Author Guideline

Please carefully read the submission guidelines as follows:

A. General Requirements

The minimum standard requirements of JCE (Journal of Childhood Education) must be :

Authors are responsible for the content of the manuscripts. Correspondence regarding the manuscripts will be addressed to the authors by mentioning the institution, country, and authors’ email addresses;
The manuscripts will be assessed, including the content authenticity, originality degree, content relevance and suitability to the journal focus and scope ;
The manuscript title must be concisely written, but informative enough to describe the text content;
Written in Indonesian.
The length of the manuscript should be between 4500 and 5000 words using Microsoft Word program.
Use Mendeley for reference management and formatting, and choose APA (American Psychological Association) 6th edition Style.
Make sure that your paper is prepared using the JCE Template

B. Structure of the Manuscript

The manuscript must be prepared and suggested present follow the structure:

The manuscript is written in Indonesian. The length of the manuscript should be between 4500 and 5000 words using Microsoft Word program (.doc or .docx) in A4 sized paper. Each page should be numbered. The pages should also use mirror margin including top, bottom, right 3 cm, and left 3.5 cm. The line spacing generally for the manuscript is 1.5 except for the abstract and the references list that uses 1.0 line spacing. Times New Roman should be used as the Font sized 12pt except for the abstract which should be sized 10pt and the title that should be capitalized in font size 14pt.
The written manuscript should include the abstract both in Indonesian and in English having 150 to 250 number of words contain Introduction, method, research purposes and result. The keywords should be chosen wisely to describe the article content between 3 to 5 words.
The article structure includes

(a) title,
(b) authors name (without academic degree), affiliation, country and email,
(c) abstract,
(d) keywords,
(e) introduction (background and library support ends with article goal or scope),
(f) method,
(g) discussion,
(h) conclusion,
(i) references (contained only referenced sources), and
(j) attachments (if any).

References should include 15 literatures published in the last 10 years. The newer the better. Primary sources such as research report or scientific articles in journals and/or scientific magazine are preferred references.
References or citations use middle-note reference technique based on APA (American Psychological Association) 6th edition. To keep the consistency of referencing, citation and the reference list should use Mendely Reference Manager application.
All manuscripts will be reviewed anonymously (double blind review) by the appointed expert editor (reviewer) based on his/her expertise. Article authors will be given the opportunity to improve their manuscript based on the recommendation from reviewer or editor.
The unaccepted manuscript will be archived by the administrator.