Dennis Shirley

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 982 citations indexed

About

Dennis Shirley is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dennis Shirley has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 982 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Education, 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Dennis Shirley's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (16 papers), Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (9 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (7 papers). Dennis Shirley is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (16 papers), Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (9 papers) and Global Educational Policies and Reforms (7 papers). Dennis Shirley collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Dennis Shirley's co-authors include Andy Hargreaves, Mark R. Warren, Joel Perlmann, Andrew F. Miller, Mary Brabeck, Dennis Sumara, Larry H. Ludlow, Pasi Sahlberg, Clayton M. White and Stanton Wortham and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Dennis Shirley

52 papers receiving 807 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Fourth Way: The Inspiring Future for Educational Change

2009 424 citations Andy Hargreaves, Dennis Shirley profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dennis Shirley United States	13	767	181	141	116	77	58	982
Mel West United Kingdom	15	754 1.0×	126 0.7×	123 0.9×	79 0.7×	103 1.3×	35	921
Mark Hadfield United Kingdom	21	792 1.0×	236 1.3×	129 0.9×	61 0.5×	143 1.9×	42	1.1k
Carolyn Riehl United States	14	1.3k 1.6×	192 1.1×	138 1.0×	60 0.5×	149 1.9×	24	1.4k
Julian Vasquez Heilig United States	15	1.1k 1.5×	422 2.3×	142 1.0×	79 0.7×	63 0.8×	45	1.3k
Tony Townsend Australia	13	918 1.2×	119 0.7×	170 1.2×	101 0.9×	139 1.8×	51	1.1k
Dorothea Anagnostopoulos United States	19	715 0.9×	203 1.1×	195 1.4×	58 0.5×	101 1.3×	35	923
Brian J. Caldwell Australia	20	895 1.2×	97 0.5×	108 0.8×	119 1.0×	69 0.9×	80	1.2k
Susan Groundwater‐Smith Australia	18	727 0.9×	399 2.2×	53 0.4×	104 0.9×	87 1.1×	56	1.0k
Richard Daugherty United Kingdom	12	697 0.9×	85 0.5×	126 0.9×	53 0.5×	117 1.5×	38	861
Jay Paredes Scribner United States	14	1.1k 1.4×	110 0.6×	159 1.1×	50 0.4×	170 2.2×	38	1.2k

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All Works

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Shirley, Dennis & Andy Hargreaves. (2022). Going all-in for well-being. Phi Delta Kappan. 104(1). 44–49. 4 indexed citations

Shirley, Dennis, Stanton Wortham, & Deoksoon Kim. (2020). The Quest for a Purpose to Encompass the Highest Moral Values: Introduction to the Special Issue. ECNU Review of Education. 3(3). 399–405. 3 indexed citations

Martin, Karen, et al.. (2018). Rural Teachers Forging New Bonds--and New Solutions.. Educational leadership. 76(3). 56–62. 3 indexed citations

Hargreaves, Andy & Dennis Shirley. (2018). What's Wrong with Well-Being?.. Educational leadership. 76(2). 58–63. 2 indexed citations

Shirley, Dennis. (2017). Accelerating educational change. Journal of Educational Change. 18(3). 257–262. 3 indexed citations

Shirley, Dennis. (2017). Review of Global education reform: How privatization and public investment influence education outcomes. 24. 1 indexed citations

Shirley, Dennis & Andrew F. Miller. (2016). The labyrinth of teacher leadership. Journal of Educational Change. 17(1). 1–5. 5 indexed citations

Shirley, Dennis. (2016). Three forms of professional capital: systemic, social movement, and activist. Journal of Professional Capital and Community. 1(4). 302–320. 18 indexed citations

Shirley, Dennis. (2016). The New Imperatives of Educational Change. 9 indexed citations

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Shirley, Dennis, et al.. (2013). La Cuarta Vía de liderazgo y cambio en América Latina: perspectivas en Chile, Colombia y Brasil. Pensamiento Educativo Revista de Investigación Educacional Latinoamericana. 50(2). 5–27. 1 indexed citations

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Hargreaves, Andy & Dennis Shirley. (2012). La cuarta vía: el prometedor futuro del cambio educativo. Cell. 123(1). 9–12. 8 indexed citations

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Hargreaves, Andy & Dennis Shirley. (2012). The International Quest for Educational Excellence: Understanding Canada's High Performance.. Education Canada. 52(4). 4 indexed citations

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Shirley, Dennis. (2011). The Fourth Way of technology and change. Journal of Educational Change. 12(2). 187–209. 7 indexed citations

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Shirley, Dennis. (2011). A Festschrift for Andy Hargreaves. Journal of Educational Change. 12(2). 131–139. 1 indexed citations

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Hargreaves, Andy, Dennis Shirley, Alma Harris, & Alan Boyle. (2010). Collaborative Edge: How Helping Others Helps You.. Principal. 89(4). 16. 4 indexed citations

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Shirley, Dennis, et al.. (2008). The development of collective moral leadership among parents through education organizing. New Directions for Youth Development. 2008(117). 77–91. 5 indexed citations

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Brabeck, Mary & Dennis Shirley. (2003). Excellence in Schools of Education: An Oxymoron?. Phi Delta Kappan. 84(5). 368–372. 5 indexed citations

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Ludlow, Larry H., et al.. (2002). The Case that Won't Go Away: Besieged Institutions and the Massachusetts Teacher Tests.. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 10(50). 5 indexed citations

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Ludlow, Larry H., et al.. (2002). Besieged Institutions and the Massachusetts Teacher Tests. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 10. 50–50. 1 indexed citations

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Shirley, Dennis. (1988). The "pedagogical province" in transition : Paul Geheeb and the Odenwaldschule in the era of National Socialism. UMI eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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