Workshop 4: Why journals reject manuscripts: Avoiding the pitfalls

TITLE: WHY JOURNALS REJECT MANUSCRIPTS: AVOIDING THE PITFALLS

Description

This half-day workshop is aimed at assisting attendees to avoid the pitfalls that lead to the rejection of manuscripts by the editors of accredited journals. It is beneficial for early and mid-career researchers and academics, as well as postgraduate students.

Participants will be exposed to practical examples of the basic components of a successful manuscript. They will also be given the opportunity to critique sample manuscripts and provide feedback on them.

The presentation will involve plenary and critical analysis or review of sample manuscripts in groups. Feedback sessions will be held. Participants will be encouraged to share their work for review by others and receive input from the facilitators.

Requirements for participants

• Manuscripts that are still in the early stages of development
• Manuscripts that are ready for submission
• Rejected manuscripts

Downloaded material

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Facilitators

Dr. Folake Ruth Aluko (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Folake Ruth Aluko is a researcher in the Unit for Distance Education at the University of Pretoria. She manages the quality of the institution’s open distance learning (ODL) programmes. She facilitates training and workshops and is involved in the evaluation of ODL programmes. She is co-editor of the books Assuring institutional quality in open distance learning (ODL) in the developing contexts and Exploring dual and mixed-mode provision of distance education. She is the editor of Teacher Education through Flexible Learning (in Africa and other developing contexts), as well as the second-term President of the National Association of Distance Education in Southern Africa (NADEOSA). Her research focus areas include the quality management of ODL programmes, mobile learning, access, social justice, programme evaluation, student support, and teacher professional development. She has been rated as a researcher by the National Research Foundation (NRF) (a peer review system that assesses the standing of South African researchers.

Prof Funke Omidire (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Margaret Funke Omidire is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria. Her research interests centre on multilingualism, the multiplicity of languages in education, and issues of the psychological wellbeing of learners, teachers, and parents affected. Furthermore, she is involved in school-based intervention research, and learning/learner support. She is also interested in the reconceptualisation of education in sub-Saharan Africa. She is a registered educational psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. She is the programme coordinator of the MEd Educational Psychology and Chair of the Ethics Committee, Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria. She is the 2022 Chairperson of the Education Association of South Africa and is a member of the International Association of Multilingualism. She has been rated as a researcher by the National Research Foundation (NRF).

Prof Motlalepule Ruth Mampane (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Motlalepule Ruth Mampane is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria. She is a registered educational psychologist with the Health Profession Council of South Africa. Her research focus is on academic resilience, and family and adolescent resilience. Her scholarly contributions are centred on the influences of context and developmental processes on academic resilience, and adolescent and family resilience against multiple adversities to which South African families are exposed. Her research is unique in highlighting family resilience in the resource-constrained context of South African townships and cultural influences on family resilience. She is a C2-rated researcher with the South African National Research Foundation (NRF).