Author Guidelines

The Manuscript General Guidelines

The paper sent to our redaction will be considered for publication if meeting the following criteria:

  1. It is scientific and focused on reviewing related problems in contemporary Early Childhood Education. Besides, it must be original and based on the research and contributive literature review for the development of Early Childhood Education.
  2. Articles should be original, research-based, unpublished, and not under review for possible publication in other journals or publishers.
  3. The manuscript should be written in Indonesia or English and be submitted online via https://jurnal.uin-antasari.ac.id/index.php/jurnalaud/index (Author must register or login to make submission)
  4.  Article length is not more than ten (15) pages (not including reference list); use the journal template.
  5. The minimum number of references is 20, consisting of 80% from scientific journals published in the last 10 years.
  6. Check the similarity of the article before submitting it. The tolerance limit for similarity is 20% (without exclude)

The Guidelines for the Manuscript Body Text

Title

The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearly. It cannot diverse multiple interpretations. It has to be pinpointed with the issues that will be discussed. The beginning word is written in a capital case and symmetrically. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviation. The main ideas should be written first and followed then by explanations. The article title should be written within twelve words, in 14pt-sized font, with the bold selection, and in the center text format.

Abstract

Abstracts are written with a maximum of 150-250 words in English and Bahasa Indonesia. Abstracts must be clear and descriptive which provide a brief description of the problem under study. The abstract includes the reasons for choosing a topic or the importance of the topic of the research, research methods, and a summary of results.

The abstract must contain backgrounds (if any, maximum 2-3 sentences), short clear objectives, short methods, final results or findings, and a conclusion.

Keywords are the labels of your manuscript and are critical to correct indexing and searching. Therefore the keywords should represent the content and highlight of your article. Use only those abbreviations that are firmly established in the field. Each word/phrase in the keyword should be separated by a semicolon (;), not a comma (,).

Introduction

The introduction should briefly place the study in a broad context and highlight why it is important. It should define the purpose of the work and its significance. The current state of the research field should be reviewed carefully, and key publications cited. Please highlight controversial and diverging hypotheses when necessary. Finally, briefly mention the main aim of the work and highlight the principal conclusions. As far as possible, please keep the introduction comprehensible to scientists outside your particular field of research. References should be cited as (Kamba, 2018) or (Marchlewska et al., 2019) or (Cichocka, 2016; Hidayat & Khalika, 2019; Ikhwan, 2019; Madjid, 2002) or (Miller & Josephs, 2009, p. 12) or Rakhmat (1989). See the end of the document for further details on references. Technical terms should be defined. Symbols, abbreviations, and acronyms should be defined the first time they are used. All tables and figures should be cited in numerical order. It is best to avoid organizing writing into "sub-title children" in this section.

Method

Basically, this section explains how the research was conducted, which includes (1) the problem to be examined; (2) research objectives); (3) data collection techniques; (4) and data analysis techniques.

Results and Discussion

The discussion in the article aims to: (1) answer the problem formulation and research questions; (2) show how the findings were obtained; (3) interpret findings; (4) link research findings to established knowledge structures; and (5) bringing up new theories or modification of existing theories. In answering the formulation of the problem and research questions, the results of the study must be concluded explicitly. Interpretation of findings is carried out using logic and existing theories. Findings in the form of reality in the field are integrated/linked with the results of previous studies or with existing theories. For this purpose, there must be a reference. In bringing up new theories, old theories can be confirmed or rejected, some may need to modify theories from old theories.

Closing

The conclusion should answer the objectives of the research and research discoveries. The concluding remark should not contain only the repetition of the results and discussions or abstract. You should also suggest future research and point out those that are underway.

References

The literature listed in the References contains only the sources referenced or included in the article. We recommend preparing the references with a bibliography software package, such as Zotero to avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references. Referral sources should provide 80% of journal articles, proceedings, or research results from the last ten years. Writing techniques bibliography, using the system cite APA (American Psychological Association) Style and the 7th edition.