Book
Review Guidelines
We
welcome your review of books that fit within the topical
guidelines of the journal, broadly focused on “educator’s lives
and lives that are educative.” Our journal has published reviews
of educational biographies, autoethnographies, memoirs, and
methodological texts, among others that fit the mandate.
For examples of reviews, please see our journal.
- Reviews
should usually include the following components: a concise
summary of the book, a description or analysis of the
research methodology, and a consideration of the author’s
intentions, analysis, frame(s) of reference, and assumed
audience.
- Please
include all bibliographic information on the book: title,
author, year of publication, publishing information, number
of pages, ISBN#, and retail price.
- Reviewers
should be fair, forthright, and thoughtful in their reviews.
They should avoid dwelling on typographical or other minor
errors unless these substantially undermine the quality of
the book.
- Book
reviews do not undergo formal blind peer-review. The editors
and editorial board participate in the review process for
book reviews.
- The
editors reserve the right to make small editorial changes
without consulting the author. Requests for revisions will
be made as necessary and as time allows. All final decisions
to publish any review rests with the editors.
- Our
general page length for reviews are as follows:
- Reviews of one book are generally 1000 words or less.
- Reviews of two books are generally 1500 words or less.
- Review essays of two or more books should not exceed 2000
words.
Book review editor: Naomi Norquay, York University (nnorquay@edu.yorku.ca)
Articles appearing in Vitae Scholasticae are abstracted and
indexed in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life.
Before manuscripts are considered for review, authors must
confirm that they have not already been published, are not now
in press or under consideration elsewhere and will not be
submitted elsewhere while under consideration by the Vitae
Scholasticae.
