I am pleased to say that the Special Issue of the Journal of Curriculum Studies on Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Subject Didactics is now published. Co-edited with Christina Olin-Scheller and Anke Wegner it forms Volume 57, Issue 5. www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcus20/5...

Very pleased to see this paper published. It is the intro to a Special Issue which brings perspectives on subject didactics from SE, FR, DE, AT and CZ and includes my paper on the tragic demise of subject-specific teacher education in England. @kossnetwork.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0022...

Deadline extended until 30 November. Call for Papers for Didactica Viva: General and subject-specific didactics as living and responsive fields, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 20 - 22 May 2026 ivsv.ped.muni.cz/clanky/confe... @kossnetwork.bsky.social

It was a wonderful experience to become an Honorary Doctor of Teacher Education at last week’s Academic Ceremony at Karlstad University. It has been a great pleasure to work with such an accomplished group of scholars in the ROSE group over the past 10 years. @kossnetwork.bsky.social

Congratulations to CPA colleagues @gracehealy.bsky.social, @drlaurenhammond.bsky.social,‬ Alexis Stones, Emma Newall, Zongyi Deng & @arthurjchapman.bsky.social on their papers and to our @kossnetwork.bsky.social co-authors! Looking forward to continued work together! 3/3

The edition explores 'Powerful Knowledge', 'epistemic quality', and related concepts to make international comparisons between how subjects are modelled in secondary curricula in Sweden, Finland and England - a project developed and funded through the @kossnetwork.bsky.social, 2018-23. 2/3

Great to see that this special edition of the Journal of Curriculum Studies, edited by CPA's Professor Zongyi Deng and @arthurjchapman.bsky.social in collaboration with @kossnetwork.bsky.social colleagues is now 'live', open access, and online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcus20/5... 1/3

Call for KOSS network 2026 conference papers. Didactica Viva: General and subject-specific didactics as living and responsive fields 20-22 May 2026 Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Great to hear from Professor Tomas Janik, Masarjk Univesrity about the next @kossnetwork.bsky.social conference in the Czech Republic in May 2026. Call for papers as below. 7

Thanks to Dr Wilton Lodge for such an excellent opening to the #KOSS2025 conference with your opening keynote 'Towards racially just research and scholarship practices'

KOSS began meeting in 2018 and explores paradigms of knowledge and curriculum in a range of contexts, starting with Swedish, English and Finnish models, supported by Swedish government funding. www.kau.se/en/rose/exte... 2/2

We have been delighted to broaden the base of KOSS in recent years, engaging with German and Czech colleagues, for example. CSSRG is the @cpaucl.bsky.social research group involved in KOSS. 3 www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...

Exciting to be attending @dr-willo.bsky.social’s keynote today on racially just research and scholarship, opening-up our @kossnetwork.bsky.social event, with @cpaucl.bsky.social and Czech colleagues in the room and by 32 colleagues joining us online. 1/2 @ioe.bsky.social

Excellent new article from Professor Brian Hudson Hudson, B. (2025) The demise of subject-specific teacher education in England, Journal of Curriculum Studies, dx.doi.org/10.1080/0022... @brianhudson.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @embracescitt.bsky.social

@cpaucl.bsky.social @arthurjchapman.bsky.social @hurlumhei.bsky.social

New article out today! Niemelä, M. A., Niemi, K., Salmenkivi, E., & Stones, A. (2025). Powers of knowledge in secondary religious education curricula of Sweden, England, and Finland. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/0022...

Delighted 2C this @ioe.bsky.social & @kossnetwork.bsky.social open access special edition of the Journal of Curriculum Studies taking shape. So far we've papers looking @ religious education, history & geography in comparative perspective in England, Sweden & Finland. Congratulations, colleagues! 1

Finally (@ least until more papers in the special edition R published open access), congratulations to Amna Khawaja, Mikko Puustinen, @arthurjchapman.bsky.social & Kenneth Nordgren on their open access @kossnetwork.bsky.social paper comparing history curricula www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 4/4

Congratulations 2 CPA's Alexis Stones Mikko Niemelä & Eero Salmenkivi (Helsinki) & @hurlumhei.bsky.social (Karlstad) on this open access @kossnetwork.bsky.social paper on the powers of knowledge in 2ndry religious education curricula in England Finland & Sweden! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 3

Congratulations 2 CPA's @gracehealy.bsky.social & @drlaurenhammond.bsky.social & Profs Gabriel Bladh & Sirpa Tani on this open access @kossnetwork.bsky.social paper on the powers, possibilities & constraints of geography curricula in England, Finland & Sweden! 2/2 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Curricula are camels, written by committee, & heteroglossic, reflecting the various aims & discourses of their multiple makers. Excited 2C this @kossnetwork.bsky.social paper published - reflecting on history curricular aims comparatively, across 3 countries & combining conceptual lenses. 1/2

Here are the slides from @brianhudson.bsky.social's keynote 'A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects' to the ROSE (Research on Subject-specific Education) Day Conference at Karlstad University on 17th December. doi.org/10.13140/RG....

I look forward to celebrating research in subject didactics at Karlstad Uni next week and especially to my keynote on ‘A critical knowledge-led approach to curriculum research and teacher education across school subjects” www.kau.se/rose/kalende... @kossnetwork.bsky.social @edufabians.bsky.social

Please forward this free webinar invite from the UNESCO supported International Teacher Task Force : Friday 29 November 2024 Inclusion and Equity Learning Event 1: Attracting people with disabilities to the teaching profession. teachertaskforce.org/events/inclu... @kossnetwork.bsky.social

Delighted to announce the publication of A Teacher’s Handbook of Global Citizenship Education in the Post-Primary Classroom with Oak Tree Press - written by Seánín Hoy, Gearóid O’Brien &Stephen O’Brien. Available on Amazon: amzn.eu/d/04aaFEl and from Oak Tree Press: oaktreepress.ie/news/new-tit...

Coming soon: House of Commons Tue 19th Nov. 6.00pm-8.00pm a FEPG seminar with MIck Waters, the UK's foremost expert on curriculum design and an excellent panel. @schoolsweek.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @suecowley.bsky.social @secretheadteacher.bsky.social @headteacherchat.bsky.social

Thanks to all the wonderful colleagues who contributed to this book. @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @schoolsweek.bsky.social @evidencebasededu.bsky.social @brianhudson.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social @edufabians.bsky.social @thefabians.bsky.social @freereed59.net @oecd-stat.extwitter.link