Dr John Lowe
Taught programmes
Profile
DfID-funded Skills for Development in Rwanda and Tanzania
Research interests
- Education and national development
- Science education and national development
- Comparative and international education
- Assessment of student achievement
- Curriculum development
Publications
Book/s
Lauder, H., Young, M., Daniels, H., Balarin, M. and Lowe, J., eds., 2012. Educating for the knowledge economy? Critical perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge.
Tikly, L., Lowe, J., Crossley, M., Dachi, H., Garrett, R. and Mukabaranga, B., 2003. Globalisation and Skills for Development in Rwanda and Tanzania. London: DFID.
Lowe, J., McGregor, A., Garrett, R., Sakawat, T., Disch, A., Ali, Z., Ali, M., Devine, J. and Huqs, S., 2001. Evaluation of Development Co-operation between Bangladesh and Norway, 1995-2000. Oslo: Unkown Publisher.
Book Sections
Lauder, H., Young, M., Daniels, H., Balarin, M. and Lowe, J., 2012. Introduction. In: Lauder, H., Young, M., Daniels, H., Balarin, M. and Lowe, J., eds. Educating for the knowledge economy? Critical perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge.
Tian, M. and Lowe, J., 2010. Intercultural Experience in English Universities: A Case Study of Chinese Students. In: Maringe, F. and Foskett, N., eds. Globalization and Internationalization in Higher Education: Theoretical, Strategic and Management Perspectives. London: Continuum, pp. 291-304.
Chawla-Duggan, R. and Lowe, J., 2010. Aims for primary education: changing global contexts. In: Alexander, R., Doddington, C., Gray, J., Hargreaves, L. and Kersher, R., eds. The Cambridge Primary Review research surveys. London: Routledge, pp. 261-281.
Chawla-Duggan, R. and Lowe, J., 2009. Purposes and Values: the changing global context of primary education. In: Alexander, R., ed. The Cambridge Primary Review Surveys. London: Routledge.
Lowe, J., 2001. International Examinations, National Systems and the Global Market. In: Watson, K., ed. Doing Comparative Education Research: Issues and Problems. Oxford: Symposium Books.
Lowe, J., 1999. Economic imperatives and cultural discontinuities in science education: a view from the Solomon Islands. In: Leach, F. and Little, A., eds. Education, Cultures and Economics: Dilemmas for Development. New York: Garland, pp. 283-299.
Articles
Tian, M. and Lowe, J., 2013. The role of feedback in cross-cultural learning: a case study of Chinese taught postgraduate students in a UK university. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 38 (5), pp. 580-598.
Wang, Q. and Lowe, J., 2011. Young people's management of the transition from education to employment in the knowledge‐based sector in Shanghai. Journal of Education and Work, 24 (1-2), pp. 119-140.
Nikel, J. and Lowe, J., 2010. Talking of fabric: a multi-dimensional model of quality in education. Compare, 40 (5), pp. 589-605.
Tian, M. and Lowe, J., 2009. Existentialist internationalisation and the Chinese student experience in English universities. Compare, 39 (5), pp. 659-676.
Lowe, J. and Yu, X., 2009. Computer Assisted Testing of Spoken English: A Study of the SFLEP College English Oral Test System in China. Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 7 (3), pp. 53-62.
Tian, M. and Lowe, J., 2008. Internationalisation, Multicultural Campuses and Inter-cultural Understanding: myth and reality in British Universities. 高等教育研究 (Research in Higher Education), 29, pp. 53-62.
Tikly, L., Lowe, J., Crossley, M., Dachi, H., Garrett, R. and Mukabaranga, B., 2003. Globalisation and Skills for Development: some lessons from sub-Saharan Africa. Policy Futures in Education, 1, 284--320.
Lowe, J., 2000. International examinations: the new credentialism and reproduction of advantage in a globalising world. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 7 (3), pp. 363-377.
Lowe, J., 1999. International examinations, national systems and the global market. Compare, 29 (3), pp. 317-330.
Lowe, J., 1997. Scientific concept development in Solomon Island students: a comparative analysis. International Journal of Science Education, 19 (7), pp. 743-759.
Reports/Papers
Barratt, A., Chawla-Duggan, R., Lowe, J., Nikel, J. and Ukpo, E., 2006. The concept of quality in education: a review of the 'international' literature on the concept of quality in education. Working Paper. EdQual RPC.
Conference or Workshop Items
Lowe, J. and Yu, X., 2008. Computer Assisted Testing of Spoken English: A Study of the SFLEP College English Oral Test System in China. In: 2nd International Multi-Conference on Society, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2008-06-29 - 2008-07-02, Orlando, Florida.
