Editorial

Curriculum in uncertain times

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Citation

Priestley M & Philippou S (2020) Curriculum in uncertain times. Curriculum Journal, 31 (3), pp. 335-339. https://doi.org/10.1002/curj.73

Abstract
First paragraph: As we write this editorial, we are struck by the apparent sweeping away, in the short to medium term at least, of old certainties about education. Amidst talk of the ‘new normal’, a shift to online learning and teaching and the financial black hole faced by educational providers, such certainties are hard to cling onto. The sense of instability has been further complicated by recent events following the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in the USA, which have once more surfaced serious concerns about the persistence of institutional racism and have sparked protest and debates around the world. Such events, while probably overhyped as apocalyptic challenges to the world order, certainly create the conditions for rethinking old certainties and challenging taken‐for‐granted thinking about education, within and beyond schooling.

Keywords
Education

Journal
Curriculum Journal: Volume 31, Issue 3

StatusPublished
Publication date30/09/2020
Publication date online14/07/2020
Date accepted by journal14/07/2020
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/31646
PublisherWiley
ISSN0958-5176
eISSN1469-3704

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Professor Mark Priestley

Professor Mark Priestley

Professor, Education