Published Special Issue: International Critical Childhood Policy Studies Journal - Part I and II

The International Critical Childhood Policy Studies Journal is excited to announce the publication of new peer-reviewed research articles from emerging scholars who are currently working in various institutions around the world. The special issue co-editors, Xue Yin and Meredith Whye, highlight the theoretical and methodological approaches used by a group of newer academics in the fields of critical childhood studies and those focused on reconceptualizing early childhood education. 

Postfoundational Perspectives in Childhood Studies: Emerging Scholars - Part I

This issue highlights the theoretical and methodological approaches used by a group of newer academics in the fields of critical childhood studies and those focused on reconceptualizing early childhood education. Authors illustrate the variety of topics that researchers are currently focused on, and highlight, based on submissions, new ways to approach persistent issues in the fields of childhood studies and early childhood education. 

Embracing the Multiple: Emerging Critical Scholarship in Early Childhood Education - Part II

This issue examines how themes such as play, trust, and power are negotiated across various educational contexts, from global to local settings. Drawing on posthumanist theories, the issue challenges traditional human/nonhuman distinctions and critiques hierarchical, Eurocentric narratives in early childhood education.