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Curriculum, Culture and Citizenship Education in Wales

Investigations into the Curriculum Cymreig

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Kevin Smith

    1. Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Citizenship Education in the UK

    • Kevin Smith
    Pages 1-10

  3. A Brief History of Education in Wales

    • Kevin Smith
    Pages 11-33

  4. The Curriculum Cymreig

    • Kevin Smith
    Pages 35-44

  5. Researching Curriculum and Culture in Wales

    • Kevin Smith
    Pages 45-80

  6. Reconceptualising the Curriculum Cymreig

    • Kevin Smith
    Pages 81-100

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 101-110
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About this book

This book explores how culture and citizenship are theorised, promoted and learned throughout schools in Wales. Following a brief history of Welsh education and a discussion of how contemporary cultural identity is theorised through citizenship education curricula, it illustrates how archaic approaches to understanding cultural identity continue to undermine the development of culturally relevant curriculum in Wales. Smith also analyses how young people discuss their orientations to Welshness, how teachers engage with the requirements of the Curriculum Cymreig and how these reactions develop within educational settings. Ending with a recommendation for a more sophisticated framework for conceptualising identity and a critical approach for discussing citizenship and cultural identity in schools in Wales, this book highlights how the critical pedagogy can progress further. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Kevin Smith

About the author

Kevin Smith is a research associate in the Wales Institute of Social & Economic & Research Data and Methods (WISERD) Department at Cardiff University, UK. Prior to joining WISERD in February 2013, Kevin worked in Nuku'alofa, Tonga as the Fellow in Curriculum at the Institute of Education with the University of the South Pacific, Fiji Islands. He also worked for six years as a secondary school teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. 

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