Professor Ken Jones

Ken Jones’ work focuses on education policy and the conflicts around it. Among his books are ‘Education in Britain’ (Polity 2015) and, co-edited with Anna Traianou, ‘Austerity and the Remaking of Education in Europe’ (Bloomsbury 2019 forthcoming). Some of his publications can be accessed Academia. Currently, he works for the National Education Union on policy for curriculum and assessment.

Publications and research outputs

Article

Franks, Anton; Thomson, Pat; Hall, Chris and Jones, Ken. 2014. Teachers, Arts Practice and Pedagogy. Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 21(2), pp. 171-181. ISSN 1358-684X

Jones, Ken. 2010. The Twentieth Century Is Not Yet Over: Resources for the Remaking of Educational Practice. Changing English, 17(1), pp. 13-26. ISSN 1358-684X

Jones, Ken and Thomson, Pat. 2008. Policy rhetoric and the renovation of English schooling: the case of Creative Partnerships. Journal of Education Policy, 23(6), pp. 715-727. ISSN 0268-0939

Book

Jones, Ken. 2009. Culture and Creative Learning: A Literature Review. Newcastle, UK: Creativity, Culture and Education. ISBN 9781907264009

Book Section

Traianou, Anna and Jones, Ken. 2019. Austerity and the Remaking of Education Policy in Europe since 2008. In: Anna Traianou and Ken Jones, eds. Austerity and the Remaking of European Education. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 5-28. ISBN 9781350028487

Jones, Ken and Traianou, Anna. 2019. Conclusion: The Contested European Educational Space. In: Anna Traianou and Ken Jones, eds. Austerity and the Remaking of European Education. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350028487

Jones, Ken. 2011. Capitalism, Creativity and Learning: Some Chapters in a Relationship. In: Julian Sefton-Green; Pat Thomson; Ken Jones and Liora Bresler, eds. The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 15-26. ISBN 978-0-415-54889-2

Edited Book

Traianou, Anna and Jones, Ken, eds. 2019. Austerity and the Remaking of European Education. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350028487