Fy ardal/my neighbourhood: how might pupils' orientations to their neighbourhood contribute to a pedagogy of place?

Smith, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2441-573X 2017. Fy ardal/my neighbourhood: how might pupils' orientations to their neighbourhood contribute to a pedagogy of place? Environmental Education Research 23 (5) , pp. 597-614. 10.1080/13504622.2015.1118747

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore curricular and young people’s orientations to, and representations of, the areas in which they live contrasted against curricular representations of place in Wales. This is accomplished through a mixed methods approach incorporating statistical and content analysis. Responses were coded with a positive, neutral or negative value and organised into categories emerging from the data. While the majority (64.6%) of our participants are positively oriented to these areas, schools providing free school meals above the national average for Wales had more pupils with negative orientations. Additionally, the rhetoric in teachers’ guidance for the Curriculum Cymreig promotes cultural icons and symbols representing place, while pupils’ responses do not. The findings suggest a potential relationship between social disadvantage and negative orientations to place, as well as a dissonance between ‘official’ representations of Wales and pupils’ lived experiences. Recommendations are made to include place-based, dialectical critiques of curricular and pupils’ understanding of place within pedagogical practices of teachers in Wales.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Wales; education; Curriculum Cymreig; critical pedagogy; place
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1350-4622
Funders:	HEFCW
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 December 2017
Date of Acceptance:	1 November 2015
Last Modified:	03 Dec 2024 13:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/85999

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