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Structure of the paper
Please make sure that your paper contains the following parts.
Title, optionally subtitle
Author(s) with affiliation(s) and email(s)
Meta information, structured abstract of about 200 words (see right), up to 6 key words
Introduction: The first chapter initializes the contact between author and reader, and should be guided by the question: “Why should the reader get involved with my paper?”
Main text: Ideas should be presented in a logical sequence — “Is there a clearly defined progression of information? Does one paragraph lead smoothly into the next?”
The writing style should be simple, using as few words as possible. Conciseness and brevity are valued.
Conclusion:
Provides a summary — “What main points did I make, what did I show?”
Discusses the paper’s relevance — “How is my paper related to constructivist approaches?”
Optionally it may provide an outlook — “What could be done next?”
Alphabetical list of references. References must not be included as foot-/endnotes
Biographical note and photo of each author.
List of at least 5 potential reviewers (who are not in a direct working relation with you).
Text
Overall length: 3000–9000 words
Use simple single-column format
To emphasize, use italics type (no bold)
As few footnotes as possible
Submission format: .doc, .rtf, .html
For each graphic use a separate file; photographs should have at least 300dpi
Layout and graphics
The paper must be written in English. If English is a foreign language for you, please ask a native speaker of English to proofread your article before submission
The paper must be original work and must not have been published elsewhere
The copyright remains with the author and is licensed under a Creative Commons License, http://creativecommons.org
If you use copyrighted material (long quotes, photographs, figures, etc.) you must obtain the permission from the respective copyright holder before submitting the final version of your paper.
Metainformation
Paper type • Which type of inquiry do you follow? Choose from: conceptual; empirical; synthetic (formal or computational models); survey (guiding summary of a field); perspective (of senior researchers)
Background(s) • Which is the disciplinary background of your paper? Choose from: biological; cognitive; computer science; education science; engineering; epistemological; historical; philosophical; physics; physiological; psychological; sociological; add a new discipline if necessary.
Perspective • From which perspective do you argue in your paper? Choose one from: biology of cognition; constructivist evolutionary epistemology; cybersemiotics; enactive cognitive science; epistemic structuring of experience; non-dualizing philosophy; radical constructivism; second order cybernetics; theory of autopoietic systems.
Structured abstract
Context • What is the current situation in your discipline with regard to the topic of your paper? Why is it a problem in your discipline at the moment?
Problem • Which problems do you want to solve? What are the reasons for writing the paper or the aims of the research?
Method • What is the approach to the topic and what is the theoretical or subject scope of the paper? How are the objectives achieved? What are the main method(s) used for the research?
Results • What was found in the course of the argumentation? What is the solution to the problem you pose?
Implications • What is the value of the paper? For whom are your insights beneficial? What do you suggest for future research? Are there identifiable limitations in the research process? What outcomes and implications for practice, applications and consequences are identified? What changes to practice should be made as a result of this paper?
Constructivist content • What is the connection with constructivism? Does the paper link to one of the constructivist perspectives covered by the journal? Do you argue in favor of a new constructivist perspective?
Key words • What are the six most important concepts and notions in the paper? Don’t repeat key words already used in the meta information.
Citing in the text
Surname of author(s) no comma Year
More than three authors: use the the first author’s surname followed by “et al.”
All quotes have to be accompanied by a page specification.
Every page specification must be preceded by a colon in both text and reference part.
Examples
Glasersfeld (2006) argued…
“… text.” (O’Regan & Noë 2001: 940)
Langley et al. (1987: 103) showed that…
List of references
As a rule, use a simplified Harvard-style
Except for the first word paper and book titles are not capitalized
Journal titles are capitalized
No comma between surname and initials
Page specifications are preceded by a colon
Always list all authors (no “et al.”)
Examples of books
Langley P., Simon H., Bradhaw G. L. & Zytkow J. M. (1987) Scientific discovery. MIT Press, Cambridge.
Piaget J. (1954) The construction of reality in the child. Ballantine, New York. Originally published in French as: Piaget J. (1937) La construction du réel chez l’enfant. Délachaux & Niestlé, Neuchâtel.
Examples of book chapters
Foerster H. von (1984) On constructing a reality. In: Watzlawick P. (ed.) The invented reality. Norton, New York: 41–62.
Maturana H. R. (1978) Biology of language: The epistemology of reality. In: Miller G. A. & Lenneberg E. (eds.) Psychology and biology of language and thought. Academic Press, New York: 27–63.
Examples of journal articles
Glasersfeld E. von (2005) Thirty years radical constructivism. Constructivist Foundations 1(1): 9–12.
O’Regan J. K. & Noë A. (2001) A sensorimotor account of vision and visual consciousness. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24(5): 939–1031.
Example of electronic sources
Brook A. (2008) Kant’s view of the mind and consciousness of self. In: Zalta E. N. (ed.) The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu on 31 July 2008.
Reprints and translations
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