Currere with Dr Kevin Smith

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Strap in and prepare yourselves for another roller-coaster ride as regular guest Dr Kevin Smith from Cardiff University is back in the studio, and this time he's brought sweets!

Kev is here to talk about Currere, an approach to considering curriculum which might be refreshing to those of us who work in the world of education. We'll leave it to Kev to explain all about it, but you can also find a list of resources and links below.

Dr Kev says:

https://www.currereexchange.com/currere-exchange-journal.html - this is the Currere Exchange Journal. It is a journal solely dedicated to Currere work and welcomes submissions from everyone teachers, academics, etc. They also offer a 'Currere exchange' event where people take part in, and learn about, the currere method. This year it is a virtual event (here are the details: https://www.currereexchange.com/registration.html).

https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct - this is the link to the Journal of Curriculum Theorising. My friend/colleague Tom Poetter is currently the editor, but he is stepping down this year after a long, six-year stint. They have just released the older issues from the 70s/80s that had key publications in critical, reconceptualist approaches to curriculum, so definitely worth browsing! They also have an annual conference (http://www.jctonline.org/conference/ in October.). Bill Pinar, who developed the currere method and introduced 'reconceptualist' approaches to curriculum is one of the keynote speakers.

Also, here is the URL to my blog that has a few posts related to 'currere' as well as other topics we've discussed in other episodes: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/drkevinsmith/ and this is the link to my paper Ambulare: https://cej.lib.miamioh.edu/index.php/CEJ/article/view/209.

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Recorded in studio B2.15 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed Campus on 24th April 2024