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D-Index
40
Citations
7475
World Ranking
5335
National Ranking
383

Overview

Paul Hager is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary areas, including sociology, political science, education, mathematical physics, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, and neurology. Hager's work often intersects the domains of educational theory and complex scientific methodologies.

Hager has contributed to several recent scholarly papers, notably:

  • Refurbishing learning via complexity theory: Introduction (2022), published in Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • James Walker, Philosopher of Education - Five tributes from colleagues (2021), Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • James (J.C.) Walker: Philosopher of Education - The celebration of a life (2021), Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • Unified Signature Cumulants and Generalized Magnus Expansions (2021), arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Reinforced optimal control (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hager include:

  • David Beckett
  • Anna Dewenter
  • Davina Biel
  • Michael Ewers
  • Nicolai Franzmeier

The primary publication venues for Hager's research are:

  • Educational Philosophy and Theory
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Structural Dynamics

Their research deals with several main topics, illustrating a breadth of interests integrating education, philosophy, and scientific fields. These include:

  • Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
  • Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Critical Realism in Sociology
  • Religious Education and Schools
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development
  • Statistical Mechanics and Entropy

In their subfields of study, Hager engages with:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Education
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Neurology

Best Publications

  • Life, work, and learning

    David Beckett;Paul Hager

  • Moving beyond the metaphor of transfer of learning

    Paul Hager;Phil Hodkinson

  • Re-thinking continuing professional development through changing metaphors and location in professional practices

    David Boud;Paul Hager

  • Recovering Informal Learning: Wisdom, Judgement and Community

    P Hager;JS Halliday

  • General Issues about Assessment of Competence

    Paul Hager;Andrew Gonczi;James Athanasou

  • Graduate attributes, learning and employability

    Paul Hager;Susan Holland

  • Theories of workplace learning

    P Hager

  • What is competence

    Paul Hager;Andrew Gonczi

  • Lifelong learning in the workplace? Challenges and issues

    Paul Hager

  • Conceptions of learning and understanding learning at work

    Paul Hager

  • Making judgments as the basis for workplace learning: towards an epistemology of practice

    David Beckett;Paul Hager

  • Recognition of Informal Learning: Challenges and Issues.

    Paul Hager

  • Practice, learning and change : practice-theory perspectives on professional learning

    Paul J. Hager;Alison Lee;Ann Reich

  • The competence affair, or why vocational education and training urgently needs a new understanding of learning

    Paul Hager

  • Philosophical underpinnings of the integrated conception of competence

    Paul Hager;David Beckett

  • Collective Learning Practice

    Paul Hager;Mary C. Johnsson

  • Know-How and Workplace Practical Judgement

    Paul Hager

  • Practice, Learning and Change

    Paul Hager;Alison Lee;Ann Reich

  • Problematising Practice, Learning and Change: Practice-Theory Perspectives on Professional Learning.

    Ann Reich;Paul Hager

  • What matters most? Students' rankings of simulation components that contribute to clinical judgment.

    Michelle A Kelly;Paul Hager;Robyn Gallagher

  • Life, Work and Learning: Practice in Postmodernity. Routledge International Studies in Philosophy of Education; No. 14.

    David Beckett;Paul Hager

Frequent Co-Authors

Phil Hodkinson
Phil Hodkinson University of Leeds
David Boud
David Boud Deakin University
David R. Cole
David R. Cole The Ohio State University
Michael R. Matthews
Michael R. Matthews University of New South Wales
Michael A. Peters
Michael A. Peters University of Waikato

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