The Welsh Journal of Education

Consultant editor: Professor Gareth Elwyn Jones

Editor: Professor John Fitz, Cardiff University

Reviews editor: Dr Sian Rhiannon Williams, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.

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Members of the Welsh Journal of Education Editorial Board.

book cover In a situation where government is rapidly devolving to the ‘home nations’ it is opportune to rethink how education is to be investigated and reported.  The Welsh Journal of Education which has appeared punctually for two decades is an ideal platform to new thinking about researching and reporting all aspects of education and training.   It is the case that what goes on in Wales and also in Scotland has been influential in thinking about educational policy in Whitehall. There are new and exciting opportunities for researchers to conduct ‘home international’ comparative studies of developments in areas of policy, curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, history and professional practice. Devolution in the UK also affords scholars and practitioners the prospect of considering central-local relations in other parts of the world.  The Welsh Journal of Education is well placed to meet both an academic and market need.

Recent issues, Volumes 10(2) and 11(1) demonstrate clearly the direction the Editorial Committee proposes to take.  It is intended that the journal will contain papers on all phases of education and training – pre-compulsory, compulsory and post compulsory.  It therefore focuses on research, commentary and critique in life long learning, broadly conceived.  It offers a medium through which scholars in Wales can publish international quality papers, alongside scholars for other parts of the UK and elsewhere, on issues about Wales, comparative home international studies as well as international comparative research.

Contents

Contents: Volume 14 (2006)

Themed issue on education policy in Wales in the era of political devolution

  • Editorial Emeritus Professor Richard Daugherty, School of Education & Lifelong Learning, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
  • Policy overview Professor Gareth Rees, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
  • Higher education Professor Gareth Elwyn Jones
  • Further education Dr. Jane Salisbury, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
  • Welsh Baccalaureate Emeritus Professor Jeff Thompson and Dr. Mary Hayden (Senior Lecturer), School of Education, University of Bath
  • Assessment in Schools Emeritus Professor Richard Daugherty, School of Education & Lifelong Learning, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
  • Foundation Phase Professor Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Institute of Education, University of London

    • Contents: Volume 13 Number 2 (September 2005)

  • Editorial GABRIELLE IVINSON
  • Cultural Modernization, the Visual Arts and Identity in Wales WILLIAM HOUSLEY
  • The Constitution of Democratic Identities in the Context of the New Zealand Art Curriculum RUTH BOYASK
  • Reflections on Identity and Art Education W. RAY CROZIER
  • The Development of Young People's Social Representations of Art GABRIELLE IVINSON
  • Women Teachers and Gender Issues in Teaching in Wales c.1870-1950 SIAN RHIANNON WILLIAMS
  • Schooled to Fail? The Underachievement Debate in Wales EMMA SMITH
  • Church Schools: Historical Development and Current Self-perceptions GERAINT DAVIES

    • Contents: Volume 13 Number 1 (December 2004)

    THEMED ISSUE: BILINGUAL EDUCATION
    Edited by COLIN BAKER (University of Wales, Bangor)

    Contents: Volume 12 Number 2 (March 2004)

    Contents: Volume 12 Number 1 (July 2003)

    Contents - Volume 11 Number 2 (December 2002)

    Contents - Volume 11 Number 1 (July 2002)

    Research Note

    Contents – Vol. 10 Number 2 (December 2001)

    Contents Volume 9 Number 2 (December 2000)

    Contents Volume 9 Number 1 (June 2000)

    Volume 7 Number 1 June 1998

    Volume 6 Number 1 March 1997

    `Do Miners Read Dickens?' Communities, Universities and a New Beginning Hywel Francis
    Paying for a Little `England' - School Choice and the Welsh Language Stephen Gorard
    The Professional Development of Teachers (INSET) in Small Primary Schools in Wales - a Study of Collaborative Practice Ina Williams and Richard Thorpe
    On Educating Passions Nicholas Davey
    Welsh Industrial Members of Parliament and Education Gordon Roderick
    Gnoll College: the European Dream Iolo Wyn Williams
    Too Little Too Late: the Development of Technical Education and Training in England and Wales Prior to the Twentieth Century - II G. A. Mitchell
    Reviews
    Biographical Notes