Dr Nathan Fretwell
| Name | Dr Nathan Fretwell |
|---|---|
| Job title | Senior Lecturer in Education Studies/Early Childhood Studies |
| Research institute | |
| Primary appointment | Education |
| Email address | N.Fretwell@mdx.ac.uk |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-5843 |
| Contact category | Academic staff |
Biography
Biography Nathan Fretwell is Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood in the Department of
Education at Middlesex University, UK. He has considerable experience of teaching within HE and is also an experienced qualitative researcher within the field of education. His current research centres on family support work in schools and the phenomenon of parental activism in education. Nathan’s work has
been published in leading Education journals, including the British
Educational Research Journal and Educational Philosophy and Theory.
Teaching Nathan teaches across a range of modules at UG and PG levels, including modules on theory, methodology and policy in relation to the fields of education and early childhood.
Employment
Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies
Middlesex University
16 Sept 2019
Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood Studies
Middlesex University
01 Jun 2016
15 Sept 2019
Education and qualifications
PhD Philosophy
23 Jan 2015
University of Essex
Grants
Prizes and Awards
Research outputs
‘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. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2024.2409277Learning, 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/10.1177/17461979241290052From 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. pp. 187-208Between 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 International Publishing.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/genealogy4020037Anarchist 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/10.1080/00131857.2019.1594196Governing 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.3478497
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