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December 2019

From Global Citizens to Cosmopolitans: Rethinking Citizenship in the Curriculum for Wales

From Global Citizens to Cosmopolitans: Rethinking Citizenship in the Curriculum for Wales

Posted on 23 December 2019 by Dr Kevin Smith

What if “global citizenship” isn’t enough? This post invites educators to imagine a more ethical, reflective form of worldliness—cosmopolitanism—that values human connection over market efficiency. It challenges Wales’s curriculum reform to move beyond the language of economics toward a vision of education rooted in shared humanity, moral reasoning and care for others.

Wales, Welshness, and the Curriculum: Rethinking the Welsh Dimension

Wales, Welshness, and the Curriculum: Rethinking the Welsh Dimension

Posted on 16 December 2019 by Dr Kevin Smith

What does it really mean to “be Welsh” in today’s curriculum? This post explores how official discourses shape our understanding of Wales and Welshness, revealing the tensions between tradition, diversity and identity. It calls for a critical pedagogy of place—one that helps pupils think deeply about culture, belonging and the world beyond their doorstep.

Teaching as a “Fling Career”: Commitment, Capitalism, and the Cost to Education

Posted on 8 December 2019 by Dr Kevin Smith

Is teaching becoming just another gig? This post explores how the logic of the “gig economy” has turned teaching into a transient career rather than a lifelong calling. Dr Kevin Talbert examines the moral and social consequences of treating teachers as disposable labour and asks what it will take to reclaim teaching as a profession of depth, dignity and devotion.