23rd-24th June 2016 – Wellington College, Berkshire

The Telegraph Festival of Education brings together the very best of education’s most forward thinking advocates, practitioners of change and policy makers.

This two day festival has become a leading forum for thought leadership, CPD and debate in the Education sector.

BERA Council Member Professor Dominic Wyse will be speaking at the Conference on behalf of BERA

“England’s National Curriculum: A Triumph of Ideology over Evidence?”

June 23, 2016

10:30-11:20am

England’s latest national curriculum represents a triumph of ideology over evidence and scholarship. It’s particular conception of knowledge, including its structure of traditional subjects, has resulted in a national curriculum that is unfit for the 21st century

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Professor Dominic Wyse

Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education University College London, Institute of Education

Dominic Wyse is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the University College London (UCL), Institute of Education (IOE), and Academic Head of the Department of Learning and Leadership. Dominic is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAoSS), an elected member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Council, and a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). The main focus of Dominic’s research is curriculum and pedagogy. Key areas of work are the teaching of writing, reading and creativity. Dominic has extensive experience of funded research projects which he has disseminated in numerous peer-reviewed research journal articles and books. These include major international research volumes for which he is the lead editor (e.g. The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment), and bestselling books for teachers and educators (e.g. Teaching English, Language and Literacy – 3^rd Edition). His most recent book is A Guide to Early Years and Primary Education (published by SAGE). Before joining the IOE Dominic was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. He was also appointed as the first Director of Music-Making at Churchill College Cambridge, where he was also a Fellow and Director of Studies for Education. In the past Dominic was a Reader at Liverpool John Moores University, and a teacher with experience working in London, Bradford and Huddersfield in infant and junior phases.