Civitas - Politics and Policies of Education
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After Religious Education
This project attempts to think about the educational representation of religion(s) in the context of rising forms of ‘non-religion’, post-secularism, and recent debates about the place of Religious Education in England and Wales, in particular the 2018 report by the Commission on Religious Education. The project will also explore larger pedagogical questions of educational representation of religion(s), that include representation in schools, but also the media, museums, and other sites of public education.
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Towards Policy Philosophy
This project is seeking to identify ways in which philosophy might contribute to an understanding of the nature of education policy. It uses philosophy of agency and Positioning Theory to extend work done on 'Policy as Positioning'.
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Scottish education: politics, regions, and international actors
This project is an ongoing series of interlinked seminars, visits, presentations, and publications that explore the changing relationship between Scottish education and international actors (particularly in the Nordic states). To date, work has centred on conceptualising the relationships between the Nordic region and Scotland educationally, and Scottish developments in pedagogy as a response to instrumental and overly, overtly simplified views of pedagogy emanating from Anglo-phonic countries for political purposes and expediency.