Blog of the George Kelly Society
Practitioners, scholars, students and other colleagues whose work is based on the personal construct theory or other constructivist approaches are invited to popularize their ideas or findings via the blog of the GKS. The aim of the blog is to promote constructivist perspectives in a form comprehensible to a broader range of interested readers who are not necessarily familiar with psychology and constructivism.
Guidelines for authors
The authors are responsible for the content of their contributions. The GKS can reject contributions that do not fit the focus of the blog and do not satisfy the guidelines for authors.
Topics
Contributions may focus on wide variety of topics (clinical work, counselling, coaching, education, etc.). Moreover, authors may develop and formulate constructivist-based comments on actual events or problems (societal, political, ecological, etc.). The length and degree of elaboration of contributions may differ as well, ranging form brief comments through more elaborated articles.
By commenting sensitive issues (e.g., politics, war conflicts, controversial social issues), authors should be careful in formulating their views. Because the personal construct theory is not value-neutral and favors openness, pluralism and dialogue, contributions do not need to be neutral. However, authors must use argumentative style and strictly avoid baseless denunciation of anyone.
Style
Contributions should be readable, concise, and well-structured. Hypertext links should be used for references. It is recommended to attach an appropriate illustration or other visual material to underline the message of the contribution.
To make contributions open to a broader range of readers, authors should limit using special terms of a particular theory (i.e., role constructs, commonality, sociality, etc.) and prefer more common vocabulary. If necessary, special terms should be introduced using non-technical explanations.
A contribution should begin with an introductory paragraph highlighting the focus. At the end, add also short author’s profile with contact details.
Submission
Before submission, authors should ask a colleague for a peer-review. Moreover, non-native speakers should ask an English speaker for proofreading. A final version should be submitted in the “doc” format to Miroslav Filip [filip(at)psu.cas.cz].