Peter Mayo
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Peter Mayo is Professor and Head of the Department of Education Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Malta
, Malta
. He teaches in the areas of sociology of education
and adult continuing education
, as well as in comparative and international education and sociology in general. Among his major contributions is a comparative analysis of Paulo Freire
's and Antonio Gramsci
's educational thinking, about which he has carried out workshops or delivered seminars (with colleagues) in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Hamburg,Vienna and Berlin.
An invited keynote speaker at international conferences, he has held short-term visiting professorial appointments at the University of Alberta, University of Cyprus, Bogazici University (Istanbul) and UBC-Vancouver('Noted Scholar' in Residence). He has conducted graduate, public, academic staff or other seminars at several universities including those of Mainz (block seminars), Hamburg
, Frankfurt, Toronto
(OISE), Rotterdam (International Institute of Social Studies at Den Haag), London (Institute of Education; Goldsmiths College), Verona, Naples Federico II, the Algarve, Seville
, Bogazici, Tampere
, and Messina (both teleconferencing), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte), Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro as well as the American University in Cairo. He was the President of the Mediterranean Society of Comparative Education (MESCE) 2008-2010, edits a book series on ‘international issues in adult education’ for Sense Publishers and co-edits another book series (with Anne Hickling Hudson and Antonia Darder
), on Postcolonial Studies in Education, for Palgrave-Macmillan.
His internationally acknowledged work includes over 80 papers published in international refereed journals or as chapters in edited books. In 2011 he was given the Comparative International Education Society Higher Education SIG award for best published research article on Higher Education
from an international and comparative perspective. He sits on the Editorial Advisory Boards of several international journals including International Journal of Lifelong Education (Taylor & Francis
), Journal of Transformative Education (Sage), Policy Futures in Education (Symposium), Encylopaideia (ClueB, Bologna) and Educational Philosophy and Theory (Wiley-Blackwell). He recently guest edited a special issue of Comparative Education (Routledge, 2008) and was also guest editor of a special issue of Educational Philosophy and Theory (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).
University of Malta
The University of Malta is the highest educational institution in Malta Europe and is one of the most respected universities in Europe. The University offers undergraduate Bachelor's Degrees, postgraduate Master's Degrees and postgraduate Doctorates .-History:The University of Malta was founded in...
, Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
. He teaches in the areas of sociology of education
Sociology of education
The sociology of education is the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes. It is most concerned with the public schooling systems of modern industrial societies, including the expansion of higher, further, adult, and continuing...
and adult continuing education
Continuing education
Continuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada...
, as well as in comparative and international education and sociology in general. Among his major contributions is a comparative analysis of Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire
Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and influential theorist of critical pedagogy.-Biography:...
's and Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci was an Italian writer, politician, political philosopher, and linguist. He was a founding member and onetime leader of the Communist Party of Italy and was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime...
's educational thinking, about which he has carried out workshops or delivered seminars (with colleagues) in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Hamburg,Vienna and Berlin.
An invited keynote speaker at international conferences, he has held short-term visiting professorial appointments at the University of Alberta, University of Cyprus, Bogazici University (Istanbul) and UBC-Vancouver('Noted Scholar' in Residence). He has conducted graduate, public, academic staff or other seminars at several universities including those of Mainz (block seminars), Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Frankfurt, Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
(OISE), Rotterdam (International Institute of Social Studies at Den Haag), London (Institute of Education; Goldsmiths College), Verona, Naples Federico II, the Algarve, Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
, Bogazici, Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
, and Messina (both teleconferencing), Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Belo Horizonte), Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro as well as the American University in Cairo. He was the President of the Mediterranean Society of Comparative Education (MESCE) 2008-2010, edits a book series on ‘international issues in adult education’ for Sense Publishers and co-edits another book series (with Anne Hickling Hudson and Antonia Darder
Antonia Darder
Antonia Darder, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized scholar, artist, poet, activist, and public intellectual. Dr. Darder holds the Leavey Presidential Endowed Chair in Ethics and Moral Leadership in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University...
), on Postcolonial Studies in Education, for Palgrave-Macmillan.
His internationally acknowledged work includes over 80 papers published in international refereed journals or as chapters in edited books. In 2011 he was given the Comparative International Education Society Higher Education SIG award for best published research article on Higher Education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
from an international and comparative perspective. He sits on the Editorial Advisory Boards of several international journals including International Journal of Lifelong Education (Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom which publishes books and academic journals. It is a division of Informa plc, a United Kingdom-based publisher and conference company.- Overview :...
), Journal of Transformative Education (Sage), Policy Futures in Education (Symposium), Encylopaideia (ClueB, Bologna) and Educational Philosophy and Theory (Wiley-Blackwell). He recently guest edited a special issue of Comparative Education (Routledge, 2008) and was also guest editor of a special issue of Educational Philosophy and Theory (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).
Books
- The National Museum of Fine Arts, Midsea Publications, Malta
- Beyond Schooling (co-edited with G. Baldacchino, Mireva, Malta, 1997)
- Gramsci, Freire and Adult Education (Zed Books, London, 1999); also published in Catalan (Crec, Xativa-Valencia), Portuguese (Artmed, Porto Alegre), German (Argument Verlag, Hamburg), Italian (Carlo Delfino Editore, Sassari) and Spanish (Instituto Paulo Freire de España y edicions del CREC; col.laboradores: denes editorial y diálogos.red, Valencia); forthcoming in Turkish (UTOPYA, Ankara)
- Gramsci and Education (co-edited with C. Borg and J.A. Buttigieg, Rowman & Littlefield, Maryland, 2002)
- Liberating Praxis (Praeger, Westport CT, 2004, AESA Critics Choice Award 2005; in paperback by Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008 and in Catalan translation by Crec, Xativa-Valencia, 2008)
- Learning and Social Difference. (co-authored with C. Borg, Paradigm, Boulder Co., 2006)
- Education, Society and Leadership (co-edited with M. Darmanin, Allied Publishers, Malta, 2007),
- Adult Education in Malta (DVV-International, Bonn, 2007)
- Public Intellectuals, Radical Democracy and Social Movements. A Book of Interviews (with C. Borg, Peter Lang Publishers, New York, 2007).
- Mediterranean Studies in Comparative Education, (co-edited with C. Borg and R. G. Sultana, MESCE and EMCER, 2009).
- Education in Small States. Global Imperatives, Regional Initiatives and Local Dilemmas (edited, London and New York, Routledge, 2009)
- Gramsci and Educational Thought (edited, Oxford and New York,Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
- Learning with Adults. A Critical Pedagogical Introduction (co-authored with Leona English), Rotterdam: Sense Publishers (in press).