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Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) is dedicated to facilitating exchanges about work that challenges mainstream ideas regarding how young children learn and grow. In theory and in practice, RECE members question universal assumptions that mask the realities of local contexts and conditions.

2026 RECE CONFERENCE: Proposals due April1st

The 32nd Annual RECE Conference will be held 20-24 November 2026 in Ōtepoti Dunedin.

View the call and access link to submit here: 2026 Call for Proposals: Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand

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Published Special Issue: International Critical Childhood Policy Studies (ICCPS) Journal

Special Issue: Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education: Turning to Hope, Making Sanctuary (coedited by Janice Kroeger and Iris Berger) - Vol. 12 No.2 (2025)

PLUS: New Critical Childhood Policy Issues (edited by Beth Blue Swadener) have just been published.

Please see the first section with an intro by Kroeger and Berger and nine new peer-reviewed articles. This section is followed in the Table of Contents by the Critical Childhood Policy Issues section with an introduction by Beth Blue Swadener and two shorter but important essays on attacks on higher education in the USA.

Access issue here: https://iccpsonlinejournal.org/index.php/childhoods/issue/view/35

Call for Essays (ongoing): NEW Critical Issues Section of the International Critical Childhood Policy Studies (ICCPS) Journal

Reflecting on the state of the world and impacts on young children, early childhood practitioners, researchers, and broader policy trends, now is the time to activate a section of the journal envisioned as a space for shorter opinion essays that address critical and time sensitive issues.

Authors are invited to submit short, blog-length (1,500-2,000 word) essays addressing issues directly affecting their work, children and programs they work with, and possibilities for positive change. Please see the full call and directions for submission for more information.

RECE Graduate Student Writing Circle (ongoing)

Inviting recent postgraduate and graduate Students to connect and create a community in Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE). Please click here for more information on the Reconceptualizing Graduate Research Circle.

We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has participated in our Reconceptualizing Graduate Research Circle (RGRC) in the past year. We are thrilled to have successfully organized multiple circles and have been overwhelmed with the positive response through numerous emails expressing interest. As we continue on this exciting global journey with RGRC please consider joining us!

Critical Reflections and Provocations from Reconceptualist "Elders" (ICCPS)

Drawing from a conversation that was originally presented as part of an Elders panel at RECE 2023 in Manchester, UK – and with additional contributions from other “elders” – we are excited to share a special issue of the International Critical Childhood Policy Studies Journal, titled Critical Reflections and Provocations from Reconceptualist “Elders”. All articles are available free and open access.