Journal of Science Teacher Education

Journal of Science Teacher Education serves as a forum for disseminating research and theoretical position statements concerning the preparation and inservice education of science teachers. The journal features pragmatic articles which suggest immediate ways to improve conditions in classroom methods, inservice workshops, and teacher recruitment and retention. In addition, there are data-driven research articles that show evidence of the effectiveness of teaching strategies and interventions, as well as articles describing model science teacher education programs.

Journal of Science Teacher Education is a publication that adds to what we know about science teaching and learning but, most importantly, serves as a catalyst for thoughtful discussion concerning the improvement of the education of teachers in science.

Review Board
Go to the Springer Science & Business Media B.V., publisher of JSTE.

Guidelines for Submission:
You do not need to be a member of the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) in order to submit a manuscript. However, information and applications for membership of the ASTE can be obtained from the ASTE website or from Dr. Eugene Wagner, ASTE Executive Secretary, 113 Radcliff Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15237, USA, ewagner@pitt.edu, (412) 624-2861

Springer uses a fully web-enabled online manuscript submission and review system. Our online manuscript submission and review system offers authors the option to track the progress of the review process of manuscripts in real time. Manuscripts should be submitted to: http://jste.edmgr.com

The online manuscript submission and review system for Journal of Science Teacher Education offers easy and straightforward log-in and submission procedures. This system supports a wide range of submission file formats.

Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts no longer than 25 pages long (excluding cover page, a 120 word abstract, and references). Manuscripts must be double-spaced with one-inch margins using 12-point font on standard 8.5 x 11” paper.

For submission in LaTeX, Springer have developed a Springer LaTeX class file, which can be downloaded from: www.springer.com/authors/jrnlstylefiles. Use of this class file is highly recommended. Do not use versions downloaded from other sites. Technical support is available at: texhelp@springer.com. If you are not familiar with TeX/LaTeX, the class file will be of no use to you. In that case, submit your article in a common word processor format.

NOTE: By using the online manuscript submission and review system, it is NOT necessary to submit the manuscript also in printout + disk.

In case you encounter any difficulties while submitting your manuscript on line, please get in touch with the responsible Editorial Assistant by clicking on “CONTACT US” from the tool bar.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at the email jste@utoledo.edu or call (419) 530 – 2826.

Manuscripts should not have been previously published nor be under consideration for publication in any other journal. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) must be followed when writing the manuscript.

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