[About the Journal](#about-the-journal) [Aims and Scope](#aims-and-scope) [Empirical Studies/Research Articles](#empirical-studies-research-articles) [Conceptual Discussions](#conceptual-discussions) [Pedagogical Practices](#pedagogical-practices) [Literature Reviews](#literature-reviews) [Student Voices](#student-voices) [Publication Schedule](#publication-schedule) [Open Access Statement](#open-access-statement) [Copyright and Licensing](#copyright-and-licensing) ## About the Journal *Teaching Educational Research Methods (TERM)* is an open-access interdisciplinary journal that is focused on the importance of quality teaching, teaching preparation, and teaching practices in equipping ethical and effective educational researchers across mixed methods, qualitative, quantitative, measurement, and evaluation classrooms. TERM is thankful for the support it has received, monetary and otherwise, from UNC Press, the University of Alabama, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and both the School of Education and the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. TERM is part of the [Partnership for Open Publishing (POP)](https://uncpress.org/partnership-for-open-publishing/), and is hosted by UNC Press in partnership with the UNC-Chapel Hill Library. ## Aims and Scope *TERM* publishes scholarship from a variety of research paradigms and designs that elevate curricular and pedagogical practices, issues, and innovations used to teach students and researchers about research methods and methodologies. The journal’s content is divided into five Sections: Empirical Studies/Research Articles; Conceptual Discussions; Pedagogical Practices; Literature Reviews; and Student Voices. ### Empirical Studies/Research Articles This section will feature empirically based papers that are explicitly focused on educational research teaching at any level and/or in any discipline. These papers should be 6,000-8,000 words, not inclusive of references, tables, and figures. ### Conceptual Discussions This section will feature papers in which authors conceptualize and/or theorize some aspect of teaching educational research methods at any level and/or in any discipline. This section may include experimental and/or exploratory discussions or engagements with educational research pedagogies. These papers should be 4,000-6,000 words, not inclusive of references, tables, and figures. ### Pedagogical Practices This section will feature papers that offer applied and specific discussions of one or more of the following: a) “how to” strategies for teaching educational research methods; b) lessons learned and pedagogical adjustments based on previous teaching efforts; c) examples of teaching materials and practices (e.g., handouts, student work, syllabi sections) accompanying discussion of the effectiveness of those materials. These submissions should be 4,000-6,000 words, not inclusive of references, tables, and figures. These manuscripts should include: description of a framework or literature basis that informed the pedagogical approach, practice, or policy; articulation of the pedagogical approach, practice, or policy, highlighting the development and other relevant pieces regarding context(s); implications and recommendations for other educators hoping to develop/advocate for similar pedagogical approaches, practices, or policies. ### Literature Reviews This section will feature papers offering critical review of literature topics connected explicitly to teaching educational research at any level and/or in any discipline. These papers should be 4,000-6,000 words, not inclusive of references, tables, and figures. ### Student Voices Papers in this section will be written by students and will serve as short “snapshots” of students’ perspectives and needs in learning in educational research methods courses/training/preparation. Papers may include student reflections on learning, brief empirically based discussions; brief examples of student work; students’ experiences while teaching and/or co-teaching educational research methods courses; lessons learned from educational research methods courses; discussions for future directions for teaching in the field of educational research. These papers should be 500-1,500 words, not inclusive of references, tables, and figures. ## Publication Schedule TERM publishes two issues per year in the spring and fall using a rolling publication format. Special issues may be published from time to time focusing on a specific topic. ## Open Access Statement All content can be freely accessed and shared according to a Creative Commons license ([CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)), and users are free to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose. We do **not** charge a fee for publishing in TERM. ## Copyright and Licensing As a condition of publication in TERM, authors grant to TERM first publication rights to any articles accepted for publication. Copyright for all work published in the journal is retained by the author(s). Works published in TERM will be distributed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license. By granting a CC BY-NC license in their work, authors retain copyright ownership of the work, but they give explicit permission for others distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. Authors may enter into separate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the work. Authors may also post any version of their work online in an institutional or disciplinary repository or on a personal website. Any versions of the article posted elsewhere should include a citation and a link to the journal’s website. It is the responsibility of the authors to secure all necessary copyright permissions for the use of third-party materials in their manuscript. Authors will be required to provide written evidence of this permission upon acceptance of the manuscript. Copyright permission will not be necessary if the use is within fair use, if the work is in the public domain, or if the rightsholder has granted a Creative Commons or other license consistent with the copyright terms of TERM.