Latin American Center for Service Learning
Instructions for Presenters III Service Learning Research Conference August 26th, 2015
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Esteemed Authors,
The following instructions were designed to help you edit and present your research work for the III Service Learning Research Conference. These instructions were organized by CLAYSS with the support of the Iberoamerican Network of Service Learning.
All presentations (oral, accepted posters, and those that have at least one author who is registered for the conference) will be published in the conference book with ISBN.
In order to participate with one or more works, and to be published in the conference book, all work (4 pages maximum) must be submitted before May 3rd, 2015. The evaluation, and form of the presentation (oral or poster) will need to be confirmed before June 15th, at which point, you will need to complete your online registration. At least one author will need to pay the cost of the conference registration. If you need assistance, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or call +541149815122.
We hope to receive your work and see you again in Buenos Aires. Warmest regards.
Prof. María Nieves Tapia
Academic Director
Yapeyú 283. C1202ACE Buenos Aires - Argentina
(54-11) 4981-5122 [email protected] www.clayss.org
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Presentation of work:
Manuscript
In Spanish, Portuguese, or English, using MS Word for PC and spell checked. Works in English and/or Portuguese will need to include a brief synopsis (100 words) in Spanish, and those written in Spanish will need to include a brief synopsis (100 words) in English.
Deadline to send work May 3rd, 2015
Size of the uploaded file
Max. 4 Megabytes. Page size and margins
4 Pages in A4 format, Left Margin 2.5 cm, right margin 2.0 cm, top/bottom 2.5 cm
Standard text format Size 10 font, Times New Roman, spacing 1.15cm, justified, to a (One blank line after each column, separate sections with a blank line. paragraph)
Headers, footers and page Please do not use headers, footers, or page numbers.
numbers Colors
Text in black Figures, images and tables in black Structure and titles
The sections should be in the following order partially numbered (TITLE)
(Author/s)
Institutional Affiliation Author responsible for mail communications Summary/synopsis of work (100 words)
If the paper is in Spanish, you must send a separate page with a 100 word Abstract in English (it should be the same as what is written in Spanish). If the paper is in English or Portuguese, you must send a separate page with a 100 word Abstract in Spanish (it should be Yapeyú 283. C1202ACE Buenos Aires - Argentina
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the same as what is written in the original language). Key words (up to five)
1. Introduction, including the objectives
24. The specific titles of the paper, including methodological aspects, results and discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements References Forma of the Title of the Times New Roman, black, size 17 font in CAPITAL Paper (One blank line, size 17 LETTERS, Maximum of 100 characters including spaces, font, after the title)
centered, single spaced
Format for name of Author/s
Name of the author/s, Times New Roman, bold, size 11 font, Centered.
Last name followed by the initials of the first and middle names with periods after each initial and a coma before the next author. Format of the Institutional Addresses of all of the authors in Times New Roman, size 11 Affiliation font, centered.
(No blank line after the names Institution, mailing address and country.
of the author/s)
Indicate with a * the author who will be responsible for communication, and include their telephone number and email. Sections y Titles
PRINCIPAL TITLE (1) (Times New Roman size 11 font (Separate the last paragraph capitalized, black, indented 1.5 cm)
of the title with a blank line Text, text, text, text, text, text, text, text in Times New Roman (size 10 font). Do not include a size 10 font.
blank line after the headings
The second and following paragraphs should be indented 1.5 cm
Do not include a blank line between the text and the secondary title. Secondary Title (1.1) (Times New Roman size 11 font, black, tab 1.5 cm)
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size 10 font.
The second and following paragraphs should be indented 1.5 cm
Do not include a blank line between the text and the secondary heading. The second and following paragraphs should be indented 1.5 cm
Leave a blank line before the next heading.
Figures and tables
Leave a blank line between the text and each figure or table. Times New Roman 10 pt.
FIGURE 1 Text justified, figure should fill the entire page, width of 16cm (if possible)
Title under the figure in size 10 point, bold, Times New Roman, Left aligned, indented 2cm.
Insert all of the figures, graphs, and photographs in low quality (in JPEG, TIFF, Bitmap, MSExcel or Powerpoint format) in the body of the manuscript, in a grey box. Keep in mind that the file should not be larger than 4MB.
Note: All images (figures, graphs, photographs) that you used in the document must be attached separate from the word document in high quality (300 dpi).
TABLE 1 Text justified, figure should fill the entire page, width of 16cm (if possible)
Main title, Times New Roman, bold, size 10 font, left alignment, indented 2cm.
Text in the table: Times New Roman, size 10 font. If it is possible bold the descriptions of the columns and rows. Do not include MS Excel Tables.
Leave a blank line after each figure and table, before the next text. Acknowledgements If applicable. Times new roman, size 10 font, justified.
References Use Times New Roman, size 11, bold, font, in all capital letters, (Text o = Time New Roman for book titles. Do not number the list of references, and include it at the end of the manuscript. Include an alphabetical list of the Yapeyú 283. C1202ACE Buenos Aires - Argentina
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10pt, justified,)
authors and the years of publication. Please see below examples of references for books, magazines, book chapters, and web pages. Book Chapter Example: (size 10 font, regular) Furco A. (2005). Impacto de los proyectos de aprendizajeservicio. En: PROGRAMA NACIONAL EDUCACIÓN SOLIDARIA. UNIDAD DE PROGRAMAS ESPECIALES. MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA. Aprendizaje y servicio solidario en la Educación Superior y en los sistemas educativos latinoamericanos. Actas del 7mo Seminario Internacional “Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario”. República Argentina, pp. 1926.
Scientific Journal Example: (size 10 font, regular)
Bartolomé M. y Cabrera F. (2003) Sociedad multicultural y ciudadanía: hacia una sociedad y ciudadanía multiculturales. Revista de Educación, número extraordinario ciudadanía y educación, pp. 3357.
Book Example: (size 10 font, regular)
Puig J. M. (2007). Con Battle R., Bosch C., Palos J. Aprendizaje
servicio. Educar para la ciudadanía. Barcelona, Octaedro
Ministerio de Educación y CienciaCentro de Investigación y Documentación Educativa.
Web Page Example: (size 10 font, regular) Eroles D. (2007) Visibilidad y reconocimiento de la solidaridad estudiantil en Chile. Premio Bicentenario Escuela Solidaria. Ministerio de Educación, Gobierno de Chile. http://www.documentacion.edex.es/docs/0403GOBvis.pdf
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