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A Critical Discourse Analysis of Developing the Curriculum Cymreig:The Language of Learning Welshness

Smith, Kevin J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1292251849

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Educational Administration.
In this study, I conduct a critical discourse analysis of Developing the Curriculum Cymreig, a document published by the Welsh Assembly Government in 2003 that provides guidance to schools for the implementation of a distinctively Welsh curriculum. In this study, I ask the following questions: In what ways does the text establish its authority position in regard to its representations of Welshness? and In what ways does the text represent Welshness? The purpose of this analysis is to investigate how ideology is used in manufacturing consent regarding the representation of Welshness, and to “denaturalize” commonsensical assumptions embedded within these representations. This study accomplishes this by analyzing the organizational features of the text and its linguistic and grammatical elements. Particular attention is given to the relational, expressive, and experiential values contained within the text. From this analysis, cogent themes regarding the representation of Welshness were identified and interpreted. The implications of this research are then discussed within the framework of critical pedagogy, wherein the importance of critical thought and political literacy are featured as necessary elements in all stages of curriculum development and implementation.
Denise Baszile, PhD (Committee Chair)
Kathleen Abowitz, PhD (Committee Member)
Richard Quantz, PhD (Committee Member)
Sherrill Sellers, PhD (Committee Member)
138 p.
Curricula; Curriculum Development; Education; Education History; Education Philosophy; Education Policy; Educational Evaluation; Educational Leadership; Educational Sociology; Educational Theory; Ethnic Studies; Multicultural Education; Pedagogy
Conscientization; Culture; Critical Discourse Analysis; Critical Pedagogy; Curriculum Cymreig; Cymru; Discourse; Discursive Formation; Education; Fairclough; Freire; Ideology; Language; Multicultural Education; Postcolonial; Schooling; Wales; Welshness

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  • Smith, K. J. (2010). A Critical Discourse Analysis of Developing the Curriculum Cymreig:The Language of Learning Welshness [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1292251849

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Smith, Kevin. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Developing the Curriculum Cymreig:The Language of Learning Welshness. 2010. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1292251849.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Smith, Kevin. "A Critical Discourse Analysis of Developing the Curriculum Cymreig:The Language of Learning Welshness." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1292251849

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