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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The contribution is original and unpublished and is not being evaluated for publication in another journal. Otherwise, it must be justified in “Comments to the editor”.
  • The author and possible co-authors know and agree with the journal's editorial policies.
  • The author responsible for the submission confirms that the co-authors are aware and notified about the submission of the article and that after the submission, inclusion or exclusion of co-authors is not allowed.
  • The text is written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English.
  • The submission file is in .doc, .docx or .odt format.
  • URLs for references were provided when possible.
  • The title of the article is less than sixteen words.
  • The text is within the size limits: between 35,000 and 50,000 characters (with spaces) for scientific articles; and between 25,000 and 40,000 characters (with spaces) for critical reviews.
  • The abstract is within the size limits: from 200 to 300 words.
  • Bibliography is in accordance with ABNT NBR 6023 (2018).
  • Direct and indirect citations are in accordance with ABNT NBR 10520 (2023).
  • There is no identification in the authorship's text or of the institutions to which the authors belong (the copyright information will be registered only as METADATA, accessed only by the editors).
  • The submitted text is in A4 format (top margin 2.5cm, bottom 2.5cm, left 2cm, right 2cm, header 1.25 cm and footer 1.25 cm).
  • The text is written in Times New Roman or Roboto, size 12, with justified paragraphs, spacing 1.5 (one and a half) between lines and paragraphs with indentation of 1.25 cm in the first line; employs bold instead of underline and italics (except for e-mail addresses and foreign words).
  • Figures, charts and tables are inserted in the body of the text and not at the end of the document in the form of attachments.
  • The text went through a review of standards and proofreading before the submission.
  • The work has a maximum of 4 authors, and at least one holds doctoral degree.
  • The author had no work published in the Edutec in the current year.
  • The author and co-authors are aware of their responsibility and compliance with the ethical criteria adopted in carrying out the research and present detailed information in the text or in supplementary documents, when applicable.

Author Guidelines

Instructions for authors

It is recommended not to exceed the total number of four authors. At least one of the authors must have a doctorate. In the submission process, authors are required to verify the submission's compliance in accordance with the journal's requirements. Submissions that do not comply with the rules will be returned to the authors.

The text must be submitted in A4 format (top margin 2.5 cm, bottom 2.5 cm, left 2 cm, right 2 cm, header 1.25 cm, and footer 1.25 cm).

The writing must be done in Times New Roman or Roboto, size 12, with justified paragraphs, spacing 1.5 (one and a half) between lines and paragraphs with indentation of 1.25 cm in the first line.

Highlights must be made in bold. Electronic addresses and foreign words can be written in italics.

All pages of the original must be numbered sequentially.

The text must contain 35,000 to 50,000 characters for scientific articles, considering spaces and references, except the abstract.

For reviews, the text must contain 25,000 to 40,000 characters, considering spaces and references.

The title of the paper must have a maximum of 16 words and express its content with confidence.

The abstract must contain between 200 and 300 words and explain, in an informative character and without enumeration of topics, the following items: general theme and research problem; goals; the methodology used; main results and conclusions. The use of a single paragraph, active voice, and in the third person singular, concise, and affirmative sentences is recommended. The following should be avoided: neologisms, bibliographic citations, symbols, and contractions that are not in current use, as well as formulas, equations, diagrams that are not necessary.

The keywords must be 3 to 5, separated by a period.

Acknowledgments (optional) must be cited in a footnote and without direct or indirect references to authorship.

Figures (photos, drawings, and maps), tables, charts, and graphs must be numbered in Arabic numerals according to the sequence in which they appear, always mentioned in the text's body, and headed by their respective title. Immediately below the figures, their respective text captions must appear. After each item, it is necessary to register its source. When the material is original of the research, it should be indicated with the wording "Source: research data." or "Source: own elaboration." Maps must contain scales and graphic legends.

The images must come in JPG format with a resolution from 300 dpi and be presented in dimensions that allow their enlargement or reduction without impairing legibility. All images must also be sent in their original files, in .zip format, as a supplementary document. The name of each file must correspond to the title (for example, Figure 1).

Tables, charts, and graphs must be submitted in their original files. The journal does not accept tables and charts in image format, only in the text's body in editable formats. The same is valid with graphics. In this case, even if they contain images, textual and numerical parts must be editable.

Explanatory footnotes should be used sparingly, only when strictly necessary to understand the text. Notes must be numbered in Arabic numerals according to the sequence in which they appear in the text.

Quotations in the body of the text must comply with the following criteria:

a) Short quotations of up to three lines must be incorporated into the paragraph, transcribed in quotation marks.

b) Direct quotations of more than three lines must be in an isolated paragraph, with 4 cm indentation on the left margin, size 10, and without quotation marks.

c) In situations a) and b) the indication of authorship may occur in the body of the text with only the initial capital letter, before the literal citation (with only the year of publication and page number in parentheses) or after the literal citation (in parentheses: the surname with only the initial capitalized, year of publication and page number).

d) If there is no direct quotation, but only a citation to the author, the author's surname must be indicated in parentheses, with only the initial capitalized, along with the year of publication of that production.

Bibliography must comply with ABNT NBR 6023 (2018) technical standard and direct and indirect citations to ABNT NBR 10520 (2023).

Only the works cited throughout the text must appear in the bibliography, which must appear, under the title of References, at the end of the article, and on a separate page.

The author is aware that, if his article is approved, he must subsequently send an abstract, title, and keywords translated into two other languages: in the case of originals in Portuguese, English, and Spanish; Or Portuguese and Spanish for originals submitted in English; or Portuguese and English for originals in Spanish. The author will bear the costs of the foreign language version and revision.

Download the template file for submission:

a) Copy in Google Docs;

b) Copy in Docx or Odt.

Scholarly articles

This section is designed to receive scientific articles related to the themes that constitute the aims and scope of Edutec, which present results of completed or ongoing research or theoretical essays. The submission guidelines must be checked in “Instructions for authors”.

 

Book reviews

This section is designed to receive reviews of works related to the themes that constitute the aims and scope of Edutec published up to three years before the submission date. The submission guidelines must be checked in “Instructions for authors”.

 

Copyright Notice

Edutec uses the Creative Commons License - Attribution 4.0 International as a basis. It believes in the importance of the open access movement in scientific journals, such as the Open Archives Initiative.

By submitting a text to the journal, the authors agree to the following terms:

  1. The authors agree to license works accepted for publication under the Creative Commons License - Attribution 4.0 International.
  2. With CC-BY 4.0 licensing, authors maintain intellectual rights over the text and grant Edutec the right to first publication.
  3. The authors authorize the sending and indexing of texts written by them in databases and academic and scientific information portals.
  4. Authors are allowed and encouraged to publish and distribute their work online, in institutional repositories, on personal pages and academic social networks, after the editorial process, as long as the forms of licensing and presentation of the text are respected, in addition to the indication of the place of origin of the publication, in this case, the link to the Edutec.
  5. The authors of the works published in the Edutec are expressly responsible for their content.
  6. All works submitted to Edutec that have images, photographs, figures in which images of human beings are registered in their bodies must be accompanied by an Image Use Authorization Term by the member participating in the image and, in the case of children, family members of exposed children, with data and signature.

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