Ivor Goodson | |
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| Born | Ivor Frederick Goodson 1943 (age 81–82) |
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| Thesis | School Subjects and Curriculum Conflict, 1895–1975 (1980) |
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| Discipline | Education |
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| Website | ivorgoodson |
Ivor Frederick Goodson FAcSS (born 1943) is a British educationalist. [1] He is a professor at Tallinn University.
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 Bachelor of Science degree from 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 Doctor of Philosophy degree,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]
Goodson's books include:
He is also an editor or co-editor of several edited volumes.