I am very pleased to be acting as discussant for the second @kossnetwork.bsky.social symposium at #ECER2026 in Tampere next week on Bringing Powerful Knowledge into Classrooms: Subject Teachers as Agents of Recontextualisation.

It has been a fascinating journey to work with Laura Tamassia on this paper which we will be presenting at the first @kossnetwork.bsky.social symposium at #ECER2026 in Tampere next week.

Looking forward to chairing this #ECER2026 symposium in Tampere on Powerful Knowledge, Transformations & Epistemic Quality with papers from Anke Wegner Christina Olin-Scheller Laura Tamassia and me. This symposium arises from the research activities of the @kossnetwork.bsky.social

Really looking forward to this discussion on the CAR this Monday night. Members have been given the link. To join see the flyer below. @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @jaydavenport.bsky.social @teamsquarepeg.bsky.social @statesofmind1.bsky.social @rethinkingjames.bsky.social

Excellent new blog on our site from Peter Lacey kickstarting a new series' Reflections on the Curriculum and Assessment Review' Find it here: fabians4education.edublogs.org/2026/03/03/r... @ecarda1.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social

I am 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. www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcus20/5...

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Subject Didactics. Volume 57, Issue 5 of Journal of Curriculum Studies

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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 education in England. @kossnetwork.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0022...

A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects

This paper introduces and provides an overview of the special issue of this journal on Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Subject Didactics. It describes a perspective on Subject D...

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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 ivsv.ped.muni.cz/clanky/confe... @kossnetwork.bsky.social

Conference – Didactica Viva: General and subject-specific didactics as living and responsive fields

The conference aims to bring together researchers from around Europe who are active and interested in didactics research - ranging from subject-specific to general didactics. Contributions in relation...

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It was a wonderful experience to become an Honorary Doctor of Teacher Education at last week’s Academic Ceremony at Karlstad University. It has been a great pleasure to work with such an accomplished group of scholars in the ROSE group over the past 10 years. @kossnetwork.bsky.social

Congratulations to CPA colleagues @gracehealy.bsky.social, @drlaurenhammond.bsky.social,‬ Alexis Stones, Emma Newall, Zongyi Deng & @arthurjchapman.bsky.social on their papers and to our @kossnetwork.bsky.social co-authors! Looking forward to continued work together! 3/3

The edition explores 'Powerful Knowledge', 'epistemic quality', and related concepts to make international comparisons between how subjects are modelled in secondary curricula in Sweden, Finland and England - a project developed and funded through the @kossnetwork.bsky.social, 2018-23. 2/3

Great to see that this special edition of the Journal of Curriculum Studies, edited by CPA's Professor Zongyi Deng and @arthurjchapman.bsky.social in collaboration with @kossnetwork.bsky.social colleagues is now 'live', open access, and online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcus20/5... 1/3

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

Great to hear from Professor Tomas Janik, Masarjk Univesrity about the next @kossnetwork.bsky.social conference in the Czech Republic in May 2026. Call for papers as below. 7

Thanks to Dr Wilton Lodge for such an excellent opening to the #KOSS2025 conference with your opening keynote 'Towards racially just research and scholarship practices'

KOSS began meeting in 2018 and explores paradigms of knowledge and curriculum in a range of contexts, starting with Swedish, English and Finnish models, supported by Swedish government funding. www.kau.se/en/rose/exte... 2/2

We have been delighted to broaden the base of KOSS in recent years, engaging with German and Czech colleagues, for example. CSSRG is the @cpaucl.bsky.social research group involved in KOSS. 3 www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...

Curriculum Subject Specialism Research Group

Conducting and promoting research into subject-specialist teaching. We are interested in all areas of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, and the role of knowledge in school teaching.

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Exciting to be attending @dr-willo.bsky.social’s keynote today on racially just research and scholarship, opening-up our @kossnetwork.bsky.social event, with @cpaucl.bsky.social and Czech colleagues in the room and by 32 colleagues joining us online. 1/2 @ioe.bsky.social

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/10.1080/0022... @brianhudson.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @embracescitt.bsky.social

The demise of subject-specific teacher education in England

This paper addresses the demise of subject-specific teacher education in England in recent years. In doing so it considers the national policy context and historical developments of education in th...

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Brian Hudson@brianhudson.bsky.social · last yr.

Pleased to see this paper is available - it is one of a collection for a special issue of JCS on “Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Subject Didactics” based on a paper presented at the @kossnetwork.bsky.social conference at University of Trier in 2024. dx.doi.org/10.1080/0022...

New article out today! Niemelä, M. A., Niemi, K., Salmenkivi, E., & Stones, A. (2025). Powers of knowledge in secondary religious education curricula of Sweden, England, and Finland. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/0022...

Powers of knowledge in secondary religious education curricula of Sweden, England and Finland

What might the powers of knowledge in religious education (RE) be; what knowledge and abilities does RE provide to pupils in lower secondary education? These questions are asked through this study ...

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Delighted 2C this @ioe.bsky.social & @kossnetwork.bsky.social open access special edition of the Journal of Curriculum Studies taking shape. So far we've papers looking @ religious education, history & geography in comparative perspective in England, Sweden & Finland. Congratulations, colleagues! 1

UCL Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment@cpaucl.bsky.social · 2y ago

With thanks to @hurlumhei.bsky.social for reminding us, here's a note announcing a new series of curriculum papers from CPA colleagues and our partners in the @kossnetwork.bsky.social from Helsinki and Karlstad that will be collated soon in a special edition of the Journal of Curriculum studies. 1/4

Finally (@ least until more papers in the special edition R published open access), congratulations to Amna Khawaja, Mikko Puustinen, @arthurjchapman.bsky.social & Kenneth Nordgren on their open access @kossnetwork.bsky.social paper comparing history curricula www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 4/4

Congratulations 2 CPA's Alexis Stones Mikko Niemelä & Eero Salmenkivi (Helsinki) & @hurlumhei.bsky.social (Karlstad) on this open access @kossnetwork.bsky.social paper on the powers of knowledge in 2ndry religious education curricula in England Finland & Sweden! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 3

Congratulations 2 CPA's @gracehealy.bsky.social & @drlaurenhammond.bsky.social & Profs Gabriel Bladh & Sirpa Tani on this open access @kossnetwork.bsky.social paper on the powers, possibilities & constraints of geography curricula in England, Finland & Sweden! 2/2 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Curricula are camels, written by committee, & heteroglossic, reflecting the various aims & discourses of their multiple makers. Excited 2C this @kossnetwork.bsky.social paper published - reflecting on history curricular aims comparatively, across 3 countries & combining conceptual lenses. 1/2

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Fabian Education Policy Group@edufabians.bsky.social · 2y ago

The review by @brianghudson of 'Teacher Education and Its Discontents' is published. He says: ‘The case study of the recent English education reform by Lisa Murtagh and Louisa Dawes should be required reading for all education policy makers in England.’ www.fabianeducation.com/bookreviews-...

Here are the slides from @brianhudson.bsky.social's keynote 'A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects' to the ROSE (Research on Subject-specific Education) Day Conference at Karlstad University on 17th December. doi.org/10.13140/RG....

(PDF) A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects

PDF | This keynote begins by outlining an approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects that has been developed in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

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I look forward to celebrating research in subject didactics at Karlstad Uni next week and especially to my keynote on ‘A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects” www.kau.se/rose/kalende... @kossnetwork.bsky.social @edufabians.bsky.social

Please forward this free webinar invite from the UNESCO supported International Teacher Task Force : Friday 29 November 2024 Inclusion and Equity Learning Event 1: Attracting people with disabilities to the teaching profession. teachertaskforce.org/events/inclu... @kossnetwork.bsky.social

Inclusion and Equity Learning Event 1: Attracting people with disabilities to the teaching profession

In the build-up to Global Disability Summit 2025 to be held on 2-3 April in Germany, the Inclusion and Equity in Teacher Policies and Practices Thematic Group are delighted to invite you to attend thr...

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