Ivor Frederick Goodson (born 1943) is a British

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. He is a professor at

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Education and career

Goodson was born in 1943 in Woodley, a village near

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, Berkshire. He went to a

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and was unsuccessful initially, leaving at age 15, but then returned and resumed his studies. He received a

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degree from

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, and his teachers certificate from the London School of Education. He then worked as a teacher at the progressive comprehensive school,

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. Goodson returned to the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

for a

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degree, which he completed in 1979. He remained at Sussex for several years, before moving the

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in 1986, and to the

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in 1996. In 2004, he became the Professor of Learning Theory at the

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. As of 2015, he is a professor at

, Estonia. He was the co-

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and founder of the ''

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'', alongside Stephen Ball.

Books

Goodson's books include: *''School Subjects and Curriculum Change'' (Croom Helm, 1983; 3rd ed., Falmer Press, 1993) *''The Making Of The Curriculum: Collected Essays'' (Falmer Press, 1988; 3rd ed., 2004) *''Studying Curriculum'' (Open University Press, 1994) *''Studying School Subjects: A Guide'' (with Colin J. Marsh, Falmer Press, 1996) *''The Changing Curriculum: Studies in Social Construction'' (Peter Lang Publishing, 1997) *''Learning, Curriculum and Life Politics: The Selected Works of Ivor F. Goodson'' (Routledge, 2005) *''Developing Narrative Theory: Life Histories and Personal Representation'' (Routledge, 2013) *''Critical Narrative as Pedagogy'' (with Scherto Gill, Bloomsbury, 2014) * ''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

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Awards and honours

*2020 A

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volume in Goodson's honour was published. * 2019 Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). *2018 Awarded John Nisbet Fellowship Award by

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for outstanding contribution to educational research over his career. * 2007 Awarded an

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by the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodson, Ivor British educational theorists Academics of the University of Brighton Academic staff of Tallinn University Alumni of the University of Sussex Alumni of University College London Living people 1943 births

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