Ivor Goodson

Ivor Frederick Goodson (born 1943) is a British educationalist.[1] He is a professor at Tallinn University.

Ivor Goodson
Born
Ivor Frederick Goodson

1943 (age 76–77)
Woodley, Berkshire
NationalityBritish
Academic background
Alma mater
  • University of Sussex
  • London School of Education
  • University College London
Academic work
DisciplineEducation
Websitewww.ivorgoodson.com

Education and career

Goodson was born in 1943 in Woodley, a village near Reading, Berkshire.[2] He went to a grammar school and was unsuccessful initially, leaving at age 15, but then returned and resumed his studies.[2] He received a BSc from at University College London, and his teachers certificate from the London School of Education.[3] He then worked as a teacher at the progressive comprehensive school, Countesthorpe Community College.[2]

Goodson returned to the University of Sussex for a DPhil, which he completed in 1979.[3] 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.[3] In 2004, he became the Professor of Learning Theory at the University of Brighton.[3][4] As of 2015, he is a professor at Tallinn University, Estonia.[3]

He was the co-editor-in-chief and founder of the Journal of Education Policy, alongside Stephen Ball.[5][6]

Books

Goodson's books include:

  • School Subjects and Curriculum Change (Croom Helm, 1983; 3rd ed., Falmer Press, 1993)[7]
  • The Making Of The Curriculum: Collected Essays (Falmer Press, 1988; 3rd ed., 2004)[8]
  • Studying Curriculum (Open University Press, 1994)[9]
  • Studying School Subjects: A Guide (with Colin J. Marsh, Falmer Press, 1996)[10]
  • The Changing Curriculum: Studies in Social Construction (Peter Lang Publishing, 1997)[11]
  • Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson (Routledge, 2005)[12]
  • Developing Narrative Theory: Life Histories and Personal Representation (Routledge, 2013)[13]
  • Critical Narrative as Pedagogy (with Scherto Gill, Bloomsbury, 2014)[14]
  • 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
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References
  1. Downs, Yvonne (2013), Reading and Teaching Ivor Goodson, Peter Lang, ISBN 9781433120176
  2. Goodson, Ivor (2005), "Coming to Curriculum", Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson, Psychology Press, ISBN 9780415352208
  3. "CV: Ivor Goodson". Estonian Scientific Information System. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. Professor Ivor Goodson, University of Brighton, archived from the original on 24 January 2018
  5. "Journal of Education Policy Editorial Board". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  6. "Interview with Professor Stephen Ball". Routledge Education Arena. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  7. Reviews of School Subjects and Curriculum Change: G.R. Batho, Teaching History, JSTOR 43258079; Michael W. Apple, Comparative Education Review, JSTOR 1187342
  8. Review of The Making Of The Curriculum: W. B. Stephens, "Primary Education in Postwar England", History of Education Quarterly, JSTOR 368913
  9. Review of Studying Curriculum: Terry Brown, British Journal of Educational Studies, JSTOR 3121890
  10. Review of Studying School Subjects: A Guide: Chris Husbands, Journal of Curriculum Studies, doi:10.1080/002202798183477
  11. Reviews of The Changing Curriculum: Ruth Hayden, Journal of Educational Thought, JSTOR 23767811; John F. Covaleskie, Canadian Journal of Education, JSTOR 1585778
  12. Review of Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: Kevin Brehony, History of Education, doi:10.1080/00467600903392580
  13. Review of Developing Narrative Theory: Ken Gale, Journal of Education for Teaching, doi:10.1080/02607476.2013.865923
  14. 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
  15. Sikes, Pat; Novakovic, Yvonne (2019). Storying the Public Intellectual: commentaries on the impact and influence of the work of Ivor Goodson. Routledge. ISBN 9781138389755.
  16. "Sixty-five leading social scientists conferred as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences". Academy of Social Sciences. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  17. "BERA John Nisbet Fellowship". British Educational Research Association. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  18. Olsson, Claes-Olof (2007). "Hedersdoktorer vid Göteborgs universitet under 100 år" [Honorary doctors at the University of Gothenburg during the past 100 years] (pdf) (in Swedish). University of Gothenburg. p. 233. ISBN 978-91-7360-354-6. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

Further reading
  • Sikes, Pat; Novakovic, Yvonne (2019). Storying the Public Intellectual: commentaries on the impact and influence of the work of Ivor Goodson. Routledge. ISBN 9781138389755.
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