Learning and Content
What students are taught, how it is designed and how it is delivered are among the most debated questions in education.
This collection brings together research spanning curriculum design, instructional practice and the student learning experience across secondary schooling. It examines knowledge-rich approaches to student-centred models, examined through the lens of what sustains meaningful engagement in Years 7 to 9.
Why that question? Reimagining classroom reading activities from the basis of what we understand about engaged reading
- McGraw, A., Mason, M., Lee, D.
- 2019
Drawing on six years of student focus groups and classroom observations across Victorian secondary schools, this practitioner-research piece captures something...
The Knowledge Revival: Why a Knowledge-rich Curriculum Matters for Deep Thinking
- Surma, T., Vanhees, C., Wils, M., Nijlunsing, J., Crato, N., Hattie, J., Muijs, D., Rata, E., Wiliam, D., Kirschner, P. A.
- 2024
This report makes the case that a knowledge-rich curriculum is the most effective foundation for developing the complex cognitive skills — critical thinking,...
Successful Futures: Independent Review of Curriculum and Assessment Arrangements in Wales
- Professor Graham Donaldson CB
- 2015
This landmark independent review fundamentally reimagined the school curriculum in Wales, moving away from the prescriptive, subject-dominated national curriculum toward a purpose-driven framework. The resulting Curriculum for Wales, implemented from 2022, stands as one of the most comprehensive curriculum reforms in the English-speaking world.