Selected Publications
Ignell, C., Davies, P. & Lundholm, C. (2017). Understanding price and the environment: Exploring upper secondary students’ conceptual development, Journal of Social Science Education, 16, 1, pp. 68-80. DOI: 10.4119/UNIBI/jsse-v16-i1-1556
Harring, N., Davies, P. & Lundholm, C. (2017). Learning economics and attitudes to market solutions to environmental problem, Education Sciences 7, 36, pp. 1-15. DOI: 10.3390/educsci7010036
Davies, P., Davies, N. & Qiu, T. (2017). Information and choice of A-Level subjects: a cluster randomized controlled trial with linked administrative data. British Educational Research Journal, 43(4), pp. 647-670.
Perry, T., Davies, P. & Qiu, T. (2017). Great grade expectations: The Role of Pupil Expectations in Target Setting. International Journal of Educational Research (published online). doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2017.10.010
Aprea, C., Wuttke, E., Breuer, K., Koh, N. K., Davies, P., Greimel-Fuhrmann, B. & Lopus, J. (2016). (Eds) International Handbook of Financial Literacy. Dordecht: Springer. ISBN: 978-981-10-0358-5
Davies, P. (2016). Policy Contexts for Financial Literacy. In Aprea, C., Wuttke, E., Breuer, K., Koh, N. K., Davies, P., Greimel-Fuhrmann, B. & Lopus, J. (2016). (Eds) International Handbook of Financial Literacy (pp. 127-130). Dordecht: Springer.
Aprea, C., Wuttke, E., Breuer, K., Koh, N. K., Davies, P., Greimel-Fuhrmann, B. & Lopus, J. (2016). Financial Literacy in the Twenty-First Century: An Introduction to the International Handbook of Financial Literacy. In Aprea, C., Wuttke, E., Breuer, K., Koh, N. K., Davies, P., Greimel-Fuhrmann, B. & Lopus, J. (2016). (Eds) International Handbook of Financial Literacy (pp. 1-4). Dordecht: Springer.
Davies, P., Connolly, M., Nelson, J., Hulme, M., Kirkman, J. & Greenway, C. (2016). ’Letting the right one in’: provider contexts for recruitment to initial teacher education in the United Kingdom. Teaching and Teacher Education. 60, pp. 291-302. doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.09.003
Davies, P. and Qiu, T. (2016) Labour market expectations, relative performance and subject choice, CHEEA, University of Birmingham.
Bentham, J., Davies, P. & Galbraith, D. (2016). Using a ‘literacy across the curriculum’ intervention using self-regulation. Educational Review, 68, 1, pp. 71-81. DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2015.1058751
Davies P. (2015). Towards a framework for financial literacy in the context of democracy. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 47, 2, pp. 300-316. DOI:10.1080/00220272.2014.934717
Davies, P., Syed, F. & Appleyard, L. (2015). Secondary school students’ understanding of the financial system. In: E. Wuttke, J. Seifried & S. Schumann (Eds.). Economic competence and financial literacy of young adults: Status and challenges. Research in vocational education (Vol. 3). Opladen: Barbara Budrich.
Collett-Scmitt, K., Guest, R. & Davies, P. (2014). Assessing Student Understanding of Price and Opportunity Cost through a Hybrid Test Instrument: An exploratory study, Journal of Economics and Economics Education, 16(1), pp.115-134
Davies, P. and Davies, N. (2014). Paying for Quality? Associations between private school fees, performance and use of resources. British Educational Research Journal, 40, 3, pp. 421-440. DOI: 10.1002/berj.3107
Davies, P., Qiu, T. and Davies, N. (2014). Cultural and Human Capital, Information and Higher Education Choices, Journal of Education Policy 29, 6, pp804-825. DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2014.891762
Davies, P. and Hughes, A. (2013). Defining and assessing enterprise capability. Journal of Education and Work. DOI:10.1080/13639080.2013.805188.
Davies, P. (2013). A response to Entwistle and Nisbet. Psychology of Education Review, 37, 1, pp. 15-17.
Ignell, C., Davies, P. and Lundholm, C. (2013). Swedish upper secondary school students’ conceptions of negative environmental impact and pricing. Sustainability, 5(3), pp. 982-996; doi:10.3390/su5030982.
Lundholm, C. and Davies, P. (2013). Conceptual Change in the Social Sciences. In S. Vosniadou (ed.) International handbook of Research in Conceptual Change 2nd. Edition. pp. 288-304. (London: Routledge).
Davies, P., Mangan, J., Hughes, A. and Slack, K. (2013) Labour market motivation and students’ choice of degree subject. British Educational Research Journal. 32, 2. pp.361-382 DOI: 10.1080/01411926.2011.646239
Slack, K., Mangan, J., Hughes, A. and Davies, P. (2012). ‘Hot’, ‘cold’ and ‘warm’ information and higher education decision-making. British Journal of Sociology of Education, iFirst. DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2012.741803.
Davies, P. and Lundholm, C. (2012). Students' understanding of socio-economic phenomena: conceptions about the free provision of goods and services. Journal of Economic Psychology, 33, 1, pp. 79-89. DOI:10.1016/j.joep.2011.08.003
Davies, P., Slack. K. and Howard, C. (2012). Variation in the length of an undergraduate degree: participation and outcomes, Studies in Higher Education, 37, 4, pp. 431-447. DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2010.520698
Davies, K. and Davies, P. (2012). Tensions in Commissioning: services for children’s speech, language and communication needs in one English Region, Journal of Health Service Research and Policy, 17, 2, pp. 37-44. DOI:10.1258/jhsrp.2012.011121