Contributions
Contributions should be in English. The submission of full papers,
short communications and book/article reviews for the General Section
of the Journal is always open. Single and Joint articles may equally
be considered. News of students and alumni regarding involvement in
projects or other activities related to their Work Based Learning or
Professional Studies are also most welcome.
Details of submissions
1. Peer-reviewed papers
Peer-reviewed papers of between 4000-5000 words will provide a
platform for discussion and analysis of Work Based Learning from
various perspectives including academics and researchers in the
academic area of Work Based Learning and from professionals who apply
their learning with a view to changing practice through a scholarly
and considered approach.
•WBL as a field and mode of study
Papers are invited that address issues and concepts in the broad area
of WBL. Papers in this section can be theoretical, research led or
pedagogical in nature.
The likely audience for these papers is
academics and researchers whose interest lies in work and learning
but there is also likely to be interest from practitioners in their
various professional fields who engage in learning in and through
work. Papers in this section will be peer-reviewed by academics
involved in work and learning.
•Work Based Projects
Professionally-focused papers are invited that reflect upon and/or
critically evaluate projects that have been undertaken in, for or
through work. The likely audience for these papers is professionals
in a similar or related field but there is also likely to be interest
from academics in the broad area of WBL.
Papers in this section will be
peer-reviewed by both professionals in the appropriate fields and
academics involved in work and learning
2. Projects/work in progress (not refereed, at discretion of editor)
In the non-refereed category, papers in-progress will be considered
in the following categories:
•WBL as a field and mode of study
Papers of 3000-5000 words are invited that address issues and
concepts in the broad area of WBL.
•Work Based Projects
Professionally-focused papers are invited that reflect upon and/ or
critically evaluate projects that have been undertaken in, for or
through work. This section includes papers from Bachelor, Master and
Doctoral candidates of between 1500- 5000 words. It is suggested that
Bachelors and Masters Students provide a 1500 word summary of their
work-based project on or just before its completion and doctoral
candidates provide a 3-5000 word paper before their final hand-in of
their doctorate. This work should be endorsed by a supervisor at a
named education institution.
•Summaries of Doctoral work-based projects
Summaries of proposed doctoral projects
that provide a synopsis of the proposed research and development
project in 500 words.
Guidelines
The font used for the text should be Times New Roman at size 12.
Type the paper title in bold in sentence case on the first line.
Use 1.5 lines for line spacing.
Papers must be submitted as MS Word (.doc) file
Abstracts should be in italics and no longer than 250 words
Write the name/s of author/s in full as well as institutional
affiliation.
Provide contact details (postal address, land line/ mobile telephone
and e-mail) for the corresponding author.
Include 4-5 key words
A short biography (150 words) should also be attached for all
authors
Authors who wish to own the copyright should place, at the bottom of
their paper: Copyright ® Year, Name of author(s).” In this case
the publisher owns the right to “store and serve” the paper in
the Journal’s archive. Each manuscript must be accompanied by a
statement that it has not been published or submitted for
publication elsewhere.
