New place-based educational initiatives in the Welsh curriculum and some legacies of the Canadian experience
A conversation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11952063 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dylan Adams (0000-0001-5732-6931, Cardiff Metropolitan University, corresponding author), David W Jardine (0009-0007-0798-5120, University of Calgary), David Jardine (University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 45-71 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Philosophy of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8249 • E-ISSN: 1467-9752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jopedu/qhaf053 |
| OpenAlex | W4413104804 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
In this article, we examine aspects of new placed-based educational initiatives in the Welsh curriculum, and parallels with similar Canadian initiatives. The article grew out of an email exchange between its two authors, emerging from discussions of these matters—both at the level of philosophical underpinnings, and in light of the classroom and school experiences of those participating—in the context of a Welsh graduate class. The new national curriculum in Wales enables greater teacher autonomy than did previous curricula, and encourages the prioritization of localized knowledge and inquiry. This has given rise to debate over the merits of giving teachers autonomy to design their own place-based curricula. The overarching aim of this article is to show how such curricula have the potential to afford an understanding and experience of knowledge and being which contrast with the, often hidden, legacies of mainstream Westernized schools. Through analysis of philosophical perspectives from hermeneutics and ecology, and examples of place-based, inquiry-led learning in Canadian schools, we argue that place-based curricula potentially allow for the experience of an ontology of relations, in a way that is enriching for both students and teachers
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |