Graham McPhail

863 total citations
47 papers, 488 citations indexed

About

Graham McPhail is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Music. According to data from OpenAlex, Graham McPhail has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 488 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 26 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 21 papers in Music. Recurrent topics in Graham McPhail's work include Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (33 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (26 papers) and Diverse Music Education Insights (21 papers). Graham McPhail is often cited by papers focused on Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (33 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (26 papers) and Diverse Music Education Insights (21 papers). Graham McPhail collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Graham McPhail's co-authors include Elizabeth Rata, Jeffrey McNeill, Brian Barrett and Angelina Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, British Educational Research Journal and British Journal of Sociology of Education.

In The Last Decade

Graham McPhail

44 papers receiving 446 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Graham McPhail New Zealand	14	266	208	183	183	78	47	488
Margaret J. Kartomi Australia	11	165 0.6×	47 0.2×	160 0.9×	47 0.3×	20 0.3×	77	388
Janinka Greenwood New Zealand	11	52 0.2×	20 0.1×	59 0.3×	252 1.4×	26 0.3×	35	400
Michael Tilson Thomas United States	4	53 0.2×	40 0.2×	241 1.3×	32 0.2×	71 0.9×	10	457
John Baily United Kingdom	11	131 0.5×	60 0.3×	167 0.9×	26 0.1×	96 1.2×	51	394
Wai-Chung Ho Hong Kong	12	112 0.4×	13 0.1×	246 1.3×	110 0.6×	93 1.2×	31	367
John Shepherd Canada	10	99 0.4×	14 0.1×	310 1.7×	76 0.4×	86 1.1×	36	458
Mary Wilson United States	5	22 0.1×	15 0.1×	55 0.3×	193 1.1×	48 0.6×	15	329
Susan T. Sommer	6	57 0.2×	41 0.2×	238 1.3×	23 0.1×	69 0.9×	11	457
Anne Bamford Australia	6	33 0.1×	8 0.0×	115 0.6×	139 0.8×	25 0.3×	18	313
Peter Abbs United Kingdom	8	36 0.1×	10 0.0×	55 0.3×	96 0.5×	24 0.3×	34	250

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20 of 20 papers shown

McPhail, Graham. (2025). Clarifying the meaning of a knowledge-rich approach to curriculum design: a social realist perspective. Curriculum Perspectives. 45(2). 261–265. 1 indexed citations

McPhail, Graham. (2025). Powerful knowledge: if it’s not content then what is it?. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 1–14.

McPhail, Graham, et al.. (2024). ‘A Realist Conceptual Methodology for Qualitative Educational Research: A Modest Proposal’. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 59(2). 393–407.

McPhail, Graham. (2023). Critiquing the Critique: Postcolonialism, Moral Concerns, and Epistemology: An essay review of The Routledge Handbook to Sociology of Music Education, Part I. 22(1). 2 indexed citations

McPhail, Graham, et al.. (2023). Knowledge and the New Zealand curriculum ‘refresh’. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 55(5). 509–526. 4 indexed citations

McPhail, Graham & Jeffrey McNeill. (2021). Music Education and the Neoliberal Turn in Aotearoa New Zealand. 20(3). 7 indexed citations

McPhail, Graham, et al.. (2021). Perspectives on the Knowledge Problem in New Zealand Education. Springer briefs in education. 2 indexed citations

McPhail, Graham & Jeffrey McNeill. (2019). One direction: a future for secondary school music education?. Music Education Research. 21(4). 359–370. 13 indexed citations

McPhail, Graham. (2016). From aspirations to practice: curriculum challenges for a new ‘twenty‐first‐century’ secondary school. The Curriculum Journal. 27(4). 518–537. 10 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham. (2016). The future just happened: Lessons for 21st-century learning from the secondary school music classroom. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 12. 8–28. 1 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham & Elizabeth Rata. (2015). Comparing Curriculum Types: ‘Powerful Knowledge’ and ‘21st Century Learning’. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 51(1). 53–68. 41 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham. (2014). Music teachers talking: Views on secondary school curriculum content. 10. 32–55. 7 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham. (2013). Basil Bernstein: The Thinker and the Field. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 48(1). 156.

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McPhail, Graham. (2013). Mixed pedagogic modalities: The potential for increased student engagement and success. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 48(1). 113. 9 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham. (2013). The canon or the kids: Teachers and the recontextualisation of classical and popular music in the secondary school curriculum. Research Studies in Music Education. 35(1). 7–20. 29 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham. (2012). Knowledge and the curriculum: Music as a case study in educational futures. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 47(1). 33. 7 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham. (2012). From singular to over-crowded region: Curriculum change in senior secondary school music in New Zealand. British Journal of Music Education. 29(3). 317–330. 18 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham. (2012). Informal and formal knowledge: The curriculum conception of two rock graduates. British Journal of Music Education. 30(1). 43–57. 13 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham. (2010). Finding the balance: teachers as recontextualising agents in the struggle between classical and popular music in the secondary school curriculum.. ResearchSpace (University of Auckland). 2 indexed citations

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McPhail, Graham. (2010). Crossing boundaries: sharing concepts of music teaching from classroom to studio. Music Education Research. 12(1). 33–45. 15 indexed citations

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