Recent publications – Mike Watts
Upcoming books
Salehjee, S. & Watts, D.M. (2026). Portraits of science literacy: Everyday narratives of education and STEM, Springer International, Netherlands.
Carroll, A. & Watts, D.M. (2026). Scientists meet social sciences: the un-clashing of cultures. Emerald Publishing, UK.
Recent published books
Salehjee, S. & Watts, D.M. (2023). Learning to succeed in science. Stories of south Asian women in Britain. London, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
Dillon, J. & Watts, D.M. (2023). (Eds.) Debates in Science Education, 2nd Edition. London, Routledge.
Salehjee, S. & Watts, D.M. (2020). Becoming Scientific, Developing Science across the Life-course. Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publications.
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/becoming-scientific
Recent publications:
Luo, Y. & Watts, D.M. (2025). Exploring smartphone-assisted learning in the third space: Students’ smartphone identity formation and lived experiences. The Language Learning Journal, 1-21, published online.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09571736.2025.2547603
Watts, D.M. (August, 2025) Teenagers are choosing to study Stem subjects – “it’s a sign of the times”, published in The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/teenagers-are-choosing-to-study-stem-subjects-its-a-sign-of-the-times-263218
Hoskins, K., Lebbakhar, A., & Watts, D.M. (2024). It hooks them in, it’s straight in there’: Leveraging game culture for learning in the Key Stage 2 science curriculum. Education 3-13, published online.
Salehjee, S. & Watts, D.M. (2024). A pedagogy for success: two stories from STEM, International Journal for Science Education, B, Communicating Science, 14(1), 116-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2023.2251188
Salehjee, S. & Watts, D.M. (2024). From ‘dysciencia’ to science: the story of Nabah, in Race, R (ed.) Evolving Dialogues in Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education, London, Routledge (pp. 303-316).
Luo, Y., & Watts, D. M. (2024). Exploration of university students’ lived experiences of using smartphones for English language learning. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 37(4), 608–633. doi:10.1080/09588221.2022.2052904.
Ramma, Y., Bholoa, A., & Watts, D.M. (2024). In-service Physics teachers’ content knowledge: A critical reflection on the case of the Upthrust concept. Education Inquiry, published online, September. 2024. DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2024.2412878.: https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2024.2412878.