Twenty-Five Years of Devolved Education in Wales

Andrew James Davies, Gary Beauchamp

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN:
  9781837723904
• eBook ISBN:
  9781837723928
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

As Wales marks a quarter of a century of devolved policymaking in education, this edited volume celebrates the successes of – and grapples critically with the ongoing challenges faced by – Wales's education system. Researchers from across the UK education landscape pose critical questions: about the leadership of reform; about where responsibility lies for the successful implementation of a number of post-devolution policy innovations, such as the Foundation Phase and the Curriculum for Wales; about the nature and ownership of accountability; about how professionals can best be developed and supported to deliver the current ambitious reform journey; and about a great deal more. In answer to the recurring question of 'by whom shall Wales be raised', this volume suggests the responsibility lies with all of us, at every level and in every domain of an education system that is unrecognisable from that which preceded devolution, and which today continues to evolve apace. 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• ‘Pwy a gyfyd Cymru? By whom shall Wales be raised?’ A Quarter-Century of Devolved Educational Policy in Wales: Andrew James Davies and Gary Beauchamp
• Devolved education policymaking in the UK: a four jurisdictions perspective: Moira Hulme, Lisa Taylor and Paul McFlynn
• Education in Wales since Devolution: Three Waves of Policy, and the Pressing and Reoccurring Challenge of Implementation: Andrew James Davies, Alexandra Morgan, Mark Connolly and Emmajane Milton
• Professional learning in education: policy and practice in Wales since devolution: Matt Hutt, Kelly Smith and Ken Jones
• Reconceptualising Curriculum in a new era of Welsh Education: Kevin Smith
• The Development of Welsh Language Education since Devolution: Siân Lloyd Williams, Gwilym Siôn ap Gruffudd and Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones
• Developments in inclusive education and additional learning needs in Wales: Carmel Conn, Megan Hicks and David Vittle Thomas
• Are we nearly there yet? Twenty-five years of initial teacher education policy in Wales: Trevor Mutton and Thomas Breeze
• Early Childhood Education in Wales: Policy, Promises and Practice Realities: Sarah Stewart, Natalie MacDonald and Jane Waters-Davies
• The ‘Welsh way’, outdoor learning within the primary curriculum: a ‘fringe add-on or mainstream pedagogical practice’?: Cheryl Ellis, Rosy Ellis, Laura Dobson, Sheena O’Leary, and Andrea Williams
• Educational Leadership in Wales Since Devolution: Jeremy Griffiths, Gethin Jones
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• Notes