Leesa Wheelahan

Leesa Wheelahan

University of Toronto

H-index: 35

North America-Canada

About Leesa Wheelahan

Leesa Wheelahan, With an exceptional h-index of 35 and a recent h-index of 19 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Toronto, specializes in the field of tertiary education policy, sociology of knowledge, sociology of curriculum, social realism, critical realism.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Toward capabilities for adult working learners in Canada and the United States

Double Symposium on Diversity in the Social Role of Colleges

Human capital theory and its discontents

Gig qualifications for the gig economy: micro-credentials and the ‘hungry mile’

Challenging the skills fetish

Why isn’t there more higher education in colleges in liberal market countries?

Equity and access to high skills through higher vocational education

The postsecondary qualifications of Canadian workers: disparities and bottlenecks in regulated, applied, and general occupations

Leesa Wheelahan Information

University

Position

Ontario Institute of Studies in Education

Citations(all)

4655

Citations(since 2020)

1994

Cited By

3552

hIndex(all)

35

hIndex(since 2020)

19

i10Index(all)

86

i10Index(since 2020)

41

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University Profile Page

University of Toronto

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Leesa Wheelahan Skills & Research Interests

tertiary education policy

sociology of knowledge

sociology of curriculum

social realism

critical realism

Top articles of Leesa Wheelahan

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Toward capabilities for adult working learners in Canada and the United States

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education

Gavin Moodie

Leesa Wheelahan

Debra D Bragg

2023/9

Double Symposium on Diversity in the Social Role of Colleges

ISBN: 9798854653626 Imprint: Independently published zenodo. org/community/vetnet/www. vetnetsite. org

Gavin Moodie

Leesa Wheelahan

2023/8/22

Human capital theory and its discontents

Gavin Moodie

Leesa Wheelahan

2023/3/24

Gig qualifications for the gig economy: micro-credentials and the ‘hungry mile’

Higher Education

Leesa Wheelahan

Gavin Moodie

2022/6

Challenging the skills fetish

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Leesa Wheelahan

Gavin Moodie

James Doughney

2022/4/3

Why isn’t there more higher education in colleges in liberal market countries?

Leesa Wheelahan

2022/3/9

Equity and access to high skills through higher vocational education

Elizabeth Knight

Ann-Marie Bathmaker

Gavin Moodie

Kevin Orr

Sue Webb

...

2022/3/8

The postsecondary qualifications of Canadian workers: disparities and bottlenecks in regulated, applied, and general occupations

Journal of Education and Work

Eric Lavigne

Lindsay Coppens

Juliette Sweeney

Gavin Moodie

Ruth A Childs

...

2022/1/2

Doctoral theses abstracts in vocational education

Leesa Wheelahan

2021/10/2

Investing in a better future: higher education and post-COVID Canada

Jennifer Brennan

Frank Deer

Leonard Findlay

Karen Foster

Guy Laforest

...

2021/3

Credentialing micro credentials

Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability

Gavin Moodie

Leesa Wheelahan

2021

A degree is a degree? The impact of elite universities on colleges offering degrees

International Journal of Training Research

Leesa Wheelahan

Gavin Moodie

2020/5/3

Shifting paradigms in postsecondary education: Historical, conceptual, and theoretical frameworks governing outcomes-based approaches to credit transfer

Learning Outcomes, Academic Credit and Student Mobility

Christine Arnold

Mary Wilson

Michael Potter

Leesa Wheelahan

2020/10/30

Doctoral theses in vocational education

Journal of Vocational Education & Training

Leesa Wheelahan

2020/10/1

Micro credentials: Zombie skills sets resurrected as micro credentials

Australian TAFE Teacher

Gavin Moodie

Leesa Wheelahan

2020/6

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Co-Authors

H-index: 84
Simon Marginson

Simon Marginson

University of Oxford

H-index: 42
Trevor Gale

Trevor Gale

University of Glasgow

H-index: 41
Bruce Chapman

Bruce Chapman

Australian National University

H-index: 26
Michael Skolnik

Michael Skolnik

University of Toronto

H-index: 22
Ruth A. Childs

Ruth A. Childs

University of Toronto

H-index: 21
Louise Watson

Louise Watson

University of Canberra

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