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Professor Stephen Gorard
Born
Professor Stephen A. C. Gorard
Alma materUniversity of Wales, Cardiff (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsSociology of education
InstitutionsDurham University
University of Birmingham
ThesisSchool choice in an established market : families and fee-paying schools in South Wales. (1996)
Websitewww.durham.ac.uk/staff/s-a-c-gorard/

Stephen A. C. Gorard is a British academic who specialises in the sociology of education. He is Professor of Education and Public PolicyatDurham University.[1][2] Stephen Gorard is the most published and cited [3] UK author in education, and in the top ten academic journals worldwide.[4]

Education

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Gorard was educated at Cardiff University where he was awarded a PhD in 1996 for research into private and private (fee-paying) schools in Wales.[5]

Career and research

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Gorard started his academic career in 1997, having been a secondary school teacher and leader, adult educator, computer analyst, and PhD student at Cardiff. He is Professor of Education and Public Policy, and Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute, at Durham University.

His research has been funded by bodies including the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Brookings Institution, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCA), the Welsh Assembly, and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).[citation needed]

Gorard has given written and verbal evidence to various parliamentary select committees. He has contributed regularly stories and articles to all forms the media. including Times Educational Supplement.[citation needed] Gorard has been granted the title of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.[when?] The British Educational Research Association (BERA) has included his work as one of the landmark studies that have had a significant impact on British educational policy and teaching practices.[6] He has also been a member of the ESRC Grant Assessment Panel for Education, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[7]

He is the author of over 1,000 books, articles and chapters, and his work on educational inequality forms part of the A level Sociology syllabus.

Publications

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His book publications include:

  • Siddiqui, N. and Gorard, S. (Eds) (2022) Making your doctoral research project ambitious: Developing large-scale studies with real-world impact, Abingdon: Routledge, 978-1-032-05975-4 (hardback), 978-1-032-06245-7 (paperback), 978-1-003-20136-6 (ebook)
  • Gorard, S. (2021) How to make sense of statistics: Everything you need to know about using numbers in social science, London: SAGE, ISBN hardback 9781526413819, paperback 9781526413826, ebook 9781529755862
  • Gorard, S. (2020 Ed.) Getting evidence into education: Evaluating the routes to policy and practice, London: Routledge, ISBN hardback 9780367258801, paperback 978036728832, ebook 9780429290343
  • Gorard, S. (2018) Education policy: Evidence of equity and effectiveness, Bristol: Policy Press, ISBN 978-1447342151, 224 pages
  • Gorard, S., See, BH and Siddiqui, N. (2017) The trials of evidence-based education, London: Routledge, ISBN 9781138209664, 200 pages
  • Gorard, S. and See, BH. (2013) Overcoming disadvantage in education, London: Routledge, ISBN 978-0415536899, 224 pages
  • Gorard, S. (2013) Research Design: Robust approaches for the social sciences, London:SAGE, ISBN 978-1446249024, 218 pages
  • Gorard, S. and Smith, E. (2010) Equity in Education: an international comparison of pupil perspectives, London: Palgrave, ISBN 978-0-230-23025-5, 256 pages
  • Gorard, S. (2008, Ed.) Quantitative research in education: Volumes 1 to 3, London: Sage, ISBN 978-1-84787-327-9, 1264 pages
  • Gorard, S., with Adnett, N., May, H., Slack, K., Smith, E. and Thomas, L. (2007) Overcoming barriers to HE, Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books, ISBN 978-1-85856-414-2 (paperback), 190 pages
  • Gorard, S., See, BH., Smith, E. and White, P. (2006) Teacher supply: the key issues, London: Continuum, ISBN 0-8264-8770-X (hardback), 194 pages
  • Gorard, S. (2006) Using everyday numbers effectively in research: Not a book about statistics, London: Continuum, ISBN 0-8264-8830-7 (paperback), 94 pages
  • Selwyn, N., Gorard, S. and Furlong, J. (2006) Adult learning in the digital age, London: RoutledgeFalmer, ISBN 0-415-35699-7 (paperback), ISBN 0-415-35698-9 (hardback), 229 pages
  • Gorard, S., with Taylor, C. (2004) Combining methods in educational and social research, London: Open University Press, ISBN 0-335-21307-3 (paperback), ISBN 0-335-21308-1 (hardback), 198 pages
  • Gorard, S., Taylor, C. and Fitz, J. (2003) Schools, Markets and Choice Policies, London: RoutledgeFalmer, ISBN 0-415-30423-7 (paperback), ISBN 0-415-30422-9 (hardback), 226 pages
  • Gorard, S. (2003) Quantitative methods in social science: the role of numbers made easy, London: Continuum, ISBN 0-8264-6586-2 (paperback), ISBN 0-8264-6587-0 (hardback), 252 pages
  • Gorard, S. and Rees, G. (2002) Creating a learning society?, Bristol: Policy Press, ISBN 1-86134-286-1 (paperback), ISBN 1-86134-393-0 (hardback), 192 pages
  • Gorard, S. and Selwyn, N. (2002) Information Technology, New York: McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-139667-5, 112 pages
  • Selwyn, N. and Gorard, S. (2002) The information age: technology, learning and social exclusion in Wales, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, ISBN 0-7083-1708-1, 226 pages
  • Gorard, S. (2001) Quantitative Methods in Educational Research: The role of numbers made easy, London: Continuum, ISBN 0-8264-5307-4 (paperback), ISBN 0-8264-5306-6 (hardback), 200 pages
  • Gorard, S. and Selwyn, N. (2001) Information Technology, London: Hodder and Stoughton, ISBN 0-340-80437-8, 104 pages
  • Gorard, S. (2000) Education and Social Justice, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, ISBN 0-7083-1619-0, 242 pages
  • Gorard, S. (1997) School Choice in an Established Market, Aldershot: Ashgate, ISBN 1-84014-106-9, 271 pages

    • His journal articles include:

    References

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    1. ^ "Professor Stephen Gorard". School of Education. Durham University. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  • ^ "Stephen Gorard". The Conversation.
  • ^ Tosun, Cemal (April 2022). "Trends of WoS educational research articles in the last half‐century". Review of Education. 10 (1). doi:10.1002/rev3.3328. ISSN 2049-6613.
  • ^ Gorard, Stephen. "Stephen Gorard publications and citations analysis". exaly Search Engine. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  • ^ Gorard, Stephen A. C. (1996). School choice in an established market : families and fee-paying schools in South Wales. copac.jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Wales. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.364340.
  • ^ "40@40 – A portrait of 40 years of educational research through 40 studies". BERA. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  • ^ "Staff Profile". Durham University. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

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