Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books

• Roberts P. (2022) Performativity, Politics and Education: From Policy to Philosophy. Leiden: Brill. 146 pp.

• Roberts P. and Saeverot H. (2018) Education and the Limits of Reason: Reading Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Nabokov. New York: Routledge. 143.

• Roberts P. (2016) Happiness, hope, and despair: Rethinking the role of education. New York: Peter Lang. 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.3726/978-1-4539-1706-0.

• Roberts P., Gibbons A. and Heraud R. (2015) Education, Ethics and Existence: Camus and the Human Condition. New York: Routledge. 138pp.

• Roberts P. and Freeman-Moir J. (2013) Better Worlds: Education, Art, and Utopia. Lanham: Lexington Books. xvi+180.

• Roberts P. (2012) From West to East and Back Again: An Educational Reading of Hermann Hesse's Later Work. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. v+101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-805-6.

• Peters MA. and Roberts P. (2011) The Virtues of Openness: Education and Scholarship in a Digital Age. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers. 171pp.

• Roberts P. (2010) Paulo Freire in the 21st Century: Education, Dialogue, and Transformation. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers. 192pp.

• Roberts P. and Peters MA. (2008) Neoliberalism, Higher Education and Research. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. 144pp.

• Roberts P. (2000) Education, Literacy, and Humanization: Exploring the Work of Paulo Freire. Westport: Bergin and Garvey.

• Peters M. and Roberts P. (1999) University Futures and the Politics of Reform in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

Edited Volumes

• Roberts P. (2015) Shifting Focus: Strangers and Strangeness in Literature and Education. New York: Routledge. 122pp.

• Carpenter VM., Jesson J., Roberts P. and Stephenson M. (2008) Ngā Kaupapa Here: Connections and Contradictions in Education. Melbourne: Cengage.

• Roberts P. and Chambers M. (2001) Digital Developments in Higher Education: Theory and Practice. Cambridge: Taylor Graham Publishing. 189.

• Roberts P. (1999) Paulo Freire, Politics and Pedagogy: Reflections from Aotearoa-New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press. 123.

• Peters M. and Roberts P. (1998) Virtual Technologies and Tertiary Education. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press. 232.

Chapters

• Roberts P. (2022) Truth, Attention and Higher Education. In Ozolins JT (Ed.), Education in an Age of Lies and Fake News: Regaining a Love of Truth: 62-76. New York: Routledge.

• Roberts P. (2021) A Philosophy of Hope: Paulo Freire and Critical Pedagogy. In Pagès A (Ed.), A History of Western Philosophy of Education in the Contemporary Landscape.: 107-128. London: Bloomsbury.

• Roberts P. (2021) More Than Measurement: Education, Uncertainty and Existence. In Howard P; Saevi T; Foran A; Biesta G (Ed.), Phenomenology and Educational Theory in Conversation: Back to Education Itself.: 63-74. New York: Routledge.

• Roberts P. (2020) Less Certain But No Less Committed: Paulo Freire and Simone de Beauvoir on Ethics and Education. In Kirylo JD (Ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Contemporary Critical Perspectives: 135-146. London: Bloomsbury.

• Roberts P. (2020) Philosophy, Death, and Education. In Noblit G (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education: 1-21. New York: Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1271.

• Roberts P. (2019) Philosophy of Education. In Kamp A (Ed.), Education Studies in Aotearoa: Key Disciplines and Emerging Directions: 25-46. Wellington: NZCER Press.

• Roberts P. (2019) Thesis Supervision: A Freirean Approach. In Torres CA (Ed.), The Wiley Handbook of Paulo Freire: 521-534. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119236788.ch28.

• Roberts P. (2018) Literature, Learning and Liberation: Teaching Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha. In Boscaljon D; Levinovitz AJ (Ed.), Teaching Religion and Literature: 11. New York: Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429464959-16.

• Roberts P. (2018) Theory as Research: Philosophical Work in Education. In Quay J; Bleazby J; Stolz S; Toscano M; Webster S (Ed.), Theory and Philosophy in Education Research: Methodological Dialogues: 23-35. London: Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351176118-2.

• Roberts P. (2017) Dostoevsky, Destructiveness and Education. In Peters MA (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory Singapore: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_556-1.

• Roberts P. (2017) Education and Human Formation: A Freirean Perspective. In Ozolins JT (Ed.), Civil Society, Education and Human Formation: Philosophy's Role in a Renewed Understanding of Education: 83-97. New York: Routledge.

• Roberts P. (2017) Tolstoy, Education and the Meaning of Life. In Peters MA (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory Singapore: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_557-1.

• Roberts PR. (2017) Paulo Freire. In Noblit GW (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education Oxford: Oxford University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.10.

• Roberts P. (2016) Freire’s Philosophy and Pedagogy: Humanization and Education. In Peters MA (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory Singapore: Springer.

• Roberts P. (2014) An Accident Waiting to Happen: Reflections on a Philosophical Life in Education. In Waks LJ (Ed.), Leaders in Philosophy of Education, Vol. 2: 211-230. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

• Roberts P. (2014) Changing Scholarly Lives: Neoliberalism, Discipline(s) and Educational Research. In Reid AD; Hart EP; Peters MA (Ed.), A Companion to Research in Education: 41-45. Dordrecht: Springer.

• Roberts P. (2014) Endless Energy: Portrait of an Intellectual. In Lazaroiu G (Ed.), Liber Amicorum: A Philosophical Conversation Among Friends: 24-31. New York: Addleton Academic Publishers.

• Roberts P. (2014) Tertiary Education and Critical Citizenship. In Petrovic JE; Kuntz AM (Ed.), Citizenship Education Around the World: Local Contexts and Global Possibilities: 220-236. New York: Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315863610.

• Roberts P. (2013) Simone Weil: Education, Spirituality and Political Commitment. In Kirylo JD (Ed.), A Critical Pedagogy of Resistance: 34 Pedagogues We Need to Know: 129-132. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

• Roberts P. (2012) Scholars, Philosophers or Performers? The Politics of Research in Contemporary Universities. In Openshaw R; Clark J (Ed.), Critic and Conscience: Essays in Memory of John Codd and Roy Nash: 87-104. Wellington: NZCER Press.

• Roberts P. and Codd J. (2010) Neoliberal Tertiary Education Policy. In Thrupp M; Irwin R (Ed.), Another Decade of New Zealand Education Policy: Where to Now?: 99-110. Hamilton: Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research.

• Roberts P. (2008) Reason, Emotion, and Politics in the Work of Paulo Freire. In Torres CA; Noguera P (Ed.), Social Justice Education for Teachers: Paulo Freire and the Possible Dream: 101-118. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

• Roberts P. (2008) Teaching as an Ethical and Political Process: A Freirean Perspective. In Carpenter VM; Jesson J; Roberts P; Stephenson M (Ed.), Ngā Kaupapa Here: Connections and Contradictions in Education: 99-108. Melbourne: Cengage.

• Roberts P. (2006) Performativity, measurement and research: a critique of performance-based research funding in New Zealand. In Ozga J; Popkewitz TS; Seddon T (Ed.), World Yearbook of Education 2006: 185-199. London: Routledge.

• Roberts P. (2005) Tertiary Education, Knowledge and Neoliberalism. In Codd J; Sullivan K (Ed.), Education Policy Directions in Aotearoa New Zealand: 39-51. Palmerston North: Thomson/Dunmore Press.

• Roberts P. (2003) Contemporary Curriculum Research in New Zealand. In Pinar W (Ed.), The International Handbook of Curriculum Research: 495-516. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum.

• Roberts P. (2003) Knowledge, Dialogue and Humanization: Exploring Freire's Philosophy. In Peters M; Olssen M; Lankshear C (Ed.), Critical Theory and the Human Condition: Founders and Praxis: 169-183. New York: Peter Lang.

• Roberts P. (2001) Nietzsche and the Limits of Academic Life. In Peters M; Marshall J; Smeyers P (Ed.), Nietzsche's Legacy for Education: Past and Present Values: 125-137. Westport: Bergin & Garvey.

• Roberts P. (2001) The Crisis in Scholarly Publishing: Exploring Electronic Solutions. In Roberts P; Chambers M (Ed.), Digital Developments in Higher Education: Theory and Practice: 89-107. Cambridge: Taylor Graham Publishing.

• Roberts P. (1999) Freire, Neoliberalism and the University. In Roberts P (Ed.), Paulo Freire, Politics and Pedagogy: Reflections from Aotearoa-New Zealand: 97-111. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

• Roberts P. (1998) Scholarly Life in Virtual Universities. In Peters M; Roberts P (Ed.), Virtual Technologies and Tertiary Education: 111-193. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

• Roberts P. (1997) A Critique of the NZQA Policy Reforms. In Olssen M; Morris Matthews M (Ed.), Education Policy in New Zealand: The 1990s and Beyond: 162-189. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

• Roberts P. (1997) Political Correctness, Great Books and the University Curriculum. In Peters M (Ed.), Cultural Politics and the University: 103-134. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

Journal Articles

• Roberts P. (2022) Conscientization, compassion, and madness: Freire, Barreto, and the limits of education. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 44(1): 4-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10714413.2021.1890510.

• Roberts P. (2021) Education, Attention and Transformation:: Death and Decreation in Tolstoy and Weil. Studies in Philosophy and Education 40(6): 595-608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11217-021-09775-8.

• Roberts P. (2019) Higher education, impact, and the Internet: Publishing, politics, and performativity. First Monday 24(5-6) http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i5.9474.

• Roberts P. (2019) Performativity, Big Data and Higher Education: The Death of the Professor? Beijing International Review of Education 1(1): 73-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25902547-00101008.

• Roberts P. (2018) Love, Attention and Teaching: Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Open Review of Educational Research 5(1): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23265507.2017.1404434.

• Roberts P. (2017) Learning to live with doubt: Kierkegaard, Freire, and critical pedagogy. Policy Futures in Education 15(7-8): 834-848. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1478210317736225.

• Roberts PR. (2017) Impure Neoliberalism: A Freirean Critique of Dominant Trends in Higher Education. Rizoma Freireano 22.

• Roberts P. (2016) A Golden Age? Dostoevsky, Daoism and Education. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education 47.

• Roberts P. (2016) Paulo Freire and the Politics of Education: A Response to Neumann. Educational Philosophy and Theory 48.

• Roberts P. (2016) Utopia, Dystopia and the Struggle for Redemption: Iris Murdoch and Educative Attention. Journal of Educational Thought 50.

• Stewart G. and Roberts P. (2016) Philosophy of Education, Dialogue, and Academic Life in Aotearoa New Zealand. Policy Futures in Education 14.

• Roberts P. (2015) Doubt, Despair and Hope in Western Thought: Unamuno and the promise of education. Educational Philosophy and Theory 47(11): 1198-1210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2014.991503.

• Roberts P. (2015) 'It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times ...': Philosophy of Education in the Contemporary World. Studies in Philosophy and Education 34(6): 623-634. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11217-014-9438-z.

• Roberts P. (2015) Partnership as Intellectual Kinship. Knowledge Cultures 3(5): 42-48.

• Roberts P. (2015) Paulo Freire and Utopian Education. The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 37(5): 376-392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10714413.2015.1091256.

• Roberts P. (2014) Educative Suffering? Dostoevsky as Teacher. The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 36(5): 372-385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10714413.2014.958378.

• Roberts P. and Stewart G. (2014) Looking Beyond Neoliberal Tertiary Education Policy from Taoist and Māori Perspectives. Knowledge Cultures 2(2): 93-107.

• Roberts P. (2013) Academic Dystopia: Knowledge, Performativity and Tertiary Education. The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 35(1): 27-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10714413.2013.753757.

• Roberts P. (2013) Acceptance, Resistance and Educational Transformation: A Taoist Reading of The First Man. Educational Philosophy and Theory 45(11): 1175-1189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2013.772700.

• Roberts P. (2013) Education and the Face of the Other: Levinas, Camus and (Mis)understanding. Educational Philosophy and Theory 45(11): 1133-1149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2013.772706.

• Roberts P. (2013) Education, Faith, and Despair: Wrestling with Kierkegaard. Philosophy of Education Yearbook 2013 (Urbana, IL, Philosophy of Education Society): 277-285.

• Roberts P. (2013) Educative Strangeness. Educational Philosophy and Theory 45(4): 355-359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2012.718123.

• Roberts P. (2013) Happiness, Despair, and Education. Studies in Philosophy and Education 32(5): 463-475. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11217-012-9325-4.

• Roberts P. (2013) Reconfiguring Research in New Zealand: Education, Politics and Performativity. Australian Educational Researcher 40(4): 509-512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-013-0108-x.

• Roberts P. (2013) The Stranger Within: Dostoevsky's Underground. Educational Philosophy and Theory 45(4): 396-408. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2012.718146.

• Roberts P. (2012) Bridging East and West - Or, a bridge too far? Paulo Freire and the Tao Te Ching. Educational Philosophy and Theory 44(9): 942-958. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2011.00797.x.

• Roberts P. (2012) Education and the Limits of Reason: Reading Dostoevsky. Educational Theory 62(2): 203-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5446.2012.00443.x.

• Roberts P. (2012) Scholarly Publishing and the Politics of Openness: Knowledge Production in Contemporary Universities. Review of Contemporary Philosophy 11: 11-25.

• Roberts P. (2012) The Politics of Change: Publishing, Policy and Practice. Access: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies 31(1): 17-22.

• Roberts P. (2011) Attention, asceticism and grace: Simone Weil and higher education. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 10(3): 315-328. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474022211408037.

• Roberts P. (2011) Openness as an Educational Virtue. Geopolitics, History, and International Relations 3(1): 9-24.

• Roberts P. and Peters MA. (2011) From Castalia to Wikipedia: openness and closure in knowledge communities. E-Learning and Digital Media 8(1): 36-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2011.8.1.36.

• Roberts P. (2009) A New Patriotism? Neoliberalism, Citizenship and Tertiary Education in New Zealand. Educational Philosophy and Theory 41(4): 410-423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2008.00437.x.

• Roberts P. (2009) Education, Death and Awakening: Hesse, Freire and the Process of Transformation. International Journal of Lifelong Education 28(1): 57-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02601370802568432.

• Roberts P. (2009) Education, Society and the Individual: Reflections on the Work of Hermann Hesse. Journal of Educational Thought 43(2): 93-108.

• Roberts P. (2009) Hope in Troubled Times? PESA and the Future of Philosophy of Education. Educational Philosophy and Theory 41(7): 811-813. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2009.00587.x.

• Roberts P. (2009) Technology, Utopia and Scholarly Life: Ideals and Realities in the Work of Hermann Hesse. Policy Futures in Education 7(1): 65-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/pfie.2009.7.1.65.

• Roberts P. (2008) Beyond the Rhetoric of "Quality" and "Relevance": Evaluating the Tertiary Education Strategy, 2007-12. New Zealand Annual Review of Education 17: 41-57.

• Roberts P. (2008) Bridging Literary and Philosophical Genres: Judgement, reflection and education in Camus' The Fall. Educational Philosophy and Theory 40(7): 873-887. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2008.00472.x.

• Roberts P. (2008) Educational Dreams and Political Realities. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education 39(3): 375-386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10780-008-9067-y.

• Roberts P. (2008) From West to East and Back Again: Faith, Doubt and Education in Hermann Hesse's Later Work. Journal of Philosophy of Education 42(2): 249-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.2008.00617.x.

• Roberts P. (2008) Life, Death and Transformation: Education and Incompleteness in Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game. Canadian Journal of Education 31(3): 667-696.

• Roberts P. (2008) More Than a Metaphor: The Education of Joseph Knecht. Pedagogy, Culture and Society 16(2): 163-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14681360802142138.

• Roberts P. (2008) Teaching, Learning and Ethical Dilemmas: Lessons from Albert Camus. Cambridge Journal of Education 38(4): 529-542. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03057640802482348.

• Roberts P. (2008) The Dream of a Journey to the East: Mystery, Ritual and Education in Hermann Hesse's Penultimate Novel. Paideusis 17(1): 45-58.

• Roberts P. (2007) Conscientisation in Castalia: A Freirean Reading of Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game. Studies in Philosophy and Education 26(6): 509-523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11217-007-9062-2.

• Roberts P. (2007) Intellectuals, Tertiary Education and Questions of Difference. Educational Philosophy and Theory 39(5): 480-493. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00247.x.

• Roberts P. (2007) Neoliberalism, Performativity and Research. International Review of Education 53(4): 349-365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11159-007-9049-9.

• Roberts P. (2007) Ten Years On: Engaging the Work of Paulo Freire in the 21st Century. Studies in Philosophy and Education 26(6): 505-508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11217-007-9061-3.

• Roberts P. (2005) A framework for analysing definitions of literacy. Educational Studies 31(1): 29-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305569042000310949.

• Roberts P. (2005) Freire and Dostoevsky: Uncertainty, Dialogue and Transformation. Journal of Transformative Education 3(1): 126-139.

• Roberts P. (2005) Pedagogy, Politics and Intellectual Life: Freire in the Age of the Market. Policy Futures in Education 3(4): 446-458.

• Roberts P. (2004) Gramsci, Freire and Intellectual Life. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education 35(3): 365-373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02698884.

• Roberts P. (2004) Neoliberalism, Knowledge and Inclusiveness. Policy Futures in Education 2(2): 350-364.

• Roberts P. (2003) Epistemology, Ethics and Education: Addressing Dilemmas of Difference in the Work of Paulo Freire. Studies in Philosophy and Education 22(2): 157-173.

• Roberts P. (2003) Pedagogy, Neoliberalism and Postmodernity: Reflections on Freire's Later Work. Educational Philosophy and Theory 35(4): 451-465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1469-5812.00041.

• Roberts P. (2002) Postmodernity, Tertiary Education and the New Knowledge Discourses. Access: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies 21(1): 53-60.

• Roberts P. (2001) Freedom, Justice and Understanding. Journal of Educational Thought 35(2): 149-156.

• Roberts P. (2001) Making it Matter: Politics, Commitment, and the Art of Teaching. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education 32(1): 79-90.

• Peters M. and Roberts M. (2000) Universities, Futurology and Globalisation. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 21(2): 125-139.

• Roberts P. (2000) Knowledge, Information and Literacy. International Review of Education 46(5): 433-453.

• Fitzsimons P., Peters M. and Roberts P. (1999) Economics and the Educational Policy Process in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 34(1): 35-44.

• Peters M. and Roberts P. (1999) Globalisation and the Crisis in the Concept of the Modern University. Australian Universities' Review 42: 47-55.

• Roberts P. (1999) A Dilemma for Critical Educators? Journal of Moral Education 28(1): 19-30.

• Roberts P. (1999) Beyond Buber: Dialogue, Education and Politics. Journal of Educational Thought 33(2): 183-189.

• Roberts P. (1999) Critical Paths in Pedagogy, Research and Development. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education 30(3): 347-357.

• Roberts P. (1999) Scholarly Publishing, Peer Review and the Internet. First Monday: The Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet 4(4).

• Roberts P. (1999) The Future of the University: Reflections from New Zealand. International Review of Education 45(1): 65-85.

• Roberts P. and Peters M. (1999) A Critique of the Tertiary Education White Paper. New Zealand Annual Review of Education 8: 1-22.

• Peters M. and Roberts P. (1998) Agendas for Change: Universities in the 21st Century. New Zealand Annual Review of Education 7: 5-28.

• Roberts P. (1998) Beyond Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Reading Freire Holistically. New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning 26(1): 32-47.

• Roberts P. (1998) Bloom on Books, Reading and the Determination of Greatness: A Critique and an Alternative. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education 29(3): 245-260.

• Roberts P. (1998) Extending literate horizons: Paulo Freire and the multidimensional word. Educational Review 50(2): 105-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0013191980500203.

• Roberts P. (1998) Rereading Lyotard: Knowledge, Commodification and Higher Education. Electronic Journal of Sociology 3(3).

• Roberts P. (1998) The Politics of Curriculum Reform in New Zealand. Curriculum Studies 6(1): 29-46.

• Roberts P. and Peters M. (1998) Information Technologies and Tertiary Education in New Zealand. First Monday: The Peer-Reviewed Journal on the Internet 3(12).

• Roberts P. (1997) Literacies in Cyberspace. SET: Research Information for Teachers 3.

• Roberts P. (1997) Paulo Freire and Political Correctness. Educational Philosophy and Theory 29(2): 83-101.

• Roberts P. (1997) Qualifications Policies and the Marketisation of Education: A Critical Reading of the Green Paper. Access: Critical Perspectives on Cultural and Policy Studies in Education 16(2): 31-47.

• Roberts P. (1997) The Consequences and Value of Literacy: A Critical Reappraisal. Journal of Educational Thought 31: 45-67.

• Roberts P. (1996) A New Academic Medium? Scholarly Publication and the Promise of Cyberspace. Sites: The South Pacific Journal of Cultural Studies 33: 68-86.

• Roberts P. (1996) Critical Literacy, Breadth of Perspective, and Universities: Applying Insights from Freire. Studies in Higher Education 21(2): 149-163.

• Roberts P. (1996) Defending Freirean Intervention. Educational Theory 46(3): 335-352.

• Roberts P. (1996) Rethinking Conscientisation. Journal of Philosophy of Education 30(2): 179-196.

• Roberts P. (1996) Structure, Direction and Rigour in Liberating Education. Oxford Review of Education 22(3): 295-316.

• Roberts P. (1996) The Danger of Domestication: A Case-Study. International Journal of Lifelong Education 15(2): 94-106.

• Roberts P. (1995) Defining Literacy: Paradise, Nightmare or Red Herring? British Journal of Educational Studies 43(4): 412-432.

• Roberts P. (1995) Education, Literacy and Political Commitment in Postmodern Times. The Review of Education/Pedagogy/Cultural Studies 17(1): 55-73.

• Roberts P. (1995) Literacy Studies: A Review of the Literature, with Signposts for Future Research. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 30(2): 189-214.

• Roberts P. (1994) Education, Dialogue and Intervention: Revisiting the Freirean Project. Educational Studies 20(3): 307-327.

• Roberts P. (1993) Philosophy, Education and Literacy: Some Comments on Bloom. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 28(2): 165-180.

• Roberts P. (1992) Adult Literacy Research: What Does Philosophy Have to Offer? Access: Critical Perspectives on Education Policy 11(1): 13-25.

• Roberts P. (1989) Paulo Freire and Science Education. Delta 41: 41-51.

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