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Early Education accepts the following submission types

  • Peer-reviewed articles
  • Editor-reviewed articles
  • Short reports or research summaries
  • Opinion pieces or commentary
  • Book reviews

The audience of this journal includes initial teacher education providers and early childhood organisations. However, the majority of readers work in early childhood settings. Consequently, articles should be relevant to practitioners and encourage professional reflection. We accept material that is based on accepted good practice, preferably with clear examples from working with children and adults.

 

Article length (inclusive of references and tables)

  • Innovative practice papers with a maximum of 3,500 words, plus an abstract or professional summary of 150 words and up to five keywords.
  • Research informed papers with a maximum of 3,500 words, plus an abstract or professional summary of 150 words, and up to five keywords.
  • Think pieces/professional reflections with a maximum of 1500 words.
  • Graduate and postgraduate student research/reviews with a maximum of 1500 words.
  • Commentaries on leadership and policy matters with a maximum of 1500 words.
  • Book or resource reviews with a maximum of 1000 words.

 

Editor support

Early Education offers editor-reviewed articles so that teachers and emerging researchers are supported to share ideas stemming from both research and practice. Editors are happy to work with you before and after your submission.  If you are a teacher or emerging researcher please do not feel that you are on your own when you write. We are happy to look at your draft and give advice. Once submitted we also work with you to ensure your submission meets the expectations for the journal.

 

Style

Please see the author guidelines for complete information for your submission. In general, language should be relatively clear and jargon free. Ask yourself: ‘Could teaching staff read this while the children are sleeping?’

‘I, ‘we’ and ‘you’ are OK words. Beginning a sentence with ‘it’ is seldom OK, nor are large quantities of text in the third person.

Citations should be kept to a minimum: no long lists of citations, though there may be writers and researchers to whom you want to draw the reader’s attention.