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A new , published simultaneously in English and Welsh, explores the many issues that arise when a country decides to rewrite the school curriculum – particularly when that rewriting entails a radical departure from a conventional subject‐based approach. Schools in Wales, particularly secondary schools, are preparing for a dramatic shift towards a more interdisciplinary and experiential education, which entails significant reforms to curriculum content, teaching and learning for all young people in maintained schools.

It is, special issue editors Sally Power and Chris Taylor write, ‘incumbent on the education research community… to examine the process of curriculum‐making, identify the successes and weaknesses of such reforms and lose to provide insights to those still involved in the process’. This special issue draws on a range of empirical studies undertaken during the design and development phase of the Curriculum for Wales. It brings together 10 papers that each examine a different aspect of the curriculum reform journey in Wales, providing more detail on the reforms and offering their insights into how this reform journey is going and what challenges still lie ahead.

See the full contents listing below. Three teams have also published articles on the ��ɫ���� Blog summarising their research published in this special issue:

• The art of connecting: How primary and secondary teachers are building a framework for expressive arts
  Judith Kneen, Thomas Breeze, Sian Davies-Barnes & Vivienne John
• Tackling the languages ‘crisis’: Supporting multilingualism in the new curriculum for Wales
  Lucy Jenkins
• Learning progression in the humanities: Identifying tensions in articulating progression in the humanities in Wales
  Sioned Hughes, Kara Makara & David Stacey

Contents

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Chris Taylor & Sally Power

Claire Sinnema, Nienke Nieveen & Mark Priestley

Jane Gatley

Nigel Newton

Susan Chapman

Claire Gorrara, Lucy Jenkins, Eira Jepson & Tallulah Llewelyn Machin

Judith Kneen, Thomas Breeze, Sian Davies‐Barnes, Vivienne John & Emma Thayer

Sioned Hughes, Kara Makara & Dave Stacey

Sioned Hughes & Helen Lewis

Elizabeth Titley Andrew James Davies Stephen Atherton

Sally Power, Nigel Newton & Chris Taylor