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Mark Priestley, Professor
Professor at University of Stirling
Mark Priestley is professor of education and the director of the Stirling Network for Curriculum Studies. He is also the lead editor of the Curriculum Journal. His research interests relate to curriculum theory, the professional work of teachers, and curriculum policy and practice.
He blogs at mrpriestley.wordpress.com.
Mark Priestley's contributions
BERA Announces the 2024 Academic Citizen of the Year
The BERA Academic Citizen of the Year is an award intended to recognise a colleague working in educational research who has made a significant contribution to the discipline as a whole and the...
Decolonial and anti-racist perspectives in teacher training and education curricula in England and Wales: The Curriculum Journal Special Issue
This seminar provided an opportunity to hear from contributing authors to the recently published Special Issue of The Curriculum Journal, decolonial and anti-racist perspectives in teacher...
Decolonial and anti-racist perspectives in teacher training and education curricula in England and Wales: The Curriculum Journal Special Issue
This seminar will provide an opportunity to hear from contributing authors to the recently published Special Issue of The Curriculum Journal, decolonial and anti-racist perspectives in teacher...
Knowledge, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Universality and developmental difference across educational phases
Online registration for this event has now closed, please email conference@bera.ac.uk to register. #BERA_knowledge Knowledge - its definition, conception, theorisation and implementation in...
Knowledge, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Universality and developmental difference across educational phases
Knowledge – its definition, conception, theorisation and implementation in policy and practice – is perhaps the most enduring and central element of curriculum research (e.g. Hirst,...
Teacher mediation of curriculum making: The role of reflexivity
The organic, complex and multilayered relationship between teachers and curriculum has been discussed for decades. However, that relationship has been rendered more crucial in recent years by new...
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Teacher agency: What is it and why does it matter?
The concept of ‘teacher agency’ has elicited a fair amount of attention recently, including a special edition of Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. And yet, it remains an elusive...
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