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Author Guidelines

Profedica: Journal of Teacher Education and Professional Development publishes original research articles and review articles in teacher education, teacher professionalism, instructional practice, teacher learning, and continuing professional development.

Please read the following guidelines carefully before submitting your manuscript. Submissions that do not follow the journal format may be returned before review.

Before Submission

The manuscript has not been published previously and is not under review elsewhere.
The manuscript fits the scope of Profedica and contributes to teacher education or professional development.
The manuscript follows the journal template and reference style.
The manuscript is written in English.

Submission Preparation Checklist

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
The submission file is in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced, uses a 12-point font, and follows the Profedica template.
Figures and tables are placed in the text at appropriate points.
The manuscript adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements in these guidelines.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section, the instructions for blind review have been followed.

Manuscript Preparation Guidelines

Title : concise, clear, specific, and no more than 15 words.
Author Names: full names without academic titles, followed by affiliation and email.
Abstract: one paragraph, 150-250 words, with background, method, findings, and conclusion.
Keywords: 2-5 keywords, arranged alphabetically.
Introduction: background, state of the art, novelty, research problem, and purpose of study.
Method: design, participants, instruments, procedure, and data analysis.
Results and Discussion: clear findings with scientific interpretation and comparison to previous studies.
Conclusion: concise summary of findings and implications.
Recommendation: suggestions for future research or practice.
Acknowledgments: optional and brief.
AI Disclosure: mandatory if AI tools were used.
Funding Information: mandatory for all manuscripts.
Author Contributions Statement: use the CRediT taxonomy where applicable.
Conflict of Interest Statement: mandatory.
Ethical Approval: required when applicable.
Data Availability Statement: mandatory.
References: APA style, with at least 10 references and mostly primary sources from the last 10 years.

Submitting Manuscript

REGISTER or LOGIN at the Profedica website.
Follow the multi-step submission process and upload all required files.
Ensure the manuscript and metadata are complete before final submission.

After Submission

All manuscripts are reviewed by at least two reviewers using a double-blind peer-review process. Reviewers are given approximately two weeks to complete the review. If reviewer recommendations differ significantly, an additional reviewer may be assigned.

The editorial decision may be: Reject, Resubmit for Review, Accept with Revisions, or Accept. The full review process generally takes 4 to 12 weeks.

After Acceptance

Profedica is an open-access journal. Accepted articles are published without article processing charges (APC) and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The journal values transparency, editorial integrity, data availability, ethical approval where applicable, and clear author contribution statements.

Copyright and Privacy

Authors retain copyright of their published articles. Personal information submitted to this journal will be used only for journal purposes and will not be shared with other parties.