Manuscript Submission Guidelines The Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia publishes scientific articles written in Portuguese, English and Spanish. 1. Formatting guidelines 1.2. Manuscripts should be submitted in a word file format, A4 size. The text's left, right, top, and bottom margins should have one inch (2.54 cm). The text should be justified, with a special indent of 1,27 cm in the first line of each paragraph. The text should be Times New Roman 12 point font and double-spaced. The manuscript should not go beyond 7000 words. The title of the article should be left aligned or justified, bold, Times New Roman 16 point font and all the main words should have initial capital letters. The subtitles of the article, with no numbers, should be formatted according to the following examples: Subtitle Formatting Level 1 Left alignment, bold style, font-size:14 pt, spacing after: 6 pt Level 2 Left alignment, bold style, font-size:13 pt, spacing after: 6 pt Level 3 Left alignment, regular style, font-size:12,5 pt, spacing after: 6 pt Level 4 Left alignment, regular style, font-size: 12 pt, spacing after: 6 pt 1.3. Three (3) documents/sheets should be sent along with the manuscript, comprising the following: - Document A: title of the article; name, email address and affiliation of the author/s; contact details of the author that is responsible for all the mail related to the submitted article (including telephone number, fax number and e-mail address); - Document B: title, abstract and key-words in Portuguese, English and Spanish (150-word maximum abstract and up to 6 key-words). - Document C: declaration of commitment in which the author/s declare/s that the article submitted to the Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia is original, has not been previously published and is not before another scientific publication for consideration. 1.4. The identification of the author/s should not appear in any part of the article, with the exception of Document A. 1.5. Tables and figures should be inserted in the article in the location corresponding to their reference, using Arabic numerals to order them, and should be cited using that numbering, e.g.: “...cf. Figure 10...” and not “...in the following figure...”. 1.6. Tables and figures should be formatted according to the APA Publication Manual published by the American Psychological Association and cannot exceed the dimensions 11,5 cm x 18,5 cm. These must be delivered in the program file in which they were originally edited. That edition should be prepared for printing in black and white. Images or photographs must be delivered in scans of 100% and 300 dpi resolution. 1.7. The references should be inserted in the text according to the author-date system (see APA style guidelines). The page number should be added to text citations. Examples: Piaget said that “intelligence...” (1966, p. 247). But Zazzo (1972) considers... . Several authors (Farr & Moscovici, 1984; Lewin et al., 1944)... 1.8. The list of references should comply with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 6th Ed. Examples: a) Book Reuchlin, M. (1992). Introduction à la recherche en psychologie. Paris: Éditions Nathan. b) Translated book Fuller, P. (1983). Arte e psicanálise (M. J. Gomes, Trad.). Lisboa: Publicações Dom Quixote. (Original work published in 1980). In the text it s hould be referred as follows: Fuller (1980/1983)... c) Chapter of a book Martin, R. P. (1991). Assessment of social and emotional behavior. In B. A. Bracken (Ed.), The psychoeducational assessment of preschool children (pp. 450-464). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. d) Article Schein, E. H. (1990). Organizational culture. American Psychologist, 45, 109-119. e) Communication at a scientific meeting Sternberg, R. J. (1997, September). Successful intelligence: What is it, how can it be measured, and can it be taught? Paper presented at the 4th European Conference on Psychological Assessment, Lisbon. f) Dissertation / Thesis - Unpublished Dissertation / Thesis Lima, M. P. (1997). NEO-PI-R, Contextos teóricos e psicométricos: “OCEAN” ou “iceberg”? (Unpublished doctoral thesis). Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra. - Dissertation / Thesis available in the Internet Bruckman, A (1997). MOOSE Crossing: Construction, community, and learning in a networked virtual world for kids (Doctoral thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Retrieved from http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/-asb/thesis/ g) References to online articles Hsu, C.-C., & Sandford, B. A. (2007). The Delphi Technique: Making Sense of Consensus. Pratical Assessment Research & Evaluation, 12(10). Retrieved on January, 2012, from http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=12&n=10 For other cases not considered in the previous examples, the author/s should consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 6th Ed. 2. General information 2.1. The Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia accepts only original manuscripts which have not been previously published and are not before another scientific publication for consideration. 2.2. The published articles are the sole responsibility of their authors. The Editorial Board of the Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia reserves the right to not publish the manuscripts which the Scientific Committee considers that do not meet the quality standards or do not conform to the above guidelines. The unpublished manuscripts will not be returned to their author/s. 2.3. The accepted manuscripts belong permanently to the Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia and may not be reproduced by any means, either in whole or in part, without the written consent of the Editorial Board. 2.4. The Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia offers a copy of each printed issue to the first author of each published manuscript.
