Trevor Gale (Part 1): A History of Critical Studies in Education

Professor Trevor Gale recently stepped down as editor in chief of Critical Studies in Education after nearly 20 years guiding the journal. In this conversation, Trevor takes us through the history of the journal during his time as editor, up to the point when it changed its name from Melbourne Studies in Education to Critical Studies in Education. Articles mentioned this episode: Gale, T. (2006). Editorial. Melbourne Studies in Education, 47(1-2), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480609556430 Lingard, B., & Gale, T. (2007). The emergent structure of feeling: what does it mean for critical educational studies and research? Critical Studies in Education, 48(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480601131456 Savage, G. C., Gerrard, J., Gale, T., & Molla, T. (2021). The politics of critical policy sociology: mobilities, moorings and elite networks. Critical Studies in Education, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2021.1878467

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This is the podcast of Critical Studies in Education. CSE is one of the few international journals devoted to a critical sociology of education, and it welcomes submissions with a critical stance that draw on other disciplines (e.g. philosophy, social geography, history) in order to understand 'the social'. On the CSE podcast you'll hear from our contributors on a range of issues, drawing on post-structural, feminist, postcolonial and other critical orientations to research. Visit our website at http://bit.ly/CritStudsEd