Dr Nathan Fretwell


NameDr Nathan Fretwell
Job titleSenior Lecturer in Education Studies/Early Childhood Studies
Research institute
Primary appointmentEducation
Email addressn.fretwell@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-5843
Contact categoryAcademic staff (past)

Research outputs

Battleground education: activism, protest and campaigning in diverse educational contexts

Fretwell. N. and Jerome, L. 2025. Battleground education: activism, protest and campaigning in diverse educational contexts. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. https://doi.org/10.1177/17461979251385285

‘It’s a tiger instinct – that’s my baby!’: affective practices of care in parents’ educational activism

Fretwell, N. and Barker, J. 2024. ‘It’s a tiger instinct – that’s my baby!’: affective practices of care in parents’ educational activism. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 46 (1), pp. 19-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2024.2409277

Learning, sharing and caring: pedagogical features of parents' educational activism

Fretwell, N. 2024. Learning, sharing and caring: pedagogical features of parents' educational activism. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. https://doi.org/10.1177/17461979241290052

From active to activist parenting: educational struggle and the injuries of institutionalised misrecognition

Fretwell, N. and Barker, J. 2023. From active to activist parenting: educational struggle and the injuries of institutionalised misrecognition. in: Moreau, M., Lee, C. and Okpokiri, C. (ed.) Reinventing the Family in Uncertain Times: Education, Policy and Social Justice London Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 187-208

Between home and school: mobilising ‘hard to reach’ parents to engage with their children’s education

Fretwell, N. 2021. Between home and school: mobilising ‘hard to reach’ parents to engage with their children’s education. in: Ross, A. (ed.) Educational Research for Social Justice: Evidence and Practice from the UK Springer. pp. 97-116

The new educational pastorate: link workers, pastoral power and the pedagogicalisation of parenting

Fretwell, N. 2020. The new educational pastorate: link workers, pastoral power and the pedagogicalisation of parenting. Genealogy. 4 (2). https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy4020037

Anarchist education and the paradox of pedagogical authority

Fretwell, N. 2020. Anarchist education and the paradox of pedagogical authority. Educational Philosophy and Theory. 52 (1), pp. 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2019.1594196

Governing through trust: community-based link workers and parental engagement in education

Fretwell, N., Osgood, J., O'Toole, G. and Tsouroufli, M. 2018. Governing through trust: community-based link workers and parental engagement in education. British Educational Research Journal. 44 (6), pp. 1047-1063. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3478
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