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Author Guidelines

Instructions for authors

In-text citations and reference lists should be presented according to the APA style, the basic principles of which are presented below. If in doubt, use the following website: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines

1. Structure of the paper and format of the text

-          Language: English or Polish;

-          Length of text: 7000–7500 words;

-          Font: 12-point Times New Roman; spacing: 1.5 line; margins: 2.5 cm;

-          Include an Abstract and keywords (max. 5) at the beginning of the paper;

-          The main text should be divided into sections and numbered: 1. Introduction; 2. … (for sub-sections: 2.1. …; 2.2. …, etc.); 3. …; 4. …; 5. Conclusion;

-          Include a list of references at the end of the paper (sorted alphabetically);

-          If necessary, include footnotes;

-          Short quotations (fewer than 40 words) should be incorporated into the text (with single quotation marks, 12-point Times New Roman); quotations of 40 words or more should be written as block quotations (indented, without quotation marks; 10-point Times New Roman);

-          Include an ellipsis (a sequence of three dots with a space before and after) to indicate omitted words within a quotation.

 2. In-text citation style

-          One author: Bagrowicz (2000) or (Bagrowicz, 2000) or (Bagrowicz, 2000, p. 12); (Chałas, 2018, 2019); (Śliwerski, 2004a, 2004b);

-          Two authors: Ciechowska and Walulik (2018) or (Ciechowska & Walulik, 2018, pp. 87–88);

-          Three or more authors: Biernat et al. (2018, p. 225) or (Biernat et al., 2018, pp. 225–226);

-          Use alphabetical order when the number of sources for the same citation is greater (Biernat, 2016; Nowak, 2010; Stępkowski, 2019);

-          Group author with abbreviation: (Ministry of Science and Higher Education [MSHE], 2020), and in the next citation (MSHE, 2020);

-          Biblical texts: (Mc 9:7; 1Ti 4:12–16);

-          Documents of the Catholic Church: (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2012 [CCC], no. 369), and in the next citation (CCC, no. 370);

-          Secondary sources: (MacIntyre, 1998, p. 105, as cited in Kaźmierczak, 2019, p. 96);

-          If the same work is cited in the next quote: (ibidem, p. 107).

3. List of references

-          Books: Ferguson, G. A. & Takane, Y. (2002). Statistical Analysis in Psychology and Education. McGraw-Hill.

-          Chapters in books: Opiela, M. L. (2017). Developing religious and patriotic feelings in pre-school aged children in Sisters Servants’ nurseries. In F. W. Wawro & A. Lendzion (Eds.), Educational and Psychosocial Dimension of Experience (pp. 235–279). Wydawnictwo KUL.

-          Journal articles: Horowski, J. (2018). What conditions education for forgiveness in terms of the neo-Thomistic philosophy of education. Journal of Religious Education, 66(1), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-018-0054-z

-          Edited books: McCosker, P. & Turner, D. (Eds.). (2016). The Cambridge Companion to The Summa Theologiae. Cambridge University Press. 

-          Unpublished Master’s or Doctoral dissertations: Waga, L. (2016). Rola doświadczenia w tworzeniu wiedzy pedagogicznej [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

-          Websites: Hughes, P. M. & Warmke, B. (2017). Forgiveness. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved May 5, 2020, from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/forgiveness/

-          Legal acts: Ustawa z dnia 9 czerwca 2011 r. o wspieraniu rodziny i systemie pieczy zastępczej (Dz. U. 2011 Nr 149, poz. 887).

-          If a book or journal article includes a DOI, include the DOI at the end of the reference. 

4. Tables and figures

-          Include a number for each table/figure, as well as a title, above it;

-          Data presented in tables should not be repeated in the text;

-          If the data included in a table is from your own research/notation, specify the source as follows: Source: Own study.

-          Include information on independent variables at the top of the table: L=…

-          Present dependent variables as percentage values (without specifying the number L in each category) in the sidebar(s) of the table.

Example:

Table 1
            Respondents’ declared basis of faith

Basis of faith

Total (L=864)

Gender of the respondents

Female (L=493)

Male (L=371)

Percentage

Total

100,0

100,0

100,0

Personal thoughts and beliefs

23,3

21,9

25,1

Church attendance

12,7

14,8

10,0

Impact of reading

1,0

1,0

1,1

Tradition and upbringing in the family

32,4

34,1

30,2

Life experiences

7,5

8,9

5,7

Neighbourhood and environmental tradition

0,6

0,6

0,5

Other

0,8

0,2

1,6

No data

21,6

18,5

25,9

Source: Own study.

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