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Social Sciences and Humanities
Australia
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 78 Citations 21,846 330 World Ranking 216 National Ranking 15

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Australia Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Australia Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Education

His primary areas of investigation include Physical education, Pedagogy, Social psychology, Teaching method and Criminology. Mathematics education covers he research in Physical education. The various areas that he examines in his Pedagogy study include Context and Ideology.

His Social psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Academic achievement, Disadvantage and Recidivism. His Teaching method research integrates issues from Critical theory and Value. As a part of the same scientific study, he usually deals with the Criminology, concentrating on Cynicism and frequently concerns with Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory, Jurisprudence, Social relation and Law enforcement.

His most cited work include:

  • Physical Education Futures (395 citations)
  • Cultural mechanisms and the persistence of neighborhood violence (362 citations)
  • The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport : an academic review. (319 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

David Kirk mostly deals with Physical education, Pedagogy, Curriculum, Mathematics education and Criminology. His Physical education study improves the overall literature in Medical education. His Pedagogy research focuses on Higher education and how it relates to Primary education.

David Kirk works in the field of Curriculum, namely Curriculum theory. David Kirk is involved in the study of Mathematics education that focuses on Special education in particular. His studies deal with areas such as Cynicism and Enforcement as well as Criminology.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Physical education (53.47%)
  • Pedagogy (44.55%)
  • Curriculum (16.83%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Physical education (53.47%)
  • Curriculum (16.83%)
  • Pedagogy (44.55%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Physical education, Curriculum, Pedagogy, Public relations and Criminology are his primary areas of study. The study incorporates disciplines such as Affect, Perception, Excellence, Critical pedagogy and Precarity in addition to Physical education. His research in Curriculum intersects with topics in Welsh, Well-being, Outdoor education and Foundation.

His Active learning study in the realm of Pedagogy interacts with subjects such as Core. His Public relations research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Context and Outsourcing. The Prisoner reentry and Criminal justice policy research David Kirk does as part of his general Criminology study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Hurricane katrina and Re integration, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Collateral Consequences of Punishment: A Critical Review and Path Forward (58 citations)
  • ‘Go for it Girl’ adolescent girls’ responses to the implementation of an activist approach in a core physical education programme (15 citations)
  • Precarity, Critical Pedagogy and Physical Education (14 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Education

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Physical education, Curriculum, Pedagogy, Developmental psychology and Perception. The concepts of his Physical education study are interwoven with issues in Experiential knowledge, Curriculum development, Affect, Outsourcing and Public relations. His Curriculum study incorporates themes from Social science, Critical pedagogy, Governmentality and Global education.

David Kirk combines subjects such as Girl and Peer relationships with his study of Pedagogy. His work in the fields of Developmental psychology, such as Self-concept and Self-esteem, intersects with other areas such as Cross-sectional study and Multilevel model. His Perception research includes elements of Body satisfaction, Exercise behavior and Self-determination theory.

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Best Publications

Physical Education Futures

David Kirk.
(2009)

970 Citations

The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport : an academic review.

Richard Bailey;Kathleen Armour;David Kirk;Mike Jess.
Research Papers in Education (2009)

671 Citations

Teaching Games for Understanding and Situated Learning: Rethinking the Bunker-Thorpe Model

David Kirk;Ann MacPhail.
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (2002)

626 Citations

Physical education, youth sport and lifelong participation: the importance of early learning experiences

David Kirk.
European Physical Education Review (2005)

563 Citations

Cultural mechanisms and the persistence of neighborhood violence

David S. Kirk;Andrew V. Papachristos.
American Journal of Sociology (2011)

556 Citations

Situated Learning in Physical Education

David Kirk;Doune Macdonald.
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (1998)

527 Citations

Teacher voice and ownership of curriculum change

David Kirk;Doune MacDonald.
Journal of Curriculum Studies (2001)

448 Citations

Handbook of Physical Education

David Kirk;Donald Macdonald;Martha O'Sullivan.
(2006)

420 Citations

Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community

Matthew Desmond;Andrew V. Papachristos;David S. Kirk.
American Sociological Review (2016)

395 Citations

Defining Physical Education (Routledge Revivals): The Social Construction of a School Subject in Postwar Britain

David Kirk.
(2011)

391 Citations

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