CfP: Care as a Humanizing Act in Education

Call for Papers/Projects (UPDATED 12-6-2016)

Care as a Humanizing Act in Education

#CritEdPol, Swarthmore College’s Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies, announces an open call for undergraduate papers/projects for our next issue. The theme for the issue is: care mobilized as a necessary and humanizing act within education policy. In popular discourse on education, care has been seen as the relationship between teachers and students and often revolves around a self-sacrificing teacher, as has been depicted in films like Freedom Writers and Stand and Deliver. Through this issue of #CritEdPol we seek to problematize and extend that definition, expanding it to include systemic, institutional, and personal relationships in classrooms, schools, and communities. What, we ask, does care look like in education policy? How has care been mobilized? And in what ways can care be mobilized as a part of a politics of humanization? This issue invites critical perspectives on care that can be expressed through a traditional paper or other mixed media formats, including video, photo essay, or podcasts.

Submission Information:

Abstract + Lit Review submission

Interested contributors are invited to submit the following between Dec 10 and Jan 2, 2017 (online submission site will be available by Dec 10th):

All submissions should be formatted for double-blind peer review. Include:  

(1) a title page with the author’s name, affiliation, preferred mailing address, telephone number, and email address to ensure anonymity in the review process.

(2) a 150-300 word abstract,

(3) a two page literature review, and

(4) two field expert/professor references who will be guiding or collaborating with you on your work. Reference only requires name, position, and email address. 

The window for submission of abstracts + lit review is Dec 10, 2016 to Jan 2, 2017.

Research papers using interdisciplinary or mixed media (film, photo essays, or podcasts) are encouraged. In addition to the above requirements, all film and photo submissions are required to include sample image still, and all podcast submissions are required to include an outline of discussion.

Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

Please forward all questions to Professor Edwin Mayorga, reachable at emayorg1@swarthmore.edu or @CritEdPol.

For full description: https://critedupolicy.swarthmore.edu/cfp_2016

CFP Flyer (PDF)