Chris Atkin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4454067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Atkin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Atkin |
| SIGNATURE | ATKIN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2529-1978 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation
Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future. By constructing understandings of education in multiple countries globally over extended periods of time, often through larg…
Responses to climate change and farming policies by rural communities in northern China
Family literacy in Europe
Family literacy programmes have become increasingly popular with policy‐makers as a means of addressing low levels of adult literacy. It is believed that such initiatives will help to address social exclusion and aid greater economic participation by those in deprived communities or from disadvantaged sectors of society. The growing interest in such initiatives comes at a time of international concern over general levels of literacy, as highlight…
Rural Communities
This article considers the nature of rurality as a social construct and its possible implications for policy makers considering lifelong education in the developed economies of the world. The article is based around research carried out in rural England and informed by similar studies underway in Atlantic Canada. Discussion is shaped around three key questions: what is rurality? What effect has rurality on cultural identity and what are rural and…
Lifelong learning-attitudes to practice in the rural context
This article compares and contrasts the views of educational policy makers and consumers within Lincolnshire, an English rural county, using Bourdieu's notion of 'habitus' as a vehicle for analysis. The article focuses on the relative importance of education as cultural capital in determining the motivational factors affecting participation in lifelong learning. The article considers lifelong learning in the context of 'continuing education'. If …
The Treatment of Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior on Television
Journal Article The Treatment of Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior on Television Get access Gerhard J. Hanneman, Gerhard J. Hanneman Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar William J. McEwen, William J. McEwen University of Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar James H. Watt, James H. Watt Universit…
Rural Communities
This article considers the nature of rurality as a social construct and its possible implications for policy makers considering lifelong education in the developed economies of the world. The article is based around research carried out in rural England and informed by similar studies underway in Atlantic Canada. Discussion is shaped around three key questions: what is rurality? What effect has rurality on cultural identity and what are rural and…
Lifelong learning-attitudes to practice in the rural context
This article compares and contrasts the views of educational policy makers and consumers within Lincolnshire, an English rural county, using Bourdieu's notion of 'habitus' as a vehicle for analysis. The article focuses on the relative importance of education as cultural capital in determining the motivational factors affecting participation in lifelong learning. The article considers lifelong learning in the context of 'continuing education'. If …
Family literacy in Europe
Family literacy programmes have become increasingly popular with policy‐makers as a means of addressing low levels of adult literacy. It is believed that such initiatives will help to address social exclusion and aid greater economic participation by those in deprived communities or from disadvantaged sectors of society. The growing interest in such initiatives comes at a time of international concern over general levels of literacy, as highlight…
Responses to climate change and farming policies by rural communities in northern China
The Treatment of Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior on Television
Journal Article The Treatment of Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior on Television Get access Gerhard J. Hanneman, Gerhard J. Hanneman Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar William J. McEwen, William J. McEwen University of Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar James H. Watt, James H. Watt Universit…
Lifelong learning-attitudes to practice in the rural context
This article compares and contrasts the views of educational policy makers and consumers within Lincolnshire, an English rural county, using Bourdieu's notion of 'habitus' as a vehicle for analysis. The article focuses on the relative importance of education as cultural capital in determining the motivational factors affecting participation in lifelong learning. The article considers lifelong learning in the context of 'continuing education'. If …
Rural Communities
This article considers the nature of rurality as a social construct and its possible implications for policy makers considering lifelong education in the developed economies of the world. The article is based around research carried out in rural England and informed by similar studies underway in Atlantic Canada. Discussion is shaped around three key questions: what is rurality? What effect has rurality on cultural identity and what are rural and…
Family literacy in Europe
Family literacy programmes have become increasingly popular with policy‐makers as a means of addressing low levels of adult literacy. It is believed that such initiatives will help to address social exclusion and aid greater economic participation by those in deprived communities or from disadvantaged sectors of society. The growing interest in such initiatives comes at a time of international concern over general levels of literacy, as highlight…
Responses to climate change and farming policies by rural communities in northern China
Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation
Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future. By constructing understandings of education in multiple countries globally over extended periods of time, often through larg…
Sociology (4 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Cultural capital (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Education Systems and Policy (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (2 works)