Critic 2

• In Event: Author Meets Critic: Motherhood, Childhood and Parenting in an Age of Education: An Invited Invasion by Maryellen Schaub,

Proposal

Dear CIES Program

I propose an author meets critics session for the annual CIES meetings in Miami.

Author and Book:

Schaub, Maryellen 2023. Motherhood, Childhood and Parenting in an Age of Education: An Invited Invasion. Routledge.

Critics and Author

Francisco O. Ramirez
Vida Jacks Professor of Education
and Sociology (by courtesy)
Graduate School of Education
Stanford University


Amy Jo Dowd
Lecturer
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania

Volha Olga) Chykina
Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
University of Richmond


Maryellen Schaub
Professor in Charge
Education, Theory, and Policy
School of Education
The Pennsylvania State University




Rationale

I reviewed this book for Routledge and was impressed by both its theoretical creativity and methodological innovativeness. I invited Amy Jo Dowd to serve in this panel because of her long-term engagement with Save the Children. She brings a unique policy perspective to the focus of this book. I invited Olga Chykina because of her methodological expertise, including but not limited to the use of computational methods. My scholarship in international and comparative education includes several publications on the worldwide transformation of the status of women in education and other institutional domains.

The book takes a deep dive into parenting, the role of professionals in promoting cognitive development in early childhood, and the influence of professional expertise on motherhood and “quality” parenting. The book is grounded in a social constructivist perspective that also guides prior publications of Professor Schaub in Sociology of Education, Comparative Education Review, American Journal of Education, among others.

None of the critics have any prior publications with the author.

I submit that this will be a very interesting and thought-provoking session.


Cordially,





Francisco O. Ramirez
Vida Jacks Professor of
Education and Sociology (by courtesy)
Graduate School of Education
Stanford University

Author

• Amy Jo Dowd, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania