1st Edition
The Future of the Curriculum Toward Child-Centred, Democratic Education
Introduction: Toward Human-Centred, Democratic Education
Yana Manyukhina
1. An engaging primary curriculum? Children's Recommendations for Conditions that Support Engagement for All in Curriculum Learning
Eleanore Hargreaves, Laura Quick and Denise Buchanan
2. Rethinking Emotional Development in the Early Years Curriculum
Daniel Vanello
3. What If the Best Curriculum Was None At All?
John Carden
4. Why the Humanities Are an Essential Part of the Curriculum for Young Children
Tony Eaude
5. Cross-Subject Learning Frameworks: Insights for the Future of National Curricula
Soumya Sankar Ghosh
6. Reimagining Curricula: A Case Study of a Game-Based Approach to Fostering Prosociality and Cross-Subject Learning in Primary Schools
Aneeza Pervez and Sophie Orchard
7. Community Curriculum Making
David Leat, Ulrike Thomas and Alison Whelan
8. Exploring the Feasibility and Effectiveness of Implementing Cultural Elements into English Language Curriculum Using GenAI in MENA Region
Mohsen Mahmoudi-Dehaki and Nasim Nasr-Esfahani
9. Knowledge-Rich Curriculum: Towards Definitional Clarity in the Context of Reform
Jacqueline Magee, Kate O'Connor and Nathaniel Swain
10. Building Teacher Capacity for Curriculum Renewal: Insights from Scotland
Moira Hulme
11. A Critical Analysis of the Curriculum Development Process for Physical Education in Primary Education in Spain: Challenges, Achievements, and Future Proposals
Pere Joan Bonet-Forteza, David Hortigüela-Alcalá and Adrià Muntaner-Mas
Biography
Yana Manyukhina is a Senior Researcher at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 Years), University College London. She leads research on Children's Agency, focussing on children's rights, voice, and agency in educational settings. Her work examines how educational structures shape children's agency and pathways for meaningful participation in learning.
