AUTHORS' GUIDELINES

ATEPAN is a peer-reviewed journal of professional Teacher Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It is regularly published bi-annually in English by the Nigerian Association of Teachers of Technology. The Editorial Board of ATEPAN invites articles of relevant to the scope of this journal for publication. Contributors are requested to observe the following before submission:

• Manuscripts should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being submitted to another journal.
• Manuscripts should be in MS Word 2003-2007 format and Times new Roman font size 12, submitted electronically either directly at the Association’s website www.tepan.org/submissions or as email attachments to the Editor-In-Chief at editoratepan@gmail.com
• Manuscripts should be either short papers of less than 3000 words or full-length papers of 3,000-7,000 words, including the cover sheet, an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references.
• The cover sheet should contain ONLY the title of the paper not exceeding 20 words as well as author(s) names written in full as first name first and surname last, heir affiliations and email, telephone/fax contacts of the corresponding author.
• The title of the paper should be on the first page not exceeding 20 words, and should be followed by an abstract of not more than 300 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required.
• The paper format should be organised in the following order: Introduction, Statement of the Problem, Purpose of the Study, Research Questions, Methodology/Materials and Methods, Results, Major Findings, Discussions, Conclusion, Recommendations, References and Appendices (if any).
• All figures and tables should be presented with appropriate chronological number labels and in sentence case. Research questions or hypotheses should not be restated under this section.
• In-text citations and References should adhere strictly to the latest American Psychological Association style (APA 7th edition). Upon request, authors can obtain FREE electronic copies of the latest APA User guides either directly at the Association’s website, www.tepan.org/downloads or as an email attachment from the Editor-In-Chief at editoratepan@gmail.com
• Authors of the articles being accepted with clear understanding that copyrights are transferred to the Technology Education Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TEPAN) and as permitted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial NoDerivative License 4.0. However, authors shall be held responsible if the copyright of other authors or some experimental ethics are violated.
• Article can be submitted anytime of the year, hence they are reviewed as received in continuum and feedback sent to authors promptly. After the review process and subject to meeting the Terms of Acceptance, articles will be published immediately in the next issue of the journal.
• All suggestions and complains should be sent electronically either directly to the Association's website at www.tepan.org/feedback or as an email attachment to the Editor-In-Chief at editoratepan@gmail.com