Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education

Instructions for Authors

The Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education (APJCE) comprises an international forum for the discussion of issues of interest to cooperative education researchers and practitioners in the Asia-Pacific Region. Contributions may be of two forms; research reports describing research into aspects of work-based learning, and essays that review relevant literature or discuss innovative practice or programs likely to be of interest to a broad audience of practitioners. APJCE will also accept correspondence of interest such as reports of conferences and notification of relevant up-coming regional or international activities. All manuscripts, except correspondence, are reviewed by at least two members of the editorial board. Published articles are available as PDF files from the website.
Research reports should contain; an introduction that describes relevant literature and sets the context of the inquiry, a description and justification for the methodology employed, a description of the research findings¾tabulated as appropriate, a discussion of the importance of the findings including their significance for practitioners, and a conclusion preferably incorporating suggestions for further research. The final manuscript should include an abstract, and an alphabetical list of 5 to 10 keywords. Essays should contain a clear statement of the topic or issue under discussion, reference to relevant literature and a discussion of the importance of the issues for other researchers and practitioners.
Manuscripts and cover sheets (available from the web site) should be forwarded to the Editor-in-Chief , Dr Richard K. Coll, as an email attachment, accessible from within the cover sheet attachment file. In order to ensure anonymity for the reviewing process authors’ names should not appear on manuscripts. 

Manuscripts should range in length between 3000 and 5000 words (including references, tables and figures). Quotations of more than 40 words,  from the literature or interviews, should be set off clearly by using hanging indents and using 11-point font. Use double quotation marks for shorter quotations, and single quotation marks for quotations within quotations. Use italics to add emphasis rather than quotation marks.  Manuscripts should include pagination, be double-spaced with ample margins in times new-roman 12-point font and follow the style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association  in citations, referencing, tables and figures (see also, http://www.apa.org/journals/faq.html). The intended location of figures and diagrams, preferably provided separately as high-quality files (e.g., JPG, TIFF or PICT), should be indicated in the manuscript. If no electronic versions of figures are available, high-quality hardcopy that can be reproduced should be sent by separate cover. The letter size in any text in the figures should be large enough to allow for reduction. Each figure and table should be numbered and mentioned in the text. The approximate location of figures and tables should be indicated in the manuscript. For tables, footnotes are preferable to long headings or text in the body of the table. Footnotes should be identified by superscript Arabic numerals and be placed directly below the table. Figure and table captions, listed on a separate page at the end of the document, should be clear and concise and be understood without reference to the text.

A Brief Guide to APA Citation and Bibliographical Listing for References
Comprehensive details of APA style and format for manuscripts are described in the Publication Manual and further detail is available from the APA website. The main points  regarding the citation of references are noted here. In text citation of references is based on author(s) surname (omitting initials) and year of publication, for example, (Smith, 1996). If two or more publications are cited, they appear in brackets, ordered alphabetically, separated by a semicolon, for example, (Jones, 1999; Smith, 1989). Multiple author publications are likewise cited, but publications with more than five authors are cited using the first author followed by et al., for example, Smith, et al. (1996), with the full list of authors provided in the bibliography. The year of publication is omitted if any publication is cited again within the same paragraph. For two to five authors, the full author list and date of publication is cited the first time, followed by, first author et al., in subsequent citations, for example, Smith, Jones and Brown (1997) becomes Smith et al. (1997) and then Smith et al.. References in the bibliography are listed in order of author(s) surname and initials alphabetically, and date of publication: nothing precedes something, so Smith, A. (1999) precedes Smith G. (1998), and Smith, A., & Jones, B. (1987), but Smith, A., & Jones, B. (1987) precedes Smith G. (188).
Examples of  APA Format for Bibliographies

Journal Article

Coll, R.K., Halsey, E., & Eames, C. (1997). Keeping the customer satisfied. Journal of Cooperative Education, 32(3), 31-40.

Kyle, D.W., & McCutcheon, (1984). Collaborative research: Development and issues. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 16(2), 173-179.

Larsen, S. (1986). Information can be transmitted but knowledge must be induced. Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 23(4), 331-336.

Wessels, W.J., & Pumphry, G. (1995). The effects of cooperative education on job search time, quality of job placement and advancement, Journal of Cooperative Education, 30(1), 42-52.

Conference Paper Presentation

Arzi, H.J., White, R.T., & Fensham, P.J. (1987, April). Teachers’ knowledge of science: An account of a longitudinal study in progress. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.

Hodges, D., Rainsbury, E., Sutherland, J., & Wong, C. (1998, August). Collaborative assessment: The employers’ perspective. Paper presented at the third Asia-Pacific conference on cooperative education. Hong Kong.

Sweeney, M., & Twomey, P. (1997, August). Preparing graduates for 2020: The role of cooperative education. Paper presented at the tenth world conference on cooperative education, Cape Town, South Africa

Conference Proceedings

Kilpatrick, J. (1987). What constructivism might be in mathematics education. In J.C. Bergeon, N. Herscovics & A. Kieran (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1, pp. 3-27). Montreal: International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Pickles, T. (1993). Value and quality of industrial placements: Students’ views. In R.J.A. Bradley & A.N. Glynn (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eighth World Conference on Cooperative Education (pp. 209-212). Dublin, Ireland: World Association for Cooperative Education.

Wagstaffe, D.R. (1995). Advantages of cooperative education to students. In V. Lewis, B. Bailey, C. Williams-Myers & J. Yee-Sing (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth World Conference on Cooperative Education (p. 83). Kingston, Jamaica: World Association for Cooperative Education.

Chapter in a Book

Ball, S.J. (1988). Humanistic research procedures: Participant observation. In J.P. Keeves (Ed.), Educational research, methodology, and measurement: An international handbook (pp. 507-510). Sydney: Pergamon Press.

Clark, C.M., & Peterson, P.L. (1986). Teachers’ thought process. In M.C. Wittrock (Ed.), Handbook of research teaching (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan.

Reichardt, C. S., & Cook, T. D. (1979). Beyond qualitative versus quantitative methods. In T. D. Cook & C. S. Reichardt (Eds.), Qualitative and quantitative methods in evaluation research (pp. 7-32). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Shulman, L.S. (1988). The nature of disciplined inquiry in education. In R.M. Jaeger (Ed.), Complementary methods for research in education (pp. 1-58). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.

Book

Apple, M. (1979). Ideology and curriculum. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Kemmins, S., & McTaggert, R. (Eds.). (1988). The action research planner (3rd ed.). Deakin University, Geelong: Deakin University Press.

Linklater, P. (1987). Education and the world of work: Positive partnerships. Stoney Stratford, England: Open University Press.

Patton, M.Q. (1990). Qualitative evaluation and research methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.