Michael Paffard

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Paffard is a scholar working on Education, Language and Linguistics and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Paffard has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Education, 3 papers in Language and Linguistics and 3 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Paffard's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 papers), Second Language Acquisition and Learning (1 paper) and Flow Experience in Various Fields (1 paper). Michael Paffard is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 papers), Second Language Acquisition and Learning (1 paper) and Flow Experience in Various Fields (1 paper). Michael Paffard collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Michael Paffard's co-authors include Shirley Brice Heath, Michael Marland, Robert P. Parker, Nancy Martín, Fred Inglis, W. A. C. Stewart, Kenneth Charlton and Peter Abbs and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Educational Psychology, British Journal of Educational Studies and Educational Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Paffard

13 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms

1984 3.4k citations Michael Paffard, Shirley Brice Heath British Journal of Educational Studies profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Paffard United Kingdom	7	1.9k	1.2k	980	926	765	15	3.6k
Deborah Neff United States	4	3.1k 1.6×	861 0.7×	456 0.5×	917 1.0×	409 0.5×	5	4.2k
Anne Haas Dyson United States	35	2.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	969 1.0×	694 0.7×	618 0.8×	118	3.5k
Alan C. Purves United States	21	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	714 0.7×	224 0.2×	556 0.7×	90	2.5k
Roz Ivanič United Kingdom	22	1.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.8×	542 0.6×	725 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	45	3.8k
Louise M. Rosenblatt United States	18	2.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	259 0.3×	542 0.7×	43	4.4k
Clifford Hill United States	9	1.0k 0.5×	877 0.7×	326 0.3×	411 0.4×	384 0.5×	33	2.0k
Mary Searle‐Chatterjee United Kingdom	8	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	356 0.4×	631 0.7×	436 0.6×	19	2.9k
Lisa Delpit United States	12	5.1k 2.6×	832 0.7×	698 0.7×	792 0.9×	423 0.6×	21	6.5k
Gary Barkhuizen New Zealand	26	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	523 0.5×	828 0.9×	1.7k 2.2×	73	2.9k
Nancy C. Dorian United States	20	589 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	319 0.3×	2.0k 2.2×	1.5k 2.0×	60	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Paffard

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Paffard

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All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Paffard, Michael & Fred Inglis. (1987). The Management of Ignorance: A Political Theory of the Curriculum. British Journal of Educational Studies. 35(1). 79–79. 15 indexed citations

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Paffard, Michael, et al.. (1987). Autobiography and Education. British Journal of Educational Studies. 35(2). 190–190. 6 indexed citations

3.

Paffard, Michael. (1985). Shakespeare Rules, O.K.?.. 36(3). 49–52. 1 indexed citations

4.

Paffard, Michael & Shirley Brice Heath. (1984). Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms. British Journal of Educational Studies. 32(2). 186–186. 3379 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paffard, Michael, et al.. (1982). The Child and the Book: A Psychological and Literary Exploration. British Journal of Educational Studies. 30(3). 365–365. 21 indexed citations

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Paffard, Michael & Michael Marland. (1978). Language across the Curriculum. British Journal of Educational Studies. 26(2). 201–201. 59 indexed citations

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Paffard, Michael, et al.. (1976). Writing and Learning across the Curriculum 11-16. British Journal of Educational Studies. 24(3). 279–279. 50 indexed citations

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Paffard, Michael. (1976). The unattended moment: Excerpts from autobiographies with hints and guesses. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Paffard, Michael. (1973). Inglorious Wordsworths;: A study of some transcendental experiences in childhood and adolescence. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations

10.

Paffard, Michael. (1970). CREATIVE ACTIVITIES AND ‘PEAK’ EXPERIENCES. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 40(3). 283–290. 4 indexed citations

11.

Paffard, Michael. (1962). THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: Part II. Educational Research. 5(1). 16–28. 3 indexed citations

12.

Paffard, Michael. (1962). THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS : Part I‐‐A Review of Research since 1945. Educational Research. 4(3). 218–229. 4 indexed citations

13.

Charlton, Kenneth, W. A. C. Stewart, & Michael Paffard. (1960). Students’ attitudes to courses in Education. British Journal of Educational Studies. 8(2). 148–164. 1 indexed citations

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Charlton, Kenneth, W. A. C. Stewart, & Michael Paffard. (1958). STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TO COURSES IN DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 28(3). 243–252. 3 indexed citations

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Paffard, Michael. (1957). BY HEART, BY HEAD OR BY ROTE?. Educational Review. 10(1). 79–81. 1 indexed citations

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