Stephen Brookfield

11.8k citations
130 papers · 6.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 34

Stephen Brookfield

119 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Developing Critical Thinkers: Challenging Adults to Explo...8591987202620002013250500750

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Stephen Brookfield
Comparison fields: 5 of 144
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics 442
  • Education 4.8k
  • Research and Theory 117
  • Public Administration 260
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 897
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The 25 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.

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All Works

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Discussion As a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for University Teachers
199936
11 199120
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Learning democracy : Eduard Lindeman on adult education and social change
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Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learningbreakdown →
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14 198527
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Self-directed learning : from theory to practice
1985107
16 19857
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Independent Learners and Correspondence Students.
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The Adult Learning Iceberg: A Critical Review of the Work of Allen Tough.
198111

About Stephen Brookfield

Stephen Brookfield is a scholar working on Education, General Psychology, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 130 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Adult and Continuing Education Topics (52 papers), Critical and Liberation Pedagogy (21 papers), Reflective Practices in Education (18 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (14 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (12 papers), Higher Education Learning Practices (12 papers), Education Systems and Policy (9 papers) and Political theory and Gramsci (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human Factors and Ergonomics (442 citations), Education (4.8k citations), Research and Theory (117 citations), Public Administration (260 citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (897 citations). Stephen Brookfield has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include James C. Votruba, W. Lee Humphreys, Stephen Preskill, Leon McKenzie, Alison James, John D. Holst, Eduard C. Lindeman, Alan Rogers, Elizabeth Peterson and Jürgen Rudolph. Their work appears in journals such as Adult Education Quarterly, International Journal of Lifelong Education, Studies in Continuing Education, Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education and Harvard Educational Review.

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