----A CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS---- Questioning the Discourses of Human Capital in Early Childhood Education: Reconceptualizing Theory, Policy and Practice Editors: Theodora Lightfoot, Ruth Peach This book, projected to be published by Palgrave, will include manuscripts of research and critique on the ways in which grids of reasoning about human capital appear in education theory, policy and practice. In nations around the globe the language of human capital has come to dominate public discourse concerning education and has become so ubiquitous that it is nearly invisible. This language consists of a number of different elements but often contains the following three assumptions about the link between education and capital: an unquestioned explicit or implicit link between schooling and economic status; the idea that student scores on comparative international tests reflect and predict the success or failure of future economic accomplishments for the nation; and an assumption that the preparation of young people for future economic productivity, often seen as represented by discrete and measurable skills, is the main purpose of schooling. Although the language, and even the context, of such discursively-based assumptions varies from country to country, this embedded reasoning is evident in political and educational policy statements from nations across the globe. In this book we propose to complicate and add to the small but important body of scholarship that critiques the enthusiastic embrace of ‘human capital’ as the foundation of schooling for children from varied theoretical positionings, e.g. Foucault, Bakhtin, critical theory, and more. We feel this variety of critical perspectives gives strength and balance to our arguments. The text will be divided into three sections: Section I: Theory and History of Human Capital Section II: Deconstruction and Critique of Human Capital and Education Section III: Reconceptualizing Education Outside of Human Capital Language Timeline for implementation January 15, 2014 200 word chapter proposal abstracts due. January 30, 2014 Authors informed of decisions. August, 1, 2014 First draft of chapters due (date contingent on acceptance and on timing of reviews). September 15, 2014 Authors receive feedback from editors. October 31, 2014 Second draft due. December 15, 2014 Final draft due. December 20 2014 Editors send final drafts to publisher. Interested authors should submit a chapter proposal in the form of an abstract of no more than 200 words to the book’s co-editors. For additional inquiries or to submit a proposal please contact both Theodora Lightfoot at dory@uwalumni and Ruth Peach at rlpeach@gmail
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