William Mcginley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4864607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Mcginley |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcginley |
| SIGNATURE | MCGINLEY W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia, Magill, Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring selves and worlds through affective and imaginative engagements with literature
To engage in critical readings of literary texts, in ways that are also ethical and compassionate, requires readers to enter emotionally and imaginatively into the complex, textual worlds of others as they are portrayed in stories. Such stories have the potential to create new worlds that make visible our collective being in ways that allow us to enter into democracy with more empathetic and just lenses. In this regard, we discuss both past and r…
Literature Discussions as Mangles of Practice
In this report, we argue that some of the most productive and edifying kinds of literature discussions among certain ages/grade levels may be best understood as “mangles of practice” (Pickering, 1995). Mangles of practice involve the coalescence of planned and contingent forces, and they produce emergent or self-organizing transformations of ongoing social activities, as well as unpredictable outcomes or products. Indeed, the discussions we studi…
Mechanisms and microfoundations in International Relations theory
This article looks at prospects for a mechanism-based research strategy in the study of International Relations. Over the past three decades, the notions of mechanism and microfoundation have taken a central place in discussions of explanation and ‘micro-macro’ problems in social science. The upshot of much of this discussion has been a call for mechanism-based explanations – explanations of macro-level phenomena in terms of micro-level mechanism…
Reduction in Sociology
In grappling with the micro-macro problem in sociology, philosophers of the field are finding it increasingly useful to associate micro-sociology with theory reduction. In this article I argue that the association is ungrounded and undesirable. Although of a reductive “disposition,” micro-sociological theories instantiate something more like “reductive explanation,” whereby the causal roles of social wholes are explained in terms of their psychol…
Literary Retailing and the (Re)making of Popular Reading
Maniac Magee and Ragtime Tumpie
This article reports results from a year-long study of the specific ways that children’s literacy practices enhanced their understanding of themselves and their social worlds in a classroom where they were encouraged to read, write, and talk about personally and socially relevant subjects. Throughout the school year the researchers documented the nature of classroom activities and the ways that they were taken up by children in their reading and …
The Role of Reading and Writing While Composing from Sources
The Effects of Reading and Writing upon Thinking Critically
The Effects of Reading and Writing upon Thinking Critically
Reduction in Sociology
In grappling with the micro-macro problem in sociology, philosophers of the field are finding it increasingly useful to associate micro-sociology with theory reduction. In this article I argue that the association is ungrounded and undesirable. Although of a reductive “disposition,” micro-sociological theories instantiate something more like “reductive explanation,” whereby the causal roles of social wholes are explained in terms of their psychol…
The Role of Reading and Writing While Composing from Sources
Literature Discussions as Mangles of Practice
In this report, we argue that some of the most productive and edifying kinds of literature discussions among certain ages/grade levels may be best understood as “mangles of practice” (Pickering, 1995). Mangles of practice involve the coalescence of planned and contingent forces, and they produce emergent or self-organizing transformations of ongoing social activities, as well as unpredictable outcomes or products. Indeed, the discussions we studi…
Literary Retailing and the (Re)making of Popular Reading
The Effects of Reading and Writing upon Thinking Critically
The Role of Reading and Writing While Composing from Sources
Maniac Magee and Ragtime Tumpie
This article reports results from a year-long study of the specific ways that children’s literacy practices enhanced their understanding of themselves and their social worlds in a classroom where they were encouraged to read, write, and talk about personally and socially relevant subjects. Throughout the school year the researchers documented the nature of classroom activities and the ways that they were taken up by children in their reading and …
Literary Retailing and the (Re)making of Popular Reading
Reduction in Sociology
In grappling with the micro-macro problem in sociology, philosophers of the field are finding it increasingly useful to associate micro-sociology with theory reduction. In this article I argue that the association is ungrounded and undesirable. Although of a reductive “disposition,” micro-sociological theories instantiate something more like “reductive explanation,” whereby the causal roles of social wholes are explained in terms of their psychol…
Mechanisms and microfoundations in International Relations theory
This article looks at prospects for a mechanism-based research strategy in the study of International Relations. Over the past three decades, the notions of mechanism and microfoundation have taken a central place in discussions of explanation and ‘micro-macro’ problems in social science. The upshot of much of this discussion has been a call for mechanism-based explanations – explanations of macro-level phenomena in terms of micro-level mechanism…
Literature Discussions as Mangles of Practice
In this report, we argue that some of the most productive and edifying kinds of literature discussions among certain ages/grade levels may be best understood as “mangles of practice” (Pickering, 1995). Mangles of practice involve the coalescence of planned and contingent forces, and they produce emergent or self-organizing transformations of ongoing social activities, as well as unpredictable outcomes or products. Indeed, the discussions we studi…
Exploring selves and worlds through affective and imaginative engagements with literature
To engage in critical readings of literary texts, in ways that are also ethical and compassionate, requires readers to enter emotionally and imaginatively into the complex, textual worlds of others as they are portrayed in stories. Such stories have the potential to create new worlds that make visible our collective being in ways that allow us to enter into democracy with more empathetic and just lenses. In this regard, we discuss both past and r…
Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works)