Frances Vavrus

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Frances Vavrus is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Frances Vavrus has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Education, 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Frances Vavrus's work include Global Educational Policies and Reforms (15 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (11 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 papers). Frances Vavrus is often cited by papers focused on Global Educational Policies and Reforms (15 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (11 papers) and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 papers). Frances Vavrus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Kenya and Australia. Frances Vavrus's co-authors include Lesley Bartlett, Matthew A. M. Thomas, Audrey Bryan, Ulla Larsen, Lisa Ann Richey, Christina Kwauk, Joan DeJaeghere, Mary Jo Maynes, Deborah Levison and Marianne N. Bloch and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, TESOL Quarterly and Harvard Educational Review.

In The Last Decade

Frances Vavrus

46 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Comparative Case Studies: An Innovative Approach

2017 190 citations Lesley Bartlett, Frances Vavrus SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →

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Nelly P. Stromquist United States

Leon Tikly United Kingdom

Marie Brennan Australia

Melanie Walker South Africa

Jane Wilkinson Australia

Keith Lewin United Kingdom

Jacques Delors Belgium

Sabelo J. Ndlovu‐Gatsheni South Africa

Peter Levine United States

Nelly P. Stromquist United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Frances Vavrus

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frances Vavrus

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frances Vavrus

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Vavrus, Frances, et al.. (2024). Piloting puberty content books and a teacher training guide in Sierra Leone: a qualitative assessment. Frontiers in Education. 9. 1 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances & Lesley Bartlett. (2022). Doing Comparative Case Studies. 4 indexed citations

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Shah, Ritesh, et al.. (2021). Deconstructing and Reconstructing Comparative and International Education in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency: Imagining the Field Anew. Comparative Education Review. 65(2). 356–374. 10 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances. (2020). Schooling as Uncertainty. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances. (2017). From gap to debt: Rethinking equity metaphors in education. 16(3). 5–16. 2 indexed citations

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Bartlett, Lesley & Frances Vavrus. (2017). Comparative Case Studies: An Innovative Approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 190 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vavrus, Frances. (2015). Topographies of power: a critical historical geography of schooling in Tanzania. Comparative Education. 52(2). 136–156. 8 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances, et al.. (2015). Critical Internationalization: Moving from Theory to Practice. 2(2). 49 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances, et al.. (2013). Working Lives of Teachers: Social and Material Constraints. 75–92. 2 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances, Matthew A. M. Thomas, & Lesley Bartlett. (2011). Ensuring quality by attending to inquiry: learner-centered pedagogy in Sub-Saharan Africa. 61 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances & Lesley Bartlett. (2006). Comparatively Knowing: Making a Case for the Vertical Case Study. Current Issues in Comparative Education. 8(2). 95–103. 67 indexed citations

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Bryan, Audrey & Frances Vavrus. (2005). The promise and peril of education: the teaching of in/tolerance in an era of globalisation. Globalisation Societies and Education. 3(2). 183–202. 20 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances. (2005). Daniel Mkude, Brian Cooksey and Lisbeth Levey, Higher Education in Tanzania: a case study. Oxford: James Currey (pb £9.95 – 0 85255 425 7); Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota. 2003, pp. 114.. Africa. 75(2). 263–264. 1 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances. (2003). The 'Acquired Income Deficiency Syndrome': School fees and sexual risk in Northern Tanzania [1]. Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 33(2). 235–250. 5 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances & Lisa Ann Richey. (2003). Women and development: rethinking policy and reconceptualizing practice. 31. 6–18. 7 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances. (2002). Constructing Consensus: The Feminist Modern and the Reconstruction of Gender. Current Issues in Comparative Education. 5(1). 10 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances, et al.. (2002). “I Didn't Do Nothin'”: The Discursive Construction of School Suspension. The Urban Review. 34(2). 87–111. 160 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances. (2002). Making distinctions: privatisation and the (un)educated girl on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. International Journal of Educational Development. 22(5). 527–547. 13 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances. (2002). Uncoupling the Articulation Between Girls' Education and Tradition in Tanzania. Gender and Education. 14(4). 367–389. 18 indexed citations

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Vavrus, Frances & Marianne N. Bloch. (1998). Gender and educational research, policy, and practice in Sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical and empirical problems and prospects: Power, Opportunities and Constraints. 1–24. 1 indexed citations

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