Trajectories of powerful knowledge and epistemic quality: analysing the transformations from disciplines across school subjects

• Published in: Journal of curriculum studies Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 119 - 137
• Main Authors: Hudson, Brian, Gericke, Niklas, Olin-Scheller, Christina, Stolare, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 04.03.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Academic disciplines; Biologi; Biological Sciences; Biology; Classification; Comparative Literature; Curriculum Development; Educational Games; Educational Policy; Educational Work; epistemic quality; Epistemology; Higher Education; Historia; History; Intellectual Disciplines; Knowledge; Knowledge Level; Language; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Mathematics; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Pedagogiskt arbete; Physical Sciences; Powerful knowledge; powerful professional knowledge; Social Sciences; Specialization; subject-specific educational content knowledge (SSECK); Teacher education; Teacher Improvement; transformation; Transformative Learning

This paper outlines the development of a comparative research framework in subject didactics and applies this in the process of analysing the transformations from academic disciplines across different school subjects. The theoretical framework builds on the concepts of 'powerful knowledge'...