Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- The submission file is in .doc or .docx MSWord file format.
- The article consists of a title page, an abstract of 150 or fewer words, 5 keywords, with the article itself limited to 6000 words, excluding tables, figures and references, and annexures where applicable.
- The text is single-spaced; Times New Roman, font size 11, with 1.15-line spacing; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- Arabic numerals were used to express figures or numbering items. Bracketed Roman numerals were only used in cases where items forming part of a list within a paragraph are numbered.
- The Confirmation of Submission for Review for each author of an article has been filled in and signed, and is part of this submission – where an article has multiple authors, it is submitted as a single file.
- A fully marked-up similarity report from software such as Turnitin, iThenticate or SafeAssign is included as part of this submission.
- Biographical and contact information of the corresponding author only (approximately 50 words) are included as part of this submission.
- A language editing report is included as part of this submission.
- References apply the APA 7th Edition for all references and citations.
Articles
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Copyright arrangements
The IJTL is a platinum open-access journal that appreciates and supports open-access principles, enhances academic freedom, promotes wider dissemination and collaboration, and supports ethical publishing practices. Therefore, The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd remains the journal articles' publisher while the copyright remains with the author/s of the article/s.
Please note that as of 2025 all copyright of articles published in the IJTL will reside with the author.
Self-archiving Policy
Over and above The IIE repository, we do allow for archiving in other institutional repositories.
Reprinting of articles
There is no embargo period on published articles.
Licensing Statement
The articles published by The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning (IJTL) is licensed under international copyright and intellectual property laws. The IJTL is licensed under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) which allows for the distribution, remix, adaption, and further advancement of the published work in any medium or format, subject towards ensuring that the original authors work is correctly and accurately acknowledged.
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