Ivor Goodson | |
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Born | Ivor Frederick Goodson 1943 (age 80–81) |
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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.