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Curriculum Theory

Transforming the BSc Education Student Experience at Cardiff University

Transforming the BSc Education Student Experience at Cardiff University

Posted on 21 July 2025 by Dr Kevin Smith

How do you transform the student experience? This post reflects on the collective effort behind Cardiff’s BSc Education programme—how collaboration, care, and curricular coherence reshaped teaching, learning, and community from the inside out.

Ambulare: Walking, Reflection, and the Renewal of Curriculum

Posted on 3 April 2025 by Dr Kevin Smith

What happens when reflection moves out of the mind and into the body? In this post, I share how Ambulare—a walking-based reimagining of Currere—has grown into an international collaboration helping educators reflect, reconnect and renew their curriculum work.

I, Me, and Curriculum: Reflecting on Self and Educational Reform in Wales

Posted on 11 April 2024 by Dr Kevin Smith

What does curriculum mean to me? Drawing on Mead’s theory of self and Pinar’s reconceptualist method of Currere, this post explores how Welsh educators can reclaim their professional voice and rethink curriculum as a living, reflective practice.

Currere Cymru: The Future of Educational Research in Wales

Posted on 27 February 2024 by Dr Kevin Smith

How can teachers in Wales reimagine curriculum as something lived, felt and continually made? In this post, I introduce Currere Cymru—a new research collaboration exploring how curriculum theorising can support transformative educational practice across Wales.

Beyond “Knowledge Rich”: Rethinking What Curriculum Richness Means

Posted on 18 December 2020 by Dr Kevin Smith

“Knowledge rich” sounds appealing—but what are we really saying when we use it? In this post, I take a closer look at how the term shapes our thinking about curriculum, teaching and value, and why we might need richer language—and richer ideas—to describe what education is for.