Most cited papers in Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies
What are the most cited papers in Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies?
The most cited paper in Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies is "Cultural Ways of Learning: Individual Traits or Repertoires of Practice" (Kris D. Gutiérrez, Barbara Rogoff, 2003), with 2,165 citations. Next come "Constructing Scientific Knowledge in the Classroom" (1,702) and "Working with discourse: meaning beyond the clause" (1,701).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 159 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cultural Ways of Learning: Individual Traits or Repertoires of Practice Kris D. Gutiérrez, Barbara Rogoff · Educational Researcher | Jun 2003 | 2,165 |
| 2 | Constructing Scientific Knowledge in the Classroom Rosalind Driver, Hilary Asoko, John Leach et al. · Educational Researcher | Oct 1994 | 1,702 |
| 3 | Working with discourse: meaning beyond the clause Mauro Tadeu Baptista Sobhie · DELTA Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada | Jun 2004 | 1,701 |
| 4 | WHY “WHAT WORKS” WON’T WORK: EVIDENCE‐BASED PRACTICE AND THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Gert Biesta · Educational Theory | Feb 2007 | 1,643 |
| 5 | Emerging Criteria for Quality in Qualitative and Interpretive Research Yvonna S. Lincoln · Qualitative Inquiry | Sep 1995 | 1,559 |
| 6 | Aptitudes and Instructional Methods: A Handbook for Research on Interactions Douglas B. McLeod, Lee J. Cronbach, Richard E. Snow · Journal for Research in Mathematics Education | Nov 1978 | 1,491 |
| 7 | Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work Jean Anyon · Journal of Education | 1980 | 1,429 |
| 8 | Elusive knowledge David Lewis · Australasian Journal of Philosophy | Dec 1996 | 1,343 |
| 9 | Rethinking innateness: A connectionist perspective on development Maartje E. J. Raijmakers · Acta Psychologica | Dec 1997 | 1,014 |
| 10 | Social Class and School Knowledge Jean Anyon · Curriculum Inquiry | Mar 1981 | 970 |
| 11 | Toward a Theory of Teacher Community Pamela Grossman, Sam Wineburg, Stephen Woolworth · Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education | Aug 2001 | 927 |
| 12 | Bringing Knowledge Back In: From Social Constructivism to Social Realism in the Sociology of Education Michael F. D. Young | 19 Oct 2007 | 769 |
| 13 | The Cultural Interface Martin Nakata · The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education | Jul 2007 | 758 |
| 14 | Teacher Agency in Curriculum Making: Agents of Change and Spaces for Manoeuvre Mark Priestley, Richard Edwards, Andrea Priestley et al. · Curriculum Inquiry | Mar 2012 | 698 |
| 15 | “Science capital”: A conceptual, methodological, and empirical argument for extending bourdieusian notions of capital beyond the arts Louise Archer, Emily Dawson, Jennifer DeWitt et al. · Journal of Research in Science Teaching | 20 Mar 2015 | 675 |
| 16 | Language testing: the social dimension Carsten Roever, Tim F. McNamara · International Journal of Applied Linguistics | 23 Jun 2006 | 670 |
| 17 | Identity, identification and medical education: why should we care? Lynn Valerie Monrouxe · Medical Education | 16 Dec 2009 | 649 |
| 18 | Teacher Education and the Politics of Engagement: The Case for Democratic Schooling Henry Armand Giroux, Peter L. McLaren · Harvard Educational Review | Sep 1986 | 580 |
| 19 | Revisiting academics' beliefs about teaching and learning Katherine Samuelowicz, John Bain · Higher Education | Apr 2001 | 543 |
| 20 | Epistemological Pluralism: Reorganizing Interdisciplinary Research Thaddeus R. Miller, Timothy D. Baird, Caitlin M. Littlefield et al. · Ecology and Society | 2008 | 537 |
| 21 | Social Education in the Classroom: The Dynamics of the Hidden Curriculum Henry Armand Giroux, Anthony N. Penna · Theory & Research in Social Education | Mar 1979 | 516 |
| 22 | Para que servem as escolas? Michael F. D. Young · Educação & Sociedade | Dec 2007 | 511 |
| 23 | Three Educational Scenarios for the Future: lessons from the sociology of knowledge Michael F. D. Young, Johan Muller · European Journal of Education | 2 Feb 2010 | 504 |
| 24 | Domination, Access, Diversity and Design: A synthesis for critical literacy education Hilary Janks · Educational Review | Jun 2000 | 469 |
| 25 | Levels of Comparison in Educational Studies: Different Insights from Different Literatures and the Value of Multilevel Analyses Mark Bray, R. Murray Thomas · Harvard Educational Review | Sep 1995 | 431 |
| 26 | On the powers of powerful knowledge Michael F. D. Young, Johan Muller · Review of Education | Oct 2013 | 425 |
| 27 | Decolonization of knowledge, epistemicide, participatory research and higher education Budd Lionel Hall, Rajesh Tandon · Research for All | 2017 | 422 |
| 28 | Making semantic waves: A key to cumulative knowledge-building Karl Maton · Linguistics and Education | 17 Jan 2013 | 420 |
| 29 | Realist methods in medical education research: what are they and what can they contribute? Geoff Wong, Trisha Greenhalgh, Gill Westhorp et al. · Medical Education | 13 Dec 2011 | 419 |
| 30 | Speech Accommodation Theory: The First Decade and Beyond Howard Giles, Anthony Mulac, James J. Bradac et al. · Annals of the International Communication Association | 1987 | 399 |
| 31 | The assault on the professions and the restructuring of academic and professional identities: a Bernsteinian analysis John Beck, Michael F. D. Young · British Journal of Sociology of Education | 22 Dec 2004 | 395 |
| 32 | Doing and Teaching Disciplinary Literacy with Adolescent Learners: A Social and Cultural Enterprise Elizabeth Birr Moje · Harvard Educational Review | Jun 2015 | 379 |
| 33 | Forms of knowledge and curriculum coherence Johan Muller · Journal of Education and Work | Jul 2009 | 375 |
| 34 | Pedagogies for diversity: retaining critical challenge amidst fears of ‘dumbing down’ Tamsin Haggis · Studies in Higher Education | 26 Sep 2006 | 362 |
| 35 | Knowing in practice: re-conceptualising vocational expertise Stephen Richard Billett · Learning and Instruction | Dec 2001 | 362 |
| 36 | Curriculum Reform in South Africa: a critical analysis of outcomes‐based education Jonathan David Jansen · Cambridge Journal of Education | Nov 1998 | 361 |
| 37 | Intellectuals or Technicians? The Urgent Role of Theory in Educational Studies Stephen J. Ball · British Journal of Educational Studies | Sep 1995 | 341 |
| 38 | How competency‐based training locks the working class out of powerful knowledge: a modified Bernsteinian analysis Leesa Wheelahan · British Journal of Sociology of Education | 13 Aug 2007 | 335 |
| 39 | Knowledge and knowers: towards a realist sociology of education Ernst Buyl · Journal of Education Policy | 14 Mar 2014 | 327 |
| 40 | TOPOI and rhetorical competence Ruth Anne Clark, Jesse G. Delia · Quarterly Journal of Speech | Apr 1979 | 325 |
| 41 | Inscriptions: Toward a Theory of Representing as Social Practice Wolff‐Michael Roth, Michelle K. McGinn · Review of Educational Research | Mar 1998 | 324 |
| 42 | Conceptualizing the curriculum enactment process in mathematics education Janine T. Remillard, Daniel J. Heck · ZDM | 4 Jul 2014 | 321 |
| 43 | The (im)possibility of intellectual work in neoliberal regimes Bronwyn Davies · Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education | Mar 2005 | 316 |
| 44 | Transforming teaching and learning: embedding ICT into everyday classroom practices R M Sutherland, Victoria Gray Armstrong, Sherri Barnes et al. · Journal of Computer Assisted Learning | 29 Nov 2004 | 295 |
| 45 | Knowledge Acquisition: Enrichment or Conceptual Change? Susan E. Carey, Rochel Gelman · Psychology Press eBooks | 14 Jan 2014 | 295 |
| 46 | From Constructivism to Realism in the Sociology of the Curriculum Michael F. D. Young · Review of Research in Education | Feb 2008 | 289 |
| 47 | English as an academic language at a Swedish university: parallel language use and the ‘threat’ of English Kingsley Bolton, Maria Kuteeva · Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development | 10 Apr 2012 | 279 |
| 48 | Codes, modalities, and the process of cultural reproduction: A model Basil B. Bernstein · Language in Society | Dec 1981 | 277 |
| 49 | The hidden curriculum and the nature of conflict Michael W. Apple · Interchange | Dec 1971 | 277 |
| 50 | `Political Correctness': the Politics of Culture and Language Norman L. Fairclough · Discourse & Society | 2003 | 273 |
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