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59
Citations
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1569
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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Ivor Goodson is affiliated with the University of Brighton in the United Kingdom and specializes primarily in the social sciences, with significant contributions to education. Their research intersects multiple subfields, including education, political science and international relations, literature and literary theory, sociology and political science, and visual arts and performing arts.

Their scholarly output includes a range of recent papers covering diverse aspects of education and curriculum studies. Notable publications include "Curriculum and coronavirus: New approaches to curriculum in the age of uncertainty" (2021, Prospects), "HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL REFRACTIONS IN RECENT EDUCATION TRANSITIONS: THE EXAMPLE OF FORMER SOCIALIST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES" (2022, British Journal of Educational Studies), "Curriculum as narrative: crossing borders for a decolonized education" (2020, Trayectorias Humanas Trascontinentales), and ""Oi Iv, como vai? Boa sorte na escola!" notas (auto)biográficas constitutivas da história de vida de um educador" (2020, Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa (Auto)Biográfica).

These works address topics such as global educational policies and reforms, critical theory and political philosophy, critical and liberation pedagogy, higher education practices and engagement, global education and multiculturalism, religious education and schools, and education systems and policy.

Their research collaborations have involved frequent partnerships with scholars including Rain Mikser, Maria Inês Petrucci-Rosa, John Schostak, Stig-Börje Asplund, and Garrett Thomson.

Goodson's publications have appeared in journals such as the British Journal of Educational Studies, Prospects, Trayectorias Humanas Trascontinentales, Language and Literacy, and Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa (Auto)Biográfica. These venues reflect a focus on education studies and critical pedagogy within international and multicultural contexts.

In addition to journal articles, Goodson has contributed to book publications. One notable work is Happiness, Flourishing and the Good Life: A Transformative Vision for Human Well-Being, published in 2020 by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology.

Goodson's recognition within academia includes being named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

  • Education
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Literature and Literary Theory
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts

  • Curriculum and coronavirus: New approaches to curriculum in the age of uncertainty (2021, Prospects)
  • HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL REFRACTIONS IN RECENT EDUCATION TRANSITIONS: THE EXAMPLE OF FORMER SOCIALIST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (2022, British Journal of Educational Studies)
  • Curriculum as narrative: crossing borders for a decolonized education (2020, Trayectorias Humanas Trascontinentales)
  • "Oi Iv, como vai? Boa sorte na escola!" notas (auto)biográficas constitutivas da história de vida de um educador (2020, Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa (Auto)Biográfica)

  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms
  • Critical Theory and Political Philosophy
  • Critical and Liberation Pedagogy
  • Higher Education Practises and Engagement
  • Global Education and Multiculturalism
  • Religious Education and Schools
  • Education Systems and Policy

  • Rain Mikser
  • Maria Inês Petrucci-Rosa
  • John Schostak
  • Stig-Börje Asplund
  • Garrett Thomson

  • British Journal of Educational Studies
  • Prospects
  • Trayectorias Humanas Trascontinentales
  • Language and Literacy
  • Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa (Auto)Biográfica

Best Publications

  • Educational Change over Time? The Sustainability and Nonsustainability of Three Decades of Secondary School Change and Continuity.

    Andy Hargreaves;Ivor Goodson

  • Life History Research in Educational Settings: Learning from Lives

    Ivor Goodson;Patricia J. Sikes

  • Studying Teachers' Lives

    Ivor F Goodson

  • Teachers' Professional Lives

    Ivor F Goodson;Andy Hargreaves

  • International handbook of teachers and teaching

    Bruce J. Biddle;Thomas L. Good;Ivor F. Goodson

  • Teachers' Lives And Careers

    Stephen J Ball;Ivor F Goodson

  • Teachers’ Professional Lives: Aspirations and Actualities

    Andy Hargreaves;Ivor Goodson

  • School subjects and curriculum change

    Ivor F. Goodson

  • Professional Knowledge, Professional Lives: Studies in Education and Change

    Ivor Goodson

  • The Making Of The Curriculum: Collected Essays

    Ivor F Goodson

  • Sponsoring the Teacher's Voice: teachers' lives and teacher development

    Ivor F. Goodson

  • Social Histories of Educational Change

    Ivor F. Goodson;Ivor F. Goodson

  • Subject Cultures and the Introduction of Classroom Computers.

    Ivor F. Goodson;J. Marshall Mangan

  • Exploring the Teacher's Professional Knowledge: Constructing Identity and Community.

    Ivor F. Goodson;Ardra L. Cole

  • Improving Learning through the Lifecourse: Learning Lives

    Gert Biesta;John Field;Phil Hodkinson;Flora J. Macleod

  • 'The Story So Far': Personal Knowledge and the Political.

    Ivor F. Goodson

  • Life histories and the study of schooling

    Ivor Goodson

  • Teacher Nostalgia and the Sustainability of Reform: The Generation and Degeneration of Teachers Missions, Memory, and Meaning.

    Ivor Goodson;Shawn Moore;Andy Hargreaves

  • School subjects and curriculum change : studies in curriculum history

    Ivor Goodson

  • The Routledge International Handbook on Narrative and Life History

    Ivor Goodson;Ari Antikainen;Patricia J. Sikes;Molly Andrews

  • The National Survey

    Ivor Goodson;Veronica Mcgivney

  • Origins and Destinations: Students Sociocultural Characteristics and Educational Experience at the London Technical and Commercial High School, 1913–35

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Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Knobel
Michele Knobel Montclair State University
Andy Hargreaves
Andy Hargreaves Boston College
Colin Lankshear
Colin Lankshear James Cook University
Thomas L. Good
Thomas L. Good University of Arizona
Gert Biesta
Gert Biesta National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Russell King
Russell King University of Sussex
Phil Hodkinson
Phil Hodkinson University of Leeds

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