Education professors contribute to new seminal text on curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
Following approaches by the editors of the recently published Sage Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment, Education professors Máiréad Dunne and Brian Hudson have contributed chapters to what has been described as a "seminal text for teachers, academics and policy makers for years to come".
Máiréad’s contribution is a co-authored chapter written with former PhD in Education researcher, Dr Vincent Adzahlie-Mensah, entitled ‘Subordinate subjects: The work of the hidden curriculum in post-colonial Ghana’ and draws on Vincent’s doctoral research.
Brian’s chapter addresses the ‘Epistemology and Methodology of Curriculum’ through a comparative study of the Anglo-American traditions with the continental traditions of Didaktik and La Didactique in particular.
The publication, which is made up of two volumes, focuses on examining how curriculum is treated and developed, and its impact on pedagogy and assessment worldwide.
Professor Brian Hudson, Head of the School of Education and Social Work, said:
"I think that is an indicator of both the excellence of, and also the reputation for, research in Education here at Sussex that we are so well represented in such a high-quality international publication that is aimed at informing research, policy and practice in the field at this time.”
Professor Chris Husbands, former Director of UCL, Institute of Education, commended the publication, stating:
"Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment are the gearbox, carburetor and battery of education: deeply embedded in programmes of reform and teacher practices alike.
"This collection strips down the engine room of education, drawing papers of exceptional range and breadth to provide a profound understanding of how education, at every level and in every setting actually operates.
"Drawing together the broadest contributors range of contributors, this collection will be a seminal text for teachers, academics and policy makers for years to come.”