PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Formal requirements for the preparation of articles
1. Articles should be sent to the Editors in electronic form.
2. Articles prepared not in accordance with the requirements below will be returned to the Authors.
3. The work must be written in Times New Roman font size 12, with a line spacing of 1.5. The margins on each page should be 2.5 cm. The text must be aligned to the left and right margins (justified), written in uniform black font. No spacing, underlining with a continuous line or bolding should be used (it is possible to bold titles and subtitles). Paragraphs should be started using the appropriate indentation in the text editor, instead of using Enter characters. The final file should be saved in DOC or DOCX formats. "
4. The total volume of the work, including both the original and review parts, including tables, figures, bibliography, cannot exceed 20 standard pages. However, other types of works, such as conference reports, reviews, etc., should be kept within 5 standard pages.

5. Article layout:

• name and surname of the author(s),
• year and field of study/degree and affiliation, e-mail address for correspondence,
• ORCID no.
• title of the article in Polish,
• title of the article in English
• main text,
• abstract in Polish (150-300 characters with spaces),
• keywords in Polish (3-6),
• abstract in English (150-300 characters with spaces),
• keywords in English (3-6),
• bibliography,
• netography.

6. Citations in the article must be accompanied by bibliographic information.
7. Bibliographic footnotes. The principles of citing works in the text must be consistent with the APA editorial standard:

Work by one author	Nowak (2023)…   …(Nowak, 2023).
Work by two authors	Always provide the names of both authors and the date of publication.Nowak and Kowalski (2023)…   …(Nowak, Kowalski, 2023).
Work by 3 to 5 authors	When citing a work for the first time, the names of all authors must be given.   Nowak, Kowalski and Żuk (2023)… …(Nowak, Kowalski, Żuk, 2023). In subsequent references to the same work the designation 'and associates' may be used. Nowak and colleagues (2023)… …(Nowak et al., 2023).
Work by six or more authors	Only the surname of the first author should be cited, both when the work is cited for the first time and in subsequent citations.   Nowak et al. (2023)… …(Nowak et al., 2023).

When citing several works by the same author, published in the same year, we give the designations a, b, c after the date.

Example: (Nowak, 2023a, 2023b, 2023c).

8. Tables included in the article should be numbered consecutively throughout the text using Arabic numerals, the table title should be written in italics, and the word table and its number in regular font. The table title should be placed above the table itself, and the numbering and title should not end with a period.

Example:

Table 1.  Increase in the number of births of children with Down syndrome with the age of the mother

Mother's age	Number of births of children with Down syndrome in relation to the total number of births
before 20 years of age	less than 1 in 2000
20-30 years of age	less than 1 in 1500
30-34 years of age	about 1 in 750-880
35-40 years of age	about 1 in 280-290
40-44 years of age	about 1 in 130-150
over 45 years of age	about 1 in 20-65

Source: Lausch-Żuk (1991, p. 259)

9. Figures included in the article should be numbered using Arabic numerals, with the title of the figure in a standard font, and the word "Figure" and its number in italics. The title of the figure should be placed under the figure itself, and the numbering should be entered using Arabic numerals. In the title, a period should be placed after the number and at the end of the title. The title should be placed directly after the word "Figure" and its number, i.e. on the same line.
10. The bibliography should be placed at the end of the work, arranged in alphabetical order and numbered. All publications listed in the bibliography must be referenced in the text.
11. The bibliographic description should be made according to the following guidelines:

Book:

Surname, X., Surname, XY (year). Book title . Place of publication: Publisher.

Example: Plutecka, K. (2006).  Professional competences of a surdopedagog with hearing impairment . Kraków: Oficyna Wydawnicza Impuls.

Book written under the editorship of:

Surname, X. (ed.). (year). Book title . Place of publication: Publisher.

Example: Plutecka, K., Gagat-Matuła, A. (eds.). (2023).  Supporting the development of children at risk of marginalization in the family environment . Kraków: Scientific Publishing House of the Pedagogical University.

Chapter in a collective work:

Surname, X. (year). Chapter title. In: Y. Surname, B. Surname (ed.), Book title (p. beginning page–end page). Place of publication: Publisher.

Example: Plutecka, K. (2023). About parental love. In: K. Plutecka, A. Gagat-Matuła (eds.),  Supporting the development of children at risk of marginalization in the family environment (pp. 15-28). Kraków: Scientific Publishing House of the Pedagogical University.

Magazine article:

Surname, X., Surname2, XY, Surname3, Z. (year). Article title. Magazine title, year number (issue number), beginning page–end page.

Example: Majewicz, P. (2023). ICD-11 – implications in psychological and pedagogical research and practice. Lublin Pedagogical Rocznik, 42 ​​(1), 123–139.

11. Internet sources used in the article should be credible. They should be recorded in the netography, providing the date of access to the page. The description of the netography should be made as follows:

For a text on a website that is not a journal article, book or book chapter, provide the author, date of publication (if known), title, and then the website address:

Name, X. (year). Text title. https://xxxxx

If the date of publication of the text on the website is not known, enter bd in the date field and indicate the date the text was downloaded using the phrase Downloaded exact date from: website address (without a dot at the end):

Name, X. (n.d.). Text title. Downloaded day month year from: https://xxxxx

12. All matters not covered by these regulations shall be decided by the Editorial Committee and the Editor-in-Chief.