Dr Tristan McCowan

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BA, PGCE, MA, PhD
    • Senior Lecturer in Education and International Development
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  • Summary:
    • I am currently programme leader for the MA in Education and International Development. My recent research has focused on education, citizenship and political agency in Brazil, exploring alternative frameworks within the formal school system. My research interests more broadly include rights-based approaches, higher education and quality of education in an international context.
  • Teaching:
  • Research Projects:
    • Developing citizenship in the university (BERA Brian Simon Educational Research Fellowship 2008 - 2009)
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Ivette Hernandez (PhD) - Education, capabilities and deliberative democracy in Chile: the Penguin Revolution
      Roussel de Carvalho (PhD) – Higher education reform and admissions policy in Brazil
      Suzana Andrade (PhD) - Worldviews in Indian education
      Daniela Salvador (EdD) - International schools in Brazil and Ecuador
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • Latin America - particularly Brazil
  • Languages Spoken:
    • Portuguese (advanced), Spanish (advanced), Italian (intermediate), French (intermediate)
  • Languages Written:
    • Portuguese (advanced), Spanish (advanced), Italian (intermediate), French (intermediate)
Dr Tristan McCowan

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Publications

  • McCowan, T. (forthcoming) (2011) 'Opening spaces for citizenship in higher education: three initiatives in English universities', Studies in Higher Education
  • McCowan, T. (2010) 'Reframing the universal right to education', Comparative Education 46 (4), 509-525.
  • McCowan, T. (2010) 'School democratisation in prefigurative form: two Brazilian experiences', Education, Citizenship and Social Justice 5 (1), 21-41.
  • McCowan, T. (2009) Rethinking Citizenship Education: a Curriculum for Participatory Democracy. London: Continuum.
  • McCowan, T. (2009) 'A 'seamless enactment' of citizenship education', Journal of Philosophy of Education 43 (1), 85-99.
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  • McCowan, T. (2009) 'Towards an understanding of the means-ends relationship in citizenship education', Journal of Curriculum 41 (3), 321-342.
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  • McCowan, T. and Gandin, L. A. (2009) 'Reinventing educational spaces, building active citizenship: two Brazilian experiences' In R. Cowen and A. Kazamias (Eds), International Handbook of Comparative Education. Amsterdam: Springer.
  • McCowan, T. (2008) 'Curricular transposition in citizenship education', Theory and Research in Education 6 (2), 153–172.
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  • McCowan, T. (2007) 'Expansion without equity: an analysis of current policy on access to higher education in Brazil, Higher Education', Higher Education 53 (5), 579-598.
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  • McCowan, T. (2006) 'Educating citizens for participatory democracy: a case study of local government education policy in Pelotas, Brazil', International Journal of Education Development 26 (5), 456-470.
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