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Cardiff High School. Tweeting about learning, teaching and everything in between. Organiser of ResearchED Cymru #rEDCymru
Apr 25, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
Some Curriculum for Wales slides we’ve been working on.

Purpose…
Sep 12, 2020 15 tweets 4 min read
#CurriculumforWales THREAD: After an incredibly busy, rewarding and inspiring two weeks, my obsession with (and learning about) curriculum continues. Here’s some of my current thinking around CfW, taking on board ideas from @Trivium21c @MarkRPriestley @Ruth_Ashbee @Counsell_C... ...among others. As ever, this is just a thread about my current thinking (after a few coffees while the baby sleeps) and I reserve the right to do a 180 at any point once someone wiser than me helps change my mind.

So feel free to argue and critique! Here goes...
Sep 5, 2020 13 tweets 6 min read
@WelshEcon I realise I never got back to you about how a focus on 21st century skills may be disadvantageous for the socially disadvantaged pupils. Firstly, countries that have adopted what could be described as ‘skills’ curricula have seemingly had a decline in standards. See the picture. @WelshEcon That downturn in standards will disproportionately affect disadvantaged pupils as they are less likely to have the opportunities learning outside of school that more advantages pupils have. Thankfully, Curriculum for Wales isn’t a ‘skills based curriculum’!