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Really looking forward to hearing from Alpesh Masuria next Monday 18th May 7.00-8.30pm on Parliamentary engagement with Academic Research. See below for more details and how to logon. @deb_outhwaite @sarahyounie @brianghudson @MelAinscow @teamsquarepeg @RethinkingJames

Don't be fooled! There is no "science of reading." dianeravitch.net/2026/04/02/the…

Really Looking forward to the discussion about the Curriculum and Assessment Review on Monday night See below for more details. Members will be sent a link Details as to how to join below on the flyer. @teamsquarepeg @MelAinscow @bainbridge_edu @sarahyounie @deb_outhwaite

What do you think of the Curriculum and Assessment Review? Our next FEPG meeting will address issues around the review and its possible impact. Please join us on March 23rd 7.00pm-9.00pm. See the flyer for full details.

An excellent new blog is now on our website from Brian Hudson regarding the principle of a 'knowledge rich' curriculum . This is part of our ongoing series on the Curriculum and Assessment Review. fabians4education.edublogs.org/2026/03/09/ref… @brianghudson @deb_outhwaite @MelAinscow @sarahyounie

read all new and open access: "Impetus on subject-specificity: positioning teacher-related science content knowledge as powerful knowledge in teacher education curriculum design" by Bongani Prince Ndlovu and Elizabeth Mavhunga. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Excellent new blog on our site from Peter Lacey kickstarting a new series ' Reflections on the Curriculum and Assessment Review.' You find it here: fabians4education.edublogs.org/2026/03/03/ref… @ecarda1 @MelAinscow @deb_outhwaite @sarahyounie @teamsquarepeg @RethinkingJames @NEUnion @brianghudson

Pleased to say that the special issue of the Journal of Curriculum Studies on Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Subject Didactics is now published. Co-edited with Christina Olin-Scheller and Anke Wegner it forms Volume 57, Issue 5. tandfonline.com/toc/tcus20/57/5

read all new and open access: "A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects" by Brian Hudson, Christina Olin-Scheller and Anke Wegner. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Very pleased to see this paper published. It is the intro to a Special Issue which brings perspectives on subject didactics from SE, FR, DE, AT and CZ and includes my paper on the tragic demise of subject-specific teacher ed in England. @KOSSnetwork doi.org/10.1080/002202…

Deadline extended until 30 November. Call for Papers for Didactica Viva: General and subject-specific didactics as living and responsive fields, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 20 - 22 May 2026 @KOSSnetwork ivsv.ped.muni.cz/clanky/confere…

It was areal honour to become an Honorary Doctor of Teacher Education at last week’s Academic Ceremony at Karlstad University. It has been a great pleasure and very rewarding to work with such an accomplished group of scholars in the ROSE group over the past 10 years @KOSSnetwork

read all new and open access: "Citizenship education in Basque and French language classes in Northern Basque immersive schools: a case of powerful knowledge and epistemic quality" by Anke Wegner. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

read all new and open access: "Beyond fragmentation in subject didactics and curriculum studies: consensus and contention in research designs" by Ulrich Riegel & Martin Rothgangel. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Call for KOSS network 2026 conference papers. Didactica Viva: General and subject-specific didactics as living and responsive fields 20-22 May 2026 Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

An excellent new article from Professor Brian Hudson Hudson, B. (2025) The demise of subject-specific teacher education in England, Journal of Curriculum Studies, dx.doi.org/10.1080/002202… @brianghudson @MelAinscow @MarilynLeask @UKpolicywatch @Derekboyle62910 @sarahyounie

Great to see this published - it is one of a collection of papers for a special issue of JCS on “Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Subject Didactics” following the @KOSSnetwork conference last year #KOSS2024 @GerardSensevy @TEPEnetwork @SSRGUCLIOE @brianghudson

read all new and open access: "A structural and functional differentiation of knowledge for the history curriculum" by Wouter Smets and Geerte Savenije. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

read all new and open access: "The palimpsests of knowledge" by Johan Muller. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

read all new and open access: "A cultural turn in educational action and research" by Gérard Sensevy and Carole Le Hénaff. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…