Thomas
Clayton
Professor, English
Department
1231
Patterson Office Tower
University
of Kentucky
Lexington,
KY, 40506, USA
phone:
(859) 257-1604
fax:
(859) 323-1072
e-mail:
Thomas.Clayton@uky.edu
Books
2006. Language
choice in a nation under transition: English language spread in Cambodia. New York: Springer (“Language
Policy” series, No. 5).
2006. Rethinking hegemony. Edited.
Melbourne: James Nicholas Publishers (“International Studies in Education
and Social Change” series).
2000. Education and the
politics of language: Hegemony and pragmatism in Cambodia, 1979-1989.
Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong, Comparative Education Research Centre
(“Studies in Comparative Education” No. 8).
Reviewed in:
Compare
History of
Education
Journal of
Asian Studies
Journal of
Multilingual and Multicultural Development
Language Problems and Language
Planning
2000. “Rethinking hegemony.”
Special journal issue, guest edited. Education and
Society.
Selected Articles
·
Introducing
Giovanni Gentile, the “Philosopher of Fascism.” Forthcoming in Educational Philosophy and Theory.
2007. Modern education
Cambodia: The inclusion of girls and women. With Keng Sopheak. In Gerard A.
Postiglione (Editor), Going to school in
East Asia. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
2007. Transition, culture, and language
in Cambodia. In Amy B.M. Tsui & James Tollefson (Editors), Language policy, culture, and identity in Asian
contexts
(pp. 95–117). Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum.
2006. Language education policies in
South East Asia. In Keith Brown (Editor), Encyclopedia
of language and linguistics (2nd Edition) (Vol. 6, pp. 430–433).
Oxford: Elsevier.
2006. Rethinking hegemony: Historical and
conceptual introduction. In Thomas Clayton (Editor), Rethinking hegemony
(pp. 1–22). Melbourne: James Nicholas Publishers.
2005. On
Globalization, hegemony, and resistance in Selma Sonntag’s The local
politics of global English: Case studies in linguistic globalization (Essay
review). Globalisation, Societies and
Education, 3, 127–135.
2005. Reorientations
in moral education in Cambodia since 1975. Journal
of Moral Education, 34, 505–517.
2004. “Competing conceptions of
globalization” revisited: Relocating the tension between world-systems
analysis and globalization analysis. Comparative
Education Review, 48, 274–294.
2002. Explanations
for the use of international languages in education in developing countries:
Implications for Cambodian development. In Joseph Lo Bianco (Editor), Development
and language: Global influences and local effects (pp. 87–101). Canberra: Language Australia.
2002. Language choice in a nation under
transition: The struggle between English and French in Cambodia. Language
Policy, 1, 3–25.
2002. The Prince’s paradox:
Educational development and transition in Sihanouk’s Cambodia. Political
Crossroads, 9, 5–21.
2000. The
shape of hegemony: Vietnam in Cambodia, 1979–1989. Education and Society, 18(2), 109–124.
1999. Cambodians
and the occupation: Responses to and perceptions of the Vietnamese occupation,
1979–1989. South East Asia
Research, 7(3), 341–363.
1999. Decentering language in
world-system inquiry. Language Problems
and Language Planning, 23(2), 133–156.
1999. Education under occupation:
Political violence, schooling, and response in Cambodia, 1979–1989. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2(1),
1–12.
1998. Beyond mystification: Reconnecting
world-system theory for comparative education. Comparative Education Review, 42(4),
479–496.
1998. Building the new Cambodia:
Educational destruction and construction under the Khmer Rouge,
1975–1979. History of Education
Quarterly, 38(1), 1–16.
1998. Explanations for the use of
languages of wider communication in education in developing countries. International Journal of Educational
Development, 18(2), 145–157.
1998. World or indigenous languages?
Influences on language policies for publishing in Africa. In Philip Altbach and
Damtew Teferra (Editors), Publishing in
African languages: Problems and possibilities (pp. 145–163). Oxford:
Bellagio Publishing Network.
1997. Cambodia. With Yuok Ngoy. In Gerard
A. Postiglione and Grace C.L. Mak (Editors), Asian higher education: An international handbook and reference guide (pp. 21–35).
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
1995. Restriction or resistance?
Educational development in French colonial Cambodia. Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 3(19), 1–12.
Ph.D., Comparative and International Education, University of Pittsburgh, 1995
M.A.T., English
Education, University of Iowa, 1987
B.A., English,
University of Iowa, 1981
Commonly
Taught Courses
Introduction
to Linguistics
Research
Methods for Studies in Language Acquisition, Teaching, and Pedagogy
Teaching English as a Second Language (ENG / EDC / LIN 513)
TESL
Materials and Methods
Kufa University Project
ESL and
Linguistics Curriculum at Kufa University
Composition
– Comprehension Year 1 Syllabus
Composition
– Comprehension Year 2 Syllabus
Curricular Partners
for 2011 Visit
Video of
Center for English as a Second Language classes, Fall 2010
ESL
Resource Material and Websites for Iraqi Delegations
updated 1 October 2007