Curriculum for Wales and Working Class Pupils with Jess Dainham

We're on the road for a special podcast recording today, speaking to Jess Dainham about her work for her Master's degree. As part of her research, Jess has investigated how to make the Curriculum for Wales work for the working class pupils that she teaches. When we're carrying out education research, we don't tend to name schools or participants, so today's podcast comes from an unnamed school in south Wales. but Jess's pupils are predominantly working class, and Jess herself comes from a working class background, so she was interested in how to make things work for them.

Whether you're working in a working-class catchment or not, there are lots of really important ideas in Jess's work, especially listening to the pupils in front of you, and Jess gives us plenty of encouragement to engage in research in order to make our practice better. Thanks to Jess for inviting us in!

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Recorded at a secondary school in south Wales on 14th July 2022