Since we are moving into a new era of curriculum focus in education, and rightly so, there are a growing number of brilliant blogs, books and articles that anyone seeking to take an informed approach to curriculum should read.A number of people have expressed an interest in a centralised directory of these so this is what this post is for. I’ve included everything I’m aware of – please link in the comments if you know of any I’ve missed!
Whole-school
Christine Counsell
The UK’s leading voice on curriculum, Christine gets to the heart of what curriculum really means and how it should be led in this wonderfully written series of blogs:
In search of senior curriculum leadership : Introduction – a dangerous absence
Senior Curriculum Leadership 1: The indirect manifestation of knowledge: (A) curriculum as narrative
Stuart Lock
Executive Principal of Advantage Schools and Director of Northampton Primary Trust Stuart Lock gives a paradigm-changing argument in Pedagogy is overrated
Michael Fordham
Michael has a whole section on Knowledge and Curriculum on his blog. Michael is a brilliant thinker and has influenced me a great deal – he is a history specialist but these blogs are a must-read for all subjects as well as leadership.
Martin Robinson
Martin’s whole blog is a treasure trove of sophisticated and thought-provoking writing about curriculum: Trivium21C
Also his books: Trivium 21C and Trivium in Practice
Jon Hutchinson
Reach Academy Feltham is one of the most exciting schools in the UK and as a teacher there and leader of a knowledge-based curriculum project Jon brings some fascinating insights to his blogs. My two favourites are
THE THREE BEST ARGUMENTS AGAINST A KNOWLEDGE RICH CURRICULUM, (AND WHY I THINK THEY’RE WRONG).
BEYOND KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS; BUILDING THE BEST CURRICULUM IN THE WORLD.
Steve Lane
One of the masterminds behind #CurriculumEd2019, Steve’s blog on entitlement is compelling:
Joe Kirby
Joe’s blog on the whole-school approach to coherent, ambitious and memorable curriculum design is inspirational:
What makes a great school curriculum?
Ruth Walker (me) again
I’ve written a couple of blogs exploring my thinking about whole-school curriculum and leadership:
Mary Myatt
Endlessly insightful, Mary Myatt’s book Curriculum: Gallimaufry to Coherence is a delight to read.
Ofsted
Ofsted have recognised the need for curriculum to take centre stage, and curriculum will now be part of the inspection framework starting from this year. Here are two articles worth reading:
HMCI commentary: curriculum and the new education inspection framework
Commentary on curriculum research – phase 3
Science
Adam Boxer
#Cogscisci trailblazer Adam Boxer began his #CurriculuminScience symposium with this stellar post:
and was followed by outstanding contributions from
Ruth Walker (me!)
Pritesh Raichura:
The best which has been thought or said?
Jasper Green
Building a curriculum towards big ideas
Gethyn Jones
Using P-prims for fun and profit
I will update these lists as I come across more material – thank you so much to all the writers on this list – you are an inspiration!
Reblogged this on The Echo Chamber.