Dr Anna Jones

Anna is Reader in Education at Glasgow Caledonian University, working between the Caledonian Academy and the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning. Before that she worked at King’s College London and at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests include graduate attributes, disciplinary cultures in higher education, theorising academic development practice, academic identity and curriculum change. She has extensive experience in both teaching and academic development.

Refereed Articles

Jones, A. (2011) Seeing the messiness of academic practice: Exploring the work of academics through narrative, International Journal for Academic Development

Jones, A. (2010) Not some shrink-wrapped beautiful package:  Using poetry to explore academic life Teaching in Higher Education, 15(5) 591-606

Jones, A. (2010) Examining the public face of academic development, International Journal for Academic Development 15(3) 241-251

Jones, A. (2010) Generic attributes in accounting: the significance of the disciplinary context.  Accounting Education  19(1 & 2 ) 2010, 5 - 21

Jones, A. (2009)  Re-disciplining generic attributes: the disciplinary context in focus, Studies in Higher Education, 34(1) 85-100

Jones, A. (2009) Generic attributes as espoused theory: the importance of context, Higher Education, 58(2) 175-191

Jones, A (2007) Looking over our shoulders: critical thinking and ontological insecurity in higher education. London Review of Education 5(3) 209-222

Jones, A. (2007) ‘Multiplicities and Manna from Heaven’ Australian Journal of Education, 51(1)  84-103.

Jones, A. (2005) ‘Culture and Context’: Critical thinking and student learning in introductory macroeconomics’ Studies in Higher Education

Jones, A. (2004) ‘Teaching Critical Thinking: An investigation of a task in introductory macroeconomics’ Higher Education Research and Development

Jones, A (1995) ‘Knowledge and Power: Literacy and the ESL Student’, Fine Print, Spring 1995

Jones, I. H. & Jones, A. (1988) ‘Psychological Consequences of Armed Hold-Up’ Australian Family Physician, June.

Jones, A (1986-87) ‘Legends and Losers: An Analysis of Power in College’ Melbourne Journal of Politics

Book Chapters

Peseta, T., Manathunga, C., Jones A. (2010), Academic Development: An interdisciplinary space for higher education, in M. Davies and M. Devlin and M. Tight, Interdisciplinary Higher Education: Principles and Practicalities. International Perspectives on Higher Education Research Volume 5., Bingley: Emerald

Working Papers

Gribble, J., Meyer, L.  & Jones, A. (2003)  ‘Quantifying and Assessing Learning Objectives’ Centre for Actuarial Studies Research Paper # 112 November

Jones, A. (1999) ‘The Asian Learner: An Overview of Approaches to Learning’ Teaching and Learning  Unit Working Paper, August.

Under Review

McVaugh J., Jones, A. and Auty, S. Implicit, Stand-alone or integrated academic attributes for undergraduates: An analysis of programme outcomes submitted to Higher Education

Conference Papers

Jones, A. and Markless, S. (2010) Academic Development: Adding to the mess? SRHE conference, Newport, Wales, 14-18 December.

Jones, A.  (2010) Perspectives on curriculum change and academic identity, Academic Identities Conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, June

Jones, A. (2010) It is hard not to be excited: exploring academic life through poetry ICED Conference, Barcelona, June

Jones, A. & Markless, S. (2010) Boundary crossing, boundary spanning, boundary blurring, London SOTL, May

Wells, H., Jones, A & Jones, S. (2010) Learning as cycles of change, London SOTL, May

Jones, A. (2009) Crossing Boundaries: Examining curriculum change in higher education, Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education conference, Newport, Dec 7-9.

Jones, A. (2008) Theorising the place of generic attributes in the curriculum, paper presented at Improving Student Learning Conference, University of Durham, September 1-3

Jones, A. (2008) Presentation of self in academic development, paper delivered at ICED Conference, Salt Lake City, June 12-15

Jones, A. (2007) Redisciplining generic attributes, Paper presented as part of the symposium Re-examining disciplinary specificity in university teaching and learning, EARLI conference, Budapest, 28th August – 1st September.

Jones, A. (2007) Generic skills as espoused theory, paper presented at the ISSOTL Conference, University of New South Wales, 2nd – 5th July, 2007.

Jones, A. (2006) Critical thinking and the critical teacher, Presented at the HERDSA Conference, Perth, July 10-13

Jones, A. (2006) Professional Skills and generic skills, Presented at theICED Conference, Sheffield, UK, June

Jones, A. (2005) Generic Skills and the Disciplinary Landscape, Presented at the HERDSA Conference, Sydney, July 3-6

Jones, A. (2004) Multiple stories or manna from heaven? Generic skills and the disciplinary context, Presented at the SRHE Annual Conference, Bristol UK, December.

Jones, A. (2002) Culture and Context: An Investigation of Teaching and Learning in Introductory Macroeconomics.  Presented at the Society for Research into Higher Education Conference, Glasgow, December 2002.

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