Philippa Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 6817426 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philippa Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philippa |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4881-1462 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The lived experience of long-term overland travel
This study analyses the lived experience of “overlanding”, defined as a form of self-reliant long-term adventure travel by vehicle in which the journey is perceived to be more important than the destination. The study builds on recent research into “lifestyle travel”, “voluntary simplicity” and “transformative tourism”, and travelling cohorts from backpackers to campervan users to ocean-going adventurers. Given the under-researched nature of long…
The Futility and Failure of Flawed Goals
Educational reform in the USA is traditionally grounded in mechanistic assumptions about accountability paradigms and narrow concepts of assessment; those reforms tend to ignore the burden of poverty and other external factors on student and school success. Focusing on accountability and testing strategies in the United States during the post-Nation at Risk era (1983), this article argues that mechanistic assumptions about school reform are inher…
The lived experience of long-term overland travel
This study analyses the lived experience of “overlanding”, defined as a form of self-reliant long-term adventure travel by vehicle in which the journey is perceived to be more important than the destination. The study builds on recent research into “lifestyle travel”, “voluntary simplicity” and “transformative tourism”, and travelling cohorts from backpackers to campervan users to ocean-going adventurers. Given the under-researched nature of long…
The Futility and Failure of Flawed Goals
Educational reform in the USA is traditionally grounded in mechanistic assumptions about accountability paradigms and narrow concepts of assessment; those reforms tend to ignore the burden of poverty and other external factors on student and school success. Focusing on accountability and testing strategies in the United States during the post-Nation at Risk era (1983), this article argues that mechanistic assumptions about school reform are inher…
The lived experience of long-term overland travel
This study analyses the lived experience of “overlanding”, defined as a form of self-reliant long-term adventure travel by vehicle in which the journey is perceived to be more important than the destination. The study builds on recent research into “lifestyle travel”, “voluntary simplicity” and “transformative tourism”, and travelling cohorts from backpackers to campervan users to ocean-going adventurers. Given the under-researched nature of long…
Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Accountability (1 works) · Adventure (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 works) · Bureaucracy (1 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Educational Assessment and Improvement (1 works)