Stephen Brookfield
Impact in
- Human Factors and Ergonomics top 0.1%
- Innovative Education and Learning Practices
- Education top 0.05%
- Adult and Continuing Education Topics
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Online and Blended Learning
- Higher Education Learning Practices
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Papers in
- Education 115
- Adult and Continuing Education Topics 67
- Critical and Liberation Pedagogy 25
- Reflective Practices in Education 23
- Education and Critical Thinking Development 21
- Higher Education Learning Practices 16
- Education Systems and Policy 12
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- Global Educational Policies and Reforms 16
- Co-authors
- James C. Votruba (1 shared paper)W. Lee Humphreys (1 shared paper)Stephen L. Preskill (3 shared papers)Leon McKenzie (1 shared paper)John D. Holst (3 shared papers)Alison James (2 shared papers)Eduard C. Lindeman (1 shared paper)Elizabeth Peterson (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Adult Education Quarterly (12 papers)Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education (4 papers)Studies in Continuing Education (3 papers)International Journal of Lifelong Education (3 papers)The Journal of Higher Education (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesCanadaAustralia
In The Last Decade
Stephen Brookfield
146 papers receiving 6.1k citations
Stephen Brookfield's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 145
- Human Factors and Ergonomics 517
- Education 5.4k
- Research and Theory 97
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.0k
- Public Administration 279
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Co-authors
The 24 scholars most cited alongside Stephen Brookfield, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 1060 |
| 2 | Developing Critical Thinkers: Challenging Adults to Explore Alternative Ways of Thinking and Acting Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 917 |
| 3 | Developing Critical Thinkers. Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 477 |
| 4 | Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms Hit paper breakdown → | 1999 | 471 |
| 5 | Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning: A Comprehensive Analysis of Principles and Effective Practices | 1986 | 362 |
| 6 | Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. | 1995 | 294 |
| 7 | Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Question Their Assumptions Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 279 |
| 8 | The Power of Critical Theory for Adult Learning And Teaching. | 2005 | 277 |
| 9 | 1998 | 223 | |
| 10 | 2009 | 212 | |
| 11 | Discussion as a way of teaching | 1999 | 170 |
| 12 | 1994 | 157 | |
| 13 | 1993 | 142 | |
| 14 | 1984 | 131 | |
| 15 | 2009 | 115 | |
| 16 | Self-directed learning : from theory to practice | 1985 | 112 |
| 17 | Discussion as a Way of Teaching. Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. | 1999 | 95 |
| 18 | 1985 | 91 | |
| 19 | 2001 | 86 | |
| 20 | Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults | 2013 | 86 |
About Stephen Brookfield
Stephen Brookfield is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology, having authored 164 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Adult and Continuing Education Topics (67 papers), Critical and Liberation Pedagogy (25 papers), Reflective Practices in Education (23 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (21 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (16 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (16 papers), Education Systems and Policy (12 papers) and Political theory and Gramsci (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human Factors and Ergonomics (517 citations), Education (5.4k citations), Research and Theory (97 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.0k citations) and Public Administration (279 citations). Stephen Brookfield has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Frequent co-authors include James C. Votruba, W. Lee Humphreys, Stephen L. Preskill, Leon McKenzie, John D. Holst, Alison James, Eduard C. Lindeman, Elizabeth Peterson, Alan W. Rogers and Vanessa Sheared. Their work appears in journals such as Adult Education Quarterly, Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education, Studies in Continuing Education, International Journal of Lifelong Education and The Journal of Higher Education.
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