The terms and conditions of the manuscripts’ publication in the journal “Education in Nizhny Novgorod”

 

Before submitting an article an author undertakes that his article is fully finished, contains trustworthy information and doesn’t require improvement.

All papers sent to the editorial office are taken under review and are not sent back. It is obligatory to have an approval of the publisher's reader.

The editorial board examines a paper and makes a decision about publication, sending it for improvement or rejecting it.

If the paper needs to be improved it should be done in a short space of time.

If the manuscript is accepted it can be edited if necessary. The editorial staff doesn’t coordinate editing with the author but the main points of the paper remain untouched.

The editorial staff doesn’t write letters to the authors, all questions should be addressed to the hotline: (831) 468-08-03.

The author commits himself to share all necessary information about previous publications of the manuscript and is responsible for credibility of the given information.

After the issue publication authors from other towns get one copy of the journal. Those who live in Nizhny Novgorod get their copy in the editorial office (203, Vaneeva Street, room 213 – the building of the hostel).

How to submit a paper to the journal “Education in Nizhny Novgorod”.

Submissions must be submitted by-email: niobr2008@niro.nnov.ru

If you have questions feel free to call: 468-08-03 (Malaya Svetlana is responsible for the issue)

 

Rules for submission of articles:

1. File 1:

A contribution (with the title, the author’s full name and main information: place of work, position, academic degree, academic title). Information should be given both in English and in Russian.

Start your e-mail with a new paragraph. Here also give short information about the author (authors), office phone (give the code of the city) and mobile phone numbers. Authors from other towns should write their address with the index to send them a copy of the journal.

Abstract (not more than 10 lines (500 characters)) – articles should contain English and Russian abstracts started with the words: the author tackles the problem of, the current issue of the article is, the author bears on the problem of…

Key words (not more than 10 words) in English and in Russian.

References

2.  The author’s photo. Additional illustrations are accepted for the section “The History of Education”.

3. Cover documents from postgraduates and seekers.

 

 

When creating abstract we’d like you to take into consideration the following:

 

An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline, and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose.

 

An abstract has some main functions:

• Gives an opportunity to define the main ideas of the article and their currency. With the help of the abstract the reader can understand if he should read the whole article or not;
• Gives the information about the article and lets the reader know to read the article or not;
• Is used in search engines.

An abstract should include the following:

• the object, the subject, the topic and the goal of the research;
• the results of the research;
• the conclusion.

The meaning of the abstract should be succinct and clear, free of minor information.

 

The example of the abstract:

 

The title: An interpretation culture of the music teacher as an important element of occupation-educational competence.

Abstract: The study is to investigate the urgency, different versions and the structure of interpretational culture as an educational phenomenon in the modern education. The author considers the lesson to be an interpretation of the topic, an event or a fact with the deliberately chosen music materials and information from the adjacent art fields.  The author draws the attention of the reader to the teacher’s interpretation skills and their influence on the quality of his work. The article describes the mechanism of the interpretation culture results use as the criterion of music teacher’s professional competence.

The title: Education in the Orthodox gymnasium.

Abstract: The article shares the programme “An Orthodox Christian. A responsible citizen”. The concept is based on the ideas of V.V. Zankovsky, I.A. Ilin, V.I.Slobodchikov and the theory of educational systems of L.I. Novikova. The programme is targeted at the creation of the school-leaver’s personality ready to be an Orthodox Christian and a responsible citizen. The programme presents an Orthodox gymnasium work that encourages and stimulates the students’ personal development.

General Format Requirements

1. Submissions must be submitted by the e-mail in the Microsoft Word format (Equation 3.0 for formulae). The file should be given with the surname of the first author and three first words of the article’s title.
2. Articles should be typed in 1,5 spacing with text in 14 pt. Times New Roman on the one side of the sheet. Footnotes are typed in one spacing. The printed text should be identical to the text in e-mail.
3. The pages should be numerated from the first to the last page without gaps, repletion and system additions.
4. Articles should be maximum 10 pages including visual aids and bibliography.

 

Bibliography requirements

1. Books published before 2000 can’t be included in the list. It is possible to use the books of outstanding authors which were not republished.
2. References to literature should follow the rules of the current bibliographic entry (ГОСТ 7.1-2003).
3. Bibliography should be put in the alphabetic order.
4. Not more than 15 references can be included
5. All quotes and references should be thoroughly examined and checked. Articles with fallacious citing (the absence of the author’s name or paper’s name) will be rejected on the ground of the 4^th part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

 

Visual aids requirements

1. Digital images: (coloured or black- and- white) should be contrasting, with the thoroughly elaborated penumbrae, without breaks and scratches. The photocopy are not accepted!

Photos are not accepted in the Word format!

The image should be in JPG or TIFF format with high-resolution printing of 300  pixels.

The author’s picture should be not less than 5 cm х 6 cm, should be light, with the clear picture, without unnecessary details. Images for the section “” The history of Education should be not less than 10 cm х 10 cm. 

 

Graphic materials requirements

1. The tables in the original should correspond to the tables in the publication. The text of the original table should be spread equally along the whole field and shouldn’t overrun the lines. Footnotes should be put under the table. The text should be typed in the Word format!
2. Graphs and diagrams should be given in the original version of Excel. Do not insert diagrams as an image!
3. The letters of the Latin alphabet of formulae are given in italics, letters of the Russian and Greek alphabets are given in the Roman type.
4. Mathematics and chemistry formulae should be written distinctively and given in the Roman type. Symbols shouldn’t blend with oversymbolic elements; indexes and powers must be of the same size and equally lifted towards the main line.

 

The list of the cover materials

1. Postgraduates and seekers should give a review of Doctor of Philisophy (PhD), reflecting scientific authenticity of the given information and its correspondence to the specific character of the paper
2. For the seekers of PhD it’s necessary to submit the approval of the department.
3. The PhD can submit without cover documents.
4. Other authors on the orders of the editorial board may be asked to introduce a covering letter with the review of the PhD.