Abstracts and Final Presentation of Papers

Organisers have developed a unique structure for the Forum this year where only keynote speakers will present papers. All other papers and posters will be refereed and if accepted, will form an integral part of the forum's concurrent Interest Group Sessions, and documentation and resources displayed at the Forum (i.e. poster presentations).

Authors, whose abstracts were submitted by 1 April, will be able to submit their final papers (if abstract is accepted) by 1 May. These papers will be
included in the forum's CD-ROM which will be distributed to delegates during PCF3. The organising committee will still accept the abstracts after 1 April, but no
review process will take place for those abstracts and the final papers for
those abstracts will not be included on CD-ROM.

Delegates will have an opportunity to give brief poster presentations (10 min) during the lunch breaks. A timetable for these sessions will be drawn up and posted on the website in June.

Instructions for Authors

Participants are invited to submit an abstract of 300 words describing the paper or poster to be published in the proceedings.  Presentations must comply with the guidelines below.  Authors will be responsible for their own typographical and grammatical work. The Forum and papers will be published in the English language. Authors will be responsible for their own translations. 

Paper: Not to exceed 4000 words, including footnotes and appendices. Electronic format to be in MS Word or RTF. Pictures and graphs to be provided at the end of the document.

Paper size

Your paper should not exceed 4000 words. References must be included in the 4000 word limit.

Disk

When papers are not forwarded electronically, please submit a hard copy and a disk copy on a 3.5 inch floppy disk formatted for MS Word in DOS, Windows or Macintosh format if possible. Please write your name, the title of your paper and the file name, word-processing software, version and format on the floppy disk. If you use graphics, show the graphics format used and provide a separate file for each graphic.

Margins

Side margins are to be 3 cm with 2.5 cm top and bottom.

Page numbers

Do not show page numbers on the printed copy; write them in pencil on the back,
top left-hand corner of each page.

Typeface

12-point Times Roman or Palatino are preferred. Do not underline any text or headings.

Line spacing and justification

Double line spacing, with a (blank) line after paragraphs, all body text left justified. After review, we may request reformatting to single line spacing.

Title page

The title should be in 12-point BOLD CAPITALS and centred but not underlined. It should be followed by a single (blank) line space and author details.

Author details

Use 12-point font size, centre, show the name(s) then the organization(s) on the next line, and the address on the next line.
Author(s) details should only appear on the title page.

Abstract

Show the heading ABSTRACTS in 12-point BOLD CAPITALS and centred but not underlined. This heading should be followed by a single (blank) line space and an abstract (summary of the paper) of not more than 50 words, which is indented one centimetre left and right. The abstract should be followed by two (blank) line spaces and the first heading of the paper contents.

How to structure a paper

The following sections are provided as a guide, particularly for research reports.
Not all papers would fit these guidelines, so changes appropriate to the paper
genre should be made.

• Introduction
• Theoretical framework/position
• Methodology
• Results
• Discussion
• Conclusion
• References

Main Heading

12-point BOLD CAPITALS, flush left followed by a blank line space (do not underline or number headings).

Sub-headings

12-point bold flush left with initial capital (unless heading includes proper names) only followed by a line space (do not underline or number headings).

Table and figures

Include them in the body of the paper, not at the end. Graphics should be supplied in a standard graphics format on the floppy disk. Please write the name of the graphics format you use on the disk cover. Titles of tables, graphs etc. should go underneath in 12-point italic.

Footnotes

Footnotes may be used sparingly. Use 11-point font, with footnotes numbered consecutively at the bottom of the page. Endnotes are not to be used.

References

Referencing will be APA published style (as outlined in the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association), but not indented. See examples below:

• Journal article, one author:
  Bekerian, D.A. (1993). In search of the typical eyewitness. American Psychologist, 48, 674-576.
  
  
• References to books – one author:
  Shaller, G.B. (1993). The last panda. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  
  
• Reference to chapter in an edited book:
  Ladd, G.W., & Coleman, C.C. (1993). Young children’s peer relationships: Forms, features, and functions. In B. Spodek (Ed.), Handbook of research on the education of young children (pp. 57-76), Ames. IA: Great Books.

Posters: These should be submitted electronically for pre-viewing. Final products should be single sided laminated and suitable for attaching to pin boards. It is the responsibility of the authors to bring posters to the Forum. 

All abstracts, poster proposals and papers are to be transmitted to the following address. 

Pam Wyse
PCF3 Secretary
Auckland University of Technology
Private Bag 92 006
Auckland

New Zealand 
Ph + 64 (0)9 917 8375                       
Email: pam.wyse@aut.ac.nz

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