Wayne Au

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
57 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Wayne Au is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne Au has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Education, 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Wayne Au's work include Critical Race Theory in Education (14 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (13 papers) and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (13 papers). Wayne Au is often cited by papers focused on Critical Race Theory in Education (14 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (13 papers) and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (13 papers). Wayne Au collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Denmark. Wayne Au's co-authors include Anthony L. Brown, Bill Bigelow, Joseph J. Ferrare, Michael W. Apple, Luís Armando Gandin, Christopher Lubienski, Joshua Childs, David L. Levine and Christian Ydesen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Educational Researcher and Science Education.

In The Last Decade

Wayne Au

53 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

High-Stakes Testing and Curricular Control: A Qualitative... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2011 2015 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wayne Au United States 23 2.1k 1.2k 442 257 190 57 2.7k
Mark Priestley United Kingdom 24 2.1k 1.0× 887 0.8× 632 1.4× 164 0.6× 226 1.2× 63 2.9k
Ian Hardy Australia 24 1.7k 0.8× 572 0.5× 540 1.2× 233 0.9× 140 0.7× 141 2.4k
Nicole Mockler Australia 24 2.1k 1.0× 779 0.7× 311 0.7× 174 0.7× 263 1.4× 68 2.6k
Alan R. Sadovnik United States 12 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 365 0.8× 83 0.3× 243 1.3× 35 3.2k
David F. Labaree United States 22 1.9k 0.9× 819 0.7× 486 1.1× 156 0.6× 93 0.5× 75 2.5k
Diane Ravitch United States 24 1.8k 0.8× 881 0.7× 339 0.8× 240 0.9× 87 0.5× 140 2.5k
Jean Anyon United States 21 2.8k 1.3× 1.9k 1.6× 463 1.0× 122 0.5× 248 1.3× 41 3.7k
Kerry J. Kennedy Hong Kong 22 1.3k 0.6× 692 0.6× 267 0.6× 144 0.6× 67 0.4× 191 1.8k
Amanda Keddie Australia 26 1.6k 0.8× 953 0.8× 492 1.1× 99 0.4× 84 0.4× 174 2.4k
Martin Mills Australia 32 2.6k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 620 1.4× 100 0.4× 158 0.8× 142 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wayne Au

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wayne Au

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Au, Wayne. (2023). Curriculum Standpoint for Social Justice: Understanding the Politics of School Knowledge. Revista Internacional de Educación para la Justicia Social. 12(2). 11–24.
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Au, Wayne. (2022). Asian American racialization, racial capitalism, and the threat of the model minority. The Review of Education Pedagogy & Cultural Studies. 44(3). 185–209. 17 indexed citations
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Childs, Joshua, et al.. (2020). Power, brokers, and agendas: New directions for the use of social network analysis in education policy. Education Policy Analysis Archives. 28. 117–117. 10 indexed citations
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Ydesen, Christian & Wayne Au. (2018). Educational testing, the question of the public good, and room for inclusion:A comparative study of Scotland and the United States. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet).
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Au, Wayne. (2015). Interrogating the Relationship Between Schools and Society. A Book Review of Can Education Change Society. Democracy education. 23(1). 17.
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Au, Wayne. (2015). Meritocracy 2.0. Educational Policy. 30(1). 39–62. 218 indexed citations breakdown →
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Au, Wayne. (2013). What's a Nice Test Like You Doing in a Place Like This? The edTPA and Corporate Education "Reform".. 27(4). 22–27. 49 indexed citations
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Au, Wayne. (2013). Hiding behind High-Stakes Testing: Meritocracy, Objectivity and Inequality in U.S. Education.. 12(2). 7–20. 50 indexed citations
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Au, Wayne. (2012). Playing Smart: Resisting the Script.. 26(3). 30–33.
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Au, Wayne. (2012). The Long March toward Revitalization: Developing Standpoint in Curriculum Studies. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 114(5). 1–30. 4 indexed citations
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Au, Wayne. (2011). Neither Fair nor Accurate: Research-Based Reasons Why High-Stakes Tests Should Not Be Used to Evaluate Teachers.. 25(2). 34–38. 10 indexed citations
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Au, Wayne. (2011). Teaching under the new Taylorism: high‐stakes testing and the standardization of the 21 st century curriculum. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 43(1). 25–45. 314 indexed citations breakdown →
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Au, Wayne. (2009). Social Studies, Social Justice: W(h)ither the Social Studies in High-Stakes Testing?.. Teacher education quarterly (Claremont, Calif.). 36(1). 43–58. 62 indexed citations
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Au, Wayne. (2009). Au, Wayne, Unequal by Design: HIgh-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality. New York: Routledge, 2009.. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 1 indexed citations
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Au, Wayne. (2009). The “Building Tasks” of Critical History: Structuring Social Studies for Social Justice. Social Studies Research and Practice. 4(2). 25–35. 3 indexed citations
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Au, Wayne. (2007). Epistemology of the Oppressed: The Dialectics of Paulo Freire's Theory of Knowledge.. The Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies. 5(2). 24 indexed citations
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Au, Wayne. (2007). High-Stakes Testing and Curricular Control: A Qualitative Metasynthesis. Educational Researcher. 36(5). 258–267. 759 indexed citations breakdown →
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Au, Wayne. (2005). Fresh Out of School: Rap Music's Discursive Battle with Education.. The Journal of Negro Education. 74(3). 210. 21 indexed citations

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