期刊名称：SCIENCE EDUCATION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Science Education publishes original articles on the latest issues and trends occurring internationally in science curriculum, instruction, learning, policy and preparation of science teachers with the aim to advance our knowledge of science education theory and practice. In addition to original articles, the journal features the following special sections:
- Learning: containing both reports of empirical research studies and interpretive articles related to the psychological aspects of the learning of science.
- Issues and Trends: consisting primarily of analytical, interpretive, or persuasive essays on current educational, social, or philosophical issues and trends relevant to the teaching to science.
- Culture and Comparative Studies: including reports on comparative studies of aspects of science teaching and descriptive or interpretive articles on science education programs and practices throughout the world.
- Science Learning in Everyday Life: consisting of analytical, interpretative, or philosophical papers on the unique qualities of free-choice science learning. Papers should investigate the impacts of experiences in settings such as museums, homes, the Internet, the community, or other non-school contexts. Papers should discuss perspectives on such learning and present research findings or positions describing the role that such science experiences play in promoting the public's science interest, knowledge and/or behaviors across the life span.
- Science Teacher Education: containing descriptive articles and reports on empirical research studies, organization and operation of science teacher education programs, and the effectiveness of practices, procedures, or programs of teacher education in science.
- Books: covering reviews of recently published books in the field.
In addition, the journal regularly carries a Comments and Criticism section which provides a forum for the expression of differing view points and commentary and clarification of topics in published papers.
The Journal Editorial Board invites any manuscript addressing a relevant science education topic that employs an established and recognized scholarly approach and also impacts or is generalizable to national and international populations. Qualitative research reports that employ sophisticated research designs (e.g. MANOVAs linear modeling) and qualitative research reports that rigorously follow naturalistic research methods are preferred. One or two variable tests employing simple inferential statistics (e.g. ANOVA or ANCOVA) and poorly described and argued qualitative research are discouraged. All manuscripts must provide a thorough review of the literature that establishes the research problem or the issue at hand as well as a thorough conclusion that addresses the implications and limitations of the research or argument.
Instructions to Authors
Online Submission and Peer Review In taking a step toward expediting the publication process, Science Education is now pleased to offer web-based submission and peer review.
To submit your manuscript online, please:
1. Prepare your manuscript and illustrations in appropriate format, according to the instructions given here. Please also be sure that your paper conforms to the scientific and style instructions of the Journal, given below here.
2. If you have not already done so, create an account for yourself in the system at the submission site, http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scied/ by clicking on the "Create an Account" button. To monitor the progress of your manuscript throughout the review process, just login periodically and check your Author Center.
3. Please be sure to study the Instructions and Forms given at the site carefully, and then let the system guide you through the submission process. Online help is available to you at all times during the process. You are also able to exit/re-enter at any stage before finally "submitting" your work. All submissions are kept strictly confidential. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at edsupport@wiley.com.
Please Note: If authors are unable to submit online, please follow Instructions in Section 4 for manuscript preparation. Manuscripts not submitted on-line as well as general correspondence concerning submissions should be directed to: Science Education Editorial Office, School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA, Tel: 302-831-1656, Fax: 302-831-4110, E-mail: science-ed@udel.edu. All other correspondence should be addressed to the Publisher, Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030.
2. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not have been published elsewhere and should deal with matters of importance to science educators. Papers are solicited that report results of research, as well as descriptive, interpretative, and persuasive articles. Submitted manuscripts are reviewed by the journal's referees who make recommendations about the papers' suitability for publication.
3. Papers published in the journal appear either in the General section or in one of the special sections. The General section includes descriptive articles and research reports that are of interest to science educators generally and deal with such areas as science curricula and instructional programs, science tests and assessment instruments, and the history of science education. Papers that do not clearly belong in any one of the special sections also appear here. The special sections currently are:
- Learning: containing both reports of empirical research studies and interpretive articles related to the psychological aspects of the learning of science. Not only cognitive development, but also the learners growth of competence in skills and the evolution of attitudes pertinent to science learning fall within the domain of this special section. The aim in this section is to avoid relying upon a single orthodoxy with respect to science learning, and to encourage the submission of manuscripts based upon any well-founded psychological perspectives.
- Issues and Trends: consisting primarily of analytical, interpretive, or persuasive essays on current educational, social, or philosophical issues and trends relevant to the teaching to science. This special section particularly seeks to promote informed dialogues about current issues in science education, and carefully reasoned papers representing disparate viewpoints are welcomed. Manuscripts submitted for this section may be in the form of a position paper, a polemical piece, or a creative commentary.
- Culture and Comparative Studies: including reports on comparative studies of aspects of science teaching across several countries and descriptive or interpretative articles on science education programs and practices in countries other than the United States and Canada. Papers in this section emphasize current developments and innovations that are of particular interest to the international community of science educators. However papers submitted from any country that are concerned with science teacher education or with the psychological aspects of science learning appear in those special sections, respectively.
- Science Education Policy: including reports about the goals and/or underlying principles of policies adopted by government, interest groups, school districts, etc., and their effect on science teaching and learning. Additionally, research on science education policy relates to a critical examination of how theory, research, and practice of science education are influenced by policy decisions.
- Science Learning in Everyday Life: consisting of analytical, interpretative, or philosophical papers on the unique qualities of free-choice science learning. Papers should investigate the impacts of experiences in settings such as museums, homes, the Internet, the community, or other non-school contexts. Papers should discuss perspectives on such learning and present research findings or positions describing the role that such science experiences play in promoting the public's science interest, knowledge and/or behaviors across the life span.
- Science Teacher Education: containing descriptive articles and reports on empirical research studies, organization and operation of science teacher education programs, and the effectiveness of practices, procedures, or programs of teacher education in science.
- Comments and Criticism: provides a forum for the expression of differing viewpoints and the correction of misunderstanding regarding topics in published papers. Readers of the journal are earnestly invited to contribute their ideas to this forum. Contributions for the Comments and Criticism section should be relatively brief, normally two to four manuscript pages, and will be published as rapidly as possible.
- Books: covering reviews of recently published books in the field.
The Journal Editorial Board invites any manuscript addressing a relevant science education topic that employs an established and recognized scholarly approach and also impacts or is generalizable to national and international populations. Quantitative research reports that employ sophisticated research designs (e.g. MANOVAs linear modeling) and qualitative research reports that rigorously follow naturalistic research methods are preferred. All manuscripts must provide a thorough review of the literature that establishes the research problem or the issue at hand as well as a thorough conclusion that addresses the implications and limitations of the research or argument.
4. Manuscript Preparation. If authors are unable to submit on-line, manuscripts must be submitted in quadruplicate (one original and three copies) with a disk to: Science Education Editorial Office, School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. All material must be typed double-spaced throughout on 8 1/2 x 11 in. bond paper with ample margins. Submitted manuscripts normally run between twenty and fifty pages in length. The author's name and affiliation should appear on a separate cover sheet. Where appropriate, the paper should be divided into sections with suitable headings.
No article can be published unless accompanied by a signed publication agreement, which serves as a transfer of copyright from author to publisher. A publication agreement may be obtained from the editor or from this web-site [add link]. A copy of the publication agreement appears in most issues of the journal. Only original papers will be accepted and copyright in published papers will be vested in the publisher. It is the author's responsibility to obtain written permission to reproduce material that has appeared in another publication.
5. Author Anonymity. Science Education employs an anonymous review policy (i.e., blind review). For online submissions, the author's (authors? name(s) and affiliation should not be included on any of the manuscript files or in the file name uploaded in Manuscript Central to ensure anonymity in the review process. Furthermore, if it is necessary for authors to cite their own work, the word "author" should be inserted in the text to maintain anonymity. Guidelines are listed below:
Citations in Text: Author (date) states
Citations in Reference List: Author (date). Journal Title. (Please do not include the title of the article or its volume and page number information.)
6. Citations. All citations and references should strictly follow the style conventions of the American Psychological Association (APA). For details of these style conventions, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th edition, 1994). Authors should adhere to the APA style conventions when submitting manuscripts to the General section or any of the special sections of the journal.
When using APA style conventions, the citation of each reference is given in the text by means of the author's name and the year of publication, both enclosed in parentheses: e.g. (Bingham, 1979), the list of references should be ordered alphabetically by author's last names, and compiled on a separate sheet at the end of the manuscript. References must be complete, containing the author's initials and all relevant publication data. In the case of references to papers presented at a meeting, the full title of the paper, when and where it was presented, and the name of the sponsoring society must be given. Refer to references published in the journal for samples of the style employed. Representative examples follow.
Yore, L. D. (2004). Why do future scientists need to study the language arts? In E. W. Saul (Ed.), Crossing borders in literacy and science instruction: Perspectives on theory and practice (pp. 71-94). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Hofstein, A., & Lunetta, V. N. (2004). The laboratory in science education: Foundations for the twenty-first century. Science Education, 88(1), 28-45.
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7. Footnotes. Footnotes for the purpose of clarifying the text are permitted and should be denoted by superscript numbers in the text. Reference citations are not to be used as footnotes. The numbered footnotes should be typed double-spaced and compiled on a separate sheet at the end of the manuscript, following the list of references.
8. Tables. Tables must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, and captioned. Each column should have an explanatory heading. Tables should be grouped at the end of the manuscript or may be interspersed within the text.
9. Figures. The quality of the illustrations depends on the quality of the originals provided. Electronic submission of figures is encouraged. Preferred formats for graphics and artwork include, but are not limited to, TIFF, JPEG, and EPS. Hard copy figures should be professionally prepared and submitted in a form suitable for reproduction (camera-ready copy). Computer-generated graphs are acceptable only if they have been printed with a good quality laser printer.
All color figures will be reproduced in full color in the online edition of the journal at no cost to authors. Authors are requested to pay the cost of reproducing color figures in print. Authors are encouraged to submit color illustrations that highlight the text and convey essential scientific information. For best reproduction, bright, clear colors should be used. Dark colors against a dark background do not reproduce well; please place your color images against a white background wherever possible. Note: Authors submitting online are encouraged to submit a single file with the images embedded. Please contact Lois Polese at 201-748-5951; lpolese@wiley.com for further information. Color proofs will be sent to the contributor for approval prior to printing.
10. Final Revised Manuscripts. A final version of your accepted manuscript should be submitted on disk as well as hard copy, using the guidelines for Disk Submission Instructions form to be included in most issues of the journal.
Papers are edited to improve the effectiveness of communication between author and readers. The most important goals are to improve sentence structure and to eliminate ambiguities. When editing is extensive, with consequent danger of altered meaning, papers are returned by the journal Editor to the author for correction and approval before type is set.
11. Author Proofs. Proofs are sent to the author who submitted the papers. Authors are directed via email to download proofs from a secure FTP site unless authors request otherwise. All corrections must be marked on the proofs; none are to be marked on the manuscript. Alterations should be kept to a minimum to prevent a delay in publication. Both manuscript and proofs should be returned within 48 hours of receipt.
12. Reprints. The corresponding author will receive twenty-five complimentary reprints of the paper after publication. Additional reprints may be ordered when the proofs are returned.
Manuscripts and illustrations not conforming to the style of the journal will be returned to the author for reworking, thus delaying their appearance in the journal.
12. One set of proofs will be mailed to the author along with the copy-edited manuscript. All corrections must be marked on the proofs; none are to be marked on the manuscript. Alterations should be kept to a minimum to prevent a delay in publication. Both manuscript and proofs should be returned within 48 hours of receipt.
13. The senior author will receive twenty-five complimentary reprints of the paper after publication. Additional reprints may be ordered when the proofs are returned.
Manuscripts and illustrations not conforming to the style of the journal will be returned to the author for reworking, thus delaying their appearance in the journal.
Disk Submission Instructions
Please return your final, revised manuscript on disk as well as hard copy.
The hard copy must match the disk.
The Journal strongly encourages authors to deliver the final, revised version of their accepted manuscripts (text, tables, and, if possible, illustrations) on disk. Given the near-universal use of computer word-processing for manuscript preparation, we anticipate that providing a disk will be convenient for you, and it carries the added advantages of maintaining the integrity of your keystrokes and expediting typesetting. Please return the disk submission slip below with your manuscript and labeled disk(s).
Guidelines for Electronic Submission
Text
Storage medium. 3-1/2" high-density disk in IBM MS-DOS, Windows, or Macintosh format.
Software and format. Microsoft Word 6.0 is preferred, although manuscripts prepared with any other microcomputer word processor are acceptable. Refrain from complex formatting; the Publisher will style your manuscript according to the Journal design specifications. Do not use desktop publishing software such as Aldus PageMaker or Quark XPress. If you prepared your manuscript with one of these programs, export the text to a word processing format. Please make sure your word processing program's "fast save" feature is turned off. Please do not deliver files that contain hidden text: for example, do not use your word processor's automated features to create footnotes or reference lists.
File names. Submit the text and tables of each manuscript as a single file. Name each file with your last name (up to eight letters). Text files should be given the three-letter extension that identifies the file format. Macintosh users should maintain the MS-DOS "eight dot three" file-naming convention.
Labels. Label all disks with your name, the file name, and the word processing program and version used.
Illustrations
All print reproduction requires files for full color images to be in a CMYK color space. If possible, ICC or ColorSync profiles of your output device should accompany all digital image submissions.
Storage medium. Submit as separate files from text files, on separate disks or cartridges. If feasible, full color files should be submitted on separate disks from other image files. 3-1/2" high-density disks, CD, Iomega Zip, and 5 1/4" 44- or 88-MB SyQuest cartridges can be submitted. At authors' request, cartridges and disks will be returned after publication.
Software and format. All illustration files should be in TIFF or EPS (with preview) formats. Do not submit native application formats.
Resolution. Journal quality reproduction will require greyscale and color files at resolutions yielding approximately 300 ppi. Bitmapped line art should be submitted at resolutions yielding 600-1200 ppi. These resolutions refer to the output size of the file; if you anticipate that your images will be enlarged or reduced, resolutions should be adjusted accordingly.
File names. Illustration files should be given the 2- or 3-letter extension that identifies the file format used (i.e., .tif, .eps).
Labels. Label all disks and cartridges with your name, the file names, formats, and compression schemes (if any) used. Hard copy output must accompany all files.
Print and return with labeled diskette(s)
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Production Questions
Lois Polese
Phone: 201-748-5951
Fax: 201-748-6052
E-mail: lpolese@wiley.com
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