Curriculum, culture and citizenship education in Wales: investigations into the curriculum Cymreig

Smith, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2441-573X 2016. Curriculum, culture and citizenship education in Wales: investigations into the curriculum Cymreig. Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy, London: Palgrave McMillan. 10.1057/978-1-137-54443-8

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LA History of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Curriculum, Culture, Citizenship education, Wales, Cymraeg, Cymreig, Critical pedagogy, National identity, Identity, Democracy, Devolution
Publisher:	Palgrave McMillan
ISBN:	9781137544421
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	4 December 2017
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2022 11:07
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/93903

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