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Educational Research

Retreating to renew educational imagination, purpose and practice.

Posted on 3 April 2025 by Dr Kevin Smith

In December 2021, the Currere Exchange Journal issued a call for papers exploring Currere—an autobiographical approach to curriculum theorising grounded in educators’ analysis and interpretation of their own educational experiences. […]

I, Me and the Reonceptualisation of Curriculum in a New Era of Welsh Education

Posted on 11 April 2024 by Dr Kevin Smith

Generated with BING AI image creator. 11 April 2024. Prompt: Create an image that represents Mead's theory of "I and Me." I, Me and Curriculum Educational reform is something of […]

Currere Cymru: How can autobiographical curriculum theorising enhance teachers’ curriculum work in Wales?

Posted on 27 February 2024 by Dr Kevin Smith

The Future of Educational Research in Wales During my tenure as a Council Member (2015-2020) for the British Educational Research Association (BERA), I worked closely with Professor Gary Beauchamp, a […]

Radical Pedagogy

Posted on 9 November 2022 by Dr Kevin Smith

In an earlier post, I discussed the first chapter in a recent book I co-authored with Dr Dylan Adams and Professor Gary Beauchamp called Pedagogies for the Future: A critical […]

A Special Issue of the SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice

Posted on 30 July 2021 by Dr Kevin Smith

Guest Editors: Kevin Smith, Cardiff University and Brandon Edwards-Schuth, Washington State University. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonpreneur/33540117678/ Photo: Phillip McMaster - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonpreneur/ The SoJo Journal: Educational Foundations and Social Justice is interested in research studies […]

Perceptions & Purpose: Pupils’ perceptions of learning and using Welsh

Posted on 12 May 2020 by Dr Kevin Smith

In a previous post, Dr Mirain Rhys presented findings from research inspired by results from the WISERDEducation multicohort study, a project involving nearly 1,500 pupils in 29 schools across Wales. […]

Sut ddylem ni addysgu Cymraeg mewn ysgolion?

Posted on 1 May 2020 by Dr Kevin Smith

Mae hwn yn "gofnod gwestai" arbennig gan fy ffrind da a chydweithiwr, Dr Mirain Rhys, darlithydd mewn Seicoleg ym Mhrifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd. Yn y cofnod hwn, mae'n trafod ymchwil y […]

How Should We Teach Welsh in School?

Posted on 1 May 2020 by Dr Kevin Smith

This is a special "guest post" from my good friend and colleague Dr Mirain Rhys, a lecturer in Psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University. In this post, she discusses research she […]

Global Citizens or Cosmopolitans?

Global Citizens or Cosmopolitans?

Posted on 23 December 2019 by Dr Kevin Smith

This post relates to a previous post inspired by Mr Mock at Risca Comprehensive School and his passion for the Welsh Dimension and International Perspective of the new curriculum for […]

Curriculum & Culture: How should we teach Welshness?

Curriculum & Culture: How should we teach Welshness?

Posted on 16 December 2019 by Dr Kevin Smith

Recently, I spoke at the “What’s Next? A discussion about the next steps in education in Wales?” event organised by Mrs Rebekah Bawler (@RCCS_MissBawler) and colleagues at Risca Comprehensive School […]