Lyn Tett

Research output

Research output per year 1996 1996 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2009 2010 2013 2016 2017 2019 2022

• 53 Article
• 16 Chapter
• 5 Book
• 5 Commissioned report
• 6 More
  • 2 Editorial
  • 2 Review article
  • 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 1 Foreword/postscript

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2022

  Family Literacy Practices in Scotland and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Macleod, G. & Tett, L., 24 Jun 2022, Handbook of Research on Family Literacy Practices and Home-School Connections. Fox, K. R. & Szech, L. E. (eds.). IGI Global, p. 82-100 19 p. (Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Literacy Practices 100%
  • Scotland 67%
  • Learning Communities 49%
  • literacy 42%
  • Literacy 30%

• Sustaining teacher engagement in practitioner research

  Salter, E. & Tett, L., 1 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Education for Teaching. 48, 3, p. 287-299 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • religious education 100%
  • teacher 85%
  • process of teaching 49%
  • primary school teacher 45%
  • social learning 40%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2021

  Strictly teacher-researchers? The influence of a professional RE conference on primary RE teachers' agency and self-identities as teacher-researchers

  Salter, E. & Tett, L., 1 Jun 2021, In: British Journal of Religious Education. 43, 3, p. 253-264 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Self-identity 100%
  • religious education 92%
  • Religious Education 83%
  • teacher 31%
  • small group 9%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Editorial: The changing landscapes of literacy and adult education

  Tett, L., Merrill, B. & Fragoso, A., 12 Feb 2020, In: European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults. 11, 1, p. 7-11 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Enacting home–school partnerships: the roles of headteachers, family-learning practitioners and parents

  Tett, L. & Macleod, G., 3 Jul 2020, In: Cambridge Journal of Education. 50, 4, p. 451-468 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • learning 100%
  • typology 62%
  • deficit 60%
  • interview 31%
  • education 22%
  13 Citations (Scopus)
• 2019

  Adult literacy practitioners and employability skills: Resisting neo-liberalism?

  Allatt, G. & Tett, L., 4 Jul 2019, In: Journal of Education Policy. 34, 4, p. 577-594 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • employability 100%
  • neoliberalism 90%
  • literacy 65%
  • curriculum 51%
  • value system 35%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Afterword: resources of hope

  Hamilton, M. & Tett, L. (ed.), 28 Aug 2019, Resisting Neoliberalism in Education: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives. Tett, L. & Hamilton, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Bristol: Policy Press, p. 253-258 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript › peer-review

  • resources 100%
  • neoliberalism 73%
  • regime 54%
  • Teaching 33%

• Introduction: resisting neoliberalism in education

  Tett, L. & Hamilton, M., 28 Aug 2019, Resisting Neoliberalism in Education: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives. Tett, L. & Hamilton, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Bristol: Policy Press, p. 1-12 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Resisting Neoliberalism in Education: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives

  Tett, E. (ed.) & Hamilton, M. (ed.), 28 Aug 2019, 1 ed. Bristol: Policy Press. 290 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • neoliberalism 100%
  • knowledge economy 41%
  • education 32%
  • market 19%
  • human being 18%

• The employability skills discourse and literacy practitioners

  Allatt, G. & Tett, L., 28 Aug 2019, Resisting Neoliberalism in Education: Local, National and Transnational Perspectives. Tett, L. & Hamilton, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Bristol: Policy Press, p. 41-56 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • employability 100%
  • literacy 65%
  • discourse 51%
  • education 29%
  • economics 20%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Transformative and emancipatory literacy to empower

  Duckworth, V. & Tett, E., 2019, In: International Journal of Lifelong Education. 38, 4, p. 366-378 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • literacy 100%
  • symbolic violence 66%
  • knowledge economy 28%
  • coproduction 28%
  • further education 26%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Transforming Learning Identities in Literacy Programmes

  Tett, E., 1 Apr 2019, In: Journal of Transformative Education. 17, 2, p. 154-172 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • literacy 100%
  • learning 49%
  • correctional institution 41%
  • student 35%
  • discourse 26%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• ‘I had some additional angel wings’: Parents positioned as experts in their children’s education

  Tett, E. & Macleod, G., 4 Mar 2019, In: International Journal of Lifelong Education. 38, 2, p. 171-183 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • expert 100%
  • learning 54%
  • education 48%
  • family education 41%
  • artifact 27%
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  ‘University opened up so many doors for me’: the personal and professional development of graduates from non-traditional backgrounds

  Christie, H., Cree, V. E., Mullins, E. & Tett, L., 2018, In: Studies in Higher Education. 43, 11, p. 1938-1948 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • graduate 100%
  • labor market 82%
  • university 48%
  • education 47%
  • qualification 44%
  9 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  From further to higher education: Transition as an on-going process

  Tett, L., Cree, V. E. & Christie, H., 1 Mar 2017, In: Higher Education. 73, 3, p. 389-406 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • university 100%
  • education 65%
  • further education 46%
  • learning 44%
  • time 30%
  49 Citations (Scopus)

• Narratives of care amongst undergraduate students

  Tett, L., Cree, V. E., Mullins, E. & Christie, H., 1 Sep 2017, In: Pastoral Care in Education. 35, 3, p. 166-178 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Students 100%
  • narrative 87%
  • student 34%
  • university 24%
  • Scotland 20%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Participation in adult literacy programmes and social injustices

  Tett, L., 11 Nov 2017, The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning. Milana, M., Webb, S., Holford, J., Waller, R. & Jarvis, P. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan UK, p. 359-374 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • literacy 100%
  • participation 76%
  • redistribution 75%
  • privilege 65%
  • deficit 60%

• Resisting 'Human Capital' Ideology?

  Tett, L., 9 Sep 2017, In: Concept: The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory. 8, 2, 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • human capital 100%
  • ideology 80%
  • economics 43%
  • productivity 33%
  • worker 25%
• 2016

  Community-based learning and research: Partnerships, power and learning

  Tett, L., 1 Feb 2016, In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 18, 1, p. 6-16 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • democracy 100%
  • learning 76%
  • university 34%
  • health 33%
  • Group 22%

• Learning, literacy and identity: ‘I don’t think I’m a failure any more’

  Tett, E., 2 Apr 2016, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 37, 3, p. 427-444 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • literacy 100%
  • learning 49%
  • experience 45%
  • curriculum 26%
  • discourse 26%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Relationships Matter: the Views of College Entrants to an Ancient Scottish University

  Cree, V., Christie, H. & Tett, E., 2016, In: Scottish Educational Review. 48, 1, p. 89-99 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • student 100%
  • education 71%
  • staff 70%
  • university 53%
  • government policy 53%

• ‘It all just clicked’: a longitudinal perspective on transitions within university

  Christie, H., Tett, E., Cree, V. E. & McCune, V., 3 Mar 2016, In: Studies in Higher Education. 41, 3, p. 478-490 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • university 100%
  • further education 77%
  • learning 73%
  • student 53%
  • career 46%
  42 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Community-based education and learning

  Tett, L., 16 Sep 2015, Universities and Engagement: International Perspectives on Higher Education and Lifelong Learning. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 130-140 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2014

  Comparative performance measures, globalising strategies and literacy policy in Scotland

  Tett, L., 1 Jan 2014, In: Globalisation, Societies and Education. 12, 1, p. 127-142 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • literacy 100%
  • international comparison 85%
  • policy implementation 78%
  • OECD 70%
  • competitiveness 68%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Lifelong learning policies, paradoxes and possibilities

  Tett, E., 1 Sep 2014, In: The Adult Learner Journal The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education. 2014, p. 15-28 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • lifelong learning 100%
  • economic success 42%
  • economic value 39%
  • deprivation 32%
  • exclusion 24%
• 2013

  Access retention and withdrawal: A European perspective

  Merrill, B. & Tett, L., 1 Sep 2013, In: Studies in the Education of Adults. 45, 2, p. 115-118 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Adult literacies

  Tett, L., 8 Nov 2013, Learning with Adults: A Reader. Mayo, P. (ed.). Sense Publishers, p. 275-283 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • literacy 100%
  • schoolchild 63%

• 'Participatory parity', young people and policy in Scotland

  Mackie, A. & Tett, L., May 2013, In: Journal of Education Policy. 28, 3, p. 386-403 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • social justice 100%
  • decentralization 35%
  • discourse analysis 34%
  • justice 27%
  • citizen 23%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Plugging a gap? Soft skills courses and learning for work

  Weedon, E. & Tett, L., Nov 2013, In: International Journal of Lifelong Education. 32, 6, p. 724-740 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • learning 100%
  • European Structural Funds 86%
  • low qualified worker 76%
  • employer 38%
  • confidence 36%
  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Learning, rehabilitation and the arts in prisons: a Scottish case study

  Tett, L., Anderson, K., Mcneill, F., Overy, K. & Sparks, R., 1 Sep 2012, In: Studies in the Education of Adults. 44, 2, p. 171-185 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • correctional institution 100%
  • rehabilitation 97%
  • prisoner 85%
  • art 84%
  • literacy 40%
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Learning from feedback? Mature students' experiences of assessment in higher education

  Tett, L., Hounsell, J., Christie, H., Cree, V. E. & McCune, V., Jun 2012, In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 17, 2, p. 247-260 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • university 100%
  • learning 91%
  • experience 83%
  • education 82%
  • career 69%
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Critical and social literacy practices from the Scottish adult literacy experience: Resisting deficit approaches to learning

  Crowther, J. & Tett, L., Nov 2011, In: Literacy. 45, 3, p. 134-140 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adult Literacy 100%
  • Literacy Practices 89%
  • Literacy 54%
  • deficit 45%
  • literacy 37%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Learning and identity

  Tett, L., 15 Dec 2011, The Routledge International Handbook of Learning. Jarvis, P. & Watts, M. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, p. 75-83 9 p. (Routledge International Handbooks of Education).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • learning 100%
  • family work 35%
  • social situation 35%
  • human being 34%
  • self-image 31%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2010

  Adult literacy, learning identities and pedagogic practice

  Crowther, J., MacLachlan, K. & Tett, L., Nov 2010, In: International Journal of Lifelong Education. 29, 6, p. 651-664 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • pedagogics 100%
  • literacy 68%
  • learning 33%
  • disposition 22%
  • persistence 21%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Adult Literacy Education

  Tett, L. & St.Clair, R., 2010, International Encyclopedia of Education. Peterson, P., Baker, E. & McGaw, B. (eds.). 3rd ed. Elsevier Ireland Ltd, p. 107-112 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review

  • Literacy 100%
  • Education 53%
  • Social Practice 18%
  • Import 13%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Community Education, Learning and Development

  Tett, L. & Fyfe, I., 11 Aug 2010, 3rd ed. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press. 128 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • learning 100%
  • education 89%
  • lifelong learning 48%
  • development project 47%
  • building 45%

• Ethics, collaboration and the organisational context of youth work

  McCulloch, K. & Tett, L., 21 May 2010, Ethical Issues in Youth Work. Banks, S. (ed.). 2nd ed. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 38-52 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Institutional Ethics 100%
  • Professionalism 40%
  • Climate 34%
  • Ethics 31%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Gender balance in teaching debate: Tensions between gender theory and equality policy

  Riddell, S. & Tett, L., Aug 2010, In: International Journal of Inclusive Education. 14, 5, p. 463-477 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Equality 100%
  • equality 83%
  • Teaching 60%
  • gender 49%
  • Proportion 24%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Mature and younger students' reasons for making the transition from further education into higher education

  McCune, V., Hounsell, J., Christie, H., Cree, V. E. & Tett, L., 2010, In: Teaching in Higher Education. 15, 6, p. 691-702 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • further education 100%
  • education 28%
  • student 22%
  • university 21%
  • longitudinal study 18%
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Sail training as education: More than mere adventure

  McCulloch, K., Mclaughlin, P., Allison, P., Edwards, V. & Tett, L., Dec 2010, In: Oxford Review of Education. 36, 6, p. 661-676 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • confidence 100%
  • capacity to work 68%
  • experience 55%
  • education 54%
  • recreation 46%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Work-based learning, identity and organisational culture

  Ahlgren, L. & Tett, L., Mar 2010, In: Studies in Continuing Education. 32, 1, p. 17-27 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • organizational culture 100%
  • workplace 54%
  • learning 31%
  • deficit 31%
  • employer 29%
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Credit Where Credit’s Due: Recognising Literacies Learning

  Tett, L., McLennan, F. & Edwards, V., 28 Jan 2009, Scottish Government. 67 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • accreditation 100%
  • credit 92%
  • learning 36%
  • best practice 17%

• Educational entrepreneurs? Practitioner-led action research and the formation of the professional adult literacies instructor

  St. Clair, R., Maclachlan, K. & Tett, L., 1 Sep 2009, In: Studies in the Education of Adults. 41, 2, p. 175-191 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • entrepreneur 100%
  • action research 93%
  • instructor 77%
  • New Public Management 20%
  • development strategy 17%

• Educators' Responses to Policy Concerns about the Gender Balance of the Teaching Profession in Scotland

  Tett, L. & Riddell, S., Jul 2009, In: Journal of Education Policy. 24, 4, p. 477-493 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • profession 100%
  • educator 90%
  • Gender equality 72%
  • gender 72%
  • Teaching 62%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• From Further Education to Higher Education: Social Work Students' Experiences of Transition to an Ancient, Research-Led University

  Cree, V. E., Hounsell, J., Christie, H., McCune, V. & Tett, L., Dec 2009, In: Social Work Education. 28, 8, p. 887-901 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • further education 100%
  • social work 71%
  • experience 28%
  • education 28%
  • student 22%
  19 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  'A real rollercoaster of confidence and emotions': Learning to be a university student

  Christie, H., Tett, L., Cree, V. E., Hounsell, J. & McCune, V., 2008, In: Studies in Higher Education. 33, 5, p. 567-581 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • confidence 100%
  • emotion 96%
  • university 61%
  • learning 45%
  • student 32%
  254 Citations (Scopus)

• Building Connections, Getting Involved: Measuring Social Capital Outcomes of Community Learning and Development

  Crowther, J., Tett, L. & Edwards, V., 24 Jun 2008, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 44 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • social capital 100%
  • development project 54%
  • learning 38%

• Learners, Tutors and Power in Adult Literacies Research in Scotland

  Tett, L. & MacLachlan, K., Nov 2008, In: International Journal of Lifelong Education. 27, 6, p. 659-672 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • tutor 100%
  • literacy 46%
  • learning 36%
  • Teaching 17%
  • suppression 14%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Mapping Youth Literacies Practice with The 16 - 25 Age Group

  Hall, S., MacLachlan, K., Tett, L. & Edwards, V., 15 May 2008, Scottish Government. 125 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • age group 100%
  • learning 40%
  • Youth services 26%
  • lifelong learning 19%
  • manager 14%

• 'The More You Learn the Better You Feel': Research into Literacies, Learning and Identity in Scotland

  MacLachlan, K., Tett, L. & Hall, S., 3 Nov 2008, Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills: Findings from Longitudinal Research. Reder, S. & Bynner, J. (eds.). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 329-348 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)