provide these communications on the basis that you have asked to receive these. If you change your mind, you may opt-out at any time via the unsubscribe feature that appears in our e-mails or by emailing editor@othereducation.org or contacting Dr Helen E Lees directly via twitter @drhelenelees

 

We will not share with any third party the personal information that we obtain about you for the purposes of marketing unless you have provided your specific consent for us to do so and those third parties have agreed to make no independent or further use of that data and to maintain its confidentiality.

 

Our Social Media Pages

This Website contains links to our social media pages on Twitter.

These third-party websites have their own respective privacy policies (which we would advise you to read) for which those sites are solely responsible.

Should you visit those social media pages and choose to follow us on Twitter, we may receive identity, contact or transaction data from the social media providers, including:

  • Name;
  • Address (email and/or postal);
  • Telephone number(s);
  • IP address;
  • Social media account URL;
  • Date of birth; and/or
  • gender.

If we do receive any personal information about you from these third party social media sites, we will not process your information for the purposes of direct marketing unless you have provided your consent, or it is otherwise lawful for us to do so (e.g. you have previously commissioned us or bought something from us).

If you have opted-in to receive such communications, please see our section above on “Our Approach to Marketing”.

 

 

We will not share your personal information with any third party for the purpose of marketing unless you have provided your consent for us to do so.

If you would like us to delete the personal information that we have received about you from these sites, please email us at editor@othereducation.org

If you do not want us to receive further information about you from these sites, you should also contact the sites directly to turn off the ‘follow’ setting.

 

3.0  COOKIES & ANALYTICS

Our website is supposed to use cookies and other mechanisms to collect log and analytical information, to help analyse how visitors use the site and to compile statistical reports on visitor activity. However the OJS version on the site cannot be updated for reasons unknown and therefore these cookies and analytics do not work. If the site gets updated to a version supporting the collection of analytical data we will update this section.

4.0  YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THE PERSONAL DATA THAT WE PROCESS

You have the following rights over the way we process personal data relating to you. We aim to respond as soon as practicable but within one month at the latest. We do not charge a fee to respond to your request:

  • to ask for a copy of data we are processing about you and have inaccuracies corrected;
  • to ask us to restrict, stop processing, or to delete your personal data;
  • to request a machine-readable copy of your personal data, which you can use with another service provider;

To make a request in relation to any of your rights, please email us at editor@othereducation.org

5.0  CHILDREN

We do not knowingly use the Website to solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13.

If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information or may be receiving communications from us without consent of a parent or guardian, we ask that this be brought to our immediate attention. We will make it our priority to address this situation and delete information relating to a child as soon as practicable. In such an event, please contact us at editor@othereducation.org

6.0  SECURITY

We will take commercially reasonable, appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk that could be encountered if you use our website and services, taking into account the likelihood and severity those risks might pose to the rights and freedoms of our Website visitors.

In particular, we will take precautions to protect against the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss or alteration, and unauthorised disclosure of or access to the personal information transmitted, stored or otherwise processed by us. Please be aware that, while we make the security of our Website and your personal information a high priority and devote considerable time and resources to maintain robust IT security, no security system can prevent all security breaches. When you choose to share your personal information with us, you accept that you provide your information at your own risk.  

 

7.0  RETENTION

In accordance with data protection laws and good commercial practice, we do not retain data in a form that permits identification of the person(s) to whom it relates for any longer than is necessary. Once the purpose for which information has been collected has been fulfilled, we will either permanently delete your personal information or remove all identifiers within it so that it is no longer personal data. We may use such anonymised data for research and/or business analysis purposes but Other Education has never done so and has no plans to do so.

If you would like us to stop using your personal information, please email us at editor@othereducation.org.

 

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Our servers are located in England and and the information that we collect directly from you will be stored on these servers. It is possible that the information we have about you such as name and email address may be transferred via email messaging for the sake of the work and communications of the journal through person to person messages about articles, reviews and the like. It is possible that the receivers of such messages have their data (including email messages on which your neam and email address appears) located in any country in the world such is the international nature of journal production and contributors.

We may also transfer your personal data outside the EU:

  • Our third-party service providers, many of whom may be located outside of the EU, operate from multiple locations including non-EU based operations or engage sub-processors located outside the EU.

There are agreements in place to ensure that any international transfers of personal data to our third-party service providers have appropriate safeguards that meet the requirements of EU data protection laws.

 

8.0  CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any changes to our privacy policy by posting the new privacy policy on our website. You are advised to consult this privacy policy webpage regularly for any changes.

 

9.0  Complaints

We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you may raise about our use of your information.  You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO), the UK Supervisory Authority for data protection issues: https://ico.org.uk/.  We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance at editor@othereducation.org. Thank you.