This volume informs the growing number of educational policy scholars on the use of critical theoretical frameworks in their analyses. It offers insights on which theories are appropriate within the area of critical educational policy research and how theory and method interact and are applied in critical policy analyses.
Highlighting how different critical theoretical frameworks are used in educational policy research to reshape and redefine the way scholars approach the field, the volume offers work by emerging and senior scholars in the field of educational policy who apply critical frameworks to their research. The chapters examine a wide range of current educational policy topics through different critical theoretical lenses, including critical race theory, critical discourse analysis, postmodernism, feminist poststructuralism, critical theories related to LGBTQ issues, and advocacy approaches.
This volume informs the growing number of educational policy scholars on the use of critical theoretical frameworks in their analyses. It offers insights on which theories are appropriate within the area of critical educational policy research and how theory and method interact and are applied in critical policy analyses.
Highlighting how different critical theoretical frameworks are used in educational policy research to reshape and redefine the way scholars approach the field, the volume offers work by emerging and senior scholars in the field of educational policy who apply critical frameworks to their research. The chapters examine a wide range of current educational policy topics through different critical theoretical lenses, including critical race theory, critical discourse analysis, postmodernism, feminist poststructuralism, critical theories related to LGBTQ issues, and advocacy approaches.
Diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to critical policy analysis in educational policy and educational leadership Insights into the use of critical theoretical perspectives in policy scholarship A comprehensive approach to critical educational policy with a focus on contemporary issues
Michelle D. Young
LGBTQ issues in educational policy advocacy approaches in educational policy research analysis of parent involvement in schools argumentative discourse analysis critical democratic analysis critical race theory and identity educational policy en-gendering leadership feminist critical policy analysis feminist poststructural theory analysis feminist poststructuralism in educational research implementation of school desegregation policies institutional logics neo-institutional theory policy for research with youth of color
“Young and Diem’s book provides a roadmap for reconstructing and reframing traditional approaches to educational policy analysis. It should be required reading for any student of educational policy and politics.” (Cindy Gerstl-Pepin, University of Vermont, USA)