Stirling Curriculum Centre
The Stirling Curriculum Centre (SCC) develops and undertakes original research into curriculum making, engages in knowledge exchange with policy makers and practitioners to develop the curriculum across education systems, and disseminates research through face-to-face events and webinars.
The notion of curriculum making is based upon the premise that curricula are constructed – made – across multiple sites of activity within education systems, and that curriculum can be studied as social practice.
About the centre
The Stirling Curriculum Centre (formerly known as the Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making) was founded in October 2023 and is led by Professor Mark Priestley.
Areas of expertise
SCC has considerable expertise in a range of areas related to curriculum making, as well as across qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. At the centre of our work is Curriculum Making: Theory, Policy, Practice, with related specialities including:
- Children's Rights, Participation and Inclusion (leads: Brian Johnston, Dr Stella Mouroutsou; Dr Andrea Priestley)
- Curriculum and Society (lead: Professor Marina Shapira)
- Curriculum Leadership (lead: Dr Romina Madrid)
- Environmental and Sustainability Education (lead: Professor Lizzie Rushton)
- Humanities Curriculum (lead: Dr Joe Smith)
- STEM Curriculum (leads: Dr Andrea Priestley; Dr Denise Quiroz-Martinez
Curriculum maker resource
We are developing a curriculum maker resource and will be launching it soon.