Summer 2026
Research Intelligence issue 167: Equity & curriculum reform in the four UK nations
Person
Joe Smith, Dr
Lecturer in Education at University of Stirling
Dr Joseph Smith is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Stirling. His research interests concern the politics of the history curriculum and teachers’ identities as curriculum makers. He has published in The British Educational Research Journal and The Journal of Curriculum Studies, and is joint-editor of The Scottish Educational Review. Before moving into higher education, he was a history teacher and head of department in a comprehensive school.
Joe Smith's contributions
An empirical evaluation of ‘big questions’ as an organisational framework for interdisciplinary social studies in a Scottish high school
This research project assessed the impact on pupils and staff of a school-designed integrated social studies curriculum, aiming to apply insights from Big History and Big Questions to offer pupils...
