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OTHER EDUCATION
the journal of educational alternatives

Editors: Helen Lees and Gert Biesta, University of Stirling, UK

Book reviews editor: Harriet Pattison, University of Birmingham, UK

ISSN 2049-2162

Whereas most if not all academic journals in the field of education focus on institutionalised forms of educational provision, there is no international academic journal that focuses explicitly on the theory and practice of educational alternatives. The notion of ‘educational alternatives’ includes both alternatives to mainstream practices of education and schooling – such as, for example, home schooling, home education, and de-schooling – and alternative approaches within mainstream practices of education and schooling – such as alternative conceptions and practices of schooling, democratic schools, student voice, student-centred education, etcetera. The work of scholars writing on educational alternatives is currently dispersed. As a result there is too little communication and interaction and too little opportunity for the cumulative development of knowledge, understanding and scholarship on educational alternatives worldwide. Other Education aims to become a focal point for such work and aims to contribute to the visibility and quality of scholarship on educational alternatives. The field of practice which will be the focus of contributions is potentially very large. Dissatisfaction with mainstream and dominant forms of education and schooling is as old as the establishment of formal education itself. As a result, the field of educational alternatives has a rich, international history. The development of educational alternatives is, however, an ongoing process in which stakeholders – students, parents, educators and educationalists – continue to develop new modes of educational practice, both within and outside of mainstream provision. The aim of Other Education is not to represent all these practices and processes, but to promote and represent the academic study of educational alternatives. Other Education is currently an English language only journal.

Other Education was initiated as a journal project in 2009 by Helen Lees. Together, Gert and Helen are founding co-editors. We will be launching the journal in September 2012 as an online open access journal.

For more information please contact us here: Helen Lees or Gert Biesta

Here is the call for papers for contributions to the journal.

Editorial board members:

• Matthew Clarke (University of New South Wales, Australia)
• Clive Harber (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
• Nick Peim (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
• Deborah Orr (York University, Canada)
• Leonard Waks (Temple University, United States)
• Jeroen Imants (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
• Michael Fielding (Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom)
• Lynn Fendler (Michigan State University, United States)
• Duncan Mercieca (University of Malta, Malta)
• Marcelo da Veiga (Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Germany)
• Alexander Sidorkin (Rhode Island College, United States)
• Helena Pedersen (Malmö University, Sweden)
• Nel Noddings (Stanford University, United States)
• Rob Kunzman (Indiana University, United States)
• David Gribble (International Democratic Education Network, United Kingdom)
• Richard Kahn (Antioch University, United States)
• Vanessa de Oliveira (University of Oulu, Finland)
• Angus Hikairo Macfarlane (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
• Ian Stronach (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom)
• Leslie Barson (independent scholar, United Kingdom)
• Marcia McKenzie (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)