Submissions

Author Guidelines

How to publish a paper with “Andragogy, Adult Education & Social Marketing”:

1)      First, you should send the full copy of the article (with metadata) to the editor in chief aleksander.kobylarek@gmail.com and wait for registration.  When you get login and password, you should enter your article into ojs system (see the following link http://andragogy.pl ).

Your text should be saved as a Microsoft Word document and follow the APA citation guidelines. IN OJS system do not include your name and surname to the text file to ensure anonymity, crucial for double-blind peer reviews.

2)      At the same time you need to save your META DATA into the ojs system on the website. These include the following:

• personal data (MUST BE INDICATED FOR EVERY AUTHOR of the text)

- name and surname

- e-mail address

- affiliation (the name, department and the address of your institution)

- BIO STATEMENT- your position (student, doctoral student, professor, lecturer, researcher, freelancer), scientific titles  scientific interests, in the 3rd person singular

• details related to your article

- title

- structured abstract

- key words

- numbered references (use the following sequential numbers: 1., 2., 3., etc.)

-copyrights CC-BY

optional

- founding source (the name of the project, the number of the grant, etc.)

-  Academic discipline and sub-disciplines

-Geo-spatial coverage

- Chronological or historical coverage

- Research sample characteristics

- Type, method or approach

•  you can also attach an additional Word document, including pictures, research tools or other information

4)      Editor in Chief  makes preliminary decisions about accepting papers for reviews and appoints reviewers. Papers are sent to reviewers who prepare DOUBLE-BLIND PEER REVIEWS.

 5)      The reviews are usually prepared after 4-8 weeks following the deadline for submitting articles.

6)       The editor accepts for publication only these articles ,which get  POSITIVE REVIEWS.

7)      In case of a negative review the paper is rejected by the Publisher. The Author of the rejected paper is informed by the editor and can send another article to the next issue of the Journal without making any additional payments. The same procedures will be followed in case of both papers.

8)      Articles accepted for publication are given to language and technical editors for final editing.

9)      The first Author is contacted by one of the editors to make necessary corrections.

10)   The Author should correct his/ her paper following the reviewers’ and editors’ comments. The time and scope of necessary corrections is agreed between the editor and the author.

11)   The articles undergo final editor’s revision.

12)   The papers are published in print and online in the ojs system.

Upon submitting a text to “Andragogy, Adult Education and Social Marketing”, the Author declares that he/she is the holder of propriety copyright to the text and that the paper has not been published elsewhere. By entering the paper into the system, the Author also agrees to make it available under the CC_BY license.

ABSTRACT

A STRUCTURED abstract should have around 150-250 words and it should contain the following sections (choose regarding the nature of the article):

◦         Aim/Thesis

◦         Concept/Methods

◦         Results and conclusion

◦         Research restrictions (optional)

◦         Practical application (optional)

◦         Originality/Cognitive value

Please find an example below:

Aim. The aim of the research is to confirm whether the English-Polish literary translations present the tendencies characteristic of the postcolonial translation. These tendencies are understood as an emphasis on the source culture at the cost of the target culture (i.e. so-called foreignisation).

Methods. The subject of the study were 886 cultural elements retrieved from ten top-selling dramas translated after the year 2000. They are analysed with the application of Toury’s DTS method (1995, Descriptive Translation Studies) and the results are classified according to the list of translational techniques proposed by Hejwowski (2004) and Newmark (1988). The techniques are divided into three categories: foreignising, domesticating, and sitting-on-the-fence.

Results. The analysis shows that there are more domesticating techniques (441 cases) than foreignising ones (345 cases). The most popular foreignising technique is transfer without explanation, whereas the most popular domesticating technique is recognised equivalent. It appears that certain types of cultural elements (e.g. names of the streets, brands, names) are strictly tied to relevant translational practices, whereas in some the translation relies solely on the translator’s preferences.

Conclusions. Even though the study considers the aspects of translation which are in the focus of the postcolonial researchers and it is not the first of its kind, it seems to be inadequate and it does not provide the answer to the research questions. The definition of the cultural elements in translation restricts the study to solely culturally-coloured words and the prevalence of domesticating techniques can be interpreted twofold.

Key words: University of the Third Age, social exclusion, marginalization, seniors

• References - general guidelines

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