Critical education
Last updated ISSN 1920-4175
Critical education is published by Institute for Critical Education Studies in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Critical education concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Critical and Liberation Pedagogy
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Education, Politics, and Culture Studies
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Education Discipline and Inequality
- Indigenous and Place-Based Education
Key facts
| Publisher | Institute for Critical Education Studies |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1920-4175 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 391 |
| Citations per paper (2 yr) | 0.2 average, from OpenAlex — not the Journal Impact Factor |
| Publishing since | 2009 |
| Journal website | ices.library.ubc.ca/index.php/criticaled/index |
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