Dr Joseph Smith

Senior Lecturer

Education University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Joseph Smith

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.

Award

Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association


Professional membership

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society


Research programmes

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