Welcome to The Journal for Computing Teachers
Welcome to the Journal for Computing Teachers (formerly known as the Journal for Computer Science Educators or JCSE). If you're looking for archives of JCSE, please visit the Past Issues page.
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What Is the Journal for Computing Teachers (JCT)?
The Journal for Computing Teachers (JCT) is a production of the Special Interest Group for Computing Teachers (SIGCT) of ISTE. JCT supports and enhances the mission of SIGCT which includes teaching about computing in grades K-12. The full mission statement appears on the SIGCT home page. Toward that end, we provide information to our membership and others interested in computing through JCT.
Submission Guidelines for JCT
1. Publication Process
Submitting an article to JCT is simple. Send an e-mail message to the editor, John Thompson, at thompsjt@buffalostate.edu describing your submission. Indicate whether you want your submission to have a peer review (for "refereed" submissions) or an editor review. Attach your submission in a file in MS Word with your email message. If you desire peer review, attach two copies of the submission -- one with all the identifying information included and another in which you have replaced obvious identifying references to author names, institutions, and publications with "omitted for anonymous review."
The editor should acknowledge receipt of the submission within a few days. Our goal is to provide an indication of the article’s suitability for JCT within a week and comments for author consideration as to revision within three months. Peer review comments will be summarized and communicated to the submitter by the editor. Authors not receiving such information in a timely manner should feel free to electronically “nudge” the editor with an e-mail reminder or question as to the status of their submission.
Submissions are reviewed with the assumption that revision is possible, unless the submitter indicates a desire that the article be reviewed “as-is.” For topically acceptable articles that are peer reviewed, the editor will combine reviewer and editor suggestions for revision. Submitters electing to go with an editor review will work directly with the editor on doing any necessary revisions. Several rounds of review and revision may occur. Authors are free to decline offered suggestions but may risk rejection of their submission.
2. Submission Content
Our primary goal is to provide well-written and clearly communicated information, ideas, and practices useful to teachers of computing in K-12 educational settings. JCT publishes a wide variety of material concerning the teaching about computers, computing, and computer science applicable to K-12 educators or the professional development of such educators.
Items normally included address the content or pedagogy of programming, computer literacy/fluency, and computer skills courses or instructional aides for them. Our interests include but are not limited to:
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Academic and research papers relating to the teaching of computing in K-12 education
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Pedagogical articles describing and explaining a teaching practice, approach, or lesson
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Theoretical articles explaining or arguing particular principles or models of learning, teaching, curriculum development, etc. applicable to K-12 computing teachers
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Explanatory articles providing teachers with professional development information, e.g., understanding hardware and software (TCP/IP, worm/virus operation, file systems, etc.), conceptual understanding (e.g., encryption, XML), etc.
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Reports concerning computing, e.g., curriculum and policy recommendations
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Well-reasoned opinion pieces
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Book, software, and site reviews
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Reports on related conferences, programming contests, etc.
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Announcements of appropriate instructional materials, professional conferences, etc.
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Letters to the editor
If you have something in mind that is not on this list or any JCT related question, please contact the editor, John Thompson (thompsjt@buffalostate.edu). If you think the article would have relevance for computing teachers in pre-college education, we want to consider it.
3. Submission Format
Authors are requested to follow some simple guidelines. A document – JCT Publication Guide - describes and illustrates the desired submission format. Perhaps the easiest way to ensure format compatibility is simply to download the template file, and replace the content with your own material.
There are no formal minimum or maximum requirements as to a submission’s length. Authors should be able to clearly communicate the desired information. That being said, communication is not always enhanced with more words. Strunk and White (1979) encourage conciseness and clarity. So does JCT.
The complete set of JCT publication guidelines is found in the document (two identical versions) below.
JCT Guidelines for Publication (MS Word, 96 KB)
JCT Guidelines for Publication (PDF, 59 KB; PDF Instructions)
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