publications

For a complete list of our publications, please see our individual university webpages.

BOOKS

BAROUTSIS, ASPA, RIDDLE, STEWART and THOMSON, PAT, eds., 2019. Education Research and the Media: Challenges and Possibilities Routledge.
MCGREGOR, GLENDA, MILLS, MARTIN, THOMSON, PAT and PENNACCHIA, JODIE, eds., 2018. Alternative Programmes, Schools, and Social Justice Routledge.
SNEPVANGERS, KIM, THOMSON, PAT and HARRIS, ANNE, eds., 2018. Creative policy, partnership and practice in education Palgrave McMillan.
JONES, S 2018. Portraits of Everyday Literacy for Social Justice: Reframing the debate for families and communities Palgrave.
HALL, C and THOMSON, P 2017 Inspiring school change. Transforming through schools through the creative arts. Routledge
HAYES, D, HATTAM, R, COMBER, B, KERKHAM, L, LUPTON, R and THOMSON, P, 2017. Literacy, leading and learning: beyond pedagogies of poverty Routledge.
LUPTON, D, MEWBURN, I and THOMSON, P, eds., 2017. The Digital Academic Routledge.
THOMSON, P and HALL, C, 2017. Place based methods for researching schools Bloomsbury.
PARRY, B., BURNETT, C., and MERCHANT, G .Eds 2016 Literacy, Media., Technology. Past, present and future. Bloomsbury.
THOMSON, P and KAMLER, B 2016 Detox your writing. Strategies for doctoral researchers. London: Routledge
KAMLER, B and THOMSON, P, 2014. Helping doctoral students write: Pedagogies for supervision Second Edition. Routledge.
PARRY, R 2013 Children, film and literacy. London: Palgrave Macmillan
THOMSON, P and KAMLER, B 2013 Writing for peer reviewed journals. Strategies for getting published. London: Routledge
SEFTON GREEN, J, BRESLER, L, JONES, K, THOMSON, P, eds., 2011. The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning. London: Routledge.
SEFTON GREEN, J, THOMSON, P, RUTHRA-RAJAN, N Series Eds 2011 DAVID FULTON Creative Learning Series
- LEADING A CREATIVE SCHOOL: learning about lasting school change. Editor: Ethel Sanders
- TURNING PUPILS ONTO LEARNING: creative classrooms in action Editor: Rob Elkington
- DEVELOPING CREATIVE CURRICULUM: innovative teachers at work Editor: Nick Owen
- CREATIVE LEARNING TO MEET SPECIAL NEEDS: creative approaches in the classroom Editor: Edward Sellman
- CREATIVE APPROACHES TO IMPROVING PARTICIPATION: Giving Learners a Say. Editor: Helen Manchester
THOMSON, P, SEFTON-GREEN, J, eds., 2010. Researching creative learning. Methods and issues. London: Routledge.
THOMSON, P Ed 2008 Doing visual research with children and young people. London: Routledge
KAMLER, B and THOMSON, P 2006 Helping doctoral students write: strategies for supervision. London: Routledge
KRESS, G, JEWITT, C, BOURNE, J, FRANKS, A, HARDCASTLE, J and JONES, K, 2005. English in Urban Classrooms: a multimodal perspective on teaching and learning London: RoutledgeFalmer.
COLES, M and HALL, C 1999 Children’s reading choices. London: Routledge

BOOK CHAPTERS (last ten years)

2019

THOMSON, PAT, THORPE, ANNIE and DONAGH, HOLLY, 2019. Arts for multicultural diversity: A case study from England. In: FERRO, LIGIA and WAGNER, ERNST, eds., European Network of Arts Observatories Yearbook 2018 Springer. (In Press.)
THOMSON, PAT, HALL, CHRISTINE, EARL, LEXI and GEPPERT, CORINNA, 2019. Towards an arts education for cultural citizenship. In: RIDDLE, STEWART and APPLE, MICHAEL, eds., Reimagining education for democracy Routledge. (In Press.)
THOMSON, PAT and HALL, CHRISTINE, 2018. Countering dull pedagogies: the power of teachers and artists working together. In: TETT. LYN and HAMILTON, MARY, eds., Resisting the neo-liberal discourse in education: Local, national and transnational perspectives Routledge. (In Press.)
THOMSON, PAT, RIDDLE, STEWART and THOMSON, PAT, 2019. Who speaks for teachers? Social media and teacher voice. In: BAROUTSIS, ASPA and RIDDLE, STEWART, eds., Education research and the media.: Challenges and possibilities Routledge. 119-134

2018

THOMSON, PAT, 2018. A long goodbye to the ‘good girl’: An auto ethnographic account. In: TAYLOR, YVETTE and LAHAD, KINNERET, eds., Feeling academic in the neoliberal university: Feminist flights, fights and failures Palgrave Macmillan.
THOMSON, PAT, MCKELVIE, AMY and TURVEY, LEANNE, 2018. Learning the art museum: experiments in talking/writing ethnography. In: FERRO, LIGIA and POVEDA, DAVID, eds., Learning, arts and ethnography in a contemporary world Tufnell Press.
THOMSON, PAT, COLES, REBECCA and HALLEWELL, MADELINE, 2018. What did Creative Partnerships achieve? A review of the CP research archive. In: SNEPVANGERS, KIM, THOMSON, PAT and HARRIS, ANNE, eds., 2018. Creative policy, partnership and practice in education Palgrave McMillan.
MEWBURN, INGER and THOMSON, PAT, 2018. Online thesis-writing resources. In: CARTER, SUSAN and LAURS, DEBRA, eds., Developing research writing: A handbook for supervisors and students Routledge.
THOMSON, PAT, 2018. Troubling writing as ‘representation’. In: JEFFREY, B and RUSSELL, L, eds., Writing for ethnography Tufnell Press.
THOMSON, PAT, 2017. Writing about research. In: WYSE, DOMINIC, SMITH, EMMA, SUTER, LARRY and WELWYN, NEIL, eds., The BERA SAGE Handbook of Educational Research SAGE.
MEWBURN, INGER and THOMSON, PAT, 2017. Social media and academic publishing. In: WYSE, DOMINIC, SMITH, EMMA, SUTER, LARRY and SELWYN, NEIL, eds., THE BERA SAGE Handbook of Educational Research

2017

MCINTYRE, J and JONES, S 2017. Connecting community through film in ITE English. In: DAVID STEVENS and KAREN LOCKNEY, eds., Students, Places, and Identities in the Arts Routledge
MEWBURN, INGER and THOMSON, PAT, 2016. Social media and academic publishing. In: WYSE, DOMINIC, SMITH, EMMA, SUTER, LARRY and SELWYN, NEIL, eds., THE BERA SAGE Handbook of Educational Research
THOMSON, PAT, 2017. Writing about research. In: WYSE, DOMINIC, SMITH, EMMA, SUTER, LARRY and WELWYN, NEIL, eds., The BERA SAGE Handbook of Educational Research SAGE.
THOMSON, PAT, 2017. Nine notes on a pedagogy of not knowing. In: TURVEY, LEANNE, WALTON, ALICE and DALY, EILEEN, eds., In site of conversation: On learning with art, audiences and artists Tate. 25-34

2016

BURNT, C., MERCHANT, G and PARRY, B 2016 Past, Present, Future, in PARRY, B., BURNETT, C., and MERCHANT, G .Eds 2016 Literacy, Media., Technology. Past, present and future. Bloomsbury.
JONES, S 2016 Constricting or Constructing Everyday Lives?: Literacies and Inequality in PARRY, B., BURNETT, C., and MERCHANT, G .Eds 2016 Literacy, Media., Technology. Past, present and future. Bloomsbury
PARRY, B, TAYLOR, L and HAERIZADEH-YADZI, N aerizadeh-Yazdi 2016 Time Travels in Literacy and Pedagogy: From Script to Screen in PARRY, B., BURNETT, C., and MERCHANT, G .Eds 2016 Literacy, Media., Technology. Past, present and future. Bloomsbury
THOMSON, P, 2016. Writing for social media. In: SUGRUE, C and MERTKAN, S, eds., Academic life and the publishing landscape: Change, continuity and challenge London: Routledge.
THOMSON, P, HALL, C and TOWNSEND, A, 2016. Using film to show and tell: studying/changing pedagogical practices. In: MOSS, J and PINI, M, eds., Visual research in education: a critical review of the practice and politics of contemporary methods. London: Palgrave McMillan.
THOMSON, PAT, 2016. Writing about research. In: WYSE, DOMINIC, SMITH, EMMA, SUTER, LARRY and WELWYN, NEIL, eds., The BERA SAGE Handbook of Educational Research SAGE.

2015

FRANKS, A, 2015. How Environment Affects Learning: School Teachers Engaging with Theatre- based Pedagogies (peer reviewed). In: DAVIS, S, FERHOLT, B, GRAINGER-CLEMSON, H, JANSSON, S-M and MARJANOVIC-SHANE, A, eds., Dramatic Interactions in Education: Vygotskian and: Sociocultural Approaches to Drama, Education and Research Bloomsbury Academic. 229-244
FRANKS, A, 2015. Talk and Drama: Seeing Voices. In: BRINDLEY, S and MARSHALL, B, eds., Masterclass in English Education: Transforming Teaching and Learning London: Bloomsbury. 141-157
HALL, C, 2015. Understanding Reading. In: BRINDLEY, S and MARSHALL, B, eds., Master Class in English Education: Transforming Teaching and Learning London: Bloomsbury
THOMSON, P, 2015. Artist ‘voice’ in inter-cultural contexts and practices. In: BURNARD, P, MACKINLEY, L and POWELL, K, eds., The Routledge International Handbook of Inter-Cultural Arts Research London: Routledge.

2014

HEARN, H and THOMSON, P, 2014. Working with texts, images and artefacts. In: CLARK, A, FLEWITT, R, HAMMERSLEY, M and ROBB, M, eds. Understanding research with children and young people 2nd edition. London: Open University Press. 154-168
FRANKS, A and BRYER, T, 2014. Drama in Teaching and Learning in English. In: DAVISON, J and DALY, C, eds., Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School 4th Edition Routledge. 152-166
THOMSON, PAT, 2014. The photograph as ‘witness’. In: BURKE, CATHERINE and JONES, KEN, eds., Education, childhood, anarchism: Talking Colin Ward London: Routledge. 157-169
THOMSON, P, BARRETT, A, HALL, C, HANBY, J and JONES, S, 2014. Arts in the community as a place-making event. In: FLEMING, M, BRESLER, L and O’TOOLE, J, eds., The Routledge international handbook of arts and education London: Routledge.
THOMSON, P and HALL, C, 2014. The signature pedagogies of creative practitioners. In: WESTPHAL, K, STADLER-ALTMANN, U, SCHITTLER, S and LOHFIELD, W, eds., Raume Kultureller Bildung Beltz Juventa. 76-91
YANDELL, J and FRANKS, A, 2014. Approaching Shakespeare. In: DAVISON, J and DALY, C, eds., Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School 4th Edition 4. Routledge. 167-182

2013

THOMSON, P and CLIFTON, J, 2013. Connecting with parents and their community in an urban primary school: Creative Partnerships to build literacy/ies. In: HALL, K, CREMIN, T, COMBER, B and MOLL, L. eds., international handbook of research on children’s literacy, learning and culture Wiley-Blackwell. 54-66
MEWBURN, INGER and THOMSON, PAT, 2013. Why do academics blog?: An analysis of audiences, purposes and challenges Studies in Higher Education. 38(8), 1105-1119,

2012

HALL, A AND HALL, C, 2012. Reading Real Life Writing. In: MANUAL, J AND BRINDLEY, S, ed., Teenagers and Reading: Literary Heritages, Cultural Contexts and Contemporary Reading Practices Adelaide: Wakefield Press

2011

THOMSON, P, 2011. Miners. diggers, ferals and showmen: creative school-community projects. In: SEFTON-GREEN, J, THOMSON, P, JONES, K and BRESLER, L, eds., The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning Routledge. 295-304
KAMLER, B and THOMSON, P, 2011. Working with literatures. In: SOMEKH, B and LEWIN, K, eds., Research methods in the social sciences 2nd ed. Sage. 16-24
THOMSON P, ROSE, L, 2011. Creative learning in an inner-city primary school: England. In: WRIGLEY, T, THOMSON, P and LINGARD, T, eds., Changing schools: Alternative ways to make a world of difference Routledge. 128-139
THOMSON, P, 2011. Coming to terms with ‘voice’. In: CZERNIAWSKI, G and KIDD, W, eds., The International handbook of student voice Emerald. 19-30

2010

HALL, C, JONES, K , THOMSON, P, 2010. Snapshots, illustrations and portraits: re-presenting research findings.. In: THOMSON, P, SEFTON-GREEN, J, ed., Researching Creative Learning: Methods and issues Routledge. 126-142.
FRANKS, A., 2010. Drama in teaching and learning language and literacy. In: WYSE, D., ANDREWS, R. and HOFFMAN, J., eds., The Routledge international handbook of English, language and literacy teaching Routledge.
FRANKS, A., 2010. Playing a part: the case of theatre in education in the professional education of English with Drama teachers. In: HEILBRONN, R. and YANDELL, J., eds., Critical practice in teacher education: a study of professional learning Institute of Education.
PARRY RL, ‘Helping Children Tell the Stories in Their Heads’, in Teaching Media in Primary Schools, ed. by Bazalgette C (Sage Publications Limited, 2010), 89-100
PARRY RL, ‘Minding the Gaps: Teacher’s Cultures, Student Cultures’, in Adolescents’ Online Literacies, ed. by Alvermann DE (Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2010), 183-202
THOMSON, P. and HALL, C. J., 2008. Dialogues with artists; learning about children’s self portraits. In: THOMSON, P, ed. Doing visual research with children and young people. London: Routledge.
THOMSON, P and KAMLER, B, 2010. It’s been said before and we’ll say it again – research is writing. In: THOMSON, P AND WALKER, M, ed., The Routledge Doctoral Student’s Companion: getting to grips with research in Education and the Social Sciences Routledge. 149-160
THOMSON P, BYROM, T, ROBINSON, C and RUSSELL, L, 2010. Learning about journal publication: the pedagogies of editing a ‘special issue’.. In: AITCHISON, C, KAMLER, B and LEE, A, eds., Publishing pedagogies for the doctorate and beyond Routledge. 137-155

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (last ten years)

THOMSON, PAT, HALL, CHRISTINE, EARL, LEXI and GEPPERT, CORINNA, 2019. Subject Choice As Everyday Accommodation /Resistance: Why Students In England (Still) Choose The Arts Critical Studies in Education.
THOMSON, PAT, 2019. Thinking about the school most of the time: studio as generative metaphor for critical reflection Journal of Educational Administration and History.
THOMSON, PAT, HALL, CHRISTINE, EARL, LEXI and GEPPERT. CORINNA, 2019. The pedagogical logics of arts rich schools: a Bourdieusian analysis British Journal of Sociology of Education.
FRANKS, ANTON and THOMSON, PAT, 2019. Changing play: Research and learning in an early years arts project Ethnography and Education.
JONES, S. and CHAPMAN, K., 2017. Telling Stories: engaging critical literacy through urban legends in an English secondary school English Teaching: Practice and Critique. 16(1), 85-96
JONES, SUSAN, 2017. ‘Words of Wisdom’: Text, Voice and Justice in I, Daniel Blake Changing English. 24(4), 399-412