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Professor Mary Hamilton

Emeritus Professor

  1. E-pub ahead of print

    A comparative analysis of national media responses to the OECD Survey of Adult Skills: policy making from the global to the local

    Yasukawa, K., Hamilton, M. E. & Evans, J., 23/03/2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    A history of adult basic education.

    Hamilton, M., 1996, A history of modern adult education. Fieldhouse, R. (ed.). Leicester: NIACE, p. 142-165 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  3. Published

    Academics' experiences of networked professional learning

    Tusting, K. P., McCulloch, S. A. & Hamilton, M. E., 10/05/2016, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Networked Learning 2016. Cranmer, S., Dohn, N. B., de Laat, M., Ryberg, T. & Sime, J. A. (eds.). Lancaster: Lancaster University, p. 422-431 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  4. Published

    Academics Writing: The Dynamics of Knowledge Creation

    Tusting, K. P., McCulloch, S. A., Bhatt, I. U-H., Hamilton, M. E. & Barton, D. P., 8/04/2019, London: Routledge. 166 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  5. Published

    Adult basic education in the UK : lessons for the US.

    Hamilton, M. & Merrifiield, J., 1999, In: National Review of Adult Learning and Literacy. 1, 1

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Adult learning and literacy in the United Kingdom

    Hamilton, M. & Merrifield, J., 2000, Annual review of adult learning and literacy. Comings, J., Garner, B. & Smith, C. (eds.). Jossey-Bass, Vol. 1. p. 243-303 61 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  7. Published

    Adult Literacy, Language and Numeracy: Practice, Policy, Research.

    Tett, L., Hamilton, M. E. & Hillier, Y., 2006, Open University Press. 160 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  8. Published

    Advanced continuing professional development.

    Hamilton, M., James, K. & Cuban, S., 2007, In: Professional Development : Basic Skills Bulletin. 8, 12

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  9. Unpublished

    Back to the future? functional literacy and the new skills agenda

    Hamilton, M. & Burgess, A., 2011, (Unpublished) p. 1-18, 18 p.

    Research output: Working paperDiscussion paper

  10. Published

    Challenging representations: constructing the adult literacy learner over 30 years of policy and practice in the United Kingdom

    Hamilton, M. & Pitt, K., 10/2011, In: Reading Research Quarterly. 46, 4, p. 350-373 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Changing faces of adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL.

    Hillier, Y. & Hamilton, M., 2004, Literacy Today. London: National Literacy Trust

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  12. Published

    Commentary on the NFER research report progress in adult literacy.

    Hamilton, M., 2001, Leicester: National Institute for Adult Continuing Education.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  13. Published

    Contributing to the common good? Media coverage of the international largescale assessment of adult skills (PIAAC) in four national contexts

    Hamilton, M., 1/11/2018, In: Studies in the Education of Adults. 50, 2, p. 167-184 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Creativity in Academic Writing : Escaping from the Straitjacket of Genre?

    Hamilton, M. E. & Pitt, K., 2009, Why Writing Matters: Issues of access and identity in writing research and pedagogy. Carter, A., Lillis, T. & Parkin, S. (eds.). 12 ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 61-80 20 p. (Studies in Written Language and Literacy).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  15. Published

    Critical perspectives on practitioner research

    Hamilton, M., Appleby, Y., Belzer, A., Cuban, S. & Kambouri, M., 06/2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  16. Published

    Crossing boundaries: digital and non-digital literacy practices in formal and informal contexts in further and higher education

    Satchwell, C., Barton, D. & Hamilton, M., 2013, Literacy in the digital university : critical perspectives on learning, scholarship and technology. Goodfellow, R. & Lea, M. R. (eds.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  17. Published

    Dancing with Covid: Choreographing examinations in pandemic times

    Alarcón López, C., Decuypère, M., Dey, J., Gorur, R., Hamilton, M., Lundahl, C. & Sundström Sjödin, E., 1/07/2021, In: European Educational Research Journal. 20, 4, p. 403-422 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Deliberative Policy Analysis: Adult Literacy Assessment and the Politics of Change.

    Hamilton, M. E. & Hillier, Y., 1/09/2007, In: Journal of Education Policy. 22, 5, p. 573-594 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Early days : the effects of incorporation on adult basic education in England and Wales.

    Hamilton, M., 1994, Lancaster: Lancaster University Centre for the Study of Education & Training.

    Research output: Working paperOther

  20. Published

    Editorial : broadening the study of reading.

    Hamilton, M. & Barton, D. P., 10/2001, In: Journal of Research in Reading. 24, 3, p. 217-221 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    ESOL policy and change.

    Hamilton, M. & Hillier, Y., 2009, In: Language Issues. 20, 1, p. 4-18 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Ethnology in the classroom: contructing a reflective curriculum for literacy

    Hamilton, M., 10/2000, In: Pedagogy, Culture and Society. 7, 3, p. 429-444 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Everyday Enchantments: Literacy and the Politics of Representation

    Hamilton, M., 2011, In: Language and Literacy. 13, 2, p. 6-8 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Exploring literacy as social practice through media photographs.

    Hamilton, M. E., 2000, Situated literacies : reading and writing in context. Barton, D. P., Hamilton, M. E. & Ivanic, R. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 16-34 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  25. Published

    Histories and horoscopes : the ethnographer as fortuneteller.

    Hamilton, M., 1998, In: Anthropology and Education Quarterly. 29, 3, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    How International Large-scale Skills Assessments engage with national actors mobilizing networks through policy, media, and public knowledge

    Hamilton, M. E., 09/2017, In: Critical Studies in Education. 58, 3, p. 280-294 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Imagined spaces.

    Hamilton, M. & Hillier, Y., 2005, In: Adults Learning. 7, 1, p. 1816-20 1797 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Imagining literacy: a sociomaterial approach

    Hamilton, M. E., 03/2016, Beyond economic interests : critical perspectives on adult literacy and numeracy in a globalised world . Yasukawa, K. & Black, S. (eds.). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, p. 3-18 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  29. Published

    Just do it: Literacies, everyday learning and the irrelevance of pedagogy.

    Hamilton, M., 2006, In: Studies in the Education of Adults. 38, 2, p. 125-140 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Keeping alive alternative visions : ABE in the UK.

    Hamilton, M., 1997, ALPHA 97 : Basic education and institutional environments. Hautecoeur, J. P. (ed.). Hamburg & Toronto: UNESCO Institute for Education & Culture Concepts, p. 131-150 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  31. Published

    La littératie: une pratique sociale

    Barton, D. & Hamilton, M., 2010, In: Langage et Societe. 133, p. 45-62 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Literacy and long-term unemployment : options for adult guidance, support and training.

    Hamilton, M. & Davies, P., 1993, In: British Journal of Education and Work. 6, 2, p. 5-19 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Literacy and the Politics of Representation

    Hamilton, M., 2012, Routledge. 176 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  34. Published

    Literacy as numbers: researching the politics and practices of international literacy assessment

    Hamilton, M. (ed.), Maddox, B. (ed.) & Addey, C. (ed.), 2015, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 230 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsAnthology

  35. Published

    Literacy as social practice : travelling between the everyday and other forms of learning.

    Appleby, Y. & Hamilton, M., 2005, Lifelong learning : concepts and contexts. Sutherland, P. & Crowther, J. (eds.). London: Routledge, 247 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  36. Published

    Literacy, numeracy and adults : evidence from the National Child Development Survey.

    Hamilton, M. & Stasinopoulos, M., 1987, London: Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, 85 p.

    Research output: Working paper

  37. Published

    Literacy, reification and the dynamics of social interaction.

    Barton, D. & Hamilton, M., 2005, Beyond communities of practice : language power and social context. Barton, D. & Tusting, K. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  38. Published

    Local literacies : a study of reading and writing in on community.

    Barton, D. & Hamilton, M., 1998, London: Routledge. 299 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  39. Published

    Local Literacies: Reading and Writing in One Community

    Barton, D. & Hamilton, M., 2012, 2nd Linguistics Classics ed. London: Routledge. 336 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  40. Published

    Managing Transitions in Skills for Life

    Hamilton, M., 2010, Transitions and learning through the lifecourse. Ecclestone, K., Biesta, G. & Hughes, M. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 69-86 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  41. Published

    More Powerful Literacies

    Tett, L. (ed.), Hamilton, M. (ed.) & Crowther, J. (ed.), 2012, Leicester: NIACE. 240 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  42. Published

    Negotiating spaces for literacy learning: multimodality and governmentality

    Hamilton, M. (ed.), Heydon, R. (ed.), Hibbert, K. (ed.) & Stooke, R. (ed.), 2015, London: Bloomsbury Academic. 260 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsAnthology

  43. Published

    New ways of engaging new learners : insights from the first round of the practitioner-led research initiative.

    Hamilton, M. & Wilson, A., 2005, London: NRDC.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  44. Published

    New ways of engaging new learners: lessons from round one of the practitioner-led research initiative.

    Wilson, A. & Hamilton, M., 2005, London: National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  45. Published

    Not just a number : the role of basic skills programmes in the changing workplace / Fiona Frank, Mary Hamilton.

    Frank, F. & Hamilton, M., 1993, Lancaster: Lancaster University Centre for the Study of Education & Training, 2002 p.

    Research output: Working paper

  46. Unpublished

    Not just a number : the role of basic skills programmes in the changing workplace.

    Frank, F. & Hamilton, M., 06/1993, (Unpublished) 202 p.

    Research output: Working paper

  47. Published

    Outside practices : the social practice theory of literacy.

    Cuban, S., Hamilton, M., Barton, D., Papen, U. & Reder, S., 04/2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  48. Published

    Policy and practice in workplace basic skills in the UK

    Hamilton, M. E. & Frank, F., 2000, In: British Journal of Education and Work.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Politics by other means? STS and research in education

    Gorur, R., Hamilton, M., Lundahl, C. & Sjödin, E. S., 2019, In: Discourse. 40, 1, 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Powerful literacies

    Crowther, J., Hamilton, M. & Tett, L., 2001, Leicester: National Institute for Adult Continuing Education.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  51. Published

    Practitioner research : just a fling or a long-term relationship?

    Hamilton, M., Davies, P. & James, K., 2007, London: NRDC.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  52. Published

    Practitioner research : just a fling or a long-term relationship?

    Hamilton, M., 10/2006, In: Reflect. 6, p. 14-18 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Privileged Literacies: Policy, Institutional Process and the Life of IALS

    Hamilton, M. E., 1/07/2001, In: Language and Education. 15, 2, p. 178-196 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    Putting the new literacy studies into practice.

    Hamilton, M. & Barton, D., 1996, Lifelong Literacies Conference Proceedings. Mace, J. & Fitzpatrick, S. (eds.). Manchester

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  55. Published

    Putting words in their mouths : the alignment of identities with system goals through the use of individual learning plans.

    Hamilton, M., 04/2009, In: British Educational Research Journal. 35, 2, p. 221-242 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Reflections on agency and change in the policy process.

    Hamilton, M., 06/2007, In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 59, 2, p. 249-260 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Relinquishing the practices of a lifetime : observations on ageing, caring and literacies.

    Hamilton, M., 2009, In: Literacy and Numeracy Studies. 17, 1, p. 63-74 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Published

    Situated literacies.

    Barton, D. P., Hamilton, M. E. & Ivanic, R., 2000, London: Routledge. 222 p. (Literacies)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  59. Published

    Spiralling through change: older people negotiating new communication technologies, a collaborative research project

    Hamilton, M., 09/2012, In: International Journal of Education and Ageing. 2, 3, p. 181-206 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Spiralling Through Change: Older Adults Engaging with New Technologies

    Hamilton, M., 2011, In: Adults Learning. 22, 6, p. 28-31 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  61. Published

    Survey literacies

    Hamilton, M. E., 2015, Landscapes of specific literacies in contemporary society : exploring a social model of literacy. Duckworth, V. & Ade-Ojo, G. (eds.). Routledge, 14 p. (Routledge Research in Education).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  62. Published

    Sustainable literacies and the ecology of lifelong learning.

    Hamilton, M., 2002, Supporting lifelong learning. Harrison, R., Reeve, F., Hanson, A. & Clarke, J. (eds.). Buckingham and London: Routledge / Open University, Vol. 1 : pe. p. 176-187 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  63. Published

    The challenge of linking research and practice : ways of learning in adult basic education.

    Hamilton, M. & Moss, W., 1995, Innovations in continuing education provision, teaching and learning : research perspectives. Hamilton, M. & Withnall, A. (eds.). Lancaster: University of Lancaster, Department of Continuing Education, p. 113-120 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  64. Published

    The changing face of adult literacy, language and numeracy 1970-2000 : a critical history.

    Hamilton, M. E. & Hillier, Y., 2006, Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books. 208 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  65. Published

    The contribution of the mass media to adult literacy. numeracy and ESOL policy in England.

    Shahnaz, I. & Hamilton, M., 2003, In: RaPAL Journal. 50

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  66. Published

    The effects of the literacy policy environment on local sites of learning

    Hamilton, M., 2012, In: Language and Education. 26, 2, p. 166-182 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  67. Published

    The English mass media: its contribution to adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL (ALNE) policy 1970-2000

    Shahnaz, I. & Hamilton, M., 2003, In: Fine Print. 26, 1, p. 34-37 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  68. Published

    The International Adult Literacy Survey: What Does It Really Measure?

    Hamilton, M. & Barton, D., 09/2000, In: International Review of Education. 46, 5, p. 377-389 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  69. Published

    The Role of Networked Learning in Academics' Writing Practices

    McCulloch, S. A., Tusting, K. P. & Hamilton, M. E., 14/11/2017, In: Research in Learning Technology. 25, 13 p., 1958.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  70. Published

    The texts of everyday life: public and private identities in vernacular literacy practices

    Hamilton, M. & Barton, D., 2013, Literacy studies. Prinsloo, M. & Baynham, M. (eds.). Los Angeles: Sage, Vol. 2. p. 1-21 21 p. (Sage Benchmarks in Language and Linguistics).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  71. Published

    The texts of everyday life : public and private identities in vernacular literacy practices.

    Hamilton, M. E. & Barton, D. P., 1999, In: Caldernos Linguistics and Society. 3, p. 45-71 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  72. Published

    Understanding the everyday : adult lives, literacies and informal learning.

    Hamilton, M., 2005, Understanding literacy development : a global view. McKeough, A., Phillips, L., Timmons, V. & Lupart, J. (eds.). Newark, N.J.: Erlbaum

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  73. Published

    Unruly practices : what a sociology of translations can offer to educational policy analysis.

    Hamilton, M. E., 12/2011, In: Educational Philosophy and Theory. 43, Supplement 1, p. 55-75 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  74. Published
  75. Published

    Visual Literacy as a Classroom Approach

    Rowsell, J., McClean, C. & Hamilton, M., 2012, In: Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. 55, 5, p. 444-447 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  76. Unpublished
  77. Published

    Whatever next? Policy and practice in workplace basic skills in the UK

    Frank, F. & Hamilton, M., 1999, Researching work and learning : a first international conference. Challis, T. (ed.). Leeds: University of Leeds, School of Continuing Education, p. 631-644 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  78. Published

    Worlds of literacy.

    Hamilton, M., Barton, D. & Ivanic, R., 1994, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. 274 p. (The Language and education library)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

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