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ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

| Aims & Scope | Editorial Board | Instructions for Contributors |
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We accept manuscripts all year round. The submission deadline for January 2009 issue (Volume 3 No. 1) is September 30th, 2008.

Aims and Scope

The journal serves as a vehicle for reporting and sharing the results of studies by early childhood education in the Pacific area. It is peer reviewed to insure that only high quality manuscripts are accepted for publication.

The journal is multi-disciplinary and serves educators and other professionals concerned with the education and care of young children. It focuses primarily on research activities in the Pacific Rim area, though research reports from other areas are not excluded. The journal includes research articles related to the education and care of children from birth to age 8 and to related topics. These include reports of empirical research, reviews of research, critiques of research, and articles related to the applications of research to practice.

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Editorial Board

Editor
Youngja Lee
Department of Early Childhood Education
Duksung Women´s University
419 Ssangmun-Dong, Dobong-Gu, Seoul, Korea
yleeyang@duksung.ac.kr

Co-Editor
Judith A. Schickedanz
School of Education
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215 USA
djaschick@earthlink.net

Editorial Advisor
Bernard Spodek
University of Illinois, USA

Associate Editors
Yonghee Hong
Ewha Womans University
Dept. of Early Childhood Education
11-1 Daehyun-Dong, Seodaemun-Gu Seoul, Korea

Jeehyun Lee
Konkuk University
Teacher Training Program
1 Hwayang-Dong, Gwangjin-Gu Seoul, Korea

Hyungsook Cho
Chung-Ang University
Dept. of Early Childhood Education
221 Heukseok-Dong, Dongjak-Gu Seoul, Korea

Editorial Board
Carl Corter (Canada, Ontario Insstitute for Studies in Education) Chu-Ying Ingred Chien (Taiwan. National Chengchi University)
Gary Ladd (USA, Arizona State Univesity)
Jiaxiong Zhu (PR China, East China Normal University)
Nirmala Rao (Hong Kong, Hong Kong University)
Susan Grieshaber (Austraila, Queensland University of Technology) Unhai Rhee (Korea, Yonsai University)
Wendy Schiller (AustraliaUniversity of South Australia)
Won Young Rhee (Korea, Chung-Ang University )
Kiyomi AKITA (JAPAN: University of Tokyo)
Deborah Leong (USA)
Junko Yokod (USA)

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Instructions to Contributors

Manuscripts
Papers should be typed with double spacing and sent electronically to editors: Yonghee Hong at yonghee@ewah.ac.kr. Where this is not possible, 3 copies of the article along with an electronic copy of the manuscript should be submitted to:

Yonghee Hong
Ewha Womans University
Department of Early Childhood Education,
11-1 Daehyun-Dong,
Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul, Korea

Articles submitted to ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION should not be under consideration by any other journal, or have been published elsewhere, and the letter accompanying the submission of any manuscript should contain a clear statement to this effect.

The author(s) name(s) and author's correspondence information, including e-mail address should appear on page 1. The title of paper on page 2. Each paper requires an abstract of 150 words summarizing the significant coverage and findings on page 3. Each abstract should be accompanied by up to 4 keywords . The font should be Times New Roman 12. All pages of the manuscript must be numbered.

Length
Manuscripts should be 2500-5000 wordsin length plus reference (double spaced).

Final Submissions
Authors should send the final, revised version of their article in both hard copy (paper) and electronic (disk or CD) forms. It is essential that the hard copy (paper) version exactly matches the material on disk. Please print out the hard copy from the disk you are sending. Submit three printed copies of the final version with the disk to the journal's editorial office. Save all files on a standard 3.5-inch high-density disk or CD. We prefer to receive disks in Microsoft Word (PC format), but can translate from most other common word-processing programs as well as Macs. Please specify which program you have used. Do not save your files as "text only" or "read only".

Tables and Figures
Tables must be typed on separate sheets and not included as part of the text. The captions to illustrations should be gathered and typed on a separate sheet. Tables should be numbered by Roman numerals and figures by Arabic numerals. The approximate position of tables and figures should be indicated in the paper. Please supply clear copies of artwork (preferably the originals) for figures in a finished format suitable for reproduction. Figures will not normally redrawn by the publisher. The author(s) must arrange permission for the reproduction of illustrations and table within articles. Figures may be sent electronically, preferably in either TIFF (tagged image format) or EPS (encapsulated Postscript) formats. However, we can also accept PICT or JPEG formats. The publisher will normally reproduce color figures in black and white. All figures and tables should be mentioned in the text.

Style
Manuscripts submitted should follow the style guidelines included in the publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5thed.). This manual is available in bookstores or from the American Psychological Association
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Subscription Information

The Individual price (two issues per volume) is USD 50 and institutional rate per volume is USD 100.  Please fill in the order form and send it back to us by e-mail and pay the due to the bank. The publisher will send you the journal by the air mail as soon as possible. The bank related information is as follow.

Publisher's e-mail address : bookcafepub@yahoo.co.kr
or pecera06@hanmail.net
Bank account : Dr. Won Young Rhee(PECERA)
                 citibank Korea
                 Nonhyundong branch
                 Swift code: citikrsx
                 Bank account no. 132-01182-260-01
Bank address: 115-7 Nonhyundong Kangnamgu, Seoul,Korea
Bank telephone :  82-2-516-6655

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MISSION:

Disseminating & supporting research in early childhood education within the Pacific area