International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice articles

Recent articles from International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice

International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies mission statement.
January 1, 2006... The International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice (IJEPRP): Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies is available in print form to an audience of researchers and practitioners in the field of education. IJEPRP seeks to publish research and practical applications of research to...

Social policy, education, and childhood in dangerous times: revolutionary actions or global complicity.
January 1, 2006... The first issue by the new editors of the International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, & Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies is designed to (1) introduce the reader to a focus that emphasizes the international movement that would rethink the various constructions of...

A post-monolingual education.(United States)
January 1, 2006... In a colonial context education reproduces the power of the colonizers and is designed to serve their needs. The colonizer purposefully ignores the culture and history of subjugated groups nor are they consulted. Subjugated children are never educated to become leaders of society except when...

Dismantling the imperialist discourse shadowing Mexican immigrant children.
January 1, 2006... The purpose of this paper is to dismantle the political, public, and private discourse that has led to a dehumanization of immigrants, specifically children of immigrants. Local examples will focus mainly on the state of Arizona and the Sonoran Desert and the plight of individuals crossing...

Postcolonial technologies of power: standardized testing and representing diverse young children.
January 1, 2006... The words "after 9/11, the world changed" have been reiterated, with different meanings and in different contexts, by diverse groups of people. Recognizing the fact that the people for whom the world seems to have changed the most have probably not had either the access or the time to engage...