:Ivor Goodson
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Ivor Frederick Goodson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FAcSS}} (born 1943) is a British educationalist. He is a professor at Tallinn University.
Education and career
Goodson was born in 1943 in Woodley, a village near Reading, Berkshire. He went to a grammar school and was unsuccessful initially, leaving at age 15, but then returned and resumed his studies. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from University College, London, and his teachers certificate from the London School of Education. He then worked as a teacher at the progressive comprehensive school, Countesthorpe Community College.
Goodson returned to the University of Sussex for a Doctor of Philosophy degree, which he completed in 1979.{{cite web|url=https://www.etis.ee/Portal/Persons/CVest/Ivor_Goodson?tabId=CV_ENG|title=CV: Ivor Goodson|work=Estonian Scientific Information System|accessdate=2 June 2020}} He remained at Sussex for several years, before moving the University of Western Ontario in 1986, and to the University of East Anglia in 1996. In 2004, he became the Professor of Learning Theory at the University of Brighton. As of 2015, he is a professor at Tallinn University, Estonia.
He was the co-editor-in-chief and founder of the Journal of Education Policy, alongside Stephen Ball.{{cite web |title=Journal of Education Policy Editorial Board |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=tedp20 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |accessdate=22 May 2020}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.educationarena.com/expertinterviews/interviewcategory2/tedp.asp |title=Interview with Professor Stephen Ball |website=Routledge Education Arena |language=en |access-date=22 May 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180706161923/http://www.educationarena.com/expertinterviews/interviewcategory2/tedp.asp | archive-date=6 July 2018}}
Books
Goodson's books include:
- School Subjects and Curriculum Change (Croom Helm, 1983; 3rd ed., Falmer Press, 1993)Reviews of School Subjects and Curriculum Change: G.R. Batho, Teaching History, {{JSTOR|43258079}}; Michael W. Apple, Comparative Education Review, {{JSTOR|1187342}}
- The Making Of The Curriculum: Collected Essays (Falmer Press, 1988; 3rd ed., 2004)Review of The Making Of The Curriculum: W. B. Stephens, "Primary Education in Postwar England", History of Education Quarterly, {{JSTOR|368913}}
- Studying Curriculum (Open University Press, 1994)Review of Studying Curriculum: Terry Brown, British Journal of Educational Studies, {{JSTOR|3121890}}
- Studying School Subjects: A Guide (with Colin J. Marsh, Falmer Press, 1996)Review of Studying School Subjects: A Guide: Chris Husbands, Journal of Curriculum Studies, {{doi|10.1080/002202798183477}}
- The Changing Curriculum: Studies in Social Construction (Peter Lang Publishing, 1997)Reviews of The Changing Curriculum: Ruth Hayden, Journal of Educational Thought, {{JSTOR|23767811}}; John F. Covaleskie, Canadian Journal of Education, {{JSTOR|1585778}}
- Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson (Routledge, 2005)Review of Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: Kevin Brehony, History of Education, {{doi|10.1080/00467600903392580}}
- Developing Narrative Theory: Life Histories and Personal Representation (Routledge, 2013)Review of Developing Narrative Theory: Ken Gale, Journal of Education for Teaching, {{doi|10.1080/02607476.2013.865923}}
- Critical Narrative as Pedagogy (with Scherto Gill, Bloomsbury, 2014)Reviews of Critical Narrative as Pedagogy: Andrea Gilkison, New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, {{doi|10.1007/s40841-016-0051-2}}; Don Carter, Studies in Continuing Education, {{doi|10.1080/0158037X.2017.1384621}}
- Democracy, Education and Research: The Struggle for Public Life (with John Schostak, Routledge 2019).
- Happiness, Flourishing and the Good Life: A Transformative Vision of Human Well Being (with Garett Thomson, and Scherto Gill, Routledge, 2020).
He is also an editor or co-editor of several edited volumes.
Awards and honours
- 2020 A festschrift volume in Goodson's honour was published.{{cite book |last1=Sikes |first1=Pat |last2=Novakovic |first2=Yvonne |title=Storying the Public Intellectual: commentaries on the impact and influence of the work of Ivor Goodson. |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138389755}}
- 2019 Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).{{cite web|url=https://www.acss.org.uk/news/sixty-five-leading-social-scientists-conferred-as-fellows-of-the-academy-of-social-sciences/|publisher=Academy of Social Sciences|title=Sixty-five leading social scientists conferred as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences|date=3 October 2019|accessdate=2 June 2020}}
- 2018 Awarded John Nisbet Fellowship Award by British Educational Research Association for outstanding contribution to educational research over his career.{{cite web |title=BERA John Nisbet Fellowship |url=https://www.bera.ac.uk/award/bera-john-nisbet-fellowship |publisher=British Educational Research Association |accessdate=22 May 2020}}
- 2007 Awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Gothenburg.{{cite book|last=Olsson|first=Claes-Olof|url=https://medarbetarportalen.gu.se/digitalAssets/1724/1724622_1410942_hd_vid_gu_1907-2007.pdf#page=233|format=pdf|title=Hedersdoktorer vid Göteborgs universitet under 100 år|language=sv|trans-title=Honorary doctors at the University of Gothenburg during the past 100 years|page=233|year=2007|publisher=University of Gothenburg|isbn=978-91-7360-354-6|access-date=22 May 2020}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last1=Sikes |first1=Pat |last2=Novakovic |first2=Yvonne |title=Storying the Public Intellectual: Commentaries on the Impact and Influence of the Work of Ivor Goodson |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138389755}}
External links
- {{Official webpage}}
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Category:British educational theorists
Category:Academics of the University of Brighton
Category:Academic staff of Tallinn University
Category:Alumni of the University of Sussex
Category:Alumni of University College London