Alex Standish
Biographic Data
| ID | 8798164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Standish |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Standish |
| SIGNATURE | STANDISH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Liberal Humanism, Decolonising the Curriculum and the Im-portance of Epistemic Boundaries
Boundaries are how we construct meaning for concepts, language and social institutions, including the educational space of schools and content of the curriculum. Decolonial curriculum approaches have their own boundaries based on political identities and social hierarchies, while challenging the contemporary boundaries that give meaning to the school curriculum, academic knowledge and Western culture. In this theoretical paper, I examine how the …
What Should Schools Teach?
The design of school curriculums involves deep thought about the nature of knowledge and its value to learners and society. It is a serious responsibility that raises a number of questions. What is knowledge for? What knowledge is important for children to learn? How do we decide what knowledge matters in each school subject? And how far should the knowledge we teach in school be related to academic disciplinary knowledge? These and many other qu…
Time for geography to catch up with the world
This article makes the case that the subject of geography needs to change if we do not want another generation of students to leave school with an outdated view of the world (Rosling et al., 2018 Rosling, H., Rosling, O. and Rosling Rönnlund, A. (2018) Factfulness: Ten reasons we’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think. London: Hodder and Stoughton. [Google Scholar]). Firstly, we need to ensure that resources and teach…
Globalization and Geography
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Globalization and Geography
Time for geography to catch up with the world
This article makes the case that the subject of geography needs to change if we do not want another generation of students to leave school with an outdated view of the world (Rosling et al., 2018 Rosling, H., Rosling, O. and Rosling Rönnlund, A. (2018) Factfulness: Ten reasons we’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think. London: Hodder and Stoughton. [Google Scholar]). Firstly, we need to ensure that resources and teach…
What Should Schools Teach?
The design of school curriculums involves deep thought about the nature of knowledge and its value to learners and society. It is a serious responsibility that raises a number of questions. What is knowledge for? What knowledge is important for children to learn? How do we decide what knowledge matters in each school subject? And how far should the knowledge we teach in school be related to academic disciplinary knowledge? These and many other qu…
Liberal Humanism, Decolonising the Curriculum and the Im-portance of Epistemic Boundaries
Boundaries are how we construct meaning for concepts, language and social institutions, including the educational space of schools and content of the curriculum. Decolonial curriculum approaches have their own boundaries based on political identities and social hierarchies, while challenging the contemporary boundaries that give meaning to the school curriculum, academic knowledge and Western culture. In this theoretical paper, I examine how the …
Global Educational Policies and Reforms (3 works) · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (1 work) · Curriculum (1 work)