International Perspectives on Knowledge and Curriculum: Epistemic Quality across School Subjects [Paperback]

Drawing on the idea of powerful knowledge, this open access book interrogates the epistemic quality of education in schools, in terms of what students are expected to know, make sense of and be able to do through the curriculum. In doing so the authors acknowledge the significance of transformation processes through which specialized knowledge, developed in subject disciplines, is reshaped and re-presented in educational environments. Moving beyond the narrow knowledge vs skills debate of the 20th century, the authors look at how we might democratise and open up access to 'knowledge of the powerful' for all through the school curriculum. Arising from the work of the Knowledge and Quality across School Subjects and Teacher Education network (KOSS), funded by the Swedish Research Council (2019-22), this book draws on studies conducted in a range of national contexts, including from Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the UK, and considers the implications for curriculum innovation at policy, programmatic and classroom level.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Karlstad University.

Brian Hudsonis Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Sussex, UK, and Guest Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Honorary Member of EERA Network 27 Didactics  Learning and Teaching, and was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2004.

Niklas Gerickeis Professor in Science Education at Karlstad University, Sweden, where he is Director of the Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education Research (SMEER) Research Centl³¥