Dr Joseph Smith

Senior Lecturer

Education University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Joseph Smith

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About me

I joined the University of Stirling in 2015 following spells at Edge Hill and Liverpool Hope Universities. Before moving into higher education, I was head of history at a Liverpool comprehensive school. I am a Fellow of The Royal Historical Society and was made an Honorary Fellow of The Historical Association in July 2023.

I teach and research the school history curriculum, the professional identities of history teachers and the intersections between these. I completed my first degree in history at the University of Cambridge, before studying for a PGCE and Masters at Lancaster. I completed my doctorate at the Keele University in 2015, with a thesis which considered the importance of the history education discourse in the identity formation of practising history teachers and the role of this enacted identity in policy contestation.

I was formerly Editor of Scottish Educational Review and Associate Editor of The Curriculum Journal. I am the external examiner for the MA Humanities routes UCL/ IoE and for the PGCE History at Edge Hill University.

I teach on the Undergraduate Initial Teacher Education Programme and the MSc Education Studies. I am keen to hear from students with an interest in curriculum ideologies, curriculum policy, and curriculum enactment. I am especially interested in hearing from students with a research interest in the school history curriculum.

History education  Historical epistemology  History pedagogy  The politics of history education History curriculum policy Teacher knowledge Teacher identity and resistance. Curriculum enactment

Award

Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association

Professional membership

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

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