Qualifications
- PhD: Engaging with art and learning democracy: A study of democratic subjectivity, aesthetic experience and arts practice amongst young people.
University of Exeter, 2007–2011 - MSc: Educational Research
University of Exeter, 2006–2007 - Professional: PGCE in Secondary Education (Religious Education)
Durham University, 2003–2004 - MA: Theological Research
Durham University, 2001–2002 - BA: Religious Studies
Newcastle University, 1997–2000
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise a PhD
Publications
2024
- E-pub ahead of printRevisiting Rancière’s ‘radical democracy’ for contemporary education policy analysis
McDonnell, J., 18 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Philosophy and Theory.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedRE teachers and the shifting landscape of values education in England
McDonnell, J., 28 Apr 2023, In: British Journal of Religious Education. p. 228-239
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedReading Rancière for education: An introduction
McDonnell, J., 2022, Palgrave Macmillan. 274 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
2021
- PublishedHow do you promote 'British Values' when values education is your profession? Policy enactment of FBV amongst teachers of Religious Education, Citizenship Education and Personal, Social and Health Education in England
McDonnell, J., 2021, In: Cambridge Journal of Education. 51, 3, p. 377-394
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPedagogies of agonistic democracy and citizenship education
Sant Obiols, E., McDonnell, J., Pashby, K. & Menendez Alvarez-Hevia, D., 1 Nov 2021, In: Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. 16, 3, p. 227-44
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTheoretical approaches to the study of FBV
McDonnell, J., 6 Jul 2021, In: PRISM: Casting new light on learning. 3, 2, p. 84-90
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedIs it 'all about having an opinion'? Challenging the Dominance of Rationality and Cognition in Democratic Education via Research in a Gallery Setting
McDonnell, J., 2018, In: International Journal of Art and Design Education. 37, 2, p. 233-243 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWhat future for young people's artistic activism?
McDonnell, J. (ed.), 21 Feb 2018, Governing youth politics in an age of surveillance. Bessant, J. & Grasso, M. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, 13 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
2017
- PublishedPolitical and Aesthetic Equality in the Work of Jacques Rancière: Applying his Writing to Debates in Education and the Arts
Mcdonnell, J., 2017, In: Journal of Philosophy of Education. 51, 2, p. 387-400 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSocial fantasy vs. radical democracy: two competing views of populism and their implications for education
Sant Obiols, E., Pais, A., McDonnell, J. & Menendez Alvarez-Hevia, D., 7 Aug 2017, The implications of 'new populism' for education. Akbaba, Y. & Jeffrey, B. (eds.). Essex: E & E publishing, p. 41-52
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2014
- PublishedFinding a place in the discourse: Film, literature and the process of becoming politically subject
McDonnell, J. L., 2014, In: Journal of Social Science Education. 13, 4, p. 78-86 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMaking space for democracy in assessment and feedback in higher education: Thoughts from an action research project in Education Studies
McDonnell, J. & Curtis, W., 10 Jan 2014, In: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 39, 8, p. 932-948 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPFI and the performative politics of dissent
McDonnell, J., 1 Jan 2014, In: Power and Education. 6, 3, p. 307-317 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- PublishedRe-imagining the role of art in the relationship between democracy and education
McDonnell, J., 2 Aug 2013, In: Educational Philosophy and Theory. 46, 1, p. 46-58 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedLearning together and expanding horizons: reflections on a student-lecturer collaborative enquiry
Curtis, W., Goodson, A., McDonnell, J., Shields, S. & Wyness, R., 2012, In: Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences. 4, 3, p. 1-11 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
- Published'The art of democracy': Young people's democratic learning in gallery contexts
Lawy, R., Biesta, G., McDonnell, J., Lawy, H. & Reeves, H., 2010, In: British Educational Research Journal. 36, 3, p. 351-365 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review