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Kevin Smith, Dr

Reader at Cardiff University

I am a Reader in Education, with a particular focus on reconceptualist approaches to curriculum and pedagogy. These approaches seek to challenge and expand traditional views of curriculum by considering it as a dynamic, complex, and socially constructed process rather than a static, content-driven framework. Drawing on critical, poststructuralist, and post-human philosophies, my research examines how curriculum can be transformed to meet the changing needs individuals and society. I am particularly interested in how curriculum can disrupt dominant power structures and promote social justice and inclusion.

A core element of my research is the currere method, a phenomenological, autobiographical method that invites participants to reflect on their lived educational experiences in developing cogent statements of curricular understanding.

Kevin Smith's contributions

British Curriculum Forum

Through events, awards and grants, the BCF supports communication and collaboration in the study and practical implementation of the curriculum in schools, colleges and wider educational settings....