ARTICLES IN THE MAIDEN EDITION OF NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS

CONTRIBUTORS: Articles are invited from teachers in classrooms, research, and administrative positions.

•  at all levels of the education system, public and private sectors;

•  in education corps/institutions of the military/law enforcement agencies, staff administrative colleges and other staff training institutions in all sectors of the country.

•  Foreign countries and international agencies.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

1. Articles should be 15 pages maximum including references. They must be typewritten, double-spaced on one side only and on A4 paper. Author's name and address plus a short biographical note should be typed on a separate sheet and attached top the article. Submitted manuscripts are circulated for review without the author's name and institutional identification.

2. Articles should be handed by an abstract of not more than 200 words.

3. Figures, tables and drawings should be clearly drawn and the position(s) marked in the text. Photographs where applicable should be in the form of large black and white glossy prints. They should be kept to the barest minimum.

4. Quoted passages of more than three typed lines should be extracted indented 5 spaces and typed single-space. Shorter quotations should be enclosed in single inverted commas.

5. Footnotes are not permitted. The journal follows the author/date system of citation, by which reference is made in the text by citing the author's surname and date. Only published references should be cited. Generally, authors are expected to follow the American Psychological Association (APA) writing style.

6. All works cited in the text must be listed under references in alphabetical order of author's surnames.

7. The Editorial Board reserves the right to accept or reject manuscripts where it is unavoidable to meet its standard/requirements and such decision is final.

8. An Author of published article will receive copy of the journal free.

9. An Author is to submit a self-addressed A-4 size envelope stamp for mailing of a copy of the journal to him/her in case of published article(s).

10. Articles must be submitted in three hard copies and one soft copy (in Microsoft word).