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'My Picture Is Not in Wales': Pupils' Perceptions of cynefin (Belonging) in Primary School Curriculum Development in Wales

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Title: 'My Picture Is Not in Wales': Pupils' Perceptions of cynefin (Belonging) in Primary School Curriculum Development in Wales
Language: English
Authors: Chapman, Susan (ORCID 0000-0001-5228-4824), Ellis, Rosy (ORCID 0000-0002-2455-4118), Beauchamp, Gary (ORCID 0000-0001-7268-5027), Sheriff, Lisa, Stacey, David, Waters-Davies, Jane (ORCID 0000-0001-9045-8637), Lewis, Adam, Jones, Catherine, Griffiths, Merris, Chapman, Sammy (ORCID 0000-0001-6181-4268), Wallis, Rachel, Sheen, Elizabeth, Crick, Tom (ORCID 0000-0001-5196-9389), Lewis, Helen (ORCID 0000-0003-4329-913X), French, Graham (ORCID 0000-0001-6607-2208), Atherton, Stephen
Source: Education 3-13. 2023 51(8):1214-1228.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2023
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Sense of Community, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Photography, Self Concept
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (Wales)
DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2023.2229861
ISSN: 0300-4279
1475-7575
Abstract: In the new Curriculum for Wales ("Cwricwlwm i Gymru") which is phasing in from September 2022, the concept of 'cynefin' ('the place where we feel we belong') is core to developing children's understandings of place and identity. While cynefin has long been considered in a wider cultural and heritage context in Wales, it is not yet clearly understood in education, and is rarely explored from the pupil perspective. Drawing on data gathered from four primary schools in Wales (n = 67 children, aged 7-10), using the method of photo elicitation to scaffold talk, this article explores children's understandings of what cynefin means to them. Themes of people, place, activity, and emotions/feelings emerged, which interconnected in multiple, non-linear, and unique ways, indicating the importance of nuance in primary-level curricula design.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2023
Accession Number: EJ1399363
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In the new Curriculum for Wales ("Cwricwlwm i Gymru") which is phasing in from September 2022, the concept of 'cynefin' ('the place where we feel we belong') is core to developing children's understandings of place and identity. While cynefin has long been considered in a wider cultural and heritage context in Wales, it is not yet clearly understood in education, and is rarely explored from the pupil perspective. Drawing on data gathered from four primary schools in Wales (n = 67 children, aged 7-10), using the method of photo elicitation to scaffold talk, this article explores children's understandings of what cynefin means to them. Themes of people, place, activity, and emotions/feelings emerged, which interconnected in multiple, non-linear, and unique ways, indicating the importance of nuance in primary-level curricula design.
ISSN:0300-4279
1475-7575
DOI:10.1080/03004279.2023.2229861