Article Submission Guidelines

Unless agreed otherwise, all accepted papers become the copyright of the journal. Contributors should bear in mind the international character and linguistic diversity of their audience.

Manuscript should be sent to Dr. T.A Adebowale, Department of Social Work, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria or socialworkjournalofeducation@yahoo.com. Manuscripts failing to conform to the following guidelines will not be considered for publication. Three complete copies of the manuscript should be submitted. It should be typed double spaced on one side of the paper. It is essential that full postal address be given of the author who will receive editorial correspondence and the proofs.

Figures and tables should have their position clearly marked and be provided from the main text. The captions to figure provided on a separate sheet. Figure number should be shown as Arabic numerals, table number as Latin numerals.

Reference should be indicated in the text by giving the author’s name followed by the year in parentheses e.g “Early research by Smith & Jones (1997, p275) showed……” Alternatively this could be shown as “Early research (Smith & Jones, p. 275) showed….” The full reference should be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the paper, using the following style. 

Book
Muir. J. (1976). Modern Approach of England Grammar: An introduction to systematic grammar, London: B.T. Batsdford Ltd.

Article in a Journal
Pleck, J.H. (1977). The work family role system, Journal of Social Problem, 24, pp417-427.

 Chapter in a Book
Halloway W. (1984) Gender Difference and the production of subjectivity in J. Hentighues, W.Halloway, C. Vem & V. Walkerdine (Eds) Changing the subject. London: Methuen.

Please note that Journal titles must be given in full and that author’s full first names or initials may be used. Particular care in the presentation of reference would be greatly appreciated by the Editorial Board and the publisher.

Proofs will be sent to the author designated to receive them, and should be corrected and returned immediately. A complete copy of the journal issues is supplied free of charge to the author shortly after publication.

Papers submitted for the Journal are normally subjected to a peer review process before they are considered for publication